HR 410
Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025
Summary
Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025 This bill extends for an additional five years the time period during which an eligible Alaska Native veteran may apply for a land allotment under the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Program. The program makes Alaska Native veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Vietnam between August 5, 1964, and December 31, 1971, or their heirs eligible to receive up to 160 acres of federal land in Alaska. Under the current program, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management may accept applications through December 29, 2025. This bill extends this time period for an additional five years to December 29, 2030.
Bill status
- Status
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Rep. Nicholas Begich [R-AK-At Large]
- Cosponsors
- 0
- Policy area
- Native Americans
- Introduced
- 2025-01-15
- Latest action
- 2025-12-26: Became Public Law No: 119-63.
Committee referrals
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Discharged From · 2025-12-16
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-07-15
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Reported By · 2025-07-10
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Markup By · 2025-06-25
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Discharged from · 2025-06-25
Recent actions
- 2025-12-26: Became Public Law No: 119-63.
- 2025-12-26: Became Public Law No: 119-63.
- 2025-12-26: Signed by President.
- 2025-12-26: Signed by President.
- 2025-12-18: Presented to President.