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Calendar No. 494
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1797
[Report No. 106-264]
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land
conveyance to the City of Craig, Alaska, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 26, 1999
Mr. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
April 12, 2000
Reported by Mr. Murkowski, with an amendment and an amendment to the
title
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land
conveyance to the City of Craig, Alaska, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED> Findings.--Congress finds and declares that:</DELETED>
<DELETED> The Alaska Statehood Act of 1959 (sec. 6(a))
granted 400,000 acres of national forest land to the State of
Alaska for the purpose of furthering development of and
expansion of communities. In 1969, the State of Alaska selected
17,040 acres of this Federal land grant at the City of Craig's
request, but this and other selections were not approved by the
U.S. Forest Service.</DELETED>
<DELETED> On December 18, 1971, the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (ANCSA) was enacted to settle outstanding Native
aboriginal claims to lands in the State of Alaska. The
settlement included the direction to convey certain lands to
Alaska Native village corporations located in Southeast Alaska.
These conveyances included all of the public land selected
around the City of Craig by the State of Alaska in
1969.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Pursuant to ANCSA, the Federal Government conveyed
3,960 acres of public land within the City of Craig, and all
public land surrounding the community, to two Native village
corporations. These adjoining conveyances occupy 93 percent of
the 4,258 acres within Craig's city limits. Outside of the
existing 200-acre Craig townsite, no other land within 10 miles
of the Craig city limits has been available for selection under
the Alaska Statehood Act of 1959.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Act (ANILCA), Congress exempted Native corporations from
municipal taxation of their underdeveloped land, and added a
tax recapture provision (43 U.S.C.A. sec. 1636(d)(5)) which
acts as a further disincentive to development of Native village
corporation land.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Under the Alaska State law, incorporated
municipalities are entitled to a share of available State land
within their corporate limits. However, the passage of ANCSA
and a set of circumstances experienced by no other municipality
in Alaska, which includes Federal land conveyances to two
adjoining Native village corporations, has prevented the City
of Craig from acquiring a State land entitlement.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Since 1971, the City of Craig has grown from a
population of 250 people to nearly 2,500 people and its
demographics has changed making it difficult for Craig to
qualify for many programs enacted by Congress to provide
assistance to villages with a majority of Alaska Native
populations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Tax provisions of Federal law and Federal land
conveyances have had the unintended effect of preventing the
City of Craig from exercising its governmental powers to tax 93
percent of the land within the municipality, and to receive any
of the Federal land grant promised at Alaska statehood for
community expansion and development.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Craig Municipal Equity Act
of 1999''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO CONVEY LANDS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) General.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall, subject
to valid existing rights, convey to the City of Craig all Federal
interests in lands identified in subsection (b).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Legal Description.--Control Lake/Big Salt Lake Road
Corridor:</DELETED>
<DELETED> All Federal land in the following described
protracted and partially surveyed townships in the Copper River
Meridian, Alaska:</DELETED>
<DELETED>copper river meridian, alaska</DELETED>
<DELETED> T. 71 S., R. 81 E.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 24, E</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>;</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 25, E</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>, S</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>;</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 36.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Containing 1360 acres, more or less.</DELETED>
<DELETED> T. 71 S., R. 82 E.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 19, S</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>;</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 29, W</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, N</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>;</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 30, All;</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 31, All.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Containing 1500 acres, more or less.</DELETED>
<DELETED> T. 72 S., R. 82 E.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 5, SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, W</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>, SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>;</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 6, All;</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 7, NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>;</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 8, W</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>, SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>;</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 17, NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, E</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, W</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, NW</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>, S</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
2</DELETED>\<DELETED>SE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>;</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 20, NE</DELETED>\<DELETED>1/
4</DELETED>\<DELETED>.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Containing 1672 acres, more or less.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Aggregating 4532 acres, more or less.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Timing of Conveyance and Providing for the
Establishment of an Escrow Account.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall
convey the land mandated by subsection (a) within ninety (90) days
after the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall establish
an escrow account to hold any and all proceeds derived on or after the
date of enactment of this Act from contracts, leases, permits, rights-
of-way or easements pertaining to the land to be conveyed, and provide
for disbursement of those funds, plus interest, to the City of Craig
when the land is conveyed.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Timber, Manufacturing; Export Restriction.--
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, timber harvested from land
conveyed to the City of Craig under this section shall not be exported
as unprocessed logs from Alaska, nor may the City of Craig sell, trade,
exchange, substitute, or otherwise convey that timber to any person for
the purpose of exporting that timber from the State of
Alaska.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Relation to Other Requirements.--Notwithstanding any
other provisions of law, the land conveyed to the City of Craig under
this section shall be considered in lieu of land not conveyed at
statehood for the purpose of furthering development of and expansion of
the City of Craig. This grant is not subject to the provisions of the
Alaska Statehood Act, nor does it limit or restrict the State of
Alaska's land entitlement under that Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (f) 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, DC. The acreage cited in this section is approximate, and
if there is any discrepancy 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 of Alaska or
private land.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. LAND EXCHANGE WITH CITY OF CRAIG, ALASKA.
(a) At such time as Congress appropriates funds sufficient for the
Secretary of Agriculture to acquire non-Federal lands within
conservation system units on the Tongass National Forest, the Secretary
shall convey to the City of Craig, Alaska, all Federal interests in the
lands identified in subsection (b): Provided, That the lands conveyed
to the City of Craig shall be of equal value to the lands acquired by
the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to this subsection.
(b) The approximately 4,532 acres of Federal lands to be conveyed
to the City of Craig are described as follows:
(1) All Federal land in the following described protracted
and partially surveyed townships in the Copper River Meridian,
Alaska:
(A) Within T. 71 S., R. 81 E--
Section 24, E\1/2\;
Section 25, E\1/2\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Section 36.
Containing 1360 acres, more or less.
(B) Within T. 71 S., R. 82 E--
Section 19, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Section 29, W\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Section 30, All;
Section 31, All.
Containing 1500 acres, more or less; and
(C) Within T. 72 S., R. 82 E--
Section 5, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/2\, SW\1/4\;
Section 6, All;
Section 7, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
Section 8, W\1/2\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Section 17, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\,
NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\,
S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Section 20, NE\1/4\.
Containing 1672 acres, more or less.
Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to provide for a
land conveyance to the City of Craig, Alaska, and for other
purposes.''.
Calendar No. 494
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1797
[Report No. 106-264]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land
conveyance to the City of Craig, Alaska, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 12, 2000
Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title
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