Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025
A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636.
Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote
A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.
This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- On Calendar
What this bill would do
This bill is called the Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025. It authorizes and directs a land exchange between the Chugach Alaska Corporation and the United States. Under the bill, the Chugach Alaska Corporation will trade about 231,000 acres of subsurface land rights to the federal government. In return, the Secretary of the Interior will convey approximately 65,374 acres of federal land to the Chugach Alaska Corporation. The goal of this exchange is to consolidate federal ownership of surface and subsurface estates acquired under the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Habitat Protection and Acquisition Program. The exchange must happen within one year if the Chugach Alaska Corporation offers to convey its lands.
Yes· 3 of 10
- Scored +7
Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests?
The bill aims to resolve split estate ownership to facilitate more efficient land management and conservation.
- Scored +6
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?
The exchange consolidates ownership to facilitate more efficient Federal land management and conservation goals.
- Scored +6
Would Native Americans be better off under this?
The bill supports the economic and social objectives of Chugach Alaska and its Native shareholders.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Consolidation of Federal Conservation Land: Under Section 2 and Section 4, the bill helps the federal government and the state acquire nearly 231,000 acres of subsurface estate where they already own the surface or conservation easements. This completes the conservation goals intended by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council program.
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Resolution of Split Estate Conflicts: Mentioned in Section 2, the bill resolves longstanding conflicts between native corporation development rights and federal conservation goals. This gives clarity to the management of these lands in Alaska.
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Protection of Local Development and Homesites: Under Section 4(f)(3), the Chugach Alaska Corporation is required to exclude up to 209 acres of land from the exchange where village corporations have retained development rights or that are designated for a shareholder homesite program, protecting those local interests.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts for individuals or groups of people in the United States are explicitly mentioned within the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests? — The bill aims to resolve split estate ownership to facilitate more efficient land management and conservation. Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The exchange consolidates ownership to facilitate more efficient Federal land management and conservation goals. Does this invest in rural communities? — The land exchange supports economic development and land management in the Chugach region.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would Native Americans be better off under this? — The bill supports the economic and social objectives of Chugach Alaska and its Native shareholders. Would business owners be better off under this? — The exchange helps Chugach Alaska manage its land assets and development responsibilities. Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The bill addresses land management and economic issues specific to the Chugach region of Alaska.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated? — The bill addresses land management issues affecting Alaska Native communities and their corporations. Does this make housing cost less? — The bill allows for the exclusion of land designated for shareholder homesite programs.
- Economy And Finance
- Is this likely to grow the economy? — The bill helps Chugach Alaska meet its responsibilities to its Native shareholders through land development opportunities.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill involves the Federal government acquiring subsurface interests to consolidate ownership.
- 9/17/2026
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636.
- 12/17/2025
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 12/2/2025
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-237.
- 6/10/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Dan SullivanRepublican · Alaska