HB 291-ANCSA REPORTS                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
8:01:18 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR BAKER announced  that the first order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 291, "An Act  relating to reports of Alaska Native                                                               
Claims Settlement Act corporations."                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
8:02:05 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR BAKER opened public testimony on HB 291.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
8:02:19 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CURTIS  MCQUEEN,   Executive  Director,  Alaska   Native  Village                                                               
Corporation Association  (ANVCA), testified that  ANVCA submitted                                                               
a letter voicing  the organization's full support of HB  291.  He                                                               
emphasized  his  belief  that  HB  291  presented  an  "important                                                               
remedy"  to  a  challenge  that  is  facing  many  Alaska  Native                                                               
corporations.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
8:04:14 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TILTON thanked Mr. McQueen for his testimony.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
8:06:12 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR BAKER,  after ascertaining that  there was no one  else who                                                               
wished to testify, closed public testimony on HB 291.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
8:06:32 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  STANLEY  WRIGHT,  Alaska  State  Legislature,  as                                                               
prime sponsor, thanked the committee for hearing HB 291.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
8:07:05 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TILTON  moved to  report HB  291 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There being no objection,  HB 291 was reported out of the                                                               
House Special  Committee On Arctic Policy,  Economic Development,                                                               
and Tourism.