[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 43 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.43
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five
An Act
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village
Corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the State
of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Corporations, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Native Village Municipal
Lands Restoration Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. REVERSION OF CERTAIN LAND CONVEYED IN TRUST TO THE STATE OF
ALASKA.
Section 14(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C.
1613(c)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as
subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and indenting
appropriately;
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so
redesignated), by striking ``(c) Each patent'' and inserting the
following:
``(c) Conveyance of Certain Land by Village Corporation.--
``(1) In general.--Each patent'';
(3) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), in the undesignated
matter following subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), in the
first sentence--
(A) by striking ``section 14(c) of this Act'' and inserting
``this subsection''; and
(B) by striking ``There is authorized'' and inserting the
following:
``(2) Technical assistance.--
``(A) In general.--There are authorized'';
(4) in paragraph (2)(A) (as so redesignated), in the second
sentence, by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the
following:
``(B) Form of funding.--The Secretary''; and
(5) in paragraph (1) (as so designated)--
(A) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) (as so
redesignated)--
(i) by striking ``the'' the first place it appears and
inserting ``The''; and
(ii) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting
a period;
(B) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), by striking
``the'' the first place it appears and inserting ``The'';
(C) by striking ``existed as of'' in subparagraph (D) (as
so redesignated) and all that follows through ``for'' in
subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated) and inserting the
following: ``existed as of December 18, 1971.
``(E) For''; and
(D) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated)--
(i) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting
a period;
(ii) by striking ``in trust: Provided, however, That
the word'' and all that follows through ``sentence,'' and
inserting the following: ``in trust.
``(II) Definition of sale.--For purposes of
subclause (I), the term `sale''';
(iii) by striking ``one thousand two hundred and eighty
acres: Provided further, That any net'' and inserting the
following: ``1,280 acres.
``(iii) Net revenues.--
``(I) In general.--Any net'';
(iv) by striking ``community needs: Provided, That
the'' and inserting the following: ``community needs.
``(ii) Minimum acreage.--The'';
(v) by striking ``(C) the Village Corporation'' and
inserting the following:
``(C) Conveyance to municipal corporation or the state in
trust.--
``(i) In general.--The Village Corporation''; and
(vi) by adding at the end the following:
``(iv) Cases in which conveyance shall not be
required.--
``(I) In general.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this subparagraph, if a Village
Corporation, prior to the date of enactment of the
Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act
of 2025, conveyed to the State in trust all or a
portion of the acreage of land required to be conveyed
under this subparagraph for the establishment of a
Municipal Corporation in the future, and a Municipal
Corporation has not been established as of that date of
enactment, on formal resolution by the Village
Corporation and the residents of the Native village
requesting dissolution of the trust, the trust shall be
dissolved and title to the land shall revert to the
Village Corporation, subject to subclause (III).
``(II) Additional land.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this subparagraph, as of the date of
enactment of the Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands
Restoration Act of 2025, a Village Corporation shall
not be required to convey any additional land in trust
under this subparagraph for the establishment of a
Municipal Corporation in the future.
``(III) Requirements.--In accordance with
subsection (g)--
``(aa) the reversion of land to a Village
Corporation pursuant to subclause (I) shall be
subject to--
``(AA) valid existing rights created by the
applicable trust; and
``(BB) any existing easements, rights-of-
way necessary for public roadway access, or
rights-of-way for access of holders of valid
existing rights; and
``(bb) the Village Corporation shall assume the
obligations of the applicable trust with respect to
any lease or other use agreement applicable to the
land on reversion of the land to the Village
Corporation pursuant to subclause (I).''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.