H.R. 43 · 119th Congress · Native Americans
Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Feb 4, 2025
Roll call ↗412
1
Passed the House.
Law 185 days after it was introduced
Public Law 119-23. Each step dated from the congress.gov record
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- CommitteeJan 3, 2025
- Passed HouseFeb 4, 2025
- Passed SenateJun 18, 2025
- Became lawJul 7, 2025
On the record
- Cosponsors
- None
- House committee
- Natural Resources
- Lobbying
- At least 2
- organizations named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
The bill lets Alaska Native Village Corporations reclaim land they set aside for future towns that never formed.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, February 4, 2025
Yea unless marked
D · House · NC-12
R · House · AL-4
D · House · CA-33
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
The bill lets Alaska Native Village Corporations reclaim land they set aside for future towns that never formed. It amends section 14(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act so that where a Village Corporation conveyed land in trust to the State of Alaska to establish a future Municipal Corporation, and no Municipal Corporation has been established by the date of enactment, the trust can be dissolved and title reverts to the Village Corporation on a formal resolution by the corporation and the residents of the Native village. Going forward, a Village Corporation is no longer required to convey any additional land in trust for a future Municipal Corporation. Reverted land remains subject to valid existing rights created by the trust and to existing easements and rights-of-way for public road access, and the Village Corporation assumes the trust's obligations under any lease or use agreement on the land. The bill also restructures and makes technical fixes to section 14(c), including fixing the base date for land holdings as December 18, 1971 and an acreage figure of 1,280 acres.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 2 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 16 quarterly reports filed by 4 lobbying firms in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organizations named: Chenega Corporation; Calista Corporation. Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.