I am all the more proud to sponsor this legislation.

Today I am introducing legislation that would address several matters of concern to Alaska Natives through an amendment to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).

I heartily applaud Ms. Dickison for her initiative in seeking to make her community a better place to live, and for the positive impact she has had on the lives of others.

I heartily applaud Ms. Ewing for her initiative in seeking to make her community a better place to live, and for the positive impact she has had on the lives of others.

I hope that the Congressional Leadership joins with us to pass this historic bill into Law this year.

This bill will give the Elim Native Corporation 2 years in which to select no more than 60,000 acres depicted on the map dated August 1, 1999, and entitled Land Withdrawal Elim Native Corporation Land Restoration.

The failure to replace these lands has been and continues to be a source of deep concern to the indigenous people of Elim and until this matter is dealt with equitably, it will continue to be a source of great frustration and sense of loss…

Another provision of this bill would allow shareholder stock to be transferred to adopted Alaska Native children and to their descendants.

Today I am introducing legislation that would address several matters of concern to Alaska Natives through amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971.

I am pleased to introduce H.R. 3013, a bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act...

This bill does exactly that.

As the years pass, issues arise which require amending that Act.

Today I am introducing legislation that would address several matters of concern to Alaska Natives through an amendment to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).

As I am sure my colleagues will agree, the history of our nation reflects many examples of injustices to Native Americans.

Our Alaska Natives veterans should not be penalized for serving during the entire dates of the Viet Nam conflict.

This loss of land from the original Reservation has become over the years a festering wound to the people of Elim.

This provision allows them to apply for their native allotments and would expand the dates to include the full years of the Viet Nam war.

I believe it is time that we authorize Alaska Native entities to manage federal conservation units in the manner consistent with lands that they have carefully preserved and utilized for thousands of years.