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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4748 
To provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and 
the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2023 
Mrs. PELTOLA (for herself and Mr. STAUBER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native com-
munities and the settlement of certain claims under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unrecognized South-
east Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Com-
pensation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to redress the omission 
of the southeastern Alaska communities of Haines, Ketch-
ikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell from eligibility 
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) by authorizing the Alaska Natives 
enrolled in the communities— 
(1) to form Urban Corporations for the commu-
nities of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, 
and Wrangell under the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); and 
(2) to receive certain settlement land pursuant 
to that Act. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL NATIVE COR-
PORATIONS. 
Section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1615) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) NATIVE VILLAGES OF HAINES, KETCHIKAN, PE-
TERSBURG, TENAKEE, AND WRANGELL, ALASKA.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Native residents of 
each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, 
Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, may or-
ganize as Urban Corporations. 
‘‘(2) EFFECT
ON
ENTITLEMENT
TO
LAND.— 
Nothing in this subsection affects any entitlement to 
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land of any Native Corporation established before 
the date of enactment of this subsection pursuant to 
this Act or any other provision of law.’’. 
SEC. 4. SHAREHOLDER ELIGIBILITY. 
Section 8 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1607) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d) NATIVE VILLAGES
OF HAINES, KETCHIKAN, 
PETERSBURG, TENAKEE, AND WRANGELL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enroll 
to each of the Urban Corporations for Haines, 
Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell those 
individual Natives who enrolled under this Act to the 
Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, 
Tenakee, or Wrangell, respectively. 
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF SHARES.—Each Native who 
is enrolled to an Urban Corporation for Haines, 
Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) and who was enrolled as a 
shareholder of the Regional Corporation for South-
east Alaska shall receive 100 shares of Settlement 
Common Stock in the respective Urban Corporation. 
‘‘(3) NATIVES RECEIVING SHARES THROUGH IN-
HERITANCE.—If a Native received shares of stock in 
the Regional Corporation for Southeast Alaska 
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through inheritance from a decedent Native who 
originally enrolled to the Native Village of Haines, 
Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell and 
the decedent Native was not a shareholder in a Vil-
lage Corporation or Urban Corporation, the Native 
shall receive the identical number of shares of Settle-
ment Common Stock in the Urban Corporation for 
Haines, 
Ketchikan, 
Petersburg, 
Tenakee, 
or 
Wrangell as the number of shares inherited by that 
Native from the decedent Native who would have 
been eligible to be enrolled to the respective Urban 
Corporation. 
‘‘(4) EFFECT
ON
ENTITLEMENT
TO
LAND.— 
Nothing in this subsection affects any previous or 
future allocation of acreage to any Regional Cor-
poration pursuant to section 12(b) or 14(h)(8).’’. 
SEC. 5. DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS. 
Section 7 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1606) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (j)— 
(A) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘In 
the case’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) THIRTEENTH REGIONAL CORPORATION.— 
In the case’’; 
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(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Not less’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Not less’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘(j) During’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(j) DISTRIBUTION
OF CORPORATE FUNDS
AND 
OTHER NET INCOME.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) NATIVE
VILLAGES
OF
HAINES, KETCH-
IKAN, PETERSBURG, TENAKEE, AND WRANGELL.— 
Native members of the Native Villages of Haines, 
Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell who 
become shareholders in an Urban Corporation for 
such a Native Village shall continue to be eligible to 
receive distributions under this subsection as at- 
large shareholders of the Regional Corporation for 
Southeast Alaska.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(s) EFFECT OF AMENDATORY ACT.—The Unrecog-
nized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition 
and Compensation Act and the amendments made by that 
Act shall not affect— 
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‘‘(1) the ratio for determination of revenue dis-
tribution among Native Corporations under this sec-
tion; or 
‘‘(2) the settlement agreement among Regional 
Corporations or Village Corporations or other provi-
sions of subsection (i) or (j).’’. 
SEC. 6. COMPENSATION. 
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 43. URBAN CORPORATIONS FOR HAINES, KETCHIKAN, 
PETERSBURG, TENAKEE, AND WRANGELL. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF URBAN CORPORATION.—In this 
section, the term ‘Urban Corporation’ means each of the 
Urban Corporations for Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, 
Tenakee, and Wrangell. 
‘‘(b) CONVEYANCES OF LAND.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.— 
‘‘(A) CONVEYANCES TO URBAN CORPORA-
TIONS.—Subject to valid existing rights and 
paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), the Secretary 
shall convey— 
‘‘(i) to the Urban Corporation for 
Haines, the surface estate in 12 parcels of 
Federal land comprising approximately 
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