{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-43","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 43","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 119-23","introduced":"2025-01-03","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-02-04","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h28","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act","result":"Passed","yea":412,"nay":1,"present":0,"not_voting":20,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll028.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2025-06-18","vote":null,"how":"voice_vote","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote."}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2025-07-07"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 119-23.","date":"2025-07-07"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-07-07","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"This act removes the requirement that Alaska Native village corporations must convey lands to Alaska to be held in trust for future municipal governments."},{"k":"p","t":"The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) requires all Alaska Native village corporations that receive land under the ANCSA to convey certain lands to the existing municipality in the village or, if no municipality exists, to Alaska in trust for any municipality that may be established in the future. This act removes the requirement for conveyance. Additionally, the act allows village corporations to regain title to the lands held in trust by dissolving the trust through formal resolution by the village corporation and the residents of the Native village."}],"words":122},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 14(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act so that Village Corporations are not required to convey additional land in trust to the State of Alaska for future Municipal Corporations, and lets certain land already held in trust revert to the Village Corporation.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/43/text/enr#HB9CAB99A7A994B3BA9CC4E0229F7704B:~:text=2.%20Reversion%20of%20certain%20land%20conveyed%20in"}]},"core_areas":["Village Corporation land conveyances under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act","Dissolution of State-held trusts for future Municipal Corporations and reversion of title","Conditions on reverted land: existing rights, easements, rights-of-way, and leases"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that, as of the date of enactment, a Village Corporation is not required to convey any additional land in trust for the establishment of a Municipal Corporation in the future.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/43/text/enr#HB9CAB99A7A994B3BA9CC4E0229F7704B:~:text=2.%20Reversion%20of%20certain%20land%20conveyed%20in"}},{"text":"Provides that if a Village Corporation conveyed land to the State in trust before enactment and no Municipal Corporation has been established, the trust is dissolved and title reverts to the Village Corporation on formal resolution by the Village Corporation and the residents of the Native village requesting dissolution.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/43/text/enr#HB9CAB99A7A994B3BA9CC4E0229F7704B:~:text=2.%20Reversion%20of%20certain%20land%20conveyed%20in"}},{"text":"Makes reversion of land subject to valid existing rights created by the trust, existing easements, rights-of-way necessary for public roadway access, and rights-of-way for access of holders of valid existing rights.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/43/text/enr#HB9CAB99A7A994B3BA9CC4E0229F7704B:~:text=2.%20Reversion%20of%20certain%20land%20conveyed%20in"}},{"text":"Requires a Village Corporation to assume the trust's obligations under any lease or other use agreement applicable to the land when the land reverts to it.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/43/text/enr#HB9CAB99A7A994B3BA9CC4E0229F7704B:~:text=2.%20Reversion%20of%20certain%20land%20conveyed%20in"}},{"text":"Renumbers and reorganizes section 14(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act into paragraphs and subparagraphs, placing the technical assistance authorization in its own paragraph.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/43/text/enr#HB9CAB99A7A994B3BA9CC4E0229F7704B:~:text=2.%20Reversion%20of%20certain%20land%20conveyed%20in"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/43/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/43","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/43/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-43.png","v":"6c5b54511134","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 43, 119th Congress: Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025. House: 412 Yea, 1 Nay. Senate: voice vote. Outcome: Became law, 7 Jul 2025."}}