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H.R. 410119th CongressNative Americans
Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Nicholas J. Begich (R-AK) · 0 active
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-63.
Where it standsBecame law35 representatives score as swing votes
Became law
- House: passedJul 14, 2025
- Senate: passedDec 16, 2025
- President: Signed into lawDec 26, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govAlaska 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.
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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.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Senate
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Discharged from · Referred to
- Indian and Insular Affairs · HouseHearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Alaska
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Conflicts and wars
- Indian claims
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Land transfers
- Military history
- Veterans' organizations and recognition
- Vietnam
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 68Middle 30–70
- 24Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
0 activeThis bill has no cosponsors.
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
