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Establishes Urban Corporations for Alaska Native Communities
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Establishes Urban Corporations for Alaska Native Communities

IntroducedJuly 30, 2025
In Senate1 month ago
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Waiting for a House floor vote.
It has cleared committee and can be brought up at any time, though no date is set.
Native AmericansAlaskaAlaska Natives and HawaiiansFederal-Indian relationsHistorical and cultural resourcesIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsIndian social and development programsLand transfersMinority educationMinority health
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Why This Matters

This bill allows five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements.

If you live in Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell, your community can now form an urban corporation and receive land.
Who this affects
Alaska Native residents · Urban corporations
What changes is this bill making?
  1. 1This bill allows the Alaska Native communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell to form urban corporations.
  2. 2Each urban corporation will receive land entitlements from the Department of the Interior.
  3. 3The bill requires the Department of the Interior to convey subsurface rights for the land to the regional corporation for Southeast Alaska.
  4. 4Urban corporations can create settlement trusts to support health, education, and cultural preservation.
Read the detailed summary

Alaska Native Landless Equity Act This bill allows five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements. Specifically, the bill allows the Alaska Native residents of each of the Alaska Native villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Alaska Native urban corporations and to receive certain settlement land. The bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey specified land to each urban corporation. Further, Interior must convey the subsurface estate for that land to the regional corporation for Southeast Alaska. The land conveyed to each urban corporation must include any U.S. interest in all roads, trails, log transfer facilities, leases, and appurtenances on or related to the land conveyed to the urban corporation. The bill also allows each urban corporation to establish a settlement trust to (1) promote the health, education, and welfare of the trust beneficiaries; and (2) preserve the Alaska Native heritage and culture of their communities.

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IntroducedJul 30, 2025
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Waiting for a House floor vote.

It has cleared committee and can be brought up at any time, though no date is set.

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Donald Trump
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