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H.R. 41119th CongressPassed one chamberLatest action Jun 3, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act
Introduced:
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The bill lets Native residents of five Southeast Alaska towns form Urban Corporations and receive land left out of the 1971 settlement.
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This bill grants federal recognition to Native communities in Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, which were excluded from the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. It allows eligible residents to form Urban Corporations, become shareholders with 100 shares each, and receive roughly 23,040 acres of federal land per corporation while the regional corporation retains mineral rights.
Alaska Native individuals and families in these five communities are directly affected, along with federal and state land management agencies and existing regional and village Native corporations.
The change could shift land and financial arrangements involving existing Native corporations and affects how federal land is transferred and managed, including hunting, fishing, recreational access, and road easements.
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Right now: it passed the House, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Received in the Senate.