S 2554
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Recognizes five Southeast Alaska communities, Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, as eligible to form Urban Corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and conveys about 23,040 acres of federal land to each community's corporation.
Official title: Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Reported
17-SEP-2026
Senate
Introduced
30-JUL-2025
Referred
30-JUL-2025
Approved by committee
16-JUL-2026
On the calendar
17-SEP-2026
- Lets Native residents of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell organize Urban Corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
- Directs the Secretary to convey surface estate in about 23,040 acres of named federal parcels to each community's corporation, with the subsurface estate going to the Regional Corporation for Southeast Alaska.
- Withdraws the selected federal land from entry, mining claims, and mineral leasing until it is conveyed, and gives each enrolled Native 100 shares of settlement common stock in the local corporation.
- Authorizes $12,500,000 in appropriations for five $2,500,000 grants for implementation and planning, and requires a mutual use agreement for Tongass National Forest roads with the Forest Service.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (30-JUL-2025); the text has changed since (Reported to Senate, 17-SEP-2026).
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