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H. Rept. 119-579 1 (2026-04-02)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaieo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-579 UNRECOGNIZED SOUTHEAST ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITIES RECOGNITION AND COMPENSATION ACT APRIL 2, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 41] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 41) 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, having con- sidered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Commu- nities Recognition and Compensation Act. SEC. 2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to redress the omission of the southeastern Alaska com- munities of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell from eligibility under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) by author- izing the Alaska Natives enrolled in the communities- (1) to form Urban Corporations for the communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Pe- tersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); and (2) to receive certain settlement land pursuant to that Act. SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL NATIVE CORPORATIONS. Section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615) is amend- ed by adding at the end the following: (e) NATIVE VILLAGES OF HAINES, KETCHIKAN, PETERSBURG, TENAKEE, AND WRANGELL, ALASKA.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, may organize as Urban Corporations. (2) EFFECT ON ENTITLEMENT TO LAND.-Nothing in this subsection affects any entitlement to land of any Native Corporation established before the date 69-006