Introduced:
Feb 27, 2025
Policy Area:
Native Americans
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Feb 27, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Summaries (1)
Introduced in Senate
- Feb 27, 2025
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<p><strong>Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act</strong></p><p>This bill extends for an additional five years the time period during which an eligible Alaska Native veteran may apply for a land allotment under the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Program. The program makes Alaska Native veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Vietnam between August 5, 1964, and December 31, 1971, or their heirs eligible to receive up to 160 acres of federal land in Alaska.</p><p>Under the current program, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management may accept applications through December 29, 2025. This bill extends this time period for an additional five years to December 29, 2030.</p>
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Senate
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 10000
Feb 27, 2025
Subjects (1)
Native Americans
(Policy Area)
Cosponsors (1)
(R-AK)
Feb 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025
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Length: 1,275 characters
Version: Introduced in Senate
Version Date: Feb 27, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 16, 2025 2:30 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 785 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 785
To extend the Alaska Native Vietnam era Veterans Land Allotment
Program.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To extend the Alaska Native Vietnam era Veterans Land Allotment
Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 785 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 785
To extend the Alaska Native Vietnam era Veterans Land Allotment
Program.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To extend the Alaska Native Vietnam era Veterans Land Allotment
Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans
Land Allotment Extension Act''.
SEC. 2.
PROGRAM.
Section 1119
(b)
(3)
(B) of the John D.
(b)
(3)
(B) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation,
Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g-1
(b)
(3)
(B) ) is amended
by striking ``5-year period'' and inserting ``10-year period''.
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