[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1158 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1158

 To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Huna 
    Totem Corporation public interest land exchange, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 10, 1997

 Mr. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Huna 
    Totem Corporation public interest land exchange, 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 ``Huna Totem Corporation Land Exchange 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SETTLEMENT ACT.

    The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (Public Law 92-203, 
December 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, 43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), as amended, 
is further amended by adding a new section to read:

``SEC.   . HUNA TOTEM CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE.

    ``(a) General.--To acknowledge Huna Totem Corporation's required 
selection of 14(b) lands within the core township of the City of 
Hoonah, Alaska, which consist of watershed and other lands not suitable 
for development, to acknowledge the corporation's return to public 
ownership of approximately 1,999 acres of land needed as a municipal 
watershed area and a municipal greenbelt buffer from timber harvesting 
activities, and to promote the public interest, the Secretary of 
Agriculture referred to as (``Secretary'') in this section in 
accordance with the provisions of section 22(f) shall, subject to valid 
existing rights and easements, convey to the corporation the surface 
estate to the Federal lands described in subsection (b)(2) of this 
section and convey to Sealaska Corporation title to the subsurface 
estate in such lands.
    ``(b) Description and Deadlines.--The land to be exchanged is 
located in the Copper River Meridian and is further described as 
follows:
            (1) the land to be conveyed by Huna Totem Corporation to 
        the United States, no later than ninety (90) days after the 
        effective date of this section, is depicted on the map dated    
                  and labeled attachment A, and is described as 
        follows:

                MUNICIPAL WATERSHED AND GREENBELT BUFFER

                           T43S, R61E, C.R.M.

Portion of section                                    Approximate acres
        16.....................................................       2
        21.....................................................     610
        22.....................................................     227
        23.....................................................      35
        26.....................................................     447
        27.....................................................     400
        33.....................................................     202
        34.....................................................      76
        Approximate total......................................   1,999
        and
            (2) the land to be conveyed to Huna Totem Corporation and 
        Sealaska by the Secretary of Agriculture shall be lands readily 
        accessible to Hoonah and, where possible, located on the road 
        system to Hoonah, and shall be conveyed within ninety (90) days 
        after the conveyance of lands in subsection (b)(1); and are to 
        be selected from the lands depicted on the map dated            
          and labeled attachment B.
    ``(d) Timber Manufacturing; Export Restriction.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, timber harvested from land conveyed to Huna 
Totem Corporation under this section is not available for export as 
unprocessed logs from Alaska, nor may Huna Totem Corporation sell, 
trade, exchange, substitute, or otherwise convey such timber to any 
person for the purpose of exporting that timber from the State of 
Alaska.
    ``(e) Relation to Other Requirements.--The land conveyed to Huna 
Totem Corporation and Sealaska Corporation under this section is, for 
all purposes, considered land conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act.
    ``(f) Maps.--The maps referred to in this section shall be 
maintained on file in the Office of the Chief, United States Forest 
Service, and in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, 
Washington, DC. The acreage cited in this section is approximate, and 
if a discrepancy arises between cited acreage and the land depicted on 
the specified maps, the maps shall control. The maps do not constitute 
an attempt by the United States to convey State or private land.''
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