Alaska Native Vietnam Veteran Land Allotment Fulfillment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1951
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-05-27
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska

Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Conflicts and wars

Indian claims

Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers

Veterans' organizations and recognition

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Alaska Native Vietnam Veteran Land Allotment Fulfillment Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill makes additional federal land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Program. The program makes Alaska Native veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Vietnam between August 5, 1964, and December 31, 1971, or their heirs eligible to receive up to 160 acres of federal land in Alaska.</p> <p> Specifically, the bill makes federal lands within units of the National Wildlife Refuge System in Alaska that were identified by the Department of the Interior in a November 2020 report as immediately available for allotment selection under the program. Interior identified over 3.6 million acres of land that should be made available for allotment selection by these veterans.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1951 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 27, 2021 Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Sullivan ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alaska Native Vietnam Veteran Land Allotment Fulfillment Act of 2021 . 2. Making additional land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program All Federal land identified as suitable for allotment selection in the report under subsection (c)(1) of section 1119 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1629g–1 ), and published by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the report entitled Identification of National Wildlife Refuge System Lands in Alaska That Should Be Made Available for Allotment Selection by Eligible Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans (November 2020), shall be made immediately available for selection in accordance with that section.