S. 1158 (rs) To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Huna Totem Corporation public interest land exchange, and for other purposes. ...

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105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1158


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 1998

                 Referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Huna 
    Totem Corporation public interest land exchange, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Huna Totem Corporation Land Exchange 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SETTLEMENT ACT.

    The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (Public Law 92-203, 
December 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, 43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), as amended, 
is further amended by adding a new section to read:

``SEC.______. HUNA TOTEM CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE.

    ``(a) General.--In exchange for lands and interests therein 
described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, 
subject to valid existing rights, convey to the Huna Totem Corporation 
the surface estate and to Sealaska Corporation the subsurface estate of 
the Federal lands identified by Huna Totem Corporation pursuant to 
subsection (c): Provided, That, the exchange of lands described in this 
section shall be on the basis of equal value.
    ``(b) Description.--The surface estate to be conveyed by Huna Totem 
Corporation and the subsurface estate to be conveyed by Sealaska 
Corporation to the Secretary of Agriculture are the municipal watershed 
lands as shown on the map dated September 1, 1997, and labeled 
attachment A, and are further described as follows:

               ``MUNICIPAL WATERSHED AND GREENBELT BUFFER

                          ``T43S, R61E, C.R.M.

``Portion of Section                                  Approximate Acres
        16.....................................................       2
        21.....................................................     610
        22.....................................................     227
        23.....................................................      35
        26.....................................................     447
        27.....................................................     400
        33.....................................................     202
        34.....................................................      76
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        Approximate total......................................   1,999
    ``(c) Deadline.--Within ninety (90) days of the receipt by the 
United States of the conveyances of the surface estate and the 
subsurface estate described in subsection (b), Huna Totem Corporation 
shall be entitled to identify lands readily accessible to the Village 
of Hoonah and, where possible, located on the road system to the 
Village of Hoonah, as depicted on the map dated September 1, 1997, and 
labeled Attachment B. Huna Totem Corporation shall notify the Secretary 
of Agriculture in writing which lands Huna Totem Corporation has 
identified.
    ``(d) Timing of Conveyance and Valuation.--The conveyance mandated 
by subsection (a) by the Secretary of Agriculture shall occur within 
ninety (90) days after the list of identified lands is submitted by 
Huna Totem Corporation pursuant to subsection (c).
    ``(e) Timber Manufacturing; Export Restriction.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, timber harvested from land conveyed to Huna 
Totem Corporation under this section is not available for export as 
unprocessed logs from Alaska, nor may Huna Totem Corporation sell, 
trade, exchange, substitute, or otherwise convey that timber to any 
person for the purpose of exporting that timber from the State of 
Alaska.
    ``(f) Relation to Other Requirements.--The land conveyed to Huna 
Totem Corporation and Sealaska Corporation under this section shall be 
considered, for all purposes, land conveyed under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act.
    ``(g) Maps.--The maps referred to in this section shall be 
maintained on file in the Office of the Chief, United States Forest 
Service, and in the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 
Washington, D.C. The acreage cited in this section is approximate, and 
if a discrepancy arises between cited acreage and the land depicted on 
the specified maps, the maps shall control. The maps do not constitute 
an attempt by the United States to convey State or private land.''.

            Passed the Senate June 25, 1998.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.

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