113 HR 5885 IH: Pribilof Islands Transition Act Amendments of 2014
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-12-11
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1.This Act may be cited as the Pribilof Islands Transition Act Amendments of 2014
.
2.Requirement of notice regarding certification under Pribilof Islands Transition Act
(a)Section 205 of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 1165) is amended—
(1)in subsection (f)—
(A)by designating the text as paragraph (1); and
(B)by adding at the end the following:
(2)In addition to the authority in paragraph (1), the Secretary may transfer or exchange land or
interests therein on the Pribilof Islands to the village corporations
identified in section 105(c), in accordance with section 22(f) of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1621) as necessary or
appropriate to facilitate the transfer of lands and related improvements
not specified for transfer in the document entitled Transfer of Property on the Pribilof Islands: Descriptions, Terms and Conditions
.; and
(2)by adding at the end the following:
(g)
(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the village corporations identified in section 105(c)
shall have a first priority right to acquire any Federal land on their
respective islands (and related improvements on such land) that is not
specified for transfer in the document entitled Transfer of Property on the Pribilof Islands: Descriptions, Terms and Conditions
and that, after October 31, 1983—
(A)ceases to be actually used by the Federal Government in connection with the administration of any
Federal installation; or
(B)is in excess of the smallest practicable tract, as determined by the Secretary or the Secretary of
the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, enclosing land
actually used in connection with the administration of any Federal
installation, as described in section 3(e) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(e)).
(2)Not later than 30 days after determining that Federal land meets either of the criteria specified
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall notify
the relevant village corporation of that determination.
(3)Not later than 90 days after receiving notification under paragraph (2), the relevant village
corporation shall notify the Secretary of the corporation’s intent to
exercise the priority right to acquire property authorized under paragraph
(1) with respect to the property..
(b)Section 105 of the Pribilof Islands Transition Act (title I of Public Law 106–562; 16 U.S.C. 1161
note) is amended—
(1)in subsection (a)(1), by striking The Secretary
and inserting Notwithstanding paragraph (2) and effective on the date the Secretary publishes the notice of
certification required by subsection (b)(5), the Secretary
;
(2)in subsection (b)—
(A)in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 205
and inserting 205(a)
; and
(B)by adding at the end the following:
(5)The Secretary shall promptly publish and submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate notice that the certification described in
paragraph (2) has been made.; and
(3)in subsection (c)—
(A)in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking makes the certification described in subsection (b)(2)
and inserting publishes the notice of certification required by subsection (b)(5)
; and
(B)in paragraph (1), by striking Section 205
and inserting Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 205
.