[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1159 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1159

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Kake 
           Tribal Corporation public interest land exchange.

    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 ``Kake Tribal 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 at the end thereof:

``SEC.______. KAKE TRIBAL CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE.

    ``(a) General.--In exchange for lands and interests therein 
described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, 
subject to valid existing rights, convey to the Kake Tribal Corporation 
the surface estate and to Sealaska Corporation the subsurface estate of 
the Federal lands identified by Kake Tribal Corporation pursuant to 
subsection (c): Provided, That, the exchange of lands described in this 
section shall be on the basis of equal value.
    ``(b) Description.--The surface estate to be conveyed by Kake 
Tribal Corporation and the subsurface estate to be conveyed by Sealaska 
Corporation to the Secretary of Agriculture are the municipal watershed 
lands as shown on the map dated September 1, 1997, and labeled 
attachment A, and are further described as follows:

              ``MUNICIPAL WATERSHED COPPER RIVER MERIDIAN

                              ``T56S, R72E

``Section                                             Approximate Acres
        13.....................................................      82
        23.....................................................     118
        24.....................................................     635
        25.....................................................     640
        26.....................................................     346
        34.....................................................       9
        35.....................................................     349
        36.....................................................     248
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        Approximate total......................................   2,427
    ``(c) Deadline.--Within ninety (90) days of the receipt by the 
United States of the conveyances of the surface estate and the 
subsurface estate described in subsection (b), Kake Tribal Corporation 
shall be entitled to identify lands in the Hamilton Bay and Saginaw Bay 
areas, as depicted on the maps dated September 1, 1997, and labeled 
Attachments B and C. Kake Tribal Corporation shall notify the Secretary 
of Agriculture in writing which lands Kake Tribal Corporation has 
identified.
    ``(d) Timing of Conveyance and Valuation.--The conveyance mandated 
by subsection (a) by the Secretary of Agriculture shall occur within 
ninety (90) days after the list of identified lands is submitted by 
Kake Tribal Corporation pursuant to subsection (c).
    ``(e) Management of Watershed.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the City of Kake, Alaska, to 
provide for management of the municipal watershed.
    ``(f) Timber Manufacturing; Export Restriction.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, timber harvested from land conveyed to Kake 
Tribal Corporation under this section is not available for export as 
unprocessed logs from Alaska, nor may Kake Tribal Corporation sell, 
trade, exchange, substitute, or otherwise convey that timber to any 
person for the purpose of exporting that timber from the State of 
Alaska.
    ``(g) Relation to Other Requirements.--The land conveyed to Kake 
Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Corporation under this section shall be 
considered, for all purposes, land conveyed under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act.
    ``(h) 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, D.C. 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.''.

            Passed the Senate June 25, 1998.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1159

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Kake 
           Tribal Corporation public interest land exchange.