S 2016 · 119th Congress · Native Americans

Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025

Introduced 2025-06-10· Sponsored by Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.(2025-12-17)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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 rights, 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 in exchange all rights, 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 rights, 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.…

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S. 2016, Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025

Apr 20, 2026

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on December 17, 2025

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican