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House bill · H.R. 41 (119th Congress)

Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

U.S. House of Representatives

Latest action Jun 3, 2026

Sponsor: Nicholas J. Begich III (U.S. Representative, AK at-large, Republican)

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Summary

Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act This bill allows five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements. Specifically, the bill allows the Alaska Native residents of each of the Alaska Native villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Alaska Native urban corporations and to receive certain settlement land. The bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey specified land to each urban corporation. Further, Interior must convey the subsurface estate for that land to the regional corporation for Southeast Alaska. The land conveyed to each urban corporation must include any U.S. interest in all roads, trails, log transfer facilities, leases, and appurtenances on or related to the land conveyed to the urban corporation. The bill also allows each urban corporation to establish a settlement trust to (1) promote the health, education, and welfare of the trust beneficiaries; and (2) preserve the Alaska Native heritage and culture of their communities.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

House Committee on Natural Resources · U.S. House of Representatives

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Full history

  1. Jun 3, 2026

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate.

    U.S. House

  2. Jun 3, 2026

    Sent to the executive

    Received in the Senate.

    U.S. Senate

  3. Jun 2, 2026

    Considered Under Suspension of the rules. (consideration: cr H3746-3749)

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3746-3749)

  4. Jun 2, 2026

    Considered Under Suspension of the rules. (consideration: cr H3746-3749)

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3746-3749)

  5. Jun 2, 2026

    Considered Under Suspension of the rules. (consideration: cr H3746-3749)

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3746-3749)

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  1. Jun 2, 2026

    Debate - the House Proceeded With Forty Minutes of Debate on H.R. 41.

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 41.

    U.S. House of Representatives

  2. Jun 2, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. Jun 2, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  4. Jun 2, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  5. Jun 2, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3746-3749)

    U.S. House of Representatives

  6. Apr 2, 2026

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.

  7. Apr 2, 2026

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.

  8. Apr 2, 2026

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.

  9. Apr 2, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-579.

  10. Apr 2, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-579.

  11. Apr 2, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-579.

  12. Mar 5, 2026

    Committee vote

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  13. Mar 5, 2026

    Committee vote

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  14. Mar 5, 2026

    Committee vote

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  15. Mar 5, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

  16. Mar 5, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

  17. Mar 5, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

  18. Jan 3, 2025

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    U.S. House of Representatives

  19. Jan 3, 2025

    Introduced

    Introduced in U.S. House

    U.S. House

  20. Jan 3, 2025

    Referred to committee

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

    U.S. House of Representatives

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