Alaska bill lets Anaktuvuk Pass residents use vehicles for hunting and food
H.R. 10307 — Anaktuvuk Pass Food Security Access Act · Filed by Nicholas Begich (R-AK) · Introduced Sep 8, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill changes an Alaska law about Gates of the Arctic National Park. It lets people in Anaktuvuk Pass use snowmobiles, boats, and ATVs to hunt and gather food. A rule called Section 811 blocks motor vehicles in that park. This bill says hunting and food gathering are allowed with vehicles. People can use them year-round.
Who it affects
People in Anaktuvuk Pass, a remote village in Alaska, gain the right to use vehicles. The village has few other ways to get food.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say what counts as hunting and food gathering. That meaning already exists in another part of the Alaska law.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 8, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 8, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (581 characters) on Sep 11, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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