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Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

Introduced: January 15, 2026 Introduced by: Begich, Nicholas J. Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 3, 2026
Received in the Senate.
Jun 2, 2026 · 2:46 PM EDT
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3746-3749)
Jun 2, 2026 · 2:46 PM EDT
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3746-3749)
Jun 2, 2026 · 2:39 PM EDT
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3746-3749)
Jun 2, 2026 · 2:39 PM EDT
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 2, 2026 · 2:46 PM EDT
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 2, 2026 · 2:39 PM EDT
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 41.
Apr 2, 2026
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-579.
Apr 2, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.
Mar 5, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 5, 2026
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

This bill allows five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements.

Specifically, the bill allows 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.

The bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey specified land to each urban corporation. Further, Interior must convey the subsurface estate for that land to the regional corporation for Southeast Alaska.

The land conveyed to each urban corporation must include any U.S. interest in all roads, trails, log transfer facilities, leases, and appurtenances on or related to the land conveyed to the urban corporation.

The bill also allows each urban corporation to establish a settlement trust to (1) promote the health, education, and welfare of the trust beneficiaries; and (2) preserve the Alaska Native heritage and culture of their communities.

What's happening now June 3, 2026

Received in the Senate.

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Hurd, Jeff
Colorado · Jan 15, 2026
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 41: Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-41/
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"H.R. 41: Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-41/.
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H.R. 41, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-41/.
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