H.R. 41 · 119th Congress

Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

Introduced on Jan 3, 2025 by Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK). One cosponsor. Latest action (Jun 3, 2026): Received in the Senate.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Native Americans
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Alaska
  • Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Historical and cultural resources
  • Indian claims
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Land transfers
  • Minority education
  • Minority health

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 3, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Nicholas J. Begich IIIR-AKSponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jan 3, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. Mar 5, 2026 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Mar 5, 2026 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  6. Apr 2, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-579.
  7. Apr 2, 2026 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-579.
  8. Apr 2, 2026 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.
  9. Jun 2, 2026 · HouseMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. Jun 2, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3746-3749)
  11. Jun 2, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 41.
  12. Jun 2, 2026Passed/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)
  13. Jun 2, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3746-3749)
  14. Jun 2, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. Jun 3, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. International Fresh Produce Association (fka United Fresh Produce Association)6 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  2. SEALASKA CORPORATION6 reports
    $330K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SEALASKA REMEDIATION SOLUTIONS, LLC$484.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 92%
  3. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  4. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE2 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)
  5. Alaska Wilderness League Action1 report
    $15K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.