# 114-hr-5777: King Cove Road Land Exchange Act

114-hr-5777, King Cove Road Land Exchange Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5777
- Congress: 114
- Title: King Cove Road Land Exchange Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Introduced: 2016-07-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

King Cove Road Land Exchange Act This bill declares that, if the state of Alaska offers to convey to the Department of the Interior 43,093 acres of state-owned land, Interior shall convey to Alaska, in exchange, 206 acres of federal land within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and 131 acres of federal land within the Izembek Wilderness, for purposes of: (1) designating a road corridor through the refuge, and (2) constructing a single-lane gravel road along the road corridor. The values of the federal and nonfederal lands to be exchanged shall be equal. Interior and Alaska shall select an appraiser to conduct appraisals of the federal and nonfederal lands in accordance with nationally recognized appraisal standards. The bill requires the route of the road corridor to follow a specified southern road alignment. The bill states that the exchange of the federal and nonfederal lands and the road to be constructed under this bill shall not constitute a major federal action requiring environmental impact review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6529: Chugach Region Lands Study Act
- 114-hr-6481: Urban Agriculture Production Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6475: To remove reversionary clauses on property owned by the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska.
- 114-hr-6445: Veterans Health Care Trust Fund Act
- 114-hr-6377: National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act
- 114-hr-6344: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in Mohave County, Arizona, to qualified entities and for other purposes.

## Sources
- [114-hr-5777 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5777)

## Related
- [114-hr-6529: Chugach Region Lands Study Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6529)
- [114-hr-6481: Urban Agriculture Production Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6481)
- [114-hr-6475: To remove reversionary clauses on property owned by the municipality of Anchora…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6475)
- [114-hr-6445: Veterans Health Care Trust Fund Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6445)
- [114-hr-6377: National Guard Bonus Repayment and Financial Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6377)
- [114-hr-6344: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land in Mo…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6344)
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