[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 400 Reported in Senate (RS)]





                                                        Calendar No. 67

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 400

                          [Report No. 104-44]

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                                 AN ACT

    To provide for the exchange of lands within Gates of the Arctic 
          National Park and Preserve, and for other purposes.

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                April 7 (legislative day, April 5), 1995

                       Reported with an amendment





                                                        Calendar No. 67
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 400

                          [Report No. 104-44]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 2 (legislative day, January 30), 1995

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                April 7 (legislative day, April 5), 1995

              Reported by Mr. Murkowski, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To provide for the exchange of lands within Gates of the Arctic 
          National Park and Preserve, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Anaktuvuk Pass Land 
Exchange and Wilderness Redesignation Act of 1995''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Congress makes the following findings:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The Alaska National Interest Lands 
        Conservation Act (94 Stat. 2371), enacted on December 2, 1980, 
        established Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and 
        Gates of the Arctic Wilderness. The village of Anaktuvuk Pass, 
        located in the highlands of the central Brooks Range, is 
        virtually surrounded by these national park and wilderness 
        lands and is the only Native village located within the 
        boundary of a National Park System unit in Alaska.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Unlike most other Alaskan Native communities, 
        the village of Anaktuvuk Pass is not located on a major river, 
        lake, or coastline that can be used as a means of access. The 
        residents of Anaktuvuk Pass have relied increasingly on snow 
        machines in winter and all-terrain vehicles in summer as their 
        primary means of access to pursue caribou and other subsistence 
        resources.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) In a 1983 land exchange agreement, linear 
        easements were reserved by the Inupiat Eskimo people for use of 
        all-terrain vehicles across certain national park lands, mostly 
        along stream and river banks. These linear easements proved 
        unsatisfactory, because they provided inadequate access to 
        subsistence resources while causing excessive environmental 
        impact from concentrated use.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) The National Park Service and the Nunamiut 
        Corporation initiated discussions in 1985 to address concerns 
        over the use of all-terrain vehicles on park and wilderness 
        land. These discussions resulted in an agreement, originally 
        executed in 1992 and thereafter amended in 1993 and 1994, among 
        the National Park Service, Nunamiut Corporation, the City of 
        Anaktuvuk Pass, and Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. Full 
        effectuation of this agreement, as amended, by its terms 
        requires ratification by the Congress.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Ratification.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--The terms, conditions, 
        procedures, covenants, reservations and other provisions set 
        forth in the document entitled ``Donation, Exchange of Lands 
        and Interests in Lands and Wilderness Redesignation Agreement 
        Among Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Nunamiut Corporation, 
        City of Anaktuvuk Pass and the United States of America'' 
        (hereinafter referred to in this Act as ``the Agreement''), 
        executed by the parties on December 17, 1992, as amended, are 
        hereby incorporated in this Act, are ratified and confirmed, 
        and set forth the obligations and commitments of the United 
        States, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Nunamiut Corporation 
        and the City of Anaktuvuk Pass, as a matter of Federal 
        law.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Land acquisition.--Lands acquired by the 
        United States pursuant to the Agreement shall be administered 
        by the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as 
        the ``Secretary'') as part of Gates of the Arctic National Park 
        and Preserve, subject to the laws and regulations applicable 
        thereto.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Maps.--The maps set forth as Exhibits C1, C2, and D 
through I to the Agreement depict the lands subject to the conveyances, 
retention of surface access rights, access easements and all-terrain 
vehicle easements. These lands are depicted in greater detail on a map 
entitled ``Land Exchange Actions, Proposed Anaktuvuk Pass Land Exchange 
and Wilderness Redesignation, Gates of the Arctic National Park and 
Preserve'', Map No. 185/80,039, dated April 1994, and on file at the 
Alaska Regional Office of the National Park Service and the offices of 
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Fairbanks, Alaska. 
Written legal descriptions of these lands shall be prepared and made 
available in the above offices. In case of any discrepancies, Map No. 
185/80,039 shall be controlling.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM WILDERNESS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Gates of the Arctic Wilderness.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Redesignation.--Section 701(2) of the Alaska 
        National Interest Lands Conservation Act (94 Stat. 2371, 2417) 
        establishing the Gates of the Arctic Wilderness is hereby 
        amended with the addition of approximately 56,825 acres as 
        wilderness and the rescission of approximately 73,993 acres as 
        wilderness, thus revising the Gates of the Arctic Wilderness to 
        approximately 7,034,832 acres.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Map.--The lands redesignated by paragraph (1) 
        are depicted on a map entitled ``Wilderness Actions, Proposed 
        Anaktuvuk Pass Land Exchange and Wilderness Redesignation, 
        Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve'', Map No. 185/
        80,040, dated April 1994, and on file at the Alaska Regional 
        Office of the National Park Service and the office of Gates of 
        the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Fairbanks, 
Alaska.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Noatak National Preserve.--Section 201(8)(a) of the 
Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act (94 Stat. 2380) is 
amended by--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) striking ``approximately six million four 
        hundred and sixty thousand acres'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``approximately 6,477,168 acres''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) inserting ``and the map entitled `Noatak 
        National Preserve and Noatak Wilderness Addition' dated 
        September 1994'' after ``July 1980''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Noatak Wilderness.--Section 701(7) of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (94 Stat. 2417) is amended by 
striking ``approximately five million eight hundred thousand acres'' 
and inserting in lieu thereof ``approximately 5,817,168 
              acres''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. CONFORMANCE WITH OTHER LAW.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.--All of the 
lands, or interests therein, conveyed to and received by Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation or Nunamiut Corporation pursuant to the Agreement 
shall be deemed conveyed and received pursuant to exchanges under 
section 22(f) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended 
(43 U.S.C. 1601, 1621(f)). All of the lands or interests in lands 
conveyed pursuant to the Agreement shall be conveyed subject to valid 
existing rights.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.--
Except to the extent specifically set forth in this Act or the 
Agreement, nothing in this Act or in the Agreement shall be construed 
to enlarge or diminish the rights, privileges, or obligations of any 
person, including specifically the preference for subsistence uses and 
access to subsistence resources provided under the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.).</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Anaktuvuk Pass Land Exchange and 
Wilderness Redesignation Act of 1995''.

   TITLE I--ANAKTUVUK PASS LAND EXCHANGE AND WILDERNESS REDESIGNATION

SEC. 101. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (94 
        Stat. 2371), enacted on December 2, 1980, established Gates of 
        the Arctic National Park and Preserve and Gates of the Arctic 
        Wilderness. The village of Anaktuvuk Pass, located in the 
        highlands of the central Brooks Range, is virtually surrounded 
        by these national park and wilderness lands and is the only 
        Native village located within the boundary of a National Park 
        System unit in Alaska.
            (2) Unlike most other Alaskan Native communities, the 
        village of Anaktuvuk Pass is not located on a major river, 
        lake, or coastline that can be used as a means of access. The 
        residents of Anaktuvuk Pass have relied increasingly on snow 
        machines in winter and all-terrain vehicles in summer as their 
        primary means of access to pursue caribou and other subsistence 
        resources.
            (3) In a 1983 land exchange agreement, linear easements 
        were reserved by the Inupiat Eskimo people for use of all-
        terrain vehicles across certain national park lands, mostly 
        along stream and river banks. These linear easements proved 
        unsatisfactory, because they provided inadequate access to 
        subsistence resources while causing excessive environmental 
        impact from concentrated use.
            (4) The National Park Service and the Nunamiut Corporation 
        initiated discussions in 1985 to address concerns over the use 
        of all-terrain vehicles on park and wilderness land. These 
        discussions resulted in an agreement, originally executed in 
        1992 and thereafter amended in 1993 and 1994, among the 
        National Park Service, Nunamiut Corporation, the City of 
        Anaktuvuk Pass, and Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. Full 
        effectuation of this agreement, as amended, by its terms 
        requires ratification by the Congress.

SEC. 102. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT.

    (a) Ratification.--
            (1) In general.--The terms, conditions, procedures, 
        covenants, reservations and other provisions set forth in the 
        document entitled ``Donation, Exchange of Lands and Interests 
        in Lands and Wilderness Redesignation Agreement Among Arctic 
        Slope Regional Corporation, Nunamiut Corporation, City of 
        Anaktuvuk Pass and the United States of America'' (hereinafter 
        referred to in this Act as ``the Agreement''), executed by the 
        parties on December 17, 1992, as amended, are hereby 
        incorporated in this Act, are ratified and confirmed, and set 
forth the obligations and commitments of the United States, Arctic 
Slope Regional Corporation, Nunamiut Corporation and the City of 
Anaktuvuk Pass, as a matter of Federal law.
            (2) Land acquisition.--Lands acquired by the United States 
        pursuant to the Agreement shall be administered by the 
        Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the 
        ``Secretary'') as part of Gates of the Arctic National Park and 
        Preserve, subject to the laws and regulations applicable 
        thereto.
    (b) Maps.--The maps set forth as Exhibits C1, C2, and D through I 
to the Agreement depict the lands subject to the conveyances, retention 
of surface access rights, access easements and all-terrain vehicle 
easements. These lands are depicted in greater detail on a map entitled 
``Land Exchange Actions, Proposed Anaktuvuk Pass Land Exchange and 
Wilderness Redesignation, Gates of the Arctic National Park and 
Preserve'', Map No. 185/80,039, dated April 1994, and on file at the 
Alaska Regional Office of the National Park Service and the offices of 
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Fairbanks, Alaska. 
Written legal descriptions of these lands shall be prepared and made 
available in the above offices. In case of any discrepancies, Map No. 
185/80,039 shall be controlling.

SEC. 103. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM WILDERNESS.

    (a) Gates of the Arctic Wilderness.--
            (1) Redesignation.--Section 701(2) of the Alaska National 
        Interest Lands Conservation Act (94 Stat. 2371, 2417) 
        establishing the Gates of the Arctic Wilderness is hereby 
        amended with the addition of approximately 56,825 acres as 
        wilderness and the rescission of approximately 73,993 acres as 
        wilderness, thus revising the Gates of the Arctic Wilderness to 
        approximately 7,034,832 acres.
            (2) Map.--The lands redesignated by paragraph (1) are 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Wilderness Actions, Proposed 
        Anaktuvuk Pass Land Exchange and Wilderness Redesignation, 
        Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve'', Map No. 185/
        80,040, dated April 1994, and on file at the Alaska Regional 
        Office of the National Park Service and the office of Gates of 
        the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Fairbanks, Alaska.
    (b) Noatak National Preserve.--Section 201(8)(a) of the Alaska 
National Interest Land Conservation Act (94 Stat. 2380) is amended by--
            (1) striking ``approximately six million four hundred and 
        sixty thousand acres'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``approximately 6,477,168 acres''; and
            (2) inserting ``and the map entitled `Noatak National 
        Preserve and Noatak Wilderness Addition' dated September 1994'' 
        after ``July 1980''.
    (c) Noatak Wilderness.--Section 701(7) of the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act (94 Stat. 2417) is amended by striking 
``approximately five million eight hundred thousand acres'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``approximately 5,817,168 acres''.

SEC. 104. CONFORMANCE WITH OTHER LAW.

    (a) Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.--All of the lands, or 
interests therein, conveyed to and received by Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation or Nunamiut Corporation pursuant to the Agreement shall be 
deemed conveyed and received pursuant to exchanges under section 22(f) 
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1601, 
1621(f)). All of the lands or interests in lands conveyed pursuant to 
the Agreement shall be conveyed subject to valid existing rights.
    (b) Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.--Except to the 
extent specifically set forth in this Act or the Agreement, nothing in 
this Act or in the Agreement shall be construed to enlarge or diminish 
the rights, privileges, or obligations of any person, including 
specifically the preference for subsistence uses and access to 
subsistence resources provided under the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.).

          TITLE II--ALASKA PENINSULA SUBSURFACE CONSOLIDATION

SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Agency.--The term agency--
                    (A) means--
                            (i) any instrumentality of the United 
                        States; and
                            (ii) any Government corporation (as defined 
                        in section 9101(1) of title 31, United States 
                        Code); and
                    (B) includes any element of an agency.
            (2) Alaska native corporation.--The term ``Alaska Native 
        Corporation'' has the same meaning as is provided for ``Native 
        Corporation'' in section 3(m) of the Alaska Native Claims 
        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(m)).
            (3) Koniag.--The term ``Koniag'' means Koniag, 
        Incorporated, which is a Regional Corporation.
            (4) Koniag account.--The term ``Koniag Account'' means the 
        account established under section 4.
            (5) Property.--The term ``property'' has the same meaning 
        as is provided in section 12(b)(7)(vii) of Public Law 94-204 
        (43 U.S.C. 1611 note).
            (6) Regional corporation.--The term ``Regional 
        Corporation'' has the same meaning as is provided in section 
        3(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
        1602(g)).
            (7) Secretary.--Except as otherwise provided, the term 
        ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior.
            (8) Selection rights.--The term ``selection rights'' means 
        those rights granted to Koniag, pursuant to subsections (a) and 
        (b) of section 12, and section 14(h)(8), of the Alaska Native 
        Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611 and 1613(h)(8)), to 
        receive title to the oil and gas rights and other interests in 
        the subsurface estate of the approximately 275,000 acres of 
        public lands in the State of Alaska identified as ``Koniag 
        Selections'' on the map entitled ``Koniag Interest Lands, 
        Alaska Peninsula'', dated May 1989.

SEC. 202. ACQUISITION OF KONIAG SELECTION RIGHTS.

    (a) The Secretary shall determine, pursuant to subsection (b) 
hereof, the value of Selection Rights which Koniag possesses within the 
boundaries of Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Alaska 
Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, and Becharof National Wildlife 
Refuge.
    (b) Value.--
            (1) In general.--The value of the selection rights shall be 
        equal to the fair market value of--
                    (A) the oil and gas interests in the lands or 
                interests in lands that are the subject of the 
                selection rights; and
                    (B) in the case of the lands or interests in lands 
                for which Koniag is to receive the entire subsurface 
                estate, the subsurface estate of the lands or interests 
                in lands that are the subject of the selection rights.
            (2) Appraisal.--
                    (A) Selection of appraiser.--
                            (i) In general.--Not later than 90 days 
                        after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
                        Secretary and Koniag shall meet to select a 
                        qualified appraiser to conduct an appraisal of 
                        the selection rights. Subject to clause (ii), 
                        the appraiser shall be selected by the mutual 
                        agreement of the Secretary and Koniag.
                            (ii) Failure to agree.--If the Secretary 
                        and Koniag fail to agree on an appraiser by the 
                        date that is 60 days after the date of the 
                        initial meeting referred to in clause (i), the 
                        Secretary and Koniag shall, by the date that is 
                        not later than 90 days after the date of the 
                        initial meeting, each designate an appraiser 
                        who is qualified to perform the appraisal. The 
                        2 appraisers so identified shall select a third 
                        qualified appraiser who shall perform the 
                        appraisal.
                    (B) Standards and methodology.--The appraisal 
                shall--
                            (i) be conducted in conformity with the 
                        standards of the Appraisal Foundation (as 
                        defined in section 1121(9) of the Financial 
                        Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement 
                        Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3350(9)); and
                            (ii) utilize risk adjusted discounted cash 
                        flow methodology.
                    (C) Submission of appraisal report.--Not later than 
                180 days after the selection of an appraiser pursuant 
                to subparagraph (A), the appraiser shall submit to the 
                Secretary and to Koniag a written appraisal report 
                specifying the value of the selection rights and the 
                methodology used to arrive at the value.
            (3) Determination of value.--
                    (A) Determination by the secretary.--Not later than 
                60 days after the date of the receipt of the appraisal 
                report under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall 
                determine the value of the selection rights and shall 
                notify Koniag of the determination.
                    (B) Alternative Determination of value.--
                            (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), if 
                        Koniag does not agree with the value determined 
                        by the Secretary under subparagraph (A), the 
                        procedures specified in section 206(d) of the 
                        Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
                        (43 U.S.C. 1716(d)) shall be used to establish 
                        the value.
                            (ii) Average value limitation.--The average 
                        value per acre of the selection rights shall 
                        not be more than $300.

SEC. 203. KONIAG ACCOUNT.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) The Secretary shall enter into negotiations for an 
        agreement or agreements to exchange Federal lands or interests 
        therein which are in the State of Alaska for the Koniag 
        Selection Rights referred to in section 202.
            (2) If the value of the Federal lands to be exchanged is 
        less than the value of the Koniag Selection Rights established 
        in section 202, then the Secretary may exchange the Federal 
        lands for an equivalent portion of the Koniag Selection Rights. 
        The remaining selection rights shall remain available for 
        additional exchanges.
            (3) For purposes of this section, the term ``Federal 
        lands'' means lands or interests therein located in Alaska, 
        administered by the Secretary and the title to which is in the 
        United States but excluding all lands and interests therein 
        which are located within a conservation system unit as defined 
        in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act section 
        102(4).
    (b) Account.--
            (1) In general.--With respect to any Koniag Selection 
        Rights for which an exchange has not been completed by October 
        1, 2004 (hereafter in this section referred to as ``remaining 
        selection rights''), the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
        consultation with the Secretary, shall, notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, establish in the Treasury of the United 
        States, an account to be known as the Koniag Account. Upon the 
        relinquishment of the remaining selection rights to the United 
        States, the Secretary shall credit the Koniag Account in the 
        amount of the appraised value of the remaining selection 
        rights.
            (2) Initial balance.--The initial balance of the Koniag 
        Account shall be equal to the value of the selection rights as 
        determined pursuant to section 3(b).
            (3) Use of account.--
                    (A) In general.--Amounts in the Koniag Account 
                shall--
                            (i) be made available by the Secretary of 
                        the Treasury to Koniag for bidding on and 
                        purchasing property sold at public sale, 
                        subject to the conditions described in this 
                        paragraph; and
                            (ii) remain available until expended.
                    (B) Assignment.--
                            (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii) and 
                        notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
                        right to request the Secretary of the Treasury 
                        to withdraw funds from the Koniag Account shall 
                        be assignable in whole or in part by Koniag.
                            (ii) Notice of assignment.--No assignment 
                        shall be recognized by the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury until Koniag files written notice of 
                        the assignment with the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury and the Secretary.
                    (C) Bidding and purchasing.--
                            (i) In general.--Koniag may use the Koniag 
                        Account to--
                                    (I) bid, in the same manner as any 
                                other bidder, for any property at any 
                                public sale by an agency; and
                                    (II) purchase the property in 
                                accordance with applicable laws, 
                                including the regulations of the agency 
                                offering the property for sale.
                            (ii) Requirements for agencies.--In 
                        conducting a transaction described in clause 
                        (i), an agency shall accept, in the same manner 
                        as cash, an amount tendered from the Koniag 
                        Account.
                            (iii) Adjustment of balance.--The Secretary 
                        of the Treasury shall adjust the balance of the 
Koniag Account to reflect each transaction under clause (i).
            (4) Special procedures.--The Secretary of the Treasury, in 
        consultation with the Secretary, shall establish procedures to 
        permit the Koniag Account to--
                    (A) receive deposits;
                    (B) make deposits into escrow when an escrow is 
                required for the sale of any property; and
                    (C) reinstate to the Koniag Account any unused 
                escrow deposits if a sale is not consummated.
    (c) Treatment of Amounts From Account.--The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall--
            (1) deem as a cash payment any amount tendered from the 
        Koniag Account and received by an agency as a proceed from a 
        public sale of property; and
            (2) make any transfer necessary to permit the agency to use 
        the proceed in the event an agency is authorized by law to use 
        the proceed for a specific purpose.
    (d) Requirement for the Administration of Sales.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
        the Treasury and the heads of agencies shall administer sales 
        described in subsection (a)(3)(C) in the same manner as is 
        provided for any other Alaska Native Corporation that--
                    (A) is authorized by law as of the date of 
                enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) has an account similar to the Koniag Account 
                for bidding on and purchasing property sold for public 
                sale.
            (2) Prohibition.--Amounts in an account established for the 
        benefit of a specific Alaska Native Corporation may not be used 
        to satisfy the property purchase obligations of any other 
        Alaskan Native Corporation.
    (e) Revenues.--The Koniag Account shall be deemed to be an interest 
in the subsurface for purposes of section 7(i) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).

SEC. 204. CERTAIN CONVEYANCES.

    (a) Interests in Land.--For the purpose of section 21(c) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1620(c)), the following 
shall be deemed to be an interest in land:
            (1) The establishment of the Koniag Account and the right 
        of Koniag to request the Secretary of the Treasury to withdraw 
        funds from the Koniag Account.
            (2) The receipt by a Settlement Trust (as defined in 
        section 3(t) of such Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(t)) of a conveyance by 
        Koniag of any right in the Koniag Account.
    (b) Authority To Appoint Trustees.--In establishing a Settlement 
Trust under section 39 of such Act (43 U.S.C. 1629e), Koniag may 
delegate the authority granted to Koniag under subsection (b)(2) of 
such section to any entity that Koniag may select without affecting the 
status of the Settlement Trust under this section.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 1, 1995.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.

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