Federal Government, Alaska Corporations Make Final CARES Act Funding Arguments

Mealey's (April 13, 2021, 11:24 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alaska Native corporations (ANCs) are eligible to be treated as Indian tribes under last year’s federal COVID-19 relief funding measure, and stopping them from receiving $162.3 million set aside for tribal governments “would have devastating consequences for Alaska and its natives,” the U.S. Treasury secretary and ANCs tell the U.S. Supreme Court in April 9 final reply briefs before oral argument....