[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1866 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1866

  To facilitate shareholder consideration of making Settlement Common 
Stock under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act available to Alaska 
  Natives born after December 18, 1971, descendants of Alaska Natives 
born after December 18, 1971, missed enrollees, and Native Elders, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2005

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                     to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To facilitate shareholder consideration of making Settlement Common 
Stock under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act available to Alaska 
  Natives born after December 18, 1971, descendants of Alaska Natives 
born after December 18, 1971, missed enrollees, and Native Elders, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS UNDER 
              THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT.

    Section 36(d)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1629b(d)(3)) is amended by inserting after ``of this section'' 
the following: ``or an amendment to the articles of incorporation 
described in section 7(g)(1)(B)''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    (a)(1) Section 337(a) of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (Division F of Public Law 108-7; 117 
Stat. 278; February 20, 2003) is amended--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``Section 1629b of title 43, United States Code,'' and 
        inserting ``Section 36 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
        Act (43 U.S.C. 1629b)''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``by creating the 
        following new subsection:'' and inserting ``in subsection (d), 
        by adding at the end the following:''.
    (2) Section 36 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1629b) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ``(d)''; and
            (B) in subsection (f), by striking ``section 1629e of this 
        title'' and inserting ``section 39''.
    (b)(1) Section 337(b) of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (Division F of Public Law 108-7; 117 
Stat. 278; February 20, 2003) is amended by striking ``Section 
1629e(a)(3) of title 43, United States Code,'' and inserting ``Section 
39(a)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1629e(a)(3))''.
    (2) Section 39(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1629e(a)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ``(a)(4) of 
section 1629b of this title'' and inserting ``section 36(a)(4)''.
    (c) The amendments made by this section take effect on February 20, 
2003.
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