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.