Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/43

Official text excerpt

Public Law 119–23: 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. 
 Public Law 23 
 Public Law 119–23 139 Stat. 403 
 2025-07-07 
 2025-07-07 
 United States Government Publishing Office National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
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 PUBLIC LAW 119–23—July 7, 2025 
 139 STAT. 403 
 Public Law 119–23 
 119th Congress 
 
 
 
 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. July 7, 2025 [ H.R. 43 ] 
 
   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025. 
 SECTION 1. 43 USC 1601 note . 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 fir…

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Citations

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