Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025
Signed into law Dec 26, 2025 · Native Americans
What this law does
- Extends the deadline for eligible Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans or their heirs to apply for up to 160 acres of federal land in Alaska.
- Moves the application deadline from December 29, 2025, to December 29, 2030.
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How it became law
- IntroducedJan 15, 2025 · House
- 180 daysPassed HouseJul 14, 2025
- 155 daysPassed SenateDec 16, 2025
- 2 daysPresented to the PresidentDec 18, 2025
- 8 daysSigned into lawDec 26, 2025
Official summary
Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025
This act 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 act extends this time period for an additional five years to December 29, 2030.
Summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (Public Law, Dec 26, 2025).
Who wrote it
Sponsor: Rep. Begich, Nicholas [R-AK-At Large]
0 cosponsors. 0 signed on the day it was introduced.
Recorded votes
No recorded roll-call votes. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, where individual votes are not recorded.
What was added
Amendments adopted (0)
No floor amendments were adopted. Any changes were made in committee or in a later version of the bill.
Sections in the final law that were not in the first version (Introduced in House) (0)
None. Every section heading in the final law was already in the first version (Introduced in House).
What was removed
Sections in the first version (Introduced in House) that did not make it into the law (0)
None. Every section heading from the first version (Introduced in House) remains in the law.
Compared by section heading between the Introduced in House text (Jan 15, 2025) and the Enrolled Bill text, both from GovInfo. Wording changes inside a section that kept its heading are not shown here; see the amendments and the text versions.
Proposed but not adopted
No amendments were voted down or withdrawn.
Full action history
Show all 29 official actions
| Dec 26, 2025 | Signed by President. |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Signed by President. |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Became Public Law No: 119-63. |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Became Public Law No: 119-63. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Presented to President. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Presented to President. |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8766-8768) |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3227) |
| Jul 14, 2025 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3227) |
| Jul 14, 2025 | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 410. |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3227-3228) |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-188. |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-188. |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 153. |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Subcommittee Hearings Held |
| Jan 29, 2025 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs. |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Introduced in House |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Introduced in House |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
Sources: Congress.gov (bill record, sponsors, actions, amendments, CRS summary) and GovInfo (official text). Days are calendar days.