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<title>ANCSA Fractional Shares Consolidation Act of 2017</title>
<summary summary-id="id115s1495v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2018-04-18">
<action-date>2017-06-29</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>ANCSA Fractional Shares Consolidation Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to allow Alaska Native regional corporations to issue a full share of any class of stock, for no consideration, in exchange for a fractional share of the same class of stock, held by any shareholder, as long as the corporation exchanges all fractional shares of a class of stock for full shares at the same time.</p> <p>After converting fractional shares of stock to full shares, a corporation may adopt a policy that provides for the elimination of fractional shares.</p>]]></summary-text>
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