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S 1487 115th Congress Senate Native Americans Alaska Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers

ANCSA Kaktovik and Canyon Village Land Conveyance Settlement Act of 2017

Introduced: June 29, 2017 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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ANCSA Kaktovik and Canyon Village Land Conveyance Settlement Act of 2017

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to convey: (1) specified surface estate to the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, an Alaska Native village corporation, in accordance with an agreement effective January 22, 1993; and (2) specified subsurface estate to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, the Alaska Native regional corporation for the village of Kaktovik, pursuant to an agreement dated August 9, 1983.

Interior also must convey: (1) up to 6,400 acres of surface estate to Kian Tr'ee Corporation, a village corporation, for the village of Canyon Village; and (2) equal acreage of subsurface estate to Doyon Limited, the regional corporation for Canyon Village.

What's happening now June 29, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1481 Related bill Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Jun 29, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1487: ANCSA Kaktovik and Canyon Village Land Conveyance Settlement Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1487/
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"S. 1487: ANCSA Kaktovik and Canyon Village Land Conveyance Settlement Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1487/.
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