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105th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1159
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Kake
Tribal Corporation public interest land exchange.
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 ``Kake Tribal 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 at the end thereof:
``SEC.______. KAKE TRIBAL 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 Kake Tribal Corporation
the surface estate and to Sealaska Corporation the subsurface estate of
the Federal lands identified by Kake Tribal 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 Kake
Tribal 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 COPPER RIVER MERIDIAN
``T56S, R72E
``Section Approximate Acres
13..................................................... 82
23..................................................... 118
24..................................................... 635
25..................................................... 640
26..................................................... 346
34..................................................... 9
35..................................................... 349
36..................................................... 248
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Approximate total...................................... 2,427
``(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), Kake Tribal Corporation
shall be entitled to identify lands in the Hamilton Bay and Saginaw Bay
areas, as depicted on the maps dated September 1, 1997, and labeled
Attachments B and C. Kake Tribal Corporation shall notify the Secretary
of Agriculture in writing which lands Kake Tribal 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
Kake Tribal Corporation pursuant to subsection (c).
``(e) Management of Watershed.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall
enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the City of Kake, Alaska, to
provide for management of the municipal watershed.
``(f) Timber Manufacturing; Export Restriction.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, timber harvested from land conveyed to Kake
Tribal Corporation under this section is not available for export as
unprocessed logs from Alaska, nor may Kake Tribal 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.
``(g) Relation to Other Requirements.--The land conveyed to Kake
Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Corporation under this section shall be
considered, for all purposes, land conveyed under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act.
``(h) 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:
Secretary.
105th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1159
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Kake
Tribal Corporation public interest land exchange.
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