119-hr43

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 43 Enrolled Bill

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 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.