H. R. 43 
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five 
An Act 
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village Corpora-
tions shall not be required to convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for 
the establishment of Municipal Corporations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2025’’. 
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 subpara-
graphs (A) through (E), respectively, and indenting appro-
priately; 
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘(c) Each patent’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) CONVEYANCE
OF CERTAIN LAND
BY VILLAGE CORPORA-
TION.— 
‘‘(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: 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized’’; 
(4) in paragraph (2)(A) (as so redesignated), in the second 
sentence, by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) FORM OF FUNDING.—The Secretary’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (1) (as so designated)— 
(A) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(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 redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘the’’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘The’’;
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(C) by striking ‘‘existed as of’’ in subparagraph (D) 
(as so redesignated) and all that follows through ‘‘for’’ in 
subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated) and inserting the 
following: ‘‘existed as of December 18, 1971. 
‘‘(E) For’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated)— 
(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 follows 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 following: ‘‘community needs. 
‘‘(ii) MINIMUM ACREAGE.—The’’; 
(v) by striking ‘‘(C) the Village Corporation’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) CONVEYANCE TO MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR THE 
STATE IN TRUST.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Village Corporation’’; and 
(vi) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) CASES IN WHICH CONVEYANCE SHALL NOT BE 
REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this subparagraph, if a Village Cor-
poration, prior to the date of enactment of the 
Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restora-
tion Act of 2025, conveyed to the State in trust 
all or a portion of the acreage of land required 
to be conveyed under this subparagraph for the 
establishment of a Municipal Corporation in the 
future, and a Municipal Corporation has not been 
established as of that date of enactment, on formal 
resolution by the Village Corporation and the resi-
dents of the Native village requesting dissolution 
of the trust, the trust shall be dissolved and title 
to the land shall revert to the Village Corporation, 
subject to subclause (III). 
‘‘(II) ADDITIONAL LAND.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this subparagraph, as of the 
date of enactment of the Alaska Native Village 
Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025, a Village 
Corporation shall not be required to convey any 
additional land in trust under this subparagraph 
for the establishment of a Municipal Corporation 
in the future. 
‘‘(III) REQUIREMENTS.—In accordance with 
subsection (g)— 
‘‘(aa) the reversion of land to a Village 
Corporation pursuant to subclause (I) shall 
be subject to—
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‘‘(AA) valid existing rights created by 
the applicable trust; and 
‘‘(BB) any existing easements, rights- 
of-way necessary for public roadway 
access, or rights-of-way for access of 
holders of valid existing rights; and 
‘‘(bb) the Village Corporation shall assume 
the obligations of the applicable trust with 
respect to any lease or other use agreement 
applicable to the land on reversion of the land 
to the Village Corporation pursuant to sub-
clause (I).’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.