[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 426 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 426

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land 
   exchange between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Huna Totem 
                  Corporation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 1999

 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, to provide for a land 
   exchange between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Huna Totem 
                  Corporation, 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 Public 
Interest 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.--In exchange for lands and interests therein 
described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, 
subject to valid existing rights, convey to the Huna Totem Corporation 
the surface estate and to Sealaska Corporation the subsurface estate of 
the Federal lands identified by Huna Totem Corporation pursuant to 
subsection (c): Lands exchanged pursuant to this section shall be on 
the basis of equal value.
    ``(b) The surface estate to be conveyed by Huna Totem 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 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.
    ``(c) Within ninety (90) days of the receipt by the United States 
of the conveyances of the surface estate and subsurface estate 
described in subsection (b), Huna Totem Corporation shall be entitled 
to identify lands readily accessible to the Village of Hoonah and, 
where possible, located on the road system to the Village of Hoonah, as 
depicted on the map dated September 1, 1997, and labeled Attachment B. 
Huna Totem Corporation shall notify the Secretary of Agriculture in 
writing which lands Huna Totem 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 
Huna Totem Corporation pursuant to subsection (c).
    ``(e) Timber Manufacturing; Export Restriction.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, timber harvested from land conveyed to Huna 
Totem Corporation under this section shall not be exported as 
unprocessed logs from Alaska, nor may Huna Totem 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.
    ``(f) Relation to Other Requirements.--The land conveyed to Huna 
Totem Corporation and Sealaska Corporation under this section shall be 
considered, for all purposes, land conveyed under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act.
    ``(g) 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 there is any discrepancy 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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