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‘He believed in getting stuff done’
Alaska Native land bill set to advance in honor of late Don Young
Monday, April 25, 2022
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WASHINGTON, D.C. —
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to approve legislation to honor the legacy of the late Congressman Don Young (R-Alaska), who was known as a champion of Alaska Native issues as the longest-serving member of the chamber.
On Tuesday, the House will meet to advance three of Young’s legislative priorities. One of the bills is H.R.441, which has been re-titled as the Don Young Alaska Native Health Care Land Transfers Act.
H.R.441 authorizes the transfer of federal lands to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium and the Tanana Tribal Council. The lands will be used by the tribes and tribal organizations to expand health care for Alaska Natives, one of the issues Young championed during his 49 years of service on Capitol Hill.
“On the Natural Resources Committee, Don was a fierce champion of Alaska Natives and all indigenous peoples,” Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Arizona), the Democratic chairman of the legislative panel with jurisdiction over Indian issues, said earlier this month.
“He fought to combat the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, bolster tribal sovereignty and expand economic opportunity and access to health care for tribal communities,” Grijalva said as members of the House Committee on Natural Resources paid bipartisan tributes to their former colleague on April 6.

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