Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act

3.0.0 340 2023-01-11T13:24:04Z 2023-01-11T13:24:04Z Senate S S 2013-02-14 113 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2013-04-25T20:33:43Z Reported by 2013-09-10T22:29:30Z Markup by 2013-06-18T19:31:13Z Referred to 2013-02-14T18:21:40Z S. Rept. 113-98 Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act 113 740 HR 2013-09-10 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 150. Related bill House 2013-09-10 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 176. Calendars 2013-09-10 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-98. Committee 2013-09-10 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-98. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee 2013-06-18 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2013-04-25 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28. Committee 2013-02-14 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2013-02-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S775-776) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2013-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2013-02-14 True Native Americans Alaska Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Cemeteries and funerals Forests, forestry, trees Historic sites and heritage areas Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Land use and conservation Native Americans

00 2013-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2013-03-08T22:12:10Z Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act - Gives Sealaska, the regional Alaska Native Corporation for southeast Alaska, 90 days following this Act's enactment to agree to accept the conveyance of specified federal land, subject to certain conditions and restrictions, as full and final satisfaction of its remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).

Identifies the lands to be conveyed as: (1) the 18 parcels of federal land comprising approximately 69,585 acres that are generally depicted as "Sealaska Selections" on certain Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization maps, and (2) up to 76 cemetery sites and historical places that Sealaska must apply for and that comprise up to 490 acres of federal land located outside conservation system units.

Includes with those conveyances: (1) public easements under the ANCSA, (2) conservation easements to protect the aquatic and riparian habitat of certain anadromous water bodies, (3) a ten-year easement for Forest System research activities on study plots, and (4) an easement providing Sealaska access to and the use of the log transfer facility at Shipley Bay on Kosciusko Island.

Keeps those 18 parcels of conveyed lands that are outside ANCSA withdrawal areas open for subsistence uses and noncommercial recreational uses by the public.

Allows Sealaska to impose reasonable restrictions on public access to and across the conveyed lands.

Requires Sealaska to allow existing guiding or outfitting special use permit holders to continue to operate on the conveyed lands for the remainder of the permit term and a subsequent ten-year renewal period.

Renames certain culturally and historically significant trade and migration routes and keeps them open for travel by Sealaska and the public.

Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to designate as conservation areas certain lands identified as the Bay of Pillars, Kushneahin Creek, Northern Prince of Wales, Western Kosciusko, Eastern Kosciusko, Sarkar Lakes, Honker Divide, and Eek Lake and Sukkwan Island LUD II Management Areas--Proposed. Conditions those designations on Sealaska's acceptance of this Act's conveyances.

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01 2013-09-10 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2013-11-05T22:07:10Z Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act - (Sec. 3) Gives Sealaska, the regional Alaska Native Corporation for southeast Alaska, 90 days following this Act's enactment to agree to accept the conveyance of specified federal land, subject to certain conditions and restrictions, as full and final satisfaction of its remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).

Provides that if Sealaska fails to agree to that conveyance: (1) this Act's provisions cease to be effective; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior shall complete, within five years of this Act's enactment, the interim conveyance of Sealaska's remaining land entitlement under the ANCSA from prioritized selections on file with the Secretary on the date of this Act's enactment.

(Sec. 4) Identifies the lands to be conveyed upon Sealaska's agreement as: (1) the 18 parcels of federal land comprising approximately 69,585 acres that are generally depicted as "Sealaska Selections" on certain Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization maps, and (2) up to 76 cemetery sites and historical places that Sealaska must apply for and that comprise up to 490 acres of federal land located outside conservation system units.

Includes with those conveyances: (1) public easements under the ANCSA, (2) conservation easements to protect the aquatic and riparian habitat extending 100 feet on each side of certain anadromous water bodies, (3) a ten-year easement for Forest System research activities on study plots, and (4) an easement on Koscuisko Island providing access to and use by Sealaska of the sort yard and all other upland facilities at the sort yard that are associated with the transfer of logs to the marine environment.

Keeps any part of those 18 parcels of conveyed lands that are outside ANCSA withdrawal areas open for subsistence and noncommercial recreational uses by the public.

Sets forth prohibitions on Sealaska's transfer or loss of the conveyed cemetery sites and historical places.

Allows Sealaska to impose reasonable restrictions on public access to and across the conveyed lands.

(Sec. 6) Requires Sealaska to allow existing guiding or outfitting special use permit holders to continue to operate on the conveyed lands for the remainder of the permit term and a subsequent ten-year renewal period.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Sealaska, within one year of this Act's enactment, to enter into negotiations for an agreement regarding the use of: (1) National Forest System roads and related transportation facilities by Sealaska, and (2) Sealaska roads and related transportation facilities by the Forest Service.

Renames certain culturally and historically significant trade and migration routes and keeps them open for travel by Sealaska and the public.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to allow the harvest of trees prior to the culmination of their mean annual increment of growth (young trees) in areas that are available for commercial timber harvest under the Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan to facilitate the transition of old growth stands from commercial timber harvest. Sets limitations on the sale of trees pursuant to that authority.

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Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act Display Title Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act Short Titles as Introduced Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. Reported to Senate 2013-09-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s340rs/xml/BILLS-113s340rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s340is/xml/BILLS-113s340is.xml 2013-09-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 176. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.