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104TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 104-73
ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT
AMENDMENTS
MARCH 9, 1995.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, from the Committee on Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 402]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 402) to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and
for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably
thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 402 is to make a number of technical
changes to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971
(ANCSA, Public Law 92-203) and the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA, Public Law 96-487) to resolve
issues not envisioned at the time of passage of these acts and to
provide for the conveyance of certain lands within the State of
Alaska.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA)
helped settle aboriginal land claims of Alaska Natives. The goals
of ANCSA were two-fold: (1) to establish property rights of Alaska
Natives to their aboriginal lands; and (2) to secure an economic
base for their long-term survival as a people. ANCSA created 13 re-
gional corporations and 200 village corporations, and granted these
entities 44 million acres of land and $926.5 million to implement
the goals of the Act. This bill is the result of the cooperative efforts
of the Alaska Federation of Natives, the State of Alaska, the Ad-
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