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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 pro-
vide 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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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 ‘‘Alaska Native Village 
Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. REVERSION OF CERTAIN LAND CONVEYED IN 
TRUST TO THE STATE OF ALASKA. 
Section 14(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(c)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, 
and indenting appropriately; 
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
(as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘(c) Each patent’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN LAND BY VILLAGE 
CORPORATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each patent’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), in the 
undesignated matter following subparagraph (E) (as 
so redesignated), in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 14(c) of this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘There is authorized’’ and 
inserting the following: 
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‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—There are author-
ized’’; 
(4) in paragraph (2)(A) (as so redesignated), in 
the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) FORM
OF
FUNDING.—The Sec-
retary’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (1) (as so designated)— 
(A) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
(as so redesignated)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the’’ the first place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(ii) by striking the semicolon at the 
end and inserting a period; 
(B) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘the’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘existed as of’’ in subpara-
graph (D) (as so redesignated) and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘for’’ in subparagraph (E) (as so 
redesignated) and inserting the following: ‘‘ex-
isted as of December 18, 1971. 
‘‘(E) For’’; and 
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(D) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) by striking the semicolon at the 
end and inserting a period; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘in trust: Provided, 
however, That the word’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘sentence,’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘in trust. 
‘‘(II) DEFINITION
OF
SALE.— 
For purposes of subclause (I), the 
term ‘sale’ ’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘one thousand two 
hundred and eighty acres: Provided further, 
That any net’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘1,280 acres. 
‘‘(iii) NET REVENUES.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Any net’’; 
(iv) by striking ‘‘community needs: 
Provided, That the’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘community needs. 
‘‘(ii) MINIMUM ACREAGE.—The’’; 
(v) by striking ‘‘(C) the Village Cor-
poration’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) CONVEYANCE
TO
MUNICIPAL
COR-
PORATION OR THE STATE IN TRUST.— 
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Village Cor-
poration’’; and 
(vi) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) CASES IN WHICH CONVEYANCE 
SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(I) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this 
subparagraph, if a Village Corpora-
tion, prior to the date of enactment of 
the Alaska Native Village Municipal 
Lands Restoration Act of 2023, con-
veyed to the State in trust all or a 
portion of the acreage of land re-
quired to be conveyed under this sub-
paragraph for the establishment of a 
Municipal Corporation in the future, 
and a Municipal Corporation has not 
been established as of that date of en-
actment, on formal resolution by the 
Village Corporation and the residents 
of the Native village requesting dis-
solution of the trust, the trust shall be 
dissolved and title to the land shall re-
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vert to the Village Corporation, sub-
ject to subclause (III). 
‘‘(II) ADDITIONAL
LAND.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of 
this subparagraph, as of the date of 
enactment of the Alaska Native Vil-
lage Municipal Lands Restoration Act 
of 2023, a Village Corporation shall 
not be required to convey any addi-
tional land in trust under this sub-
paragraph for the establishment of a 
Municipal Corporation in the future. 
‘‘(III) REQUIREMENTS.—In ac-
cordance with subsection (g)— 
‘‘(aa) the reversion of land 
to a Village Corporation pursuant 
to subclause (I) shall be subject 
to— 
‘‘(AA) 
valid 
existing 
rights created by the appli-
cable trust; and 
‘‘(BB) 
any 
existing 
easements, 
rights-of-way 
necessary for public roadway 
access, or rights-of-way for 
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access of holders of valid ex-
isting rights; and 
‘‘(bb) the Village Corpora-
tion shall assume the obligations 
of the applicable trust with re-
spect to any lease or other use 
agreement applicable to the land 
on reversion of the land to the 
Village Corporation pursuant to 
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 
to provide that Village Corporations shall not be 
required to convey land in trust to the State of 
Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Cor-
porations, and for other purposes. 
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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