03/12/2024 08:00 AM House COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS

         SJR 13-AMEND ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:05:14 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCCORMICK  announced that  the next  order of business  would                                                             
be SENATE  JOINT RESOLUTION NO.  13, Encouraging the United  States                                                             
Congress and  the President of the  United States to pass  and sign                                                             
legislation  amending the  Alaska Native Claims  Settlement  Act to                                                             
release  certain  land  held  in  trust  back  to  affected  Alaska                                                             
Native village corporations.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
9:05:42 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
FORREST DUNBAR,  Alaska State Legislature,  prime sponsor,  gave an                                                             
overview  of  SJR 13.    He  explained  that SJR  13  supports  the                                                             
Alaska  Native Village  Municipal  Lands Restoration  Act of  2023,                                                             
sponsored  by all  three members  of Alaska's  federal  delegation.                                                             
The  joint resolution  seeks to  fix  an issue  with Alaska  Native                                                             
Claims  Settlement  Act (ANCSA)  section  14(c)(3)  that set  aside                                                             
land,  held in state  trust,  for future  municipalities that  will                                                             
never  come to  be.   SJR  13 would  restore  the  lands to  Alaska                                                             
Native village  corporations  to be used,  among other things,  for                                                             
housing.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  MCCORMICK  opened  public   testimony  on  SJR  13.    After                                                             
ascertaining  that  no one  wished  to  testify, he  closed  public                                                             
testimony.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
9:07:22 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MCCABE  moved to  report SJR  13  out of  committee                                                             
with  individual   recommendations  and  the  accompanying   fiscal                                                             
notes.   There being  no objection,  SJR 13 was  reported from  the                                                             
House Community and Regional Affairs Standing Committee.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:07:51 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENATIVE  BAKER  disclosed   his  affiliation  with  an  ANCSA                                                             
village corporation.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
9:08:01 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 9:08 a.m. to 9:13 a.m.