S784Referred to Committee

Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
111th
Congress
2009-04-02
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Sponsor

Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Murkowski
Republican · AK · Senator
Votes with party: 29.3% (317 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

2009-04-02

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Plain-English Summary

Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement lands and other compensation pursuant to this Act.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Native Americans
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