H.R. 43
Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025
In Plain Language
This bill removes a requirement that Alaska Native village corporations must give certain lands to Alaska to be held for future municipal governments. It also lets village corporations take back lands currently held in trust by voting to dissolve that trust. Essentially, it gives Alaska Native village corporations more control over their land instead of having it set aside for potential future municipalities.
Official Congressional Research Service summary
Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025This act removes the requirement that Alaska Native village corporations must convey lands to Alaska to be held in trust for future municipal governments. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) requires all Alaska Native village corporations that receive land under the ANCSA to convey certain lands to the existing municipality in the village or, if no municipality exists, to Alaska in trust for any municipality that may be established in the future. This act removes the requirement for conveyance. Additionally, the act allows village corporations to regain title to the lands held in trust by dissolving the trust through formal resolution by the village corporation and the residents of the Native village.
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Latest action
Became Public Law No: 119-23.
Jul 7, 2025
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