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H.R. 3350, The Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act
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H.R. 3350 would amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for equitable allotment of lands to Alaska Native veterans.
== Detailed Summary ==
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(Log inAlaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) with respect to edit the wiki andopen season during which certain Alaska Native Vietnam veterans are eligible to file for allotments of up to two parcels of federal land totaling up to160 acres each.
Revises the requirement that allotments may be selected only from lands that were vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved on the date when the person eligible for the allotment first used and occupied them. Allows allotments to providebe selected from vacant federal lands or lands that have been selected or conveyed to the state of Alaska or a detailed summaryNative Corporation, if the state or Corporation voluntarily relinquishes or conveys to the United States for allotment.
Limits the prohibition against the conveyance of certain allotments to: (1) lands within the bill!)right-of-way granted for the TransAlaska Pipeline; or (2) the inner or outer corridor of that right-of-way withdrawal. Repeals the prohibition against conveying allotments containing wilderness lands, National Forest Lands, lands within a recorded mining claim, home sites, trade and manufacturing sites, reindeer sites, and cemetery sites, among others.
Limits the eligibility for allotments to veterans who served between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975. Allows an heir to apply for and receive the allotment.
Allows a Native Corporation to select an equal amount of acres of appropriate Federal land within Alaska to replace lands voluntarily relinquished or conveyed to the United States for allotment.
Permits any person who made an allotment selection under ANCSA before the enactment of this Act to withdraw it and reselect lands if those originally selected were not conveyed to that person before the enactment of this Act.
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== Status of the Legislation ==
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(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to update the status of the bill!)Latest Major Action: 11/14/2007: House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee Hearings Held.
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