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S. 2554 Senate Native Americans

Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

Calendars and Scheduling, still live
Introduced
Jul 30, 2025
Sponsor
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK)
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STAGE 3 OF 8 — CALENDARS AND SCHEDULING

Currently in the Senate. Last action: placed on senate legislative calendar under general orders. calendar no. 639 on Sep 17, 2026.

  1. Senate Introduced in Senate Jul 30, 2025
  2. Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Jul 30, 2025
  3. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. Feb 12, 2026
  4. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Jul 16, 2026
  5. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Sep 17, 2026
  6. Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639. Sep 17, 2026

Cosponsors

1

Subjects

AlaskaAlaska Natives and HawaiiansFederal-Indian relationsHistorical and cultural resourcesIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsIndian social and development programsLand transfersMinority educationMinority health

Committees

  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
    • [Reported By, Sep 17, 2026]
    • [Markup By, Jul 16, 2026]
    • [Referred To, Jul 30, 2025]

Summary

Alaska Native Landless Equity ActThis 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.

[Summary as of: Introduced in Senate]

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