I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5402 
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for equitable 
allotment of lands to Alaska Native veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2010 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to pro-
vide for equitable allotment of lands to Alaska Native 
veterans. 
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 Vet-
erans Land Allotment Equity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO ALLOW CERTAIN ALASKA NATIVE 
VETERAN LAND ALLOTMENTS. 
Section 41 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g) is amended as follows: 
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(1) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) 
are amended to read as follows: ‘‘(1) The period for 
filing allotments under this Act shall end 3 years 
after the Secretary issues final regulations under 
section 3 of the Alaska Native Veterans Land Allot-
ment Equity Act. A person described in paragraph 
(1) or (2) of subsection (b) shall be eligible for an 
allotment of not more than two parcels of Federal 
land totaling 160 acres or less. 
‘‘(2)(A) Allotments may be selected from the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) Vacant lands that are owned by the United 
States. 
‘‘(ii) Lands that have been selected or conveyed 
to the State of Alaska if the State voluntarily relin-
quishes or conveys to the United States the land for 
the allotment. 
‘‘(iii) Lands that have been selected or conveyed 
to a Native Corporation if the Native Corporation 
voluntarily relinquishes or conveys to the United 
States the land for the allotment. 
‘‘(B) A Native Corporation may select an equal 
amount of acres of appropriate Federal land within the 
State of Alaska to replace lands voluntarily relinquished 
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or conveyed by that Native Corporation under subpara-
graph (A)(iii). 
‘‘(C) For security reasons, allotments may not be se-
lected from— 
‘‘(i) lands within the right-of-way granted for 
the TransAlaska Pipeline; or 
‘‘(ii) the inner or outer corridor of that right- 
of-way withdrawal.’’. 
(2) Subsection (a)(3) is repealed. 
(3) In subsection (b)(1), strike ‘‘A person’’ and 
insert ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), a per-
son’’. 
(4) Subsection (b)(1)(B) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(B) is a veteran who served during the period 
between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975, includ-
ing such dates.’’. 
(5) Subsection (b)(2) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) If an individual who would otherwise have been 
eligible for an allotment dies before applying for the allot-
ment, an heir on behalf of the estate of the deceased vet-
eran may apply for and receive the allotment.’’. 
(6) In subsection (b)(3), insert before the pe-
riod the following: ‘‘, except for an heir who applies 
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