To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible Native village under that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 112-hr-4194
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2012-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Small towns

Summary:
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: 
Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to recognize Alexander Creek, Alaska, as a Native village eligible for land and benefits under the Act.
 
Requires Alexander Creek to file any amendments to its corporate charter in Alaska that are necessary to convert from a Native group to a Native Village Corporation.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an agreement with Alexander Creek to settle aboriginal land claims and any other claims of such Native Village Corporation against the United States fairly.
 
Requires Alexander Creek to notify each member of the Native village that: (1) all of them will cease to receive benefits from Cook Inlet Region Incorporated (CIRI) individually as at-large shareholders, and (2) all future resource payments from the Region will be made to the Village Corporation. Relieves CIRI from liability under any state, federal, or local law for damages related to that payment cessation.

action_date: 2012-12-31
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to recognize Alexander Creek, Alaska, as a Native village eligible for land and benefits under the Act.
 
Requires Alexander Creek to file any amendments to its corporate charter in Alaska that are necessary to convert from a Native group to a Native Village Corporation.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an agreement with Alexander Creek to settle aboriginal land claims and any other claims of such Native Village Corporation against the United States fairly.
 
Requires Alexander Creek to notify each member of the Native village that: (1) all of them will cease to receive benefits from Cook Inlet Region Incorporated (CIRI) individually as at-large shareholders, and (2) all future resource payments from the Region will be made to the Village Corporation. Relieves CIRI from liability under any state, federal, or local law for damages related to that payment cessation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 538.
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-736.
action_date: 2012-12-31
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-736.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2012-03-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2012-03-08
text: Introduced in House