Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025
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What it doesSummary reported to house (Jan 14, 2026)
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 right, 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 all right, 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 right, 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.
What just happenedMar 4, 2026
Received in the Senate.
Who’s behind it
- Engrossed in HouseMar 3, 2026
- Reported in HouseJan 14, 2026
- Introduced in HouseJun 11, 2025
- Mar 4, 2026IntroReferral
Received in the Senate.
- Mar 3, 2026FloorH38310
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 3, 2026FloorH37300
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2349-2351)
- Mar 3, 2026Floor8000
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2349-2351)
- Mar 3, 2026FloorH8D000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3903.
- Mar 3, 2026FloorH30000
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2349-2352)
- Mar 3, 2026FloorH30300
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jan 14, 2026CalendarsH12410
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 386.
- Jan 14, 2026CommitteeH12200
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-451.
Natural Resources Committee - Jan 14, 2026Committee5000
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-451.
Natural Resources Committee - Nov 20, 2025Committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Natural Resources Committee - Nov 20, 2025Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Natural Resources Committee - Nov 20, 2025Committee
Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
Natural Resources Committee - Sep 9, 2025Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee - Sep 4, 2025Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee - Jun 11, 2025IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Natural Resources Committee - Jun 11, 2025IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 11, 2025IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House