Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025
Introduced Jun 11, 2025 by Rep. Nicholas J. Begich
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- Mar 4, 2026Received in the Senate.
- Mar 3, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 3, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2349-2351)
- Mar 3, 2026Passed/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, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3903.
- Mar 3, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2349-2352)
- Mar 3, 2026Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jan 14, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 386.
- Jan 14, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-451.
- Nov 20, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 20, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Nov 20, 2025Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
- Sep 9, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Sep 4, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- Jun 11, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Jun 11, 2025Introduced in House