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HR42Enacted into Law

Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
Passed Both
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-03
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Nicholas J. Begich III
Nicholas J. Begich III
Republican · AK · Representative
Votes with party: 96.0% (548 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001323

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (0)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Became Public Law No: 119-22.

2025-07-07

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-01-03

Previously

  • Natural Resources CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-03

Plain-English Summary

Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act This bill excludes certain settlement trust payments to an Alaska Native or descendant of an Alaska Native who is aged, blind, or disabled for purposes of determining the individual's eligibility for certain need-based federal programs (e.g., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).

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

Subjects

Native Americans
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Related legislation

Bills by the same sponsor or covering overlapping subjects.

  • HR41Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act
    Passed House · 2026-06-02
  • HR9088To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a feasibility study on the establishment of a rail route linking Alaska to the North American continental rail network, and for other purposes.
    Referred to Committee · 2026-06-02
  • HR5694ARTIST Act
    Referred to Committee · 2026-06-02
  • HR8401To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the transport, purchase, and sale of pelts of, and handicrafts, garments, and art produced from, Southcentral and Southeast Alaska northern sea otters that are taken for subsistence purposes.
    Referred to Committee · 2026-05-29