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H.R. 1103, a Bill to Amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to Provide That Alexander Creek, Alaska, Is and Shall Be Recognized as an Eligible Native Village under That Act, and for Other Purposes 1 (May 29, 2014)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo1644 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE May 29, 2014 H.R. 1103 A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible Native village under that Act, and for other purposes As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 27, 2014 SUMMARY H.R. 1103 would change the federal designation of the Alexander Creek community in Alaska. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1103 would cost $30 million over the 2015-2024 period. Because those costs would increase direct spending, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. Enacting the legislation would not affect revenues or spending subject to appropriation. H.R. 1103 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT H.R. 1103 would designate the Alexander Creek community as a Native village under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA). The community is currently recognized as a Native group under ANCSA. The legislation would require the Department of the Interior (DOI) to settle land and other claims with the newly designated Native village. ANCSA established a process to classify Native Alaskan communities for the purpose of conveying nearly 44 million acres of federal land to those communities. Under ANCSA, Native villages are entitled to about 69,000 acres, and Native groups can receive up to about 8,000 acres. The Alexander Creek community was classified as a Native group in 1974, and that classification was affirmed and codified in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (ANILCA). In that agreement, the Alexander Creek community was entitled to receive almost 8,000 acres of federal land. H.R. 1103 would

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