3.0.0 1955 2023-01-11T13:29:58Z 2023-01-11T13:29:58Z Senate S 2015-08-05 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2015-10-08T18:30:00Z Referred to 2015-08-05T17:55:28Z Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act 114 2387 HR 2016-11-22 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 653. Identical bill CRS Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2016 114 3004 S 2016-05-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2016 114 3273 S 2016-09-22 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509. Related bill CRS 2015-10-08 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-490. Committee 2015-08-05 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2015-09-08 False Native Americans Alaska Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Veterans' pensions and compensation Native Americans 00 2015-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-04T21:09:12Z Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act

Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to declare that any allotment application pending before the Department of the Interior on December 18, 1971, that was closed by the Department pursuant to the civil action Shields v. United States shall be reopened and considered to be approved.

Revises requirements for the eligibility of Alaska Native Vietnam veterans for an allotment. Extends eligibility for allotments to veterans who served between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975.

Allows eligible persons to file for allotments of up to two parcels of federal land (as under current law) totaling up to 160 acres.

Eliminates the limitation of these allotments to lands that were vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved on the date when the person eligible for the allotment first used and occupied them.

Allows allotments to be selected from vacant federal lands or lands that have been selected or conveyed to the state of Alaska or a Native Corporation, if the state or Corporation voluntarily relinquishes or conveys the land to the United States for allotment.

Limits the exclusions from lands that may be selected for allotments to: (1) lands in the right-of-way of the TransAlaska Pipeline; (2) the inner or outer corridor of such a right-of-way; or (3) a unit of the National Park System, a National Preserve, or a National Monument.

Allows an heir of a deceased eligible veteran, regardless of the cause of death, to apply for and receive the allotment.

Permits any person who made an allotment selection under ANCSA before this Act's enactment to withdraw it and reselect lands if those originally selected were not conveyed to that person before this Act's enactment.

]]> Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act Display Title Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for equitable allotment of land to Alaska Native veterans. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act Introduced in Senate 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1955is/xml/BILLS-114s1955is.xml 2015-10-08 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-490. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.