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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
introduced
S2554119th CongressWALLET
Alaska Native Landless Equity Act
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
In Committee
Summary
Restores Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) eligibility to five Alaska Native communities and gives them land, corporate shares, and implementation funding. This bill would let enrolled Natives in Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell organize Urban Corporations and receive settlement benefits similar to other ANCSA entities.
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- Enrolled Alaska Natives in each named community would be eligible to form an Urban Corporation and receive 100 shares of Settlement Common Stock each; shares can pass to heirs and settlement trusts must prioritize elders and minor children first.
- Each Urban Corporation would be entitled to conveyance of roughly 23,040 acres in 13 parcels, with phased transfers specified and a two-year conveyance deadline plus a possible one-year extension for some parcels.
- Conveyances include roads, trails, log-transfer facilities, existing easements, and continued administrative access until a mutual use agreement is in place; subsurface estates go to the Southeast Alaska Regional Corporation and existing regional and village entitlements and revenue-sharing ratios are preserved.
*Would authorize $12.5 million in federal grants ($2.5 million for each community) to support implementation, increasing federal spending by that amount.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
New land transfers to Urban Corporations
If enacted, the bill would give five new Urban Corporations about 23,040 acres each in roughly 13 parcels. Conveyances would include roads, trails, log transfer facilities, and related rights. Underground (subsurface) rights for those parcels would go to the Southeast Alaska Regional Corporation when surface land is conveyed. The bill would pause public land and mining claims on the parcels until conveyance and put proceeds into escrow.
Settlement stock for eligible enrollees
If enacted, eligible Alaska Natives in the five named communities would be enrolled in a new Urban Corporation. Each eligible person would receive 100 shares of Settlement Common Stock in that Urban Corporation. Shares inherited from otherwise-eligible decedents would transfer the same number. New Urban Corporation shareholders would remain eligible for distributions as at-large shareholders of the Southeast Alaska Regional Corporation.
Settlement trusts prioritize elders and kids
If enacted, each Urban Corporation could set up a settlement trust to support health, education, welfare, and culture. Trust money must first help enrollees and their descendants who are elders or minor children. After elders and minors are served, the trust may support other enrollees.
Road access and guide permit rules
If enacted, the bill would ask the Forest Service and each Urban Corporation to make mutual use agreements for roads and transport facilities. Existing Forest Service guiding or outfitting permits would end at conveyance, but the Urban Corporation must issue a continuation authorization for the remainder of the term and one extra 10-year renewal. Conveyed land must remain open for subsistence and noncommercial uses, though Urban Corporations can post reasonable safety or protection rules. The bill would limit most third-party legal claims over land management but would allow challenges about how public access is managed.
Start-up grants for new Urban Corporations
If enacted, the bill would authorize $12.5 million in one-time grants. The Secretary could give five grants of $2.5 million each to help each Urban Corporation with planning and conveyance administration. Grant money could only be used for implementation and related development.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
AK • R
Cosponsors
Dan Sullivan
AK • R
Sponsored 7/30/2025
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No roll call votes available for this bill.
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