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HR 3903 119th Congress House Native Americans Alaska Land transfers Land use and conservation

Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025

Introduced: June 11, 2025 Introduced by: Begich, Nicholas J. Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2026
Received in the Senate.
Mar 3, 2026
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 3, 2026
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 3, 2026
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2349-2351)
Mar 3, 2026
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3903.
Mar 3, 2026
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2349-2352)
Mar 3, 2026
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2349-2351)
Jan 14, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 386.
Jan 14, 2026
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-451.
Nov 20, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Nov 20, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 20, 2025
Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
Sep 9, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Sep 4, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
Jun 11, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jun 11, 2025
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025

This bill authorizes a land exchange between the Chugach Alaska Corporation (also known as Chugach, an Alaska Native regional corporation in southcentral Alaska) and the federal government.

Specifically, if Chugach offers to convey to the Department of the Interior all right, title, and interest of Chugach in and to approximately 231,000 acres of subsurface estate within one year of the bill's enactment, then Interior must accept the offer and convey all right, title, and interest of the federal government in and to approximately 65,374 acres of fee simple land located in the Chugach region. (The Chugach region includes portions of land on the Kenai Peninsula and the coast of Prince William Sound in Alaska.)

The bill directs Chugach to exclude from its conveyance to Interior all right, title, and interest in any land, not to exceed a total of 209 acres, for which a village corporation has retained development rights (other than timber development rights) or that has been designated for a shareholder homesite program.

What's happening now March 4, 2026

Received in the Senate.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1