; (7) more than 38 percent of the shoreline and nearly 54 percent of the coastline of the United States; and (8) more Federal land than there is total land in the States of Texas and Nebraska combined; Whereas, in 1913, the first act of the first Territorial Legislature of Alaska was to grant women suffrage; Whereas there are 229 federally recognized tribes in Alaska and 20 Alaska Native languages are spoken in the State; Whereas, on December 18, 1971, the landmark Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) was signed into law, which established 13 Alaska Native Regional Corporations and more than 200 Alaska Native Village Corporations; Whereas more than 44,000,000 acres of land in Alaska are under Alaska Native ownership; Whereas the 3 most diverse census tracts in the United States are located in the Municipality of Anchorage; Whereas, during World War II, the Imperial Japanese Navy invaded and occupied portions of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska; Whereas Alaska has— (1) 12 major military bases and stations that are home to honorable men and women who serve the United States in the Armed Forces; and (2) the highest number of veterans in the United States per capita; Whereas some of the highest producing oil and natural gas fields in the United States are on the North Slope in Alaska; Whereas more crude oil has been produced from State lands on the North Slope in Alaska than from Federal lands in the Central Gulf of Mexico; Whereas the ports of Alaska consistently process the highest volume of commercial seafood that lands in the United States; Whereas Alaska has vast reserves of minerals and the Red Dog Mine is one of the largest zinc mines in the world; Whereas Alaska has produced world record-breaking agricultural products, such as the heaviest cabbage at 138.25 pounds and the heaviest broccoli at 35 pounds; Whereas the Aurora Borealis is visible from Fairbanks an average of 243 days each year; Whereas Girdwood was recognized by National Geographic as the world’s best ski town