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Alaskan Congressman Don Young reintroduced his legislation, H.R. 3604, the Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act. This legislation would amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to allow approximately 2,800 Alaska Natives who served in Vietnam and missed an earlier opportunity because of that service, to reapply for their Native allotment. “This is an issue of what is righ... Read more »

After gathering input from tribal leaders across the country, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Chairman Don Young (AK) and Ranking Member Dan Boren (OK) have introduced H.R. 3532, The American Indian Empowerment Act of 2011. This bipartisan piece of legislation will enhance the authority America’s tribes have wanted over their lands. Specifically, this bill allows a tribe to reques... Read more »

The House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing today on H.R. 2714, a bill sponsored by Alaskan Congressman Don Young. If passed, H.R. 2714, would permit the interstate sale of sea otter pelts and the export of handicrafts, garments, and art made from such pelts of the Southcentral or Southeast Alaska northern sea otter stocks that are taken for subsistence purposes. In parts of A... Read more »

Today, the House of Representatives passed by voice vote H.R. 441 and H.R. 295 which were both introduced by Alaskan Congressman Don Young. H.R. 441, the Kantishna Hills Renewable Energy Act of 2011 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for hydroelectricity projects in the Kantishna Hills area located within the Denali National Park. Additionally, this legislation would fa... Read more »

The House Committee on Natural Resources marked-up the Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act today, introduced by Chairman of the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Don Young (R-AK) and Ranking Member Dan Boren (D-OK), in April. This bipartisan legislation will allow the Sealaska Native Corporation to receive its remaining land conveyance under... Read more »

Chairman of the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Don Young held a hearing today on H.R. 1408, the Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act. This bipartisan legislation will allow the Sealaska Native Corporation to receive its remaining land conveyance under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971. Rep. Young first took the lead o... Read more »