119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 43 

AN ACT 

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. 

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 Village 

3 Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REVERSION OF CERTAIN LAND CONVEYED IN 

5 TRUST TO THE STATE OF ALASKA. 

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

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

8 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

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

10 and indenting appropriately; 

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

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

13 and inserting the following: 

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

15 CORPORATION.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each patent’’; 

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

18 undesignated matter following subparagraph (E) (as 

19 so redesignated), in the first sentence— 

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

21 and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and 

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

23 inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

25 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are author26 ized’’; 
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1 (4) in paragraph (2)(A) (as so redesignated), in 

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

3 and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘(B) FORM OF FUNDING.—The Sec5 retary’’; and 

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

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

8 (as so redesignated)— 

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

10 appears and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the 

12 end and inserting a period; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesig14 nated), by striking ‘‘the’’ the first place it ap15 pears and inserting ‘‘The’’; 

16 (C) by striking ‘‘existed as of’’ in subpara17 graph (D) (as so redesignated) and all that fol18 lows through ‘‘for’’ in subparagraph (E) (as so 

19 redesignated) and inserting the following: ‘‘ex20 isted as of December 18, 1971. 

21 ‘‘(E) For’’; and 

22 (D) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig23 nated)— 

24 (i) by striking the semicolon at the 

25 end and inserting a period; 
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘in trust: Provided, 

2 however, That the word’’ and all that fol3 lows through ‘‘sentence,’’ and inserting the 

4 following: ‘‘in trust. 

5 ‘‘(II) DEFINITION OF SALE.— 

6 For purposes of subclause (I), the 

7 term ‘sale’ ’’; 

8 (iii) by striking ‘‘one thousand two 

9 hundred and eighty acres: Provided further, 

10 That any net’’ and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘1,280 acres. 

12 ‘‘(iii) NET REVENUES.— 

13 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Any net’’; 

14 (iv) by striking ‘‘community needs: 

15 Provided, That the’’ and inserting the fol16 lowing: ‘‘community needs. 

17 ‘‘(ii) MINIMUM ACREAGE.—The’’; 

18 (v) by striking ‘‘(C) the Village Cor19 poration’’ and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(C) CONVEYANCE TO MUNICIPAL COR21 PORATION OR THE STATE IN TRUST.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Village Cor23 poration’’; and 

24 (vi) by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(iv) CASES IN WHICH CONVEYANCE

2 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED.— 

3 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Notwith4 standing any other provision of this 

5 subparagraph, if a Village Corpora6 tion, prior to the date of enactment of 

7 the Alaska Native Village Municipal 

8 Lands Restoration Act of 2025, con9 veyed to the State in trust all or a 

10 portion of the acreage of land re11 quired to be conveyed under this sub12 paragraph for the establishment of a 

13 Municipal Corporation in the future, 

14 and a Municipal Corporation has not 

15 been established as of that date of en16 actment, on formal resolution by the 

17 Village Corporation and the residents 

18 of the Native village requesting dis19 solution of the trust, the trust shall be 

20 dissolved and title to the land shall re21 vert to the Village Corporation, sub22 ject to subclause (III). 

23 ‘‘(II) ADDITIONAL LAND.—Not24 withstanding any other provision of 

25 this subparagraph, as of the date of 
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1 enactment of the Alaska Native Vil2 lage Municipal Lands Restoration Act 

3 of 2025, a Village Corporation shall 

4 not be required to convey any addi5 tional land in trust under this sub6 paragraph for the establishment of a 

7 Municipal Corporation in the future. 

8 ‘‘(III) REQUIREMENTS.—In ac9 cordance with subsection (g)— 

10 ‘‘(aa) the reversion of land 

11 to a Village Corporation pursuant 

12 to subclause (I) shall be subject 

13 to— 

14 ‘‘(AA) valid existing 

15 rights created by the appli16 cable trust; and 

17 ‘‘(BB) any existing 

18 easements, rights-of-way 

19 necessary for public roadway 

20 access, or rights-of-way for 

21 access of holders of valid ex22 isting rights; and 

23 ‘‘(bb) the Village Corpora24 tion shall assume the obligations 

25 of the applicable trust with re-
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1 spect to any lease or other use 

2 agreement applicable to the land 

3 on reversion of the land to the 

4 Village Corporation pursuant to 

5 subclause (I).’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 4, 

2025. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 43 

AN ACT 

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