[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 1158 Reported in Senate (RS)]





                                                       Calendar No. 185

105th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1158

                          [Report No. 105-93]

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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.

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                           September 30, 1997

                       Reported with an amendment
105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1158

                          [Report No. 105-93]

 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

                           September 30, 1997

              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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                                 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,

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

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Huna Totem Corporation Land 
Exchange Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SETTLEMENT ACT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC.   . HUNA TOTEM CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Description and Deadlines.--The land to be exchanged 
is located in the Copper River Meridian and is further described as 
follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>

           <DELETED>MUNICIPAL WATERSHED AND GREENBELT BUFFER

                      <DELETED>T43S, R61E, C.R.M.

<DELETED>Portion of section                           Approximate acres
        <DELETED>16............................................       2
        <DELETED>21............................................     610
        <DELETED>22............................................     227
        <DELETED>23............................................      35
        <DELETED>26............................................     447
        <DELETED>27............................................     400
        <DELETED>33............................................     202
        <DELETED>34............................................      76
        <DELETED>Approximate total.............................   1,999
        <DELETED>and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.''</DELETED>

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.--The Secretary of Agriculture referred to as 
(``Secretary'') in this section in accordance with the equal value 
provisions of section 22(f) shall, subject to valid existing rights and 
easements, convey to the Huna Totem 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 surface and subsurface estates to the land to be 
        conveyed by Huna Totem Corporation and Sealaska to the United 
        States, no later than ninety (90) days after the effective date 
        of this section, is depicted on the map dated September 1, 
        1997, 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
                                                               <RULE>__
                                                               
        Approximate total......................................   1,999
            ``(2) The surface and subsurface estates to 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 one hundred eighty (180) 
        days after the conveyance of lands in subsection (b)(1); and 
        are to be selected from the lands depicted on the map dated 
        September 1, 1997, and labeled Attachment B.
    ``(c) 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.
    ``(d) 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.
    ``(e) 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.''