Official Summaries

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.

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.

Current Full Text

[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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