The Adak City Council was scheduled Nov. 5, 2026, to consider Resolution No. 2026-018 asking federal agencies to convey Parcel 4 (Operable Unit B-2) to the city for economic development and long-term municipal land management while reserving the right to decline conveyance if environmental or financial terms are unacceptable.

Leaders from Voice of the Arctic Inupiat told the Alaska Senate Arctic Affairs Committee Jan. 29 that decades of organized local institutions — from borough government to tribal organizations and corporations — represent a continuing effort to secure self-determination amid federal and state land decisions, citing historical battles over Project Chariot, ANCSA and ANWR.