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.
[119th Congress Public Law 63]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[[Page 139 STAT. 1983]]
Public Law 119-63
119th Congress
An Act
To extend the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program,
and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 26, 2025 - [H.R. 410]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Alaska Native
Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025.>>
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 43 USC 1601 note.>> SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans
Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE ALASKA NATIVE VIETNAM ERA VETERANS LAND
ALLOTMENT PROGRAM.
Section 1119(b)(3)(B) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation,
Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g-1(b)(3)(B)) is amended
by striking ``5-year period'' and inserting ``10-year period''.
Approved December 26, 2025.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 410:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 119-188 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
July 14, considered and passed House.
Dec. 16, considered and passed Senate.
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Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-188.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 153.
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3227-3228)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 410.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3227)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3227)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Enacted as Public Law 119-63
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 119-63.
Became Public Law No: 119-63.