Bill > HR43

This bill, the Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025, amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide significant changes in how land is conveyed by Village Corporations to the State of Alaska. Specifically, the bill allows Village Corporations to dissolve existing land trusts that were established for creating municipal corporations if no such municipal corporation has been formed by the date of the bill's enactment. If a Village Corporation and its residents formally request the dissolution of a trust, the land's title will revert back to the Village Corporation, subject to maintaining valid existing rights, easements, and rights-of-way. Additionally, the bill prohibits Village Corporations from being required to convey any additional land in trust for future municipal corporation establishment. The legislation aims to provide more control and flexibility to Native Village Corporations over their land holdings, addressing situations where land was set aside for potential municipal development that never materialized. By allowing the reversion of these land trusts, the bill seeks to restore land rights to the Village Corporations while ensuring that existing legal obligations and access rights are preserved.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/43/all-info