[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 967 Reported in Senate (RS)]





                                                       Calendar No. 232

105th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 967

                          [Report No. 105-119]

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                                 A BILL

    To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act to benefit Alaska natives and 
                rural residents, and for other purposes.

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                            October 29, 1997

                       Reported with an amendment





                                                       Calendar No. 232
105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 967

                          [Report No. 105-119]

    To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act to benefit Alaska natives and 
                rural residents, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 1997

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

                            October 29, 1997

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act to benefit Alaska natives and 
                rural residents, 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. AUTOMATIC LAND BANK PROTECTION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Lands Received in Exchange From Certain Federal 
Agencies.--The matter preceding clause (i) of section 907(d)(1)(A) of 
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 
1636(d)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ``or conveyed to a Native 
Corporation pursuant to an exchange authorized by section 22(f) of 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or section 1302(h) of this Act or 
other applicable law'' after ``Settlement Trust''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Lands Exchanged Among Native Corporations.--Section 
907(d)(2)(B) of such Act (43 U.S.C. 1636(d)(2)) is amended by striking 
``and'' at the end of clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of 
clause (iii) and inserting ``; and'', and by adding at the end the 
following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(iv) lands or interest in lands shall not be 
        considered developed or leased or sold to a third party as a 
        result of an exchange or conveyance of such land or interest in 
        land between or among Native Corporations and trusts, 
        partnerships, corporations, or joint ventures, whose 
        beneficiaries, partners, shareholders, or joint venturers are 
        Native Corporations.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Actions by Trustee Serving Pursuant to Agreement of 
Native Corporations.--Section 907(d)(3)(B) of such Act (43 U.S.C. 
1636(d)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (i), 
by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting ``; 
or'', and by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(iii) to actions by any trustee whose right, 
        title, or interest in land or interests in land arises pursuant 
        to an agreement or among Native Corporations and trusts, 
        partnerships, or joint ventures whose beneficiaries, partners, 
        shareholders, or joint venturers are Native 
        Corporations.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. RETAINED MINERAL ESTATE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 12(c)(4) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1611(c)(4)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as 
        subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively, and by inserting after 
        subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraphs:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(C) Where such public lands are surrounded by or 
        contiguous to subsurface lands obtained by a Regional 
        Corporation under subsections (a) or (b), the Corporation may, 
        upon request, have such public land conveyed to it.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(D)(i) A Regional Corporation which elects to 
        obtain public lands under subparagraph (C) shall be limited to 
        a total of not more than 12,000 acres. Selection by a Regional 
        Corporation of in lieu surface acres under subparagraph (E) 
        pursuant to an election under subparagraph (C) shall not be 
        made from any lands within a conservation system unit (as that 
        term is defined by section 102(4) of the Alaska National 
        Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3102(4)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(ii) An election to obtain the public lands 
        described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) shall include all 
        available parcels within the township in which the public lands 
        are located.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(iii) For purposes of this subparagraph and 
        subparagraph (C), the term `Regional Corporation' shall refer 
        only to Doyon, Limited.''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by 
        striking ``(A) or (B)'' and inserting ``(A), (B), or 
        (C)''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION ON TREATMENT OF BONDS FROM A NATIVE 
              CORPORATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1626(c)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subparagraph (3)(A), by inserting ``and on 
        bonds received from a Native Corporation'' after ``from a 
        Native Corporation''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subparagraph (3)(B), by inserting ``or 
        bonds issued by a Native Corporation which Bonds shall be 
        subject to the protection of section 7(h) until voluntarily and 
        expressly sold or pledged by the shareholder subsequent to the 
        date of distribution'' before the semicolon.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 102-415.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 20 of the Alaska Land Status Technical Corrections 
Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 2129) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(h) Establishment of the account under subsection (b) 
and conveyance of land under subsection (c), if any, shall be treated 
as though 3,520 acres of land had been conveyed to Gold Creek under 
section 14(h)(2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for which 
rights to in-lieu subsurface estate are hereby provided to CIRI. Within 
1 year from the date of enactment of this subsection, CIRI shall select 
3,520 acres of land from the area designated for in-lieu selection by 
paragraph I.B.(2)(b) of the document identified in section 12(b) of the 
Act of January 2, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1611 note).''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. CALISTA CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Congressional Findings.--Congress finds and declares 
that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the land exchange authorized by section 8126 
        of Public Law 102-172 should be implemented without further 
        delay;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the Calista Corporation, the Native Regional 
        Corporation organized under the authority of the Alaska Native 
        Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) for the Yupik Eskimos of 
        Southwestern Alaska, which includes the entire Yukon Delta 
        National Wildlife Refuge--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) has responsibilities provided for by 
                the Settlement Act to help address social, cultural, 
                economic, health, subsistence, and related issues 
                within the Region and among its villages, including the 
                viability of the villages themselves, many of which are 
                remote and isolated; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) has been unable to fully carry out 
                such responsibilities, and the implementation of this 
                exchange is essential to helping Calista utilize its 
                assets to carry out those responsibilities to realize 
                the benefits of ANCSA;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the parties to the exchange have been unable 
        to reach agreement on the valuation of the lands and interests 
        in lands to be conveyed to the United States under section 8126 
        of Public Law 102-171; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in light of the foregoing, it is appropriate 
        and necessary in this unique situation that Congress authorize 
        and direct the implementation of this exchange as set forth in 
        this section in furtherance of the purposes and underlying 
        goals of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska 
        National Interest Lands Conservation Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Land Exchange Implementation.--Section 8126(a) of 
Public Law 102-172 (105 Stat. 1206) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking ``October 1, 1996'' and inserting 
        ``October 1, 2002'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by inserting after ``October 28, 1991'' the 
        following: ``(hereinafter referred to as `CCRD') and in the 
        document entitled, `The Calista Conveyance and Relinquishment 
        Document Addendum', dated September 15, 1996 (hereinafter 
        referred to as `CCRD Addendum')'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) by striking ``The value'' and all that follows 
        through ``Provided, That the'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Unless prior to December 31, 1997, the 
        parties mutually agree on a value of the lands and interests in 
        lands to be exchanged as contained in the CCRD and the CCRD 
        Addendum, the aggregate values of such lands and interests in 
        lands shall be established as of January 1, 1998, as provided 
        in paragraph (6) of the CCRD Addendum. The'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) in the last sentence, by inserting a period 
        after ``1642'' and striking all that follows in that sentence; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) The amount credited to the property account 
        is not subject to adjustment for minor changes in acreage 
        resulting from preparation or correction of the land 
        descriptions in the CCRD or CCRD Addendum or the exclusion of 
        any small tracts of land as a result of hazardous materials 
        surveys.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Extension of Restriction on Certain Property 
Transfers.--Section 8126(b) of Public Law 102-172 (105 Stat. 1206) is 
amended by striking ``October 1, 1996'' and inserting ``October 1, 
2002''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Exchange Administration.--Section 8126(c) of Public 
Law 102-172 (105 Stat. 1207) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking the sentence beginning ``On 
        October 1, 1996,'' and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
        ``To the extent such lands and interests have not been 
        exchanged with the United States, on January 1, 1998, the 
        Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a property account on 
        behalf of Calista Corporation. If the parties have mutually 
        agreed to a value as provided in subsection (a)(2), the 
        Secretary of the Treasury shall credit the account accordingly. 
        In the absence of such an agreement the Secretary of the 
        Treasury shall credit the account with an amount equal to 66 
        percent of the total amount determined by paragraph (6) of the 
        CCRD Addendum. The account shall be available for use as 
        provided in subsection (c)(3), as follows:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) On January 1, 1998, an amount equal 
                to one-half the amount credited pursuant to this 
                paragraph shall be available for use as 
                provided.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) On October 1, 1998, the remaining 
                one-half of the amount credited pursuant to this 
                paragraph shall be available for use as 
                provided.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) On October 1, 2002, to the extent any 
        portion of the lands and interests in lands have not been 
        exchanged pursuant to subsection (a) or conveyed or 
        relinquished to the United States pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the account established by paragraph (1) shall be credited with an 
amount equal to any remainder of the value determined pursuant to 
paragraph (1).'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by inserting ``(3)'' before ``Subject 
        to'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) by striking ``on or after October 1, 1996,'' 
        and by inserting after ``subsection (a) of this section,'' the 
        following: ``upon conveyance or relinquishment of equivalent 
        portions of the lands referenced in the CCRD and the CCRD 
        Addendum,''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraphs:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
        Calista Corporation or the village corporations identified in 
        the CCRD Addendum may assign, without restriction, any or all 
        of the account upon written notification to the Secretary of 
        the Treasury and the Secretary of the Interior.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Calista will provide to the Bureau of Land 
        Management, Alaska State Office, appropriate documentation, 
        including maps of the parcels to be exchanged to enable that 
        office to perform the accounting required by paragraph (1) and 
        to forward such information, if requested by Calista, to the 
        Secretary of the Treasury as authorized by such paragraph. 
        Minor boundary adjustments shall be made between Calista and 
        the Department to reflect the acreage figures reflected in the 
        CCRD and the CCRD Addendum.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) For the purpose of the determination of the 
        applicability of section 7(i) of the Alaska Native Claims 
        Settlement Act (42 U.S.C. 1606(i)) to revenues generated 
        pursuant to this section, such revenues shall be calculated in 
        accordance with paragraph (4) of the CCRD 
        Addendum.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 6. MINING CLAIMS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Paragraph (3) of section 22(c) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1621(c)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking out ``regional corporation'' each 
        place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``Regional 
        Corporation''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following: ``The 
        provisions of this section shall apply to Haida Corporation and 
        the Haida Traditional Use Sites, which shall be treated as a 
        Regional Corporation for the purposes of this paragraph, except 
        that any revenues remitted to Haida Corporation under this 
        section shall not be subject to distribution pursuant to 
        section 7(i) of this Act.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 7. SALE, DISPOSITION, OR OTHER USE OF COMMON VARIETIES OF 
              SAND, GRAVEL, STONE, PUMICE, PEAT, CLAY, OR CINDER 
              RESOURCES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Subsection (i) of section 7 of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (42 U.S.C. 1606(i)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``Seventy per centum'' and 
        inserting ``(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), seventy 
        percent''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(B) In the case of the sale, disposition, or 
        other use of common varieties of sand, gravel, stone, pumice, 
        peat, clay, or cinder resources made after the date of 
        enactment of this subparagraph, the revenues received by a 
        Regional Corporation shall not be subject to division under 
        subparagraph (A). Nothing in this subparagraph is intended to 
        or shall be construed to alter the ownership of such sand, 
        gravel, stone, pumice, peat, clay, or cinder 
        resources.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 8. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL NATIVE CORPORATIONS IN 
              SOUTHEAST ALASKA.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 
as amended (Pub. L. No. 92-203, 85 Stat. 688, 43 U.S.C. 1601, 
hereinafter referred to as ``the Act'') is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e)(1) The Native residents of each of the Native 
Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Wrangell, Alaska, may 
organize as an Urban Corporation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) The Native residents of the Native Village of 
Tenakee, Alaska, may organize as a Group Corporation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(3) Nothing in this subsection shall affect any existing 
entitlement to land of any Native Corporation pursuant to this Act or 
any other provision of law.''</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Section 8 of the Act is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Enrollment in the additional corporations in 
Southeast Alaska.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) The Secretary shall enroll to each of the 
        Urban Corporations for Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, or 
        Wrangell those individual Natives who enrolled under this Act 
        to Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, or Wrangell, and shall enroll 
        to the Group Corporation for Tenakee those individual Natives 
        who enrolled under this Act to Tenakee: Provided, That nothing 
        in this subsection shall affect existing entitlement to land of 
        any Regional Corporation pursuant to section 12(b) or section 
        14(h)(8) of this Act.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Those Natives who, pursuant to paragraph 
        (1), are enrolled to an Urban Corporation for Haines, 
        Ketchikan, Petersburg, or Wrangell, or to a Group Corporation 
        for Tenakee, and who were enrolled as shareholders of the 
        Regional Corporation for southeast Alaska on or before March 
30, 1973, shall receive 100 shares of Settlement Common Stock in such 
Urban or Group Corporation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) A Native who has received shares of stock in 
        the Regional Corporation for southeast Alaska through 
        inheritance from a decedent Native who originally enrolled to 
        Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell, which 
        decedent Native was not a shareholder in a Village, Group or 
        Urban Corporation, shall receive the identical number of shares 
        of Settlement Common Stock in the Urban Corporation for Haines, 
        Ketchikan, Petersburg, or Wrangell, or in the Group Corporation 
        for Tenakee, as the number of shares inherited by that Native 
        from the decedent Native who would have been eligible to be 
        enrolled to such urban or Group Corporation.''</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Section 7 of the Act is amended as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) By adding at the end of subsection 7(j) the 
        following new sentence: ``Native members of the communities of 
        Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell who become 
        shareholders in an Urban or Group Corporation for such a 
        community shall continue to be eligible to receive 
        distributions under this subsection as at-large shareholders of 
        Sealaska Corporation.''</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) By adding at the end of section 7 the 
        following new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(p) No provision of section 8 of the 1997 Act amending 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act to benefit Alaska natives and rural 
residents, and for other purposes, shall affect the ratio for 
determination of distribution of revenues among Native Corporations 
under this section of the Act and the 1982 Section 7(i) Settlement 
Agreement among the Regional Corporations or among Village Corporations 
under section 7(j) of the Act.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Not later than December 31, 1998, the Secretary of the 
Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, and in 
consultation with representatives of the Urban and Group Corporations 
established pursuant to this section, as well as Sealaska Corporation, 
shall submit to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
and the House Committee on Resources a report making recommendations to 
the Congress regarding lands and other appropriate compensation to be 
provided to the Urban and Group Corporations established pursuant to 
this section, including--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) local areas of historical, cultural, and 
        traditional importance to Alaska Natives from the Villages of 
        Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell, that 
        should be conveyed to such Urban or Group Corporation, together 
        with any recommended limitations or stipulations regarding the 
        use of such lands, including possible restrictions on the 
        harvest of timber from such lands; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) such additional forms of compensation as the 
        Secretary may recommend.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Planning Grants.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to provide the Native 
Corporations for the communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, 
Tenakee, and Wrangell with grants in the amount of $250,000 each, to be 
used only for planning, development and other purposes for which Native 
Corporations are organized under this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of Pub. L. No. 92-
203, as amended, nothing in this section shall create any entitlement 
to federal lands for an Urban or Group Corporation established pursuant 
to this section without further Congressional action.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 9. ALASKA NATIVE ALLOTMENT APPLICATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 905(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 1634(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(7) Paragraph (1) of this subsection and section 
        (d) shall apply, and paragraph (5) of this subsection shall 
        cease to apply, to an application--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) that is open and pending on the date 
                of enactment of this paragraph,</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) if the lands described in the 
                application are in Federal ownership, and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) if all protests which were filed by 
                the State of Alaska pursuant to paragraph (5)(B) with 
                respect to the application have been withdrawn and not 
                reasserted or are dismissed.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 10. VISITOR SERVICES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Paragraph (1) of section 1307(b) of the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3197(b)) is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``Native Corporation'' and 
        inserting ``Native Corporations''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 11. TRAINING OF FEDERAL LAND MANAGERS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (P.L. 
96-487, 94 Stat. 2371) is amended as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Section 101 is amended by the addition of a 
        new subsection (e) as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) In order to comply with this Act all federal public 
land managers in Alaska, or a region that includes Alaska, shall 
participate in an ANILCA training class to be completed within 120 days 
after enactment. All future appointed federal public land managers in 
Alaska, or a region containing Alaska, are required to complete the 
aforementioned ANILCA training within 60 days of 
appointment.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 12. SUBSISTENCE USES IN GLACIER BAY NATIONAL 
              PARK.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (P.L. 
96-487, 94 Stat. 2371) is amended as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Section 202(l) is amended by adding the 
        following at the end thereof: ``Subsistence uses by local 
        residents shall be permitted in the park where such uses are 
        traditional in accordance with the provisions of Title 
        VIII.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 13. ACCESS RIGHTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (P.L. 
96-487, 94 Stat. 2371) is amended as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Section 1105 is amended by designating the 
        existing language as subsection (a) and inserting a new 
        subsection (b) as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Any alternative route that may be identified by the 
head of the federal agency shall not be less economically feasible and 
prudent than the route for the system being sought by the 
applicant.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) The second sentence in section 1110(a) is 
        amended by striking ``area'' and inserting in lieu thereof: 
        ``area: Provided, That reasonable regulations shall not include 
        any requirements for the demonstration of pre-existing use and: 
        Provided further, That the Secretary shall limit any 
        prohibitions to the smallest area practicable, to the smallest 
        period of time or both. No prohibition shall occur prior to 
        formal consultation with the State of Alaska.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The last sentence of section 1110(b) is 
        amended by inserting ``may include easements, right-of-way, or 
        other interests in land or permits and'' immediately after 
        ``such rights''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) In the last sentence of section 1110(b), 
        strike ``lands.'' and insert in lieu thereof the following: 
        ``lands: Provided, That the Secretary shall not impose any 
        unreasonable fees or charges on those seeking to secure their 
        rights under this subsection. Individuals or entities 
        possessing rights under this subsection shall not be subject to 
        the requirement of sections 1104, 1105, 1106, and 1107 
        herein.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Section 1315 is amended by adding a new 
        subparagraph ``(g)'' as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(g) Within National Forest Wilderness Areas and National 
Forest Monument areas as designated in this and subsequent Acts, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may permit or otherwise regulate helicopter 
use and landings, except that he shall allow for helicopter use and 
landings in emergency situations where human life or health are in 
danger.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 14. USE OF CABINS AND ALLOWED USES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (P.L. 
96-487, 94 Stat. 2371) is amended as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Section 1303(a)(1)(D) is amended by striking 
        ``located.'' and inserting in lieu thereof: the following: 
        ``located: Provided, That the applicant may not be required to 
        waive, forfeit, or relinquish its possessory or personalty 
        interests in a cabin or structure.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Section 1303(a)(2)(D) is amended by striking 
        ``located.'' and inserting in lieu thereof: the following: 
        ``located: Provided, That the applicant may not be required to 
        waive, forfeit, or relinquish its possessory or personalty 
        interests in a cabin or structure.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Section 1303(b)(3)(D) is amended by striking 
        ``located.'' and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
        ``located: Provided, That the applicant may not be required to 
        waive, forfeit, or relinquish its possessory or personalty 
        interests in a cabin or structure.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Section 1303 is amended by adding a new 
        subsection (e) as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) All permits, permit renewals, or renewal or 
continuation of valid leases issued pursuant to this section shall 
provide for repair, maintenance, and replacement activities and may 
authorize alterations to cabins and similar structure that do not 
constitute a significant impairment of unit purposes.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Section 1316(a) is amended by striking 
        ``permittee.'' in the last sentence and inserting in lieu 
        thereof the following: ``permittee: Provided, That structures 
        and facilities may be allowed to stand from season to 
        season.''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Section 1316(a) is amended in the first 
        sentence by deleting ``equipment'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof: ``equipment, including motorized and mechanical 
        equipment,''. (2) by striking ``is most directly affected'' and 
        inserting ``are most directly affected.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 15. REPORT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Within nine months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a report 
which includes the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Local hire.--(A) The report shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (i) indicate the actions taken in carrying 
                out subsection (b) of section 1308 of the Alaska 
                National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
                3198); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (ii) also address the recruitment 
                processes that may restrict employees hired under 
                subsection (a) of such section from successfully 
                obtaining positions in the competitive 
                service.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) The Secretary of Agriculture shall cooperate 
        with the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out this 
        paragraph with respect to the Forest Service.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Local contracts.--The report shall describe 
        the actions of the Secretary of the Interior in contracting 
        with Alaska Native Corporations to provide services with 
        respect to public lands in Alaska.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. AUTOMATIC LAND BANK PROTECTION.

    (a) Lands Received in Exchange From Certain Federal Agencies.--The 
matter preceding clause (i) of section 907(d)(1)(A) of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 1636(d)(1)(A)) is 
amended by inserting ``or conveyed to a Native Corporation pursuant to 
an exchange authorized by section 22(f) of Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act or section 1302(h) of this Act or other applicable law'' 
after ``Settlement Trust''.
    (b) Lands Exchanged Among Native Corporations.--Section 
907(d)(2)(B) of such Act (43 U.S.C. 1636(d)(2)) is amended by striking 
``and'' at the end of clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of 
clause (iii) and inserting ``; and'', and by adding at the end the 
following:
                            ``(iv) lands or interest in lands shall not 
                        be considered developed or leased or sold to a 
                        third party as a result of an exchange or 
                        conveyance of such land or interest in land 
                        between or among Native Corporations and 
                        trusts, partnerships, corporations, or joint 
                        ventures, whose beneficiaries, partners, 
                        shareholders, or joint venturers are Native 
                        Corporations.''.
    (c) Actions by Trustee Serving Pursuant to Agreement of Native 
Corporations.--Section 907(d)(3)(B) of such Act (43 U.S.C. 
1636(d)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (i), 
by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting ``; 
or'', and by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) to actions by any trustee whose 
                        right, title, or interest in land or interests 
                        in land arises pursuant to an agreement between 
                        or among Native Corporations and trusts, 
                        partnerships, or joint ventures whose 
                        beneficiaries, partners, shareholders, or joint 
                        venturers are Native Corporations.''.

SEC. 2. RETAINED MINERAL ESTATE.

    Section 12(c)(4) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1611(c)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as 
        subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively, and by inserting after 
        subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(C) Where such public lands are surrounded by or 
                contiguous to subsurface lands obtained by a Regional 
                Corporation under subsections (a) or (b), the 
                Corporation may, upon request, have such public land 
                conveyed to it.
                    ``(D)(i) A Regional Corporation which elects to 
                obtain public lands under subparagraph (C) shall be 
                limited to a total of not more than 12,000 acres. 
                Selection by a Regional Corporation of in lieu surface 
                acres under subparagraph (E) pursuant to an election 
                under subparagraph (C) shall not be made from any lands 
                within a conservation system unit (as that term is 
                defined by section 102(4) of the Alaska National 
                Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3102(4)).
                    ``(ii) An election to obtain the public lands 
                described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) shall 
                include all available parcels within the township in 
                which the public lands are located.
                    ``(iii) For purposes of this subparagraph and 
                subparagraph (C), the term `Regional Corporation' shall 
                refer only to Doyon, Limited.''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``(A) or (B)'' and inserting ``(A), (B), or (C)''.

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION ON TREATMENT OF BONDS FROM A NATIVE CORPORATION.

    Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1626(c)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (3)(A), by inserting ``and on bonds 
        received from a Native Corporation'' after ``from a Native 
        Corporation''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (3)(B), by inserting ``or bonds issued 
        by a Native Corporation which Bonds shall be subject to the 
        protection of section 7(h) until voluntarily and expressly sold 
        or pledged by the shareholder subsequent to the date of 
        distribution'' before the semicolon.

SEC. 4. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 102-415.

    Section 20 of the Alaska Land Status Technical Corrections Act of 
1992 (106 Stat. 2129) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(h) Establishment of the account under subsection (b) and 
conveyance of land under subsection (c), if any, shall be treated as 
though 3,520 acres of land had been conveyed to Gold Creek under 
section 14(h)(2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for which 
rights to in-lieu subsurface estate are hereby provided to CIRI. Within 
1 year from the date of enactment of this subsection, CIRI shall select 
3,520 acres of land from the area designated for in-lieu selection by 
paragraph I.B.(2)(b) of the document identified in section 12(b) of the 
Act of January 2, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1611 note).''.

SEC. 5. CALISTA CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE.

    (a) Congressional Findings.--Congress finds and declares that--
            (1) the land exchange authorized by section 8126 of Public 
        Law 102-172 should be implemented without further delay;
            (2) the Calista Corporation, the Native Regional 
        Corporation organized under the authority of the Alaska Native 
        Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) for the Yupik Eskimos of 
        Southwestern Alaska, which includes the entire Yukon Delta 
        National Wildlife Refuge--
                    (A) has responsibilities provided for by the 
                Settlement Act to help address social, cultural, 
                economic, health, subsistence, and related issues 
                within the Region and among its villages, including the 
                viability of the villages themselves, many of which are 
                remote and isolated; and
                    (B) has been unable to fully carry out such 
                responsibilities, and the implementation of this 
                exchange is essential to helping Calista utilize its 
                assets to carry out those responsibilities to realize 
                the benefits of ANCSA;
            (3) the parties to the exchange have been unable to reach 
        agreement on the valuation of the lands and interests in lands 
        to be conveyed to the United States under section 8126 of 
        Public Law 102-171; and
            (4) in light of the foregoing, it is appropriate and 
        necessary in this unique situation that Congress authorize and 
        direct the implementation of this exchange as set forth in this 
        section in furtherance of the purposes and underlying goals of 
        the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska National 
        Interest Lands Conservation Act.
    (b) Land Exchange Implementation.--Section 8126(a) of Public Law 
102-172 (105 Stat. 1206) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)'';
            (2) by striking ``October 1, 1996'' and inserting ``October 
        1, 2002'';
            (3) by inserting after ``October 28, 1991'' the following: 
        ``(hereinafter referred to as `CCRD') and in the document 
        entitled, `The Calista Conveyance and Relinquishment Document 
        Addendum', dated September 15, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as 
        `CCRD Addendum')'';
            (4) by striking ``The value'' and all that follows through 
        ``Provided, That the'' and inserting in lieu thereof the 
        following:
            ``(2) Unless prior to December 31, 1997, the parties 
        mutually agree on a value of the lands and interests in lands 
        to be exchanged as contained in the CCRD and the CCRD Addendum, 
        the aggregate values of such lands and interests in lands shall 
        be established as of January 1, 1998, as provided in paragraph 
        (6) of the CCRD Addendum. The'';
            (5) in the last sentence, by inserting a period after 
        ``1642'' and striking all that follows in that sentence; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) The amount credited to the property account is not 
        subject to adjustment for minor changes in acreage resulting 
        from preparation or correction of the land descriptions in the 
        CCRD or CCRD Addendum or the exclusion of any small tracts of 
        land as a result of hazardous materials surveys.''.
    (c) Extension of Restriction on Certain Property Transfers.--
Section 8126(b) of Public Law 102-172 (105 Stat. 1206) is amended by 
striking ``October 1, 1996'' and inserting ``October 1, 2002''.
    (d) Exchange Administration.--Section 8126(c) of Public Law 102-172 
(105 Stat. 1207) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)'';
            (2) by striking the sentence beginning ``On October 1, 
        1996,'' and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``To the 
        extent such lands and interests have not been exchanged with 
        the United States, on January 1, 1998, the Secretary of the 
        Treasury shall establish a property account on behalf of 
        Calista Corporation. If the parties have mutually agreed to a 
        value as provided in subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of the 
        Treasury shall credit the account accordingly. In the absence 
        of such an agreement the Secretary of the Treasury shall credit 
        the account with an amount equal to 66 percent of the total 
        amount determined by paragraph (6) of the CCRD Addendum. The 
        account shall be available for use as provided in subsection 
        (c)(3), as follows:
                    ``(A) On January 1, 1998, an amount equal to one-
                half the amount credited pursuant to this paragraph 
                shall be available for use as provided.
                    ``(B) On October 1, 1998, the remaining one-half of 
                the amount credited pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
                available for use as provided.
            ``(2) On October 1, 2002, to the extent any portion of the 
        lands and interests in lands have not been exchanged pursuant 
        to subsection (a) or conveyed or relinquished to the United 
        States pursuant to paragraph (1), the account established by 
        paragraph (1) shall be credited with an amount equal to any 
        remainder of the value determined pursuant to paragraph (1).'';
            (3) by inserting ``(3)'' before ``Subject to'';
            (4) by striking ``on or after October 1, 1996,'' and by 
        inserting after ``subsection (a) of this section,'' the 
        following: ``upon conveyance or relinquishment of equivalent 
        portions of the lands referenced in the CCRD and the CCRD 
        Addendum,''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Calista 
        Corporation or the village corporations identified in the CCRD 
        Addendum may assign, without restriction, any or all of the 
        account upon written notification to the Secretary of the 
        Treasury and the Secretary of the Interior.
            ``(5) Calista will provide to the Bureau of Land 
        Management, Alaska State Office, appropriate documentation, 
        including maps of the parcels to be exchanged to enable that 
        office to perform the accounting required by paragraph (1) and 
        to forward such information, if requested by Calista, to the 
        Secretary of the Treasury as authorized by such paragraph. 
        Minor boundary adjustments shall be made between Calista and 
        the Department to reflect the acreage figures reflected in the 
        CCRD and the CCRD Addendum.
            ``(6) For the purpose of the determination of the 
        applicability of section 7(i) of the Alaska Native Claims 
        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(i)) to revenues generated 
        pursuant to this section, such revenues shall be calculated in 
        accordance with paragraph (4) of the CCRD Addendum.''.

SEC. 6. MINING CLAIMS.

    Paragraph (3) of section 22(c) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1621(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``regional corporation'' each place it 
        appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``Regional Corporation''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``The provisions of 
        this section shall apply to Haida Corporation and the Haida 
        Traditional Use Sites, which shall be treated as a Regional 
        Corporation for the purposes of this paragraph, except that any 
        revenues remitted to Haida Corporation under this section shall 
        not be subject to distribution pursuant to section 7(i) of this 
        Act.''.

SEC. 7. SALE, DISPOSITION, OR OTHER USE OF COMMON VARIETIES OF SAND, 
              GRAVEL, STONE, PUMICE, PEAT, CLAY, OR CINDER RESOURCES.

    Subsection (i) of section 7 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(i)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Seventy per centum'' and inserting ``(A) 
        Except as provided by subparagraph (B), seventy percent''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) In the case of the sale, disposition, or 
                other use of common varieties of sand, gravel, stone, 
                pumice, peat, clay, or cinder resources made after the 
                date of enactment of this subparagraph, the revenues 
                received by a Regional Corporation shall not be subject 
                to division under subparagraph (A). Nothing in this 
                subparagraph is intended to or shall be construed to 
                alter the ownership of such sand, gravel, stone, 
                pumice, peat, clay, or cinder resources.''.

SEC. 8. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL NATIVE CORPORATIONS IN SOUTHEAST 
              ALASKA.

    (a) Section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as 
amended (Public Law No. 92-203, 85 Stat. 688, 43 U.S.C. 1601, 
hereinafter referred to as ``the Act'') is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection:
    ``(e)(1) The Native residents of each of the Native Villages of 
Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Wrangell, Alaska, may organize as an 
Urban Corporation.
    ``(2) The Native residents of the Native Village of Tenakee, 
Alaska, may organize as a Group Corporation.
    ``(3) Nothing in this subsection shall affect any existing 
entitlement to land of any Native Corporation pursuant to this Act or 
any other provision of law.''
    (b) Section 8 of the Act is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(d) Enrollment in the additional corporations in Southeast 
Alaska.--
            ``(1) The Secretary shall enroll to each of the Urban 
        Corporations for Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, or Wrangell 
        those individual Natives who enrolled under this Act to Haines, 
        Ketchikan, Petersburg, or Wrangell, and shall enroll to the 
        Group Corporation for Tenakee those individual Natives who 
        enrolled under this Act to Tenakee: Provided, That nothing in 
        this subsection shall affect existing entitlement to land and 
        any Regional Corporation pursuant to section 12(b) or section 
        14(h)(8) of this Act.
            ``(2) Those Natives who, pursuant to paragraph (1), are 
        enrolled to an Urban Corporation for Haines, Ketchikan, 
        Petersburg, or Wrangell, or to a Group Corporation for Tenakee, 
        and who were enrolled as shareholders of the Regional 
        Corporation for southeast Alaska on or before March 30, 1973, 
        shall receive 100 shares of Settlement Common Stock in such 
        Urban or Group Corporation.
            ``(3) A Native who has received shares of stock in the 
        Regional Corporation for southeast Alaska through inheritance 
        from a decedent Native who originally enrolled to Haines, 
        Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee or Wrangell, which decedent 
        Native was not a shareholder in a Village, Group or urban 
        Corporation, shall receive the identical number of shares of 
        Settlement Common Stock in the Urban Corporation for Haines, 
        Ketchikan, Petersburg, or Wrangell, or in the Group Corporation 
        for Tenakee, as the number of shares inherited by that Native 
        from the decedent Native who would have been eligible to be 
        enrolled to such Urban or Group Corporation.''
    (c) Section 7 of the Act is amended as follows:
            (1) By adding at the end of subsection 7(j) the following 
        new sentence: ``Native members of the communities of Haines, 
        Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell who become 
        shareholders in an Urban or Group Corporation for such a 
        community shall continue to be eligible to receive 
        distributions under this subsection as at-large shareholders of 
        Sealaska Corporation.''
            (2) By adding at the end of section 7 the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(r) No provision of section 8 of the 1997 Act amending the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act to benefit Alaska natives and rural residents, and for 
other purposes, shall affect the ratio for determination of 
distribution of revenues among Native Corporations under this section 
of the Act and the 1982 section 7(i) Settlement Agreement among the 
Regional Corporations or among Village Corporations under section 7(j) 
of the Act.''.
    (d) Not later than December 31, 1998, the Secretary of the 
Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, and in 
consultation with representatives of the Urban and Group Corporations 
established pursuant to this section, as well as Sealaska Corporation, 
shall submit to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
and the House Committee on Resources a report making recommendations to 
the Congress regarding lands and other appropriate compensation to be 
provided to the Urban and Group Corporations established pursuant to 
this section, including--
            (1) local areas of historical, cultural, and traditional 
        importance to Alaska Natives from the Villages of Haines, 
        Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell, that should be 
        conveyed to such Urban or Group Corporation, together with any 
        recommended limitations or stipulations regarding the use of 
        such lands, including possible restrictions on the harvest of 
        timber from such lands; and
            (2) such additional forms of compensation as the Secretary 
        may recommend.
    (e) Planning Grants.--There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as are necessary to provide the Native Corporations for the 
communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, 
with grants in the amount of $250,000 each, to be used only for 
planning, development and other purposes for which Native Corporations 
are organized under this section.
    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of Public Law No. 92-203, 
as amended, nothing in this section shall create any entitlement to 
Federal lands for an Urban or Group Corporation established pursuant to 
this section without further congressional action.

SEC. 9. ALASKA NATIVE ALLOTMENT APPLICATIONS.

    Section 905(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1634(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Paragraph (1) of this subsection and section (d) 
        shall apply, and paragraph (5) of this subsection shall cease 
        to apply, to an application--
                    ``(A) that is open and pending on the date of 
                enactment of subsection (a)(7),
                    ``(B) if the lands described in the application are 
                in Federal ownership other than as a result of 
                reacquisition by the United States after January 3, 
                1959, and
                    ``(C) if any protest which was filed by the State 
                of Alaska pursuant to subsection (5)(b) with respect to 
                the application is withdrawn or dismissed whether 
                before or after the date of enactment of subsection 
                (a)(7).
                    ``(D) any allotment application which is open and 
                pending and which is legislatively approved by 
                enactment of subsection (a)(7) shall, when allotted, be 
                subject to any easement, trail or right-of-way in 
                existence on the date of the native allotment 
                applicant's actual commencement of use and occupancy. 
                The jurisdiction of the Department is hereby extended 
                to make the factual determination required by this 
                subsection.''.

SEC. 10. VISITOR SERVICES.

    Paragraph (1) of section 1307(b) of the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3197(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Native Corporation'' and inserting 
        ``Native Corporations''; and
            (2) by striking ``is most directly affected'' and inserting 
        ``are most directly affected''.

SEC. 11. TRAINING OF FEDERAL LAND MANAGERS.

    The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-
487, 94 Stat. 2371) is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 101 is amended by the addition of a new 
        subsection (e) as follows:
    ``(e) In order to comply with this Act all federal public land 
managers in Alaska, or a region that includes Alaska, shall participate 
in an ANILCA and ANCSA training class to be completed within 120 days 
after enactment. All future appointed federal public land managers in 
Alaska, or a region containing Alaska, are required to complete the 
aforementioned training within 60 days of appointment.''.

SEC. 12. SUBSISTENCE USES IN GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK.

    The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act Public Law 96-
487, 94 Stat. 2371) is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 202(l) is amended by adding the following at 
        the end thereof: ``Subsistence uses of fish by local residents 
        shall be permitted in the park where such uses are traditional 
        in accordance with the provisions of title VIII.''.

SEC. 13. ACCESS RIGHTS.

    The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-
487, 94 Stat. 2371) is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 1105 is amended by designating the existing 
        language as subsection (a) and inserting a new subsection (b) 
        as follows:
    ``(b) Any alternative route that may be identified by the head of 
the federal agency shall not be less economically feasible and prudent 
than the route for the system being sought by the applicant.''.
            (2) The second sentence in section 1110(a) is amended by 
        striking ``area'' and inserting in lieu thereof: ``area: 
        Provided, That reasonable regulations shall not include any 
        requirements for the demonstration of pre-existing use and: 
        Provided further, That the Secretary shall limit any 
        prohibitions to the smallest area practicable, to the smallest 
        period of time or both. No prohibition shall occur prior to 
        formal consultation with the State of Alaska.''.
            (3) The last sentence of section 1110(b) is amended by 
        inserting ``may include easements, right-of-way, or other 
        interests in land or permits and'' immediately after ``such 
        rights''.
            (4) In the last sentence of section 1110(b), strike 
        ``lands.'' and insert in lieu thereof the following: ``lands: 
        Provided, That the Secretary shall not impose any unreasonable 
        fees or charges on those seeking to secure their rights under 
        this subsection. Individuals or entities possessing rights 
        under this subsection shall not be subject to the requirement 
        of sections 1104. 1105, 1106, and 1107 herein.''.
            (5) Section 1315 is amended by adding a new subparagraph 
        ``(g)'' as follows:
    ``(g) Within National Forest Wilderness Areas and National Forest 
Monument areas as designated in this and subsequent Acts, the Secretary 
of Agriculture may permit or otherwise regulate helicopter use and 
landings, except that he shall allow for helicopter use and landings in 
emergency situations where human life or health are in danger.''.

SEC. 14. USE OF CABINS AND ALLOWED USES.

    The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-
487, 94 Stat. 2371) is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 1303(a)(1)(D) is amended by striking 
        ``located.'' and inserting in lieu thereof: the following: 
        ``located: Provided, That the applicant may not be required to 
        waive, forfeit, or relinquish its possessory or personalty 
        interests in a cabin or structure.''.
            (2) Section 1303(a)(2)(D) is amended by striking 
        ``located.'' and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
        ``located: Provided, That the applicant may not be required to 
        waive, forfeit, or relinquish its possessory or personalty 
        interests in a cabin or structure.''.
            (3) Section 1303(b)(3)(D) is amended by striking 
        ``located.'' and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
        ``located: Provided, That the applicant may not be required to 
        waive, forfeit, or relinquish its possessory or personalty 
        interests in a cabin or structure.''.
            (4) Section 1303 is amended by adding a new subsection (e) 
        as follows:
    ``(e) All permits, permit renewals, or renewal or continuation of 
valid leases issued pursuant to this section shall provide for repair, 
maintenance, and replacement activities and may authorize alterations 
to cabins and similar structure that do not constitute a significant 
impairment of unit purposes.''.
            (5) Section 1316(a) is amended by striking ``permittee.'' 
        in the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the 
        following: ``permittee: Provided, That structures and 
        facilities may be allowed to stand from season to season.''.
            (6) Section 1316(a) is amended in the first sentence by 
        deleting ``equipment'' and inserting in lieu thereof: 
        ``equipment, including motorized and mechanical equipment,''.

SEC. 15. REPORT.

    Within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress a report which 
includes the following:
            (1) Local hire.--(A) The report shall--
                    (i) indicate the actions taken in carrying out 
                subsection (b) of section 1308 of the Alaska National 
                Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3198); and
                    (ii) also address the recruitment processes that 
                may restrict employees hired under subsection (a) of 
                such section from successfully obtaining positions in 
                the competitive service.
            (B) The Secretary of Agriculture shall cooperate with the 
        Secretary of the Interior in carrying out this paragraph with 
        respect to the Forest Service.
            (2) Local contracts.--The report shall describe the actions 
        of the Secretary of the Interior in contracting with Alaska 
        Native Corporations to provide services with respect to public 
        lands in Alaska.