[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1786 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1786

            To regulate fishing in certain waters of Alaska.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 1995

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                     to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
            To regulate fishing in certain waters of Alaska.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``Katmai National Park'' means 
the national park and national preserve redesignated, established, or 
expanded under section 202(2) of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 410hh-1).

SEC. 2. DESCENDANTS' LAND USE.

    Local residents who are descendants of Katmai residents who lived 
within the boundaries of the area now designated as Katmai National 
Park shall be permitted, subject to reasonable regulations established 
by the Secretary of the Interior, to continue their traditional fishery 
for red fish in the Naknek Lake/Naknek River and Brooks River and Iliuk 
Arm within Katmai National Park.

SEC. 3. EFFECT ON TITLE AND JURISDICTION OF TIDAL AND SUBMERGED LANDS.

    (a) Title.--No provision of this Act shall be construed to 
invalidate or validate or in any other way affect any claim by the 
State of Alaska to title to any or all submerged lands, nor shall any 
actions taken pursuant to or in accordance with this Act operate under 
any provision or principle of the law to bar the State of Alaska from 
asserting at any time its claim of title to any or all of the submerged 
lands.
    (b) Jurisdiction.--Nothing in this Act nor in any actions taken 
pursuant to this Act shall be construed as expanding or diminishing 
Federal or State jurisdiction, responsibility, interests, or rights in 
management, regulation, or control over waters of the State of Alaska 
or submerged lands under and provision of Federal or State law.
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