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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3790 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 608
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3790

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 8 (legislative day, February 7), 2024

 Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                           November 21, 2024

  Reported by Mr. Manchin, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
                                 title
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Native Vietnam Era 
Veterans Land Allotment Extension and Fulfillment Act of 
2024''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE ALASKA NATIVE VIETNAM ERA VETERANS 
              LAND ALLOTMENT PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 1119(b)(3)(B) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g-
1(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``5-year period'' and inserting 
``10-year period''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. MAKING ADDITIONAL LAND AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION UNDER 
              THE ALASKA NATIVE VIETNAM ERA VETERANS LAND ALLOTMENT 
              PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Wildlife Refuge System Land.--All Federal land 
identified as suitable for allotment selection in the report under 
subsection (c)(1) of section 1119 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g-1), and 
published by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the report 
entitled ``Identification of National Wildlife Refuge System Lands in 
Alaska That Should Be Made Available for Allotment Selection by 
Eligible Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans'' (November 2020), shall be 
made immediately available by the Secretary of the Interior for 
selection in accordance with that section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Federal Land Managed by the Forest Service.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Definition of available federal land.--Section 
        1119(a)(1)(B) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 
        Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g-1(a)(1)(B)) is 
        amended--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking clause (v); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by redesignating clauses (vi) through 
                (x) as clauses (v) through (ix), 
                respectively.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Identification of federal land.--Section 1119 
        of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
        Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g-1) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Identification of Federal Land Administered by the 
Forest Service.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
        date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of 
        Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary, the State, 
        Regional Corporations, and Village Corporations, shall identify 
        available Federal land within units of the National Forest 
        System in the State that should be made available for allotment 
        selection by eligible individuals.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Exclusions.--In identifying available 
        Federal land within units of the National Forest System in the 
        State that should be made available for allotment selection 
        under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall not identify any 
        available Federal land in a unit of the National Forest 
        System--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the conveyance of which, 
                independently or as part of a group of allotments, 
                could--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) significantly interfere with 
                        biological, physical, cultural, scenic, 
                        recreational, or subsistence values; 
                        or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) interfere with the 
                        management plan of the unit;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) that is located within 300 feet from 
                the shore of a navigable body of water;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) that is not consistent with the 
                purposes for which the unit was established; 
                or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) that is designated by Congress as 
                wilderness.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Availability of land.--All available Federal 
        land identified as suitable for allotment selection under this 
        subsection shall be made immediately available for selection in 
        accordance with this section.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans 
Land Allotment Extension Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE ALASKA NATIVE VIETNAM ERA VETERANS LAND 
              ALLOTMENT PROGRAM.

    Section 1119(b)(3)(B) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 
Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g-1(b)(3)(B)) is amended 
by striking ``5-year period'' and inserting ``10-year period''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to extend the 
        Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and 
        for other purposes.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 608

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3790

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 21, 2024

        Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title
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