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S 924 108th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Alaska Animals Indian claims Indian lands Indigenous peoples Land transfers Minorities Wildlife refuges

A bill to authorize the exchange of lands between an Alaska Native Village Corporation and the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 11, 2003 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 25 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 17, 2003
Became Public Law No: 108-129.
Nov 17, 2003
Signed by President.
Nov 6, 2003
Presented to President.
Nov 4, 2003
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 4, 2003
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10308-10309)
Nov 4, 2003
Mr. Renzi moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Nov 4, 2003
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 202.
Nov 4, 2003
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H10308-10309)
Nov 4, 2003
Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-345.
Nov 4, 2003
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 924.
Nov 4, 2003
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10308-10309)
Oct 29, 2003
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 29, 2003
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 24, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Jul 18, 2003
Received in the House.
Jul 18, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Jul 18, 2003
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 17, 2003
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9605-9618; text as passed Senate: CR S9615-9616; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S9615)
Jul 17, 2003
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9605-9618; text as passed Senate: CR S9615-9616; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S9615)
Jul 11, 2003
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 205.
Jul 11, 2003
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-97.
Jun 25, 2003
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 4, 2003
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-68.
Apr 11, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5385-5386)
Apr 11, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to accept from the Newtok Native Corporation a conveyance, by limited warranty deed, of certain Alaskan lands previously conveyed to Newtok if such Corporation expresses an intent to enter into a land exchange with the United States within 180 days of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to also accept a relinquishment of irrevocable prioritized selections from Newtok for those validly selected lands not yet conveyed to Newtok.

Requires the Secretary, in exchange for the lands from Newtok, to convey to Newtok the surface and subsurface estate of specified Federal lands. Directs the Secretary, after the interim conveyance, to survey the Federal lands at no cost to Newtok and to issue a patent to such lands subject to the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971 and this Act.

Declares that land conveyed to Newtok under this Act shall be deemed to have been conveyed under ANCSA, with specified provisions of ANCSA concerning patents not to apply to such lands. States that, consistent with the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980, such lands shall not be considered part of the Yukon National Wildlife Refuge.

Includes the Newtok lands conveyed to the United States in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, except that residents of the village of Newtok, Alaska, shall retain access rights guaranteed under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act for subsistence fishing, hunting, and gathering.

Entitles the Calista Corporation to an equivalent acreage of in-lieu subsurface entitlement for the relinquished Newtok selections to the extent that Calista subsurface rights are affected by this Act.

What's happening now November 17, 2003

Became Public Law No: 108-129.

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