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Introduced on January 3, 2025 by Nicholas J. Begich
This bill recognizes five Southeast Alaska Native communities that were left out of an earlier law. It lets Alaska Native residents in Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell create local corporations and receive land to settle their claims.
The Interior Department must transfer about 23,040 acres to each new corporation. The regional Native corporation for Southeast Alaska receives the underground rights. The land includes roads, trails, and log transfer sites, and it stays open for subsistence uses and noncommercial hunting, fishing, and recreation, with posted, reasonable rules for safety and the environment.