---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 720m"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "720m"
heading: "Sense of Congress concerning Alaskan ownership"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/720m"
units:
  - "Chapter 15D — Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline"
---

# §720m. Sense of Congress concerning Alaskan ownership


It is the sense of Congress that—

- (1) Alaska Native Regional Corporations, companies owned and operated by Alaskans, and individual Alaskans should have the opportunity to own shares of the [Alaska natural gas](/usc/15/720.md?p=1) pipeline in a way that promotes economic development for the [State](/usc/15/720.md?p=8); and
- (2) to facilitate economic development in the [State](/usc/15/720.md?p=8), all project sponsors should negotiate in good faith with any willing Alaskan [person](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) that desires to be involved in the project.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 108–324, div. C, § 115, Oct. 13, 2004, 118 Stat. 1265.)