H.R. 43: Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025

Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Became law, 7 Jul 2025 · Public Law 119-23. Introduced 3 Jan 2025.

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.

Vote results

How each member voted

White House

Signed (1): Donald Trump (R, President).

Not in office (1): Joseph Biden (D, President).

Senate

Agreed to by voice vote: the record lists no member’s position.

House

Yea (412): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Cleo Fields (D-LA-6); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-1); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); John James (R-MI-10); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Richard McCormick (R-GA-7); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3); Tom Barrett (R-MI-7); Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5); Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK-AL); Wesley Bell (D-MO-1); Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3); Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8); Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3); Jeff Crank (R-CO-5); Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3); Troy Downing (R-MT-2); Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3); Gabe Evans (R-CO-8); Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL); Shomari Figures (D-AL-2); Laura Friedman (D-CA-30); Brandon Gill (R-TX-26); Laura Gillen (D-NY-4); Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12); Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2); Adam Gray (D-CA-13); Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8); Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8); Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10); Mark Harris (R-NC-8); Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3); Brian Jack (R-GA-3); Julie Johnson (D-TX-32); Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3); Brad Knott (R-NC-13); George Latimer (D-NY-16); Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16); Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7); John W. Mannion (D-NY-22); Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL); April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6); Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8); Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6); John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5); Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8); Dave Min (D-CA-47); Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2); Tim Moore (R-NC-14); Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2); Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3); Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9); Emily Randall (D-WA-6); Josh Riley (D-NY-19); Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29); Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2); Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6); Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12); Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10); David J. Taylor (R-OH-2); Derek Tran (D-CA-45); Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7); George Whitesides (D-CA-27); David Scott (D-GA-13); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Sylvester Turner (D-TX-18).

Nay (1): Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18).

Not voting (20): Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7).

Not in office (12): Randy Fine (R-FL-6); Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1); James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11); Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7); Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18); Clay Fuller (R-GA-14); Analilia Mejia (D-NJ-11); James Gallagher (R-CA-1); Everton Blair Jr. (D-GA-13); Aisha Wahab (D-CA-14); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6).

Summary

Main subject: 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. Sec. 2

Its 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.

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