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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 115-1058
AMENDING 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 PUR-
POSES
NOVEMBER 30, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1418]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1418) 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,
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. 1418 is 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.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA, 43
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), extinguished all claims of Native people based
on aboriginal title to lands and waters in Alaska. Under the Act,
fee title to 44 million acres of public lands in Alaska and nearly
$1 billion were conveyed and paid to Alaska Natives. Section 7 di-
vided the State into twelve geographic regions, approximated by
twelve regional Native associations, composed as far as practicable
of Natives having a common heritage and sharing common inter-
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