HR3620
Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
In one sentence
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to transfer approximately 3.4 acres of land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Southcentral Foundation for use in health and social services programs.
What it does
- Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transfer approximately 3.4 acres of land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Southcentral Foundation (SCF).
- Specifies that the land transfer must happen within two years of the bill becoming law.
- States that SCF does not have to pay money or accept any conditions for the land.
- Removes any future claim by the U.S. government to take the land back.
- Protects SCF from legal responsibility for environmental contamination that existed before the transfer date.
- Allows HHS to keep access to the land if needed to handle its own legal duties.
Who it affects
- The Southcentral Foundation (SCF) in Anchorage, Alaska.
- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Limits and unknowns
- The bill has passed one chamber but may still need more steps to become law.
- The specific environmental contamination is defined broadly to include any substance listed in federal or Alaska state law.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Warranty deed
- A legal document that transfers ownership of property and guarantees the seller has the right to sell it.
- Reversionary interest
- A right for the original owner to take the property back under certain conditions.
- Easement
- A right to use another person's land for a specific purpose, such as access.
Official record
Sources
Read the official summary
Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025 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.
Official activity
Bill history
- Presented to President.House floor actions
- Presented to President.Library of Congress
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.Senate
- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5144)Senate
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5144)Library of Congress
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.Senate
- Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-132.Senate
- Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-132.Library of Congress
- Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.Senate
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Senate
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.House floor actions
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5880-5881)House floor actions
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5880-5881)Library of Congress
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3620.House floor actions
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5880-5882)House floor actions
- Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.House floor actions
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 347.House floor actions
- Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.House floor actions
- Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.Library of Congress
- Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-398, Part I.House floor actions