[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 430 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 69
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 430
[Report No. 106-31]
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 22, 1999
Mr. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
March 22, 1999
Reported by Mr. Murkowski, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
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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 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
<DELETED>Public Interest </DELETED>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 land identified by Kake Tribal Corporation pursuant to
subsection (c)<DELETED>: Lands exchanged pursuant to this section shall
be on the basis of equal value.</DELETED>. The values of the lands and
interests therein exchanged pursuant to this section shall be equal.
``(b) 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
COOPER RIVER MERIDIAN
T56S, R72E
Section Aproximate acres
13..................................................... 82
23..................................................... 118
24..................................................... 635
25..................................................... 640
26..................................................... 346
34..................................................... 9
35..................................................... 349
36..................................................... 248
Approximate total...................................... 2,427
``(c) 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 shall not be exported 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 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.
Calendar No. 69
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 430
[Report No. 106-31]
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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 Kake Tribal
Corporation, and for other purposes.
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March 22, 1999
Reported with amendments