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Union Calendar No. 720 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6489 

[Report No. 118–883] 

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village 

Corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the State 

of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Corporations, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 28, 2023 

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

Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 16, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. ZINKE and Mr. STAUBER

DECEMBER 16, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village Corporations shall not be required to 

convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for the 

establishment of Municipal Corporations, and for other 

purposes. 


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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 Village 

5 Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REVERSION OF CERTAIN LAND CONVEYED IN 

7 TRUST TO THE STATE OF ALASKA. 

8 Section 14(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

9 Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(c)) is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

11 (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, 

12 and indenting appropriately; 

13 (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 

14 (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘(c) Each patent’’ 

15 and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(c) CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN LAND BY VILLAGE

17 CORPORATION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each patent’’; 

19 (3) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), in the 

20 undesignated matter following subparagraph (E) (as 

21 so redesignated), in the first sentence— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘section 14(c) of this Act’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘There is authorized’’ and 

25 inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are author3 ized’’; 

4 (4) in paragraph (2)(A) (as so redesignated), in 

5 the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ 

6 and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(B) FORM OF FUNDING.—The Sec8 retary’’; and 

9 (5) in paragraph (1) (as so designated)— 

10 (A) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

11 (as so redesignated)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘the’’ the first place it 

13 appears and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the 

15 end and inserting a period; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesig17 nated), by striking ‘‘the’’ the first place it ap18 pears and inserting ‘‘The’’; 

19 (C) by striking ‘‘existed as of’’ in subpara20 graph (D) (as so redesignated) and all that fol21 lows through ‘‘for’’ in subparagraph (E) (as so 

22 redesignated) and inserting the following: ‘‘ex23 isted as of December 18, 1971. 

24 ‘‘(E) For’’; and 


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1 (D) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig2 nated)— 

3 (i) by striking the semicolon at the 

4 end and inserting a period; 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘in trust: Provided, 

6 however, That the word’’ and all that fol7 lows through ‘‘sentence,’’ and inserting the 

8 following: ‘‘in trust. 

9 ‘‘(II) DEFINITION OF SALE.— 

10 For purposes of subclause (I), the 

11 term ‘sale’ ’’; 

12 (iii) by striking ‘‘one thousand two 

13 hundred and eighty acres: Provided further, 

14 That any net’’ and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘1,280 acres. 

16 ‘‘(iii) NET REVENUES.— 

17 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Any net’’; 

18 (iv) by striking ‘‘community needs: 

19 Provided, That the’’ and inserting the fol20 lowing: ‘‘community needs. 

21 ‘‘(ii) MINIMUM ACREAGE.—The’’; 

22 (v) by striking ‘‘(C) the Village Cor23 poration’’ and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(C) CONVEYANCE TO MUNICIPAL COR25 PORATION OR THE STATE IN TRUST.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Village Cor2 poration’’; and 

3 (vi) by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(iv) CASES IN WHICH CONVEYANCE

6 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED.— 

7 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Notwith8 standing any other provision of this 

9 subparagraph, if a Village Corpora10 tion, prior to the date of enactment of 

11 the Alaska Native Village Municipal 

12 Lands Restoration Act of 2023, con13 veyed to the State in trust all or a 

14 portion of the acreage of land re15 quired to be conveyed under this sub16 paragraph for the establishment of a 

17 Municipal Corporation in the future, 

18 and a Municipal Corporation has not 

19 been established as of that date of en20 actment, on formal resolution by the 

21 Village Corporation and the residents 

22 of the Native village requesting dis23 solution of the trust, the trust shall be 

24 dissolved and title to the land shall reVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:26 Dec 17, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6489.RH H6489

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1 vert to the Village Corporation, sub2 ject to subclause (III). 

3 ‘‘(II) ADDITIONAL LAND.—Not4 withstanding any other provision of 

5 this subparagraph, as of the date of 

6 enactment of the Alaska Native Vil7 lage Municipal Lands Restoration Act 

8 of 2023, a Village Corporation shall 

9 not be required to convey any addi10 tional land in trust under this sub11 paragraph for the establishment of a 

12 Municipal Corporation in the future. 

13 ‘‘(III) REQUIREMENTS.—In ac14 cordance with subsection (g)— 

15 ‘‘(aa) the reversion of land 

16 to a Village Corporation pursuant 

17 to subclause (I) shall be subject 

18 to— 

19 ‘‘(AA) valid existing 

20 rights created by the appli21 cable trust; and 

22 ‘‘(BB) any existing 

23 easements, rights-of-way 

24 necessary for public roadway 

25 access, or rights-of-way for 


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1 access of holders of valid ex2 isting rights; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) the Village Corpora4 tion shall assume the obligations 

5 of the applicable trust with re6 spect to any lease or other use 

7 agreement applicable to the land 

8 on reversion of the land to the 

9 Village Corporation pursuant to 

10 subclause (I).’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 720 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6489 

[Report No. 118–883] 

A BILL 

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

porations, and for other purposes. Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Correquired to convey land in trust to the State of to provide that Village Corporations shall not be 

DECEMBER 16, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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