[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1948 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1948

 To provide for the exchange of lands within Admiralty Island National 
                   Monument, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the exchange of lands within Admiralty Island National 
                   Monument, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hood Bay Land Exchange Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
        established the Admiralty Island National Monument which is 
        managed by the United States Forest Service.
            (2) The Forest Service has established a policy of 
        encouraging the acquisition of private land inholdings within 
        Admiralty Island National Monument on a willing buyer/willing 
        seller basis. Congress has supported this policy, for example 
        by passage of the Greens Creek Land Exchange Act of 1996 which 
        provided for a land exchange of certain public and private 
        lands in Admiralty Island National Monument.
            (3) Hood Bay, which is located on Admiralty Island, is 
        available for transfer to Federal ownership on a willing 
        seller/willing buyer basis. The acquisition of Hood Bay would 
        provide Federal ownership of this very valuable land in a 
        critical area of Admiralty Island National Monument.
            (4) Transfer of the Federal Government's reversionary 
        interest in land in Silver Bay near Sitka, Alaska, to Alaska 
        Pulp Corporation will facilitate transfer of a portion of that 
        land by Alaska Pulp Corporation to Sitka, Alaska.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act--
            (1) the term ``ANILCA'' means the Alaska National Interest 
        Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.);
            (2) the term ``Company'' means the Alaska Pulp Corporation, 
        an Alaska corporation;
            (3) the term ``Company Property'' means the property 
        depicted on the map entitled ``Hood Bay Exchange Lands'', dated 
        May ____, 1997, consisting of approximately 50 acres of land.
            (4) the term ``Federal Property'' means the reversionary 
        interest of the United States described in paragraphs (6) and 
        (7) of the patent dated October 18, 1960, granted by the Bureau 
        of Land Management to Alaska Lumber & Pulp Co., which was 
        recorded at Book 15, Pages 271-23, Sitka Recording District on 
        November 9, 1960;
            (5) the term ``Monument'' means the Admiralty Island 
        National Monument, which is managed as a unit of the United 
        States Forest System and was established by section 503 of 
        ANILCA;
            (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        Agriculture;
            (7) the term ``Sitka'' means the city and borough of Sitka, 
        Alaska, a home-rule borough formed in accordance with the laws 
        of the State of Alaska.
            (8) the term ``Sitka Property'' means the property depicted 
        on the map entitled ``Sitka Lands'', dated May ____, 1997, 
        consisting of approximately ____ acres of land.

SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER.

    (a) Exchange of Company and Federal Property.--Not later than 60 
days after the Company transfers all right, title, and interest of the 
Company in and to the Company Property to the United States, the 
Secretary shall transfer to the Company all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the Federal Property.
    (b) Transfer of Property to Sitka.--Upon transfer of the Federal 
Property to the Company under subsection (a), the Company shall 
transfer all right, title, and interest of the Company in the Sitka 
Property to Sitka.
    (c) Availability of Maps.--The map referred to in section 3(3) 
depicting the Company Property and the map referred to in section 3(8) 
depicting the Sitka Property shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the office of the Supervisor of the Chatham Area, Tongass 
National Forest in Sitka, Alaska.

SEC. 5. PROCESSING OF AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO LAND 
              EXCHANGE.

    (a) Surveys.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary may conduct and approve all cadastral surveys that are 
necessary for completion of the exchange.
    (b) Waiver of Additional Consideration.--The values of the Federal 
Property and the Company Property are not deemed to be of equal value. 
The value of the Company Property is deemed to exceed the value of the 
Federal Property. As a condition of this exchange, the Company shall 
waive any additional consideration not provided in this Act.
    (c) Administration.--The Secretary is authorized to implement and 
administer the rights and obligations of the United States under the 
Agreement.
    (d) Savings Provisions.--Implementation of this Act shall not be 
deemed a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of 
the human environment, nor shall implementation require further 
consideration pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act, title 
VIII of ANILCA, or any other law.

SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION OF LAND ACQUIRED BY THE UNITED STATES.

    After transfer to the United States pursuant to section 4(a)--
            (1) the Company Property shall be added to and administered 
        as part of the Admiralty Island National Monument; and
            (2) the portions of the Company Property located within the 
        Admiralty Island Wilderness area shall be added to and 
        administered as part of such wilderness area.
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