S 1491
115th Congress
Senate
Native Americans
Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
ANCSA Unrecognized Community Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 29, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jun 29, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
ANCSA Unrecognized Community Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017
This bill amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to permit the Alaska Native residents of each of the Alaska Native villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Alaska Native urban corporations and to receive certain settlement land.
These urban corporations may establish a settlement trust to promote the health, education, and welfare of the trust beneficiaries, and preserve the Alaska Native heritage and culture of their communities.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1