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S. 2016119th CongressIn markupLatest action Dec 17, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025
Introduced:
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S 2016 would swap about 231,000 acres of mineral rights for 65,000 acres of full-ownership federal land in Alaska.
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S 2016 sets up a land swap between the federal government and Chugach Alaska Corporation to fix a leftover problem from Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup. Chugach Alaska would give up underground mineral rights on about 231,000 acres of federally controlled surface land, in exchange for full ownership of about 65,000 acres of other federal land, including specific national forest, park, and other parcels identified in an earlier study.
The bill affects Chugach Alaska Corporation, its Alaska Native shareholders, and several Alaska Native village corporations, along with the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service. Residents and businesses tied to land use in Alaska's Chugach region are also affected; impact elsewhere is indirect.
The swap would resolve a conflict between conservation goals on land bought after the 1989 spill and Chugach Alaska's separate mineral rights beneath that land, changing how the land and resources are owned and managed going forward.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.