Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

This bill would recognize five southeastern Alaska Native communities (Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell) that were excluded from the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by authorizing them to form Urban Corporations. It would provide each community with approximately 23,040 acres of Federal land (divided into specific parcels), along with shareholder shares in the new corporations. The bill includes provisions for land conveyance within two years of incorporation, public access rights for subsistence and recreation, and mechanisms for negotiating access to roads and facilities. It also establishes settlement trusts for community health, education, and cultural preservation, with the Secretary required to convey land within two years of the Urban Corporation's formation.