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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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension and Fulfillment 

4 Act of 2024’’. 

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

6 VETERANS LAND ALLOTMENT PROGRAM. 

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

8 Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 

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

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

11 SEC. 3. MAKING ADDITIONAL LAND AVAILABLE FOR SELEC12 TION UNDER THE ALASKA NATIVE VIETNAM 

13 ERA VETERANS LAND ALLOTMENT PROGRAM. 

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

15 land identified as suitable for allotment selection in the 

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

17 D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recre18 ation Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g–1), and published by the 

19 United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the report enti20 tled ‘‘Identification of National Wildlife Refuge System 

21 Lands in Alaska That Should Be Made Available for Allot22 ment Selection by Eligible Alaska Native Vietnam Era 

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

24 available by the Secretary of the Interior for selection in 

25 accordance with that section. 


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1 (b) FEDERAL LAND MANAGED BY THE FOREST

2 SERVICE.— 

3 (1) DEFINITION OF AVAILABLE FEDERAL

4 LAND.—Section 1119(a)(1)(B) of the John D. Din5 gell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation 

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

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

8 (B) by redesignating clauses (vi) through 

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

10 (2) IDENTIFICATION OF FEDERAL LAND.—Sec11 tion 1119 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 

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

13 1629g–1) is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(e) IDENTIFICATION OF FEDERAL LAND ADMINIS16 TERED BY THE FOREST SERVICE.— 

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

18 the date of enactment of this subsection, the Sec19 retary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Sec20 retary, the State, Regional Corporations, and Village 

21 Corporations, shall identify available Federal land 

22 within units of the National Forest System in the 

23 State that should be made available for allotment se24 lection by eligible individuals. 


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

2 Federal land within units of the National Forest 

3 System in the State that should be made available 

4 for allotment selection under paragraph (1), the Sec5 retary shall not identify any available Federal land 

6 in a unit of the National Forest System— 

7 ‘‘(A) the conveyance of which, independ8 ently or as part of a group of allotments, 

9 could— 

10 ‘‘(i) significantly interfere with bio11 logical, physical, cultural, scenic, rec12 reational, or subsistence values; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) interfere with the management 

14 plan of the unit; 

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

16 the shore of a navigable body of water; 

17 ‘‘(C) that is not consistent with the pur18 poses for which the unit was established; or 

19 ‘‘(D) that is designated by Congress as wil20 derness. 

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

22 Federal land identified as suitable for allotment se23 lection under this subsection shall be made imme24 diately available for selection in accordance with this 

25 section.’’. 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2024’’. 

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

5 VETERANS LAND ALLOTMENT PROGRAM. 

6 Section 1119(b)(3)(B) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Con7 servation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 

8 1629g–1(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘5-year period’’ 

9 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.’’. 


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Calendar No. 608 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3790 

A BILL 

To make additional Federal public land available 

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

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 


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