119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jun 10, 2025
Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025
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Latest action (Sep 17, 2026): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jun 10, 2025)
Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025
This bill authorizes a land exchange between the Chugach Alaska Corporation (also known as Chugach, an Alaska Native regional corporation in southcentral Alaska) and the federal government.
Specifically, if Chugach offers to convey to the Department of the Interior all rights, title, and interest of Chugach in and to approximately 231,000 acres of subsurface estate within one year of the bill's enactment, then Interior must accept the offer and convey in exchange all rights, title, and interest of the federal government in and to approximately 65,374 acres of fee simple land located in the Chugach region. (The Chugach region includes portions of land on the Kenai Peninsula and the coast of Prince William Sound in Alaska.)
The bill directs Chugach to exclude from its conveyance to Interior all rights, title, and interest in any land, not to exceed a total of 209 acres, for which a village corporation has retained development rights (other than timber development rights) or that has been designated for a shareholder homesite program.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-237.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
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CHUGACH ALASKA CORP · lobbying firm or registrant: BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues related to land use and conveyance of Native Settlement Lands, land exchanges with the federal government. Issues related to Chugach Land Exchange (S.2016 and H.R.3903). Implementation of John Dingell Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Pub.L. 116-9). Issues related to implementation of certain income e…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHENEGA CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 14, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
Amount not reported
…Block Grant program. - Legislation authorizing reconveyance of Alaska Native Settlement Claims Settlement Act lands, including H.R. 1, H.R. 43, H.R. 3903, and S. 2016.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
CHUGACH ALASKA CORP · lobbying firm or registrant: BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues related to land use and conveyance of Native Settlement Lands, land exchanges with the federal government. Issues related to Chugach Land Exchange (S.2016 and H.R.3903). Implementation of John Dingell Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Pub.L. 116-9). Issues related to implementation of certain income e…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE · lobbying firm or registrant: DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$270,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ure in the United States by designating June 22 through June 28, 2026, as National Pollinator Week S. 1449 - RESTART Act S. 2015 - National Prescribed Fire Act S. 2016 - Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025 S. 2554/ H.R. 41 - Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHENEGA CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 15, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
Amount not reported
…Block Grant program. - Legislation authorizing reconveyance of Alaska Native Settlement Claims Settlement Act lands, including H.R. 1, H.R. 43, H.R. 3903, and S. 2016.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
CHUGACH ALASKA CORP · lobbying firm or registrant: BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues related to land use and conveyance of Native Settlement Lands, land exchanges with the federal government. Issues related to Chugach Land Exchange (S.2016 and H.R.3903). Implementation of John Dingell Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Pub.L. 116-9). Issues related to implementation of certain income e…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE · lobbying firm or registrant: DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 17, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ildfire Response and Preparedness Act H.R. 178 - To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes. S. 2016- Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025 S. 2554/ H.R. 41- Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Ac…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHENEGA CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 15, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Block Grant program. - Legislation authorizing reconveyance of Alaska Native Settlement Claims Settlement Act lands, including H.R. 1, H.R. 43, H.R. 3903, and S. 2016.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS · lobbying firm or registrant: BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 27, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$5,000
Spent on own lobbying
S. 1787, Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act, S. 2016, Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025, S. 1470, Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Completion Act, S. 2262, American Voices in Fed…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION · lobbying firm or registrant: ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R.3067 S.1519 Arctic Refuge Protection Act: support all provisions S.2016 Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025. Oppose all provisions. H.J.Res.131/S.J.Res.91 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chap…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHUGACH ALASKA CORP · lobbying firm or registrant: BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues related to land use and conveyance of Native Settlement Lands, land exchanges with the federal government. Issues related to Chugach Land Exchange (S.2016 and H.R.3903). Implementation of John Dingell Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Pub.L. 116-9). Issues related to implementation of certain income e…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHENEGA CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 16, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
Amount not reported
…Block Grant program. - Legislation authorizing reconveyance of Alaska Native Settlement Claims Settlement Act lands, including H.R. 1, H.R. 43, H.R. 3903, and S. 2016.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE · lobbying firm or registrant: DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 14, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…o carry out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes. H.R. 179 - Proven Forest Management Act of 2025 H.R. 6300 - Grassland Grazing Act of 2025 S. 2016 - Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025 House no bill number - Oil and Gas penalty, royalty relief, and transportation allowance reform H…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHUGACH ALASKA CORP · lobbying firm or registrant: BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues related to land use and conveyance of Native Settlement Lands, land exchanges with the federal government. Issues related to Chugach Land Exchange (S.2016 and H.R.3903). Implementation of John Dingell Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Pub.L. 116-9). Issues related to implementation of certain income e…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHENEGA CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 16, 2025 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Block Grant program. - Legislation authorizing reconveyance of Alaska Native Settlement Claims Settlement Act lands, including H.R. 1, H.R. 43, H.R. 3903, and S. 2016.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHUGACH ALASKA CORP · lobbying firm or registrant: BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues related to land use and conveyance of Native Settlement Lands, land exchanges with the federal government. Issues related to Chugach Land Exchange (S.2016 and H.R.3903). Implementation of John Dingell Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Pub.L. 116-9). Issues related to certain income exclusion for Alask…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHENEGA CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: VAN NESS FELDMAN, LLP
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Block Grant program. - Legislation authorizing reconveyance of Alaska Native Settlement Claims Settlement Act lands, including H.R. 1, H.R. 43, H.R. 3903, and S. 2016.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing