[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4842 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4842

   To provide for Federal recognition of the King Salmon Traditional 
               Village and the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2000

 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 Federal recognition of the King Salmon Traditional 
               Village and the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak.

    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 ``King Salmon Traditional Village and 
the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak Recognition Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The King Salmon Traditional Village and the Shoonaq' 
        Tribe of Kodiak are descendants of the Alaska Native people who 
        occupied King Salmon and Kodiak at the time of the Treaty of 
        Cession between the United States and Russia in 1867.
            (2) The King Salmon Traditional Village consists of 
        approximately 60 members who continue to reside within their 
        ancestral homeland, which is an area that includes the lands 
        and waters in the Village of King Salmon adjacent to the Naknek 
        River in the State of Alaska.
            (3) The Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak consists of approximately 
        1,100 members with proven ancestral bridges of at least 2 
        generations to the original Koniagmiut people of Kodiak located 
        on Kodiak Island in Alaska. It is organized pursuant to the 
        ``Constitution of the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak as amended on 
        November 12, 1994''.
            (4) Both the King Salmon Traditional Village and the 
        Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak have sought to reorganize pursuant to 
        the Alaska Amendment to the Indian Reorganization Act and thus 
        be placed on the list of federally recognized tribes compiled 
        pursuant to the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 
        1994 (Public Law 103-454).
            (5) Congress has the power to acknowledge Native American 
        tribes pursuant to the Indian Commerce Clause, United States 
        Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL RECOGNITION.

    Federal recognition of the King Salmon Traditional Village and the 
Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak is hereby acknowledged. The Secretary of the 
Interior is directed to include both the King Salmon Traditional 
Village and the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak on the list of federally 
recognized tribes published pursuant to the Federally Recognized Indian 
Tribe List Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-454).

SEC. 4. FEDERAL BENEFITS AND SERVICES.

    The King Salmon Traditional Village and the Shoonaq' Tribe of 
Kodiak shall be entitled to the same rights, privileges, and 
obligations of all other Alaska Native tribes on the list compiled by 
the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Federally Recognized 
Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-454).

SEC. 5. BASE MEMBERSHIP ROLE AND GOVERNING DOCUMENT.

    Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the King Salmon Traditional Village and the Shoonaq' Tribe of 
Kodiak shall each submit to the Secretary of the Interior membership 
rolls consisting of all individuals who are members of the tribes. The 
tribes shall ensure that such rolls are kept current and may operate 
pursuant to their current constitutions.
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