Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act requires HHS to convey about 3.372 acres in Anchorage, including improvements and appurtenances, to Southcentral Foundation within two years for health and social service programs. The transfer must use a warranty deed, require no payment, impose no property conditions, and leave the United States no reversionary interest. The warranty deed supersedes any earlier quitclaim deed, while HHS retains reasonably necessary access for obligations it still holds. Southcentral Foundation is protected from liability for contamination present on or before conveyance, except contamination arising after the Foundation controlled, occupied, and used the property.
Who Benefits and How
Southcentral Foundation receives the land and facilities without purchase price or federal reverter and gains protection from legacy environmental liabilities. Alaska Native patients and families may benefit from more secure facilities for tribal health and social services. HHS also preserves access needed to discharge any retained federal responsibility.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HHS realty staff must survey, document, and complete the warranty-deed transfer within two years and administer retained access or cleanup duties. Federal taxpayers give up the property without consideration and may bear legacy-contamination costs. Southcentral Foundation remains responsible for contamination attributable to its period of control and use.
Key Provisions
- Requires HHS to convey the 3.372-acre Anchorage property to Southcentral Foundation within two years.
- Bars consideration, use conditions, and a federal reversionary interest while requiring a warranty deed.
- Provides Southcentral Foundation a liability shield for pre-conveyance contamination it did not cause.
- Preserves federal access needed to address retained obligations or liabilities.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to transfer a specific Anchorage property to Southcentral Foundation for health and social services under favorable title and environmental-liability terms.
Key Policy Areas
Native American Affairs, Healthcare, Federal Property
Primary Purpose
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to transfer a specific Anchorage property to Southcentral Foundation for health and social services under favorable title and environmental-liability terms.
Policy Domains
Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
Identified Gains
- Southcentral Foundation
- Alaska Native patients
- Tribal health service users
- HHS retained-liability staff
Identified Costs
- HHS realty staff
- Federal taxpayers
- Federal environmental program staff
- Southcentral Foundation property managers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. …
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. …
Reported by Ms. Murkowski, without amendment
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment …
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Federal environmental program staff, HHS environmental liability staff, HHS realty staff
Alaska Native health service users, Taxpayers
Positive-direction: Alaska Native health service users
Negative-direction: Taxpayers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "recipient"
- → Southcentral Foundation
- "transferor"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "service_users"
- → Alaska Native health and social service users
- "environmental_oversight"
- → Federal environmental program staff
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