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43 U.S.C. § 1607

Village Corporations

United States · Title 43 — PUBLIC LANDS · Status: effective

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43 U.S.C. § 1607, Village Corporations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/486368
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The Native residents of each Native village entitled to receive lands and benefits under this chapter shall organize as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State before the Native village may receive patent to lands or benefits under this chapter, except as otherwise provided. The initial articles of incorporation for each Village Corporation shall be subject to the approval of the Regional Corporation for the region in which the village is located. Amendments to the articles of incorporation and the annual budgets of the Village Corporations shall, for a period of five years, be subject to review and approval by the Regional Corporation. The Regional Corporation shall assist and advise Native villages in the preparation of articles of incorporation and other documents necessary to meet the requirements of this subsection. The provisions of subsections (g), (h) (other than paragraph (4)), and (o) of section 1606 of this title shall apply in all respects to Village Corporations, Urban Corporations, and Group Corporations.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 96-487(H.R. 39)1980-12-02
    Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-241(H.R. 278)1988-02-03
    Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Amendments of 1987
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-10(H.R. 421)1995-05-18
    To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for the purchase of common stock of Cook Inlet Region, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally