H.R. 3903 Passed the House Native Americans

Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025

To exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, and for other purposes.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] Introduced June 11, 2025 Cosponsors 1 (1 R) Latest action March 4, 2026

Summary

Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025
This bill authorizes a land exchange between the Chugach Alaska Corporation (also known as Chugach, an Alaska Native regional corporation in southcentral Alaska) and the federal government.
Specifically, if Chugach offers to convey to the Department of the Interior all right, title, and interest of Chugach in and to approximately 231,000 acres of subsurface estate within one year of the bill's enactment, then Interior must accept the offer and convey all right, title, and interest of the federal government in and to approximately 65,374 acres of fee simple land located in the Chugach region. (The Chugach region includes portions of land on the Kenai Peninsula and the coast of Prince William Sound in Alaska.)
The bill directs Chugach to exclude from its conveyance to Interior all right, title, and interest in any land, not to exceed a total of 209 acres, for which a village corporation has retained development rights (other than timber development rights) or that has been designated for a shareholder homesite program.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Mar 4, 2026 Received in the Senate.
  2. Mar 3, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Mar 3, 2026 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2349-2351)
  4. Mar 3, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3903.
  5. Mar 3, 2026 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2349-2352)
  6. Mar 3, 2026 Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  7. Jan 14, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 386.
  8. Jan 14, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-451.
  9. Nov 20, 2025 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  10. Nov 20, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  11. Nov 20, 2025 Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
  12. Sep 9, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held

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