S. 2016 · On the floor · Native Americans

Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025

What it does

Authorizes a land exchange whereby Chugach Alaska Corporation conveys all rights and title to approximately 231,000 acres of subsurface estate to the Department of the Interior within one year of enactment.
Requires the Department of the Interior to accept Chugach's conveyance and convey in exchange all federal rights and title to approximately 65,374 acres of fee simple land in the Chugach region of Alaska.
Directs Chugach to exclude from its conveyance to Interior all rights and title in land not exceeding 209 acres for which village corporations have retained development rights or that has been designated for shareholder homesite programs.

Official summary

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.

Latest action

Sep 17, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources