The federal government owns roughly 3.4 acres in downtown Anchorage that Southcentral Foundation — an Alaska Native-owned tribal health organization serving tens of thousands of Alaska Native and American Indian people — wants to use for health and social services. This bill transfers the land to the Foundation for free, with a warranty deed and no strings attached, within two years. The Foundation gets a cleaner title than its current quitclaim deed and is shielded from liability for any preexisting environmental contamination on the property.
Congressional Summary
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey approximately 3.4 acres in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Southcentral Foundation (SCF) for use in connection with health and social services programs.The conveyance must be made by warranty deed. The conveyance may not (1) require any consideration (such as payment) from the SCF for the property; (2) impose any obligation, term, or condition on the SCF relating to that property; or (3) allow for any U.S. reversionary interest in the property.HHS must be accorded any easement or access to the property as may be reasonably necessary to satisfy any retained obligation or liability of HHS.The bill prohibits the SCF from being liable for certain environmental contamination that occurred on or before the date on which the property is conveyed to the SCF. In turn, HHS may not be liable for any contamination that occurred after the date that the SCF controlled, occupied, and used the property.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-06-17
- Date Added
- 2026-04-19
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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