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HR 41 Passed a chamber

Allows Native residents of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska to form Urban Corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and conveys about 23,040 acres of federal land to each corporation.

Official title: Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 03-JAN-2025
Referred 03-JAN-2025
Approved by committee 05-MAR-2026
Reported 02-APR-2026
On the calendar 02-APR-2026
Passed 02-JUN-2026
Senate
Received 03-JUN-2026
Key points
  • Lets Native residents enrolled in the five named Southeast Alaska villages organize Urban Corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
  • Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the surface estate of about 23,040 acres of federal land to each Urban Corporation, with the subsurface estate going to the Regional Corporation for Southeast Alaska.
  • Gives 100 shares of Settlement Common Stock in the Urban Corporation to each eligible Native who is also a shareholder of the Regional Corporation for Southeast Alaska.
  • Withdraws the listed federal land from entry, mining claims, and mineral and geothermal leasing until it is conveyed, and keeps the land open to subsistence and noncommercial recreational hunting, fishing, and access.
  • Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to seek a binding mutual use agreement for roads and transportation facilities in the Tongass National Forest.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 02-JUN-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Native Americans

Sponsor Nicholas J. Begich (R-AK) Cosponsors · 1
■ 1 R
1 Republican