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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7785 

To make additional Federal public land available for selection under the 

Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2024 

Mrs. PELTOLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To make additional Federal public land available for selection 

under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alaska Native Vietnam 

5 Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension and Fulfillment 

6 Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE ALASKA NATIVE VIETNAM ERA 

2 VETERANS LAND ALLOTMENT PROGRAM. 

3 Section 1119(b)(3)(B) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 

4 Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 

5 U.S.C. 1629g–1(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘5-year 

6 period’’ and inserting ‘‘10-year period’’. 

7 SEC. 3. MAKING ADDITIONAL LAND AVAILABLE FOR SELEC8 TION UNDER THE ALASKA NATIVE VIETNAM 

9 ERA VETERANS LAND ALLOTMENT PROGRAM. 

10 (a) WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM LAND.—All Federal 

11 land identified as suitable for allotment selection in the 

12 report under subsection (c)(1) of section 1119 of the John 

13 D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recre14 ation Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g–1), and published by the 

15 United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the report enti16 tled ‘‘Identification of National Wildlife Refuge System 

17 Lands in Alaska That Should Be Made Available for Allot18 ment Selection by Eligible Alaska Native Vietnam Era 

19 Veterans’’ (November 2020), shall be made immediately 

20 available by the Secretary of the Interior for selection in 

21 accordance with that section. 

22 (b) FEDERAL LAND MANAGED BY THE FOREST

23 SERVICE.— 

24 (1) DEFINITION OF AVAILABLE FEDERAL

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1 gell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation 

2 Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g–1(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 

3 (A) by striking clause (v); and 

4 (B) by redesignating clauses (vi) through 

5 (x) as clauses (v) through (ix), respectively. 

6 (2) IDENTIFICATION OF FEDERAL LAND.—Sec7 tion 1119 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 

8 Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 

9 1629g–1) is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(e) IDENTIFICATION OF FEDERAL LAND ADMINIS12 TERED BY THE FOREST SERVICE.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

14 the date of enactment of this subsection, the Sec15 retary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Sec16 retary, the State, Regional Corporations, and Village 

17 Corporations, shall identify available Federal land 

18 within units of the National Forest System in the 

19 State that should be made available for allotment se20 lection by eligible individuals. 

21 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSIONS.—In identifying available 

22 Federal land within units of the National Forest 

23 System in the State that should be made available 

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1 retary shall not identify any available Federal land 

2 in a unit of the National Forest System— 

3 ‘‘(A) the conveyance of which, independ4 ently or as part of a group of allotments, 

5 could— 

6 ‘‘(i) significantly interfere with bio7 logical, physical, cultural, scenic, rec8 reational, or subsistence values; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) interfere with the management 

10 plan of the unit; 

11 ‘‘(B) that is located within 300 feet from 

12 the shore of a navigable body of water; 

13 ‘‘(C) that is not consistent with the pur14 poses for which the unit was established; or 

15 ‘‘(D) that is designated by Congress as wil16 derness. 

17 ‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY OF LAND.—All available 

18 Federal land identified as suitable for allotment se19 lection under this subsection shall be made imme20 diately available for selection in accordance with this 

21 section.’’. 

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