Southeast Alaska Native Land Conveyance Act
Key claim: If enacted, the Interior Department would transfer two parcels totaling about 3,380 acres of federal land in southeast Alaska to Sealaska Corporation as partial fulfillment of land still owed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, subject to existing rights and public easements.
Abstract
(S14 · 113th Congress) Southeast Alaska Native Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Sealaska, the regional Alaska Native Corporation for southeast Alaska, specified federal land as partial fulfillment of its remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). Identifies the lands to be conveyed as 2 parcels of federal land comprising approximately 3,380 acres that are generally depicted on certain Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization maps. Subjects that conveyance to valid existing rights and the Secretary’s identification and reservation, within two years of this Act’s enactment, of public easements under the ANCSA. Latest action (2013-02-26): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S872-873)
Why this matters
The bill would close out a portion of Sealaska Corporation’s long-pending ANCSA land entitlement by transferring specific federal parcels rather than reopening broader claims. For builders and land users in southeast Alaska, the transfer preserves existing rights and public easements, so effects on renters and buyers are indirect and tied to how Sealaska manages the acreage. It fits a pattern of narrow, parcel-specific completions of Native land settlements.