HR 43enacted119th Congress

Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025House billPolicy area: Native AmericansLast action Jul 7, 2025Sponsor: Nicholas J. Begich III(R-AK)

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What the bill does

Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025 This 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.

Latest official action

Became Public Law No: 119-23.

Lobbying Filings Citing It

$150.0K

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

100

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Jan 3, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Feb 4, 2025vote

Stephanie I. Bice voted yea

Feb 4, 2025vote

Lauren Boebert voted yea

Feb 4, 2025vote

Gus M. Bilirakis voted yea

Apr 12, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by CHENEGA CORPORATION

Apr 17, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by CALISTA CORPORATION

Official Congressional Actions

Jul 7, 2025BecameLaw

Signed by President.

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Jul 7, 2025BecameLaw

Became Public Law No: 119-23.

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Jul 7, 2025President

Signed by President.

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Jul 7, 2025President

Became Public Law No: 119-23.

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Jul 3, 2025President

Presented to President.

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC	CALISTA CORPORATION	$50.0K	Jul 19, 2025	2025Q2	IND
CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC	CALISTA CORPORATION	$50.0K	Apr 17, 2025	2025Q1	IND
VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP	CHENEGA CORPORATION	$30.0K	Jul 18, 2025

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Stephanie I. Bice	R	yea	Feb 4, 2025
Lauren Boebert	R	yea	Feb 4, 2025
Gus M. Bilirakis	R	yea	Feb 4, 2025
Vern Buchanan	R	yea	Feb 4, 2025

About this page

The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.