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Exchanges about 231,000 acres of subsurface land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for about 65,374 acres of federal land in Alaska's Chugach Region.
Official title: Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025
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Senate
Introduced
10-JUN-2025
Referred
10-JUN-2025
Approved by committee
17-DEC-2025
Reported
17-SEP-2026
On the calendar
17-SEP-2026
- The Chugach Alaska Corporation conveys subsurface rights to about 231,000 acres where the federal government or Alaska holds the surface land, acquired through the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill habitat protection program.
- In return, the Interior Secretary conveys about 65,374 acres of federal land, including Forest Service parcels and about 1,960 acres of Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service land.
- Requires the Secretary to accept the corporation's offer within 1 year after enactment and to convey the federal land as soon as practicable after receiving title.
- Excludes up to 209 acres of village corporation development sites and shareholder homesites from the land conveyed to the federal government.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (10-JUN-2025); the text has changed since (Reported to Senate, 17-SEP-2026).
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