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 Southeast 
Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to redress the omission of 
the southeastern Alaska communities of Haines, Ketchikan, 
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 Settlement 
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 fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(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, Peters-
burg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, may organize 
as Urban Corporations. 
‘‘(2) EFFECT ON ENTITLEMENT TO LAND.—Noth-
ing in this subsection affects any entitlement to 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) NATIVE VILLAGES OF HAINES, KETCHIKAN, PE-
TERSBURG, TENAKEE, AND WRANGELL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enroll to 
each of the Urban Corporations for Haines, Ketch-
ikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell those indi-
vidual Natives who enrolled under this Act to the Na-
tive Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, 
Tenakee, or Wrangell, respectively. 
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF SHARES.—Each Native who is 
enrolled to an Urban Corporation for Haines, Ketch-
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ikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell pursuant to 
paragraph (1) and who was enrolled as a shareholder 
of the Regional Corporation for Southeast 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 
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 Village 
Corporation or Urban Corporation, the Native shall 
receive the identical number of shares of Settlement 
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 en-
rolled to the respective Urban Corporation. 
‘‘(4) EFFECT ON ENTITLEMENT TO LAND.—Noth-
ing in this subsection affects any previous or future 
allocation of acreage to any Regional Corporation 
pursuant to section 12(b) or 14(h)(8).’’. 
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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’’; 
(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, KETCHIKAN, 
PETERSBURG, 
TENAKEE, 
AND
WRANGELL.—Native 
members of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, 
Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell who become share-
holders in an Urban Corporation for such a Native 
Village shall continue to be eligible to receive distribu-
tions under this subsection as at-large shareholders of 
the Regional Corporation for Southeast Alaska.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(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— 
‘‘(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 following: 
‘‘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— 
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‘‘(i) to the Urban Corporation for 
Haines, the surface estate in 12 parcels of 
Federal land comprising approximately 
23,040 acres, as generally depicted on the 
maps entitled ‘Haines Selections’, numbered 
1 and 2, and dated April 19, 2023; 
‘‘(ii) to the Urban Corporation for 
Ketchikan, the surface estate in 8 parcels of 
Federal land comprising approximately 
23,040 acres, as generally depicted on the 
maps entitled ‘Ketchikan Selections’, num-
bered 1 through 4, and dated April 19, 
2023; 
‘‘(iii) to the Urban Corporation for Pe-
tersburg, the surface estate in 12 parcels of 
Federal land comprising approximately 
23,040 acres, as generally depicted on the 
maps entitled ‘Petersburg Selections’, num-
bered 1 through 3, and dated April 19, 
2023; 
‘‘(iv) to the Urban Corporation for 
Tenakee, the surface estate in 15 parcels of 
Federal land comprising approximately 
23,040 acres, as generally depicted on the 
maps entitled ‘Tenakee Selections’, num-
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bered 1 through 3, and dated April 19, 
2023; and 
‘‘(v) to the Urban Corporation for 
Wrangell, the surface estate in 13 parcels of 
Federal land comprising approximately 
23,040 acres, as generally depicted on the 
maps entitled ‘Wrangell Selections’, num-
bered 1 through 5, and dated April 19, 
2023. 
‘‘(B) CONVEYANCES TO REGIONAL CORPORA-
TION FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA.—Subject to valid 
existing rights, on the applicable date on which 
the surface estate in land is conveyed to an 
Urban Corporation under subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary shall convey to the Regional Corpora-
tion for Southeast Alaska the subsurface estate 
for that land. 
‘‘(C) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), it is the intent of Congress that the 
Secretary complete the interim conveyance 
of the surface estate in land to an Urban 
Corporation under subparagraph (A) not 
later than the date that is 2 years after the 
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applicable date of incorporation of the 
Urban Corporation under section 16(e)(1). 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—As the Secretary 
determines to be necessary, the Secretary 
may extend the 2-year deadline established 
by clause (i) by not more than 1 year for 
any individual parcel of land to allow for 
the conclusion of any pending appeal of a 
public easement decision for the applicable 
parcel pursuant to section 17(b), subject to 
the requirement that the final conveyance of 
the surface estate with respect to the appli-
cable parcel shall be completed as soon as 
practicable after the date on which the ap-
peal is concluded. 
‘‘(D) FINALIZATION OF ENTITLEMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The conveyances 
under subparagraph (A) shall be considered 
to be the full and final satisfaction of the 
entitlement of the southeastern Alaska com-
munities of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, 
Tenakee, and Wrangell under this Act, not-
withstanding whether the surveyed acreage 
of the parcels of land described in clauses 
(i) through (v) of that subparagraph is less 
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than or more than 23,040 acres in the case 
of each Urban Corporation, subject to the 
requirement that the surveyed acreage shall 
be not less than 23,020 acres and not more 
than 23,060 acres. 
‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENTS.—If the total sur-
veyed acreage of land conveyed to an Urban 
Corporation under subparagraph (A) is less 
than 23,020 acres or more than 23,060 
acres, the Secretary, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, and the Urban Corporation shall 
negotiate in good faith to make a mutually 
agreeable adjustment to the parcels of Fed-
eral land described in clauses (i) through 
(v) of subparagraph (A) to ensure that not 
less than and not more than 23,040 acres of 
land is conveyed to the Urban Corporation. 
‘‘(2) WITHDRAWAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-
ing rights, the Federal land described in para-
graph (1) is withdrawn from all forms of— 
‘‘(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal 
under the public land laws; 
‘‘(ii) location, entry, and patent under 
the mining laws; and 
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‘‘(iii) disposition under all laws per-
taining to mineral and geothermal leasing 
or mineral materials. 
‘‘(B) 
TERMINATION.—The 
withdrawal 
under subparagraph (A) shall remain in effect 
until the date on which the Federal land is con-
veyed under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF LAND CONVEYED.—Except 
as otherwise provided in this section, any land con-
veyed to an Urban Corporation under paragraph 
(1)(A) shall be— 
‘‘(A) considered to be land conveyed by the 
Secretary under section 14(h)(3); and 
‘‘(B) subject to all laws (including regula-
tions) applicable to entitlements under section 
14(h)(3), including section 907(d) of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (43 
U.S.C. 1636(d)). 
‘‘(4) PUBLIC EASEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (C), the conveyance and patents for the 
land under paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to 
the reservation before the conveyance of public 
easements under section 17(b). 
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‘‘(B) TERMINATION.—No public easement 
reserved on land conveyed under paragraph 
(1)(A) shall be terminated by the Secretary with-
out publication of notice of the proposed termi-
nation in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(C) RESERVATION OF EASEMENTS.—In the 
conveyance and patent for any parcel of land 
under paragraph (1)(A) for which the easement 
reservation process has not been completed by the 
date that is 2 years after the applicable date of 
incorporation of the Urban Corporation under 
section 16(e)(1), or, in the case of an appeal of 
a public easement under section 17(b), by the 
date that is 3 years after the applicable date of 
incorporation, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) convey the parcel of land; and 
‘‘(ii) as part of the conveyance and 
patent for the parcel of land under clause 
(i), reserve the right of the Secretary to 
amend the conveyance and patent to include 
reservations of public easements under sec-
tion 17(b) until the date of completion of 
the easement reservation process. 
‘‘(D) STATE
OF
ALASKA
EASEMENTS.— 
Nothing in this Act modifies, changes, or termi-
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nates the rights-of-way granted to the State 
under— 
‘‘(i) section 4407 of the SAFETEA–LU 
(Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1777); or 
‘‘(ii) the 2006 memorandum of under-
standing between the State and the Forest 
Service to implement that section. 
‘‘(5) HUNTING, FISHING, RECREATION, AND AC-
CESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any land conveyed 
under paragraph (1)(A), including access to the 
land through roadways, trails, and forest roads, 
shall remain open and available to subsistence 
uses, noncommercial recreational hunting and 
fishing, and other noncommercial recreational 
uses by the public under applicable law— 
‘‘(i) without liability on the part of the 
Urban Corporation, except for willful acts 
of the Urban Corporation, to any user as a 
result of the use; and 
‘‘(ii) subject to— 
‘‘(I) any reasonable restrictions 
that may be imposed by the Urban 
Corporation on the public use— 
‘‘(aa) to ensure public safety; 
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‘‘(bb) to minimize conflicts 
between recreational and commer-
cial uses; 
‘‘(cc) to protect cultural re-
sources; 
‘‘(dd) to conduct scientific re-
search; or 
‘‘(ee) to provide environ-
mental protection; and 
‘‘(II) the condition that the Urban 
Corporation post on any applicable 
property, in accordance with State 
law, notices of the restrictions on use. 
‘‘(B) EFFECT.—Access provided to any in-
dividual or entity under subparagraph (A) shall 
not— 
‘‘(i) create an interest in any third 
party in the land conveyed under para-
graph (1)(A); or 
‘‘(ii) provide standing to any third 
party in any review of, or challenge to, any 
determination by the Urban Corporation 
with respect to the management or develop-
ment of the land conveyed under paragraph 
(1)(A), except as against the Urban Cor-
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poration for the management of public ac-
cess under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(6) MISCELLANEOUS.— 
‘‘(A) SPECIAL USE AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—On the conveyance 
of land to an Urban Corporation under 
paragraph (1)(A)— 
‘‘(I) any guiding or outfitting 
special use authorization issued by the 
Forest Service for the use of the con-
veyed land shall terminate; and 
‘‘(II) as a condition of the convey-
ance and consistent with section 14(g), 
the Urban Corporation shall issue the 
holder of the special use authorization 
terminated under subclause (I) an au-
thorization to continue the authorized 
use, subject to the terms and conditions 
that were in the special use authoriza-
tion issued by the Forest Service, for— 
‘‘(aa) the remainder of the 
term of the authorization; and 
‘‘(bb) 1 additional consecu-
tive 10-year renewal period. 
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‘‘(ii) NOTICE OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVI-
TIES.—The Urban Corporation, and any 
holder of a guiding or outfitting authoriza-
tion under this subparagraph, shall have a 
mutual obligation, subject to the guiding or 
outfitting authorization, to inform the other 
party of any commercial activities prior to 
engaging in the activities on the land con-
veyed to the Urban Corporation under 
paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(iii) NEGOTIATION OF NEW TERMS.— 
Nothing in this paragraph precludes the 
Urban Corporation and the holder of a 
guiding or outfitting authorization from ne-
gotiating a new mutually agreeable guiding 
or outfitting authorization. 
‘‘(iv) LIABILITY.—Neither the Urban 
Corporation nor the United States shall 
bear any liability, except for willful acts of 
the Urban Corporation or the United 
States, regarding the use and occupancy of 
any land conveyed to the Urban Corpora-
tion under paragraph (1)(A), as provided 
in any outfitting or guiding authorization 
under this paragraph. 
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‘‘(B) MUTUAL USE AGREEMENT FOR ROADS 
AND FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall seek to enter into a bind-
ing mutual use agreement for— 
‘‘(I) the use of National Forest 
System roads and related transpor-
tation facilities (including marine ac-
cess facilities, log transfer facilities, 
sort yards, and associated log rafting 
and storage areas) in the Tongass Na-
tional Forest by the Urban Corpora-
tion and designees of the Urban Cor-
poration; and 
‘‘(II) the use of the roads and re-
lated transportation facilities (includ-
ing marine access facilities, log trans-
fer facilities, sort yards, and associated 
log rafting and storage areas) of the 
Urban Corporation by the Forest Serv-
ice and designees of the Forest Service. 
‘‘(ii) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—The 
binding mutual use agreement under clause 
(i)— 
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‘‘(I) shall provide that the use of 
road and transportation facilities in-
frastructure by a third party shall not 
begin until the date on which the third 
party signs a mutual use agreement 
entered into with the Urban Corpora-
tion; 
‘‘(II) shall provide that the State 
(including entities and designees of the 
State) shall be authorized to use the 
roads and related transportation facili-
ties of the Urban Corporation on sub-
stantially similar terms as are pro-
vided by the Urban Corporation to the 
Forest Service; 
‘‘(III) shall include restrictions 
on, and fees for, the use of the National 
Forest System roads and related trans-
portation facilities in existence as of 
the date of enactment of this section, as 
necessary, that are reasonable and 
comparable to the restrictions and fees 
imposed by the Forest Service for the 
use of the roads and related transpor-
tation facilities; 
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‘‘(IV) shall not restrict or limit 
any access to the roads and related 
transportation facilities of the Urban 
Corporation or the Forest Service that 
may be otherwise provided by valid ex-
isting rights and agreements in exist-
ence as of the date of enactment of this 
section; and 
‘‘(V) shall provide for periodic up-
dates to the mutual use agreement if 
the terms and conditions of the up-
dated mutual use agreement are con-
sistent with the terms and conditions 
described in subclauses (I) through 
(IV). 
‘‘(iii) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the 
intent of Congress that the mutual use 
agreement under clause (i) shall be entered 
into as soon as practicable after the date of 
enactment of this section and in any case 
by not later than 1 year after the date of 
incorporation of the Urban Corporation. 
‘‘(iv) CONTINUED ACCESS.—Beginning 
on the date on which the land is conveyed 
to the Urban Corporation under paragraph 
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(1)(A) and ending on the effective date of a 
binding mutual use agreement entered into 
under clause (i), the Urban Corporation 
shall provide and allow administrative ac-
cess to roads and related transportation fa-
cilities on the land under substantially 
similar terms as are provided by the Forest 
Service as of the date of enactment of this 
section. 
‘‘(C) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this sec-
tion delays the duty of the Secretary to con-
vey land to— 
‘‘(I) the State under Public Law 
85–508 (commonly known as the ‘Alas-
ka Statehood Act’) (48 U.S.C. note 
prec. 21); or 
‘‘(II) 
a 
Native 
Corporation 
under— 
‘‘(aa) this Act; or 
‘‘(bb) 
the 
Alaska 
Land 
Transfer Acceleration Act (43 
U.S.C. 1611 note; Public Law 
108–452). 
‘‘(ii) STATEHOOD ENTITLEMENT.— 
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‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Statehood se-
lections under Public Law 85–508 
(commonly known as the ‘Alaska 
Statehood Act’) (48 U.S.C. note prec. 
21) are not displaced by the parcels of 
land described in clauses (i) through 
(v) of paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(II) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.— 
In the event of a dispute between an 
area selected as a Statehood selection 
and a parcel of land referred to in sub-
clause (I), the Secretary shall work 
with the Urban Corporation and the 
State in good faith to adjust the 
boundary of the parcel to exclude any 
area selected as a Statehood selection. 
‘‘(iii) CONVEYANCES.—The Secretary 
shall promptly proceed with the conveyance 
of all land necessary to fulfill the final enti-
tlement of all Native Corporations in ac-
cordance with— 
‘‘(I) this Act; and 
‘‘(II) the Alaska Land Transfer 
Acceleration Act (43 U.S.C. 1611 note; 
Public Law 108–452). 
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‘‘(iv) FISH
AND
WILDLIFE.—Nothing 
in this section enlarges or diminishes the re-
sponsibility and authority of the State with 
respect to the management of fish and wild-
life on public land in the State. 
‘‘(D) MAPS.— 
‘‘(i) AVAILABILITY.—Each map re-
ferred to in paragraph (1)(A) shall be avail-
able in the appropriate offices of the Sec-
retary and the Secretary of Agriculture. 
‘‘(ii) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Agri-
culture, may make any necessary correction 
to a clerical or typographical error in a 
map referred to in paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(7) ESCROW FUNDS.—Beginning on the date of 
enactment of this section, the escrow requirements of 
section 2 of Public Law 94–204 (43 U.S.C. 1613 note) 
shall apply to proceeds (including interest) derived 
from the land withdrawn under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(c) CONVEYANCE OF ROADS, TRAILS, LOG TRANSFER 
FACILITIES, LEASES, AND APPURTENANCES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The land conveyed to an 
Urban Corporation under subsection (b)(1)(A) shall 
include all right, title, and interest of the United 
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States in all roads, trails, log transfer facilities, 
leases, and appurtenances on or related to the land 
conveyed to the Urban Corporation. 
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS.—The land conveyed to an 
Urban Corporation under subsection (b)(1)(A) shall 
be subject to all valid existing rights in accordance 
with section 14(g), including any reciprocal rights-of- 
way, easements, or agreements for the use of the 
roads, trails, log transfer facilities, leases, and appur-
tenances conveyed under subsection (b)(1)(A). 
‘‘(3) CONTINUATION OF AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On or before the date 
on which land is conveyed to an Urban Corpora-
tion under subsection (b)(1)(A), the Secretary 
shall provide to the Urban Corporation notice of 
all reciprocal rights-of-way, easements, and 
agreements for use of the roads, trails, log trans-
fer facilities, leases, and appurtenances on or re-
lated to the land in existence as of the date of 
enactment of this section. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—In accordance with 
section 14(g), any right-of-way, easement, or 
agreement described in subparagraph (A) shall 
continue unless the right-of-way, easement, or 
agreement— 
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‘‘(i) expires under its own terms; or 
‘‘(ii) is mutually renegotiated. 
‘‘(d) SETTLEMENT TRUST.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each Urban Corporation 
may establish a settlement trust in accordance with 
section 39 for the purposes of promoting the health, 
education, and welfare of the trust beneficiaries, and 
preserving the Native heritage and culture, of the 
community 
of 
Haines, 
Ketchikan, 
Petersburg, 
Tenakee, or Wrangell, as applicable. 
‘‘(2) PROCEEDS AND INCOME.—The proceeds and 
income from the principal of a trust established under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) first be applied to the support of those 
enrollees, and the descendants of the enrollees, 
who are elders or minor children; and 
‘‘(B) thereafter to the support of all other 
enrollees.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 718 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4748 
[Report No. 118–881] 
A BILL 
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. 
DECEMBER 16, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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