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Alaska Native Landless Equity Act

Introduced: July 30, 2025 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Feb 12, 2026
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Jul 30, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 30, 2025
Introduced in Senate
 Votes taken on this bill 1
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
Sep 17, 2018 Senate · vote #209 On Passage of the Bill S. 2554 Passed 98–2 See who voted →
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Alaska Native Landless Equity 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 February 12, 2026

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.

 Hearings & markups 2
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 41 Related bill Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act
 Bill text 1 version

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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Jul 30, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2554: Alaska Native Landless Equity Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2554/
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"S. 2554: Alaska Native Landless Equity Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2554/.
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S. 2554, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2554/.
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