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                                                 Union Calendar No. 274
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 430

                          [Report No. 106-489]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 1999

                 Referred to the Committee on Resources

                            January 27, 2000

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
  [For text of Senate passed bill, see copy of bill as printed in the 
              House of Representatives on April 20, 1999]

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land 
   exchange between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Kake Tribal 
                  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 ``Kake Tribal Corporation Land 
Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to authorize the reallocation of lands 
and selection rights between the State of Alaska, Kake Tribal 
Corporation, and the City of Kake, Alaska, in order to provide for the 
protection and management of the municipal watershed.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT.

    The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

                ``kake tribal corporation land transfer

    ``Sec. 42. (a) In General.--If--
            ``(1) the State of Alaska relinquishes its selections 
        rights under the Alaska Statehood Act (P.L. 85-508) to lands 
        described in subsection (c)(2) of this section; and
            ``(2) Kake Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Corporation 
        convey all right, title, and interest to lands described in 
        subsection (c)(1) to the City of Kake, Alaska,
then the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as 
`Secretary') shall, not later than 180 days thereafter, convey to Kake 
Tribal Corporation title to the surface estate in the land identified 
in subsection (c)(2) of this section, and convey to Sealaska 
Corporation title to the subsurface estate in such land.
    ``(b) Effect on Selection Totals.--(1) Of the lands to which the 
State of Alaska relinquishes selection rights and which are conveyed to 
the City of Kake pursuant to subsection (a), 694.5 acres shall be 
charged against lands to be selected by the State of Alaska under 
section 6(a) of the Alaska Statehood Act and 694.5 acres against lands 
to be selected by the State of Alaska under section 6(b) of the Alaska 
Statehood Act.
    ``(2) The land conveyed to Kake Tribal Corporation and to Sealaska 
Corporation under this section is, for all purposes, considered to be 
land conveyed under this Act. However, the conveyance of such land to 
Kake Tribal Corporation shall not count against or otherwise affect the 
Corporation's remaining entitlement under section 16(b).
    ``(c) Description of Lands Subject to Exchange.--(1) The lands to 
be transferred to the City of Kake and under subsection (a) are the 
surface and subsurface estate to approximately 1,430 acres of land 
owned by Kake Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Corporation, and depicted 
as `KTC Land to City of Kake' on the map entitled `Kake Land Exchange-
1999', dated September, 1999.
    ``(2) The lands subject to relinquishment by the State of Alaska 
and to conveyance to Kake Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Corporation 
under subsection (a) are the surface and subsurface estate to 
approximately 1,389 acres of Federal lands depicted as `Jenny Creek-
Land Selected by the State of Alaska to KTC' on the map entitled `Kake 
Land Exchange-1999', dated September, 1999.
    ``(d) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the lands 
described in subsection (c)(2) are withdrawn from all forms of 
location, entry, and selection under the mining and public land laws of 
the United States and from leasing under the mineral and geothermal 
leasing laws. This withdrawal expires 18 months after the effective 
date of this section.
    ``(e) Maps.--The maps referred to in this Act shall be maintained 
on file in the Office of the Chief, United States Forest Service, the 
Office of the Secretary of the Interior, and the Office of the 
Petersburg Ranger District, Alaska.
    ``(f) Watershed Management.--The United States Forest Service may 
cooperate with the Kake Tribal Corporation and the City of Kake in 
developing a watershed management plan that provides for the protection 
of the watershed in the public interest. Grants may be made, and 
contracts and cooperative agreements may be entered into, to the extent 
necessary to assist the City of Kake and the Kake Tribal Corporation in 
the preparation and implementation of a watershed management plan for 
the land within the City of Kake's municipal watershed.
    ``(g) Effective Date.--This section is effective upon the execution 
of one or more reciprocal agreements that provide for one or more 
reciprocal conservation easements that, subject to valid existing 
rights of third parties--
            ``(1) encumber all lands depicted as `KTC Land to City of 
        Kake' and `KTC Land-Conservation Easement to City of Kake' on a 
        map entitled `Kake Land Exchange-1999' dated September 1999;
            ``(2) provide for the relinquishment by Kake Tribal 
        Corporation to the Corporation's development rights on lands 
        described in paragraph (1); and
            ``(3) provide for perpetual protection and management of 
        lands depicted as `KTC Land-Conservation Easement to City of 
        Kake' on the map described in paragraph (1) as--
                    ``(A) a watershed;
                    ``(B) a municipal drinking water source in 
                accordance with the laws of the State of Alaska;
                    ``(C) a source of fresh water for the Gunnuk Creek 
                Hatchery; and
                    ``(D) habitat for black bear, deer, birds, and 
                other wildlife.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. No funds authorized 
under this section may be paid to Kake Tribal Corporation unless Kake 
Tribal Corporation is a party to any reciprocal agreements entered into 
under subsection (g).''.

            Passed the Senate April 19, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.
                                     





                                                 Union Calendar No. 274

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 430

                          [Report No. 106-489]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                            January 27, 2000

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed