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112TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 112-736
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
DECEMBER 31, 2012.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4194]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4194) 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. 4194 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) ex-
tinguished all claims based on aboriginal title to lands and waters
in Alaska. In exchange, Congress conveyed fee title to 44 million
acres of public lands in Alaska and nearly $1 billion to Alaska Na-
tives. The Act divided the state into twelve geographic regions
composed as far as practicable of Natives having a common herit-
age and sharing common interests, and listed approximately 200
Villages with 25 or more Native residents where they formed a ma-
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