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[H.R. 3048 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3048

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 An Act


 
 To resolve the claims of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to lands adjacent to 
                the Russian River in the State of Alaska.

    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 ``Russian River Land Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) Certain lands adjacent to the Russian River in the area of 
    its confluence with the Kenai River contain abundant archaeological 
    resources of significance to the Native people of the Cook Inlet 
    Region, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, and the citizens of the United 
    States.
        (2) Those lands at the confluence of the Russian River and 
    Kenai River contain abundant fisheries resources of great 
    significance to the citizens of Alaska.
        (3) Cook Inlet Region, Inc., an Alaska Native Regional 
    Corporation formed under the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims 
    Settlement Act of 1971 (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (hereinafter in 
    this Act referred to as ``ANCSA''), has selected lands in the area 
    pursuant to section 14(h)(1) of such Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(1)), 
    for their values as historic and cemetery sites.
        (4) The United States Bureau of Land Management, the Federal 
    agency responsible for the adjudication of ANCSA selections has not 
    finished adjudicating Cook Inlet Region, Inc.'s selections under 
    section 14(h)(1) of that Act as of the date of the enactment of 
    this Act.
        (5) The Bureau of Indian Affairs has certified a portion of 
    Cook Inlet Region, Inc.'s selections under section 14(h)(1) of 
    ANCSA as containing prehistoric and historic cultural artifacts, 
    and meeting the requirements of section 14(h)(1) of that Act.
        (6) A portion of the selections under section 14(h)(1) of ANCSA 
    made by Cook Inlet Region, Inc., and certified by the Bureau of 
    Indian Affairs lies within the Chugach National Forest over which 
    the United States Forest Service is the agency currently 
    responsible for the administration of public activities, 
    archaeological features, and natural resources.
        (7) A portion of the selections under section 14(h)(1) of ANCSA 
    and the lands certified by the Bureau of Indian Affairs lies within 
    the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge over which the United States 
    Fish and Wildlife Service is the land managing agency currently 
    responsible for the administration of public activities, 
    archaeological features, and natural resources.
        (8) The area addressed by this Act lies within the Sqilantnu 
    Archaeological District which was determined eligible for the 
    National Register of Historic Places on December 31, 1981.
        (9) Both the Forest Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service 
    dispute the validity and timeliness of Cook Inlet Region, Inc.'s 
    selections under section 14(h)(1) of ANCSA.
        (10) The Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Cook 
    Inlet Region, Inc., determined that it was in the interest of the 
    United States and Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to--
            (A) protect and preserve the outstanding historic, 
        cultural, and natural resources of the area;
            (B) resolve their disputes concerning the validity of Cook 
        Inlet Region, Inc.'s selections under section 14(h)(1) of ANCSA 
        without litigation; and
            (C) provide for the management of public use of the area 
        and protection of the cultural resources within the Sqilantnu 
        Archaeological District, particularly the management of the 
        area at the confluence of the Russian and Kenai Rivers.
        (11) Legislation is required to enact the resolution reached by 
    the Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and Cook Inlet 
    Region, Inc.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to ratify an agreement 
between the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, 
and Cook Inlet Region, Inc.

SEC. 3. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES FOREST 
              SERVICE, UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AND 
              COOK INLET REGION, INC.

    (a) Ratification of Agreement.--
        (1) In general.--The terms, conditions, covenants, and 
    procedures set forth in the document entitled ``Russian River 
    Section 14(h)(1) Selection Agreement'', which was executed by Cook 
    Inlet Region, Inc., the United States Department of Agriculture, 
    and the United States Department of the Interior on July 26, 2001, 
    (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``Agreement''), are 
    hereby incorporated in this section, and are ratified, as to the 
    duties and obligations of the United States and the Cook Inlet 
    Region, Inc., as a matter of Federal law.
        (2) Section 5.--The ratification of section 5 of the Agreement 
    is subject to the following conditions:
            (A) The Fish and Wildlife Service shall consult with 
        interested parties when developing an exchange under section 5 
        of the Agreement.
            (B) The Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 
        Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a copy 
        of the agreement implementing any exchange under section 5 of 
        the Agreement not less than 30 days before the exchange becomes 
        effective.
        (3) Agreement controls.--In the event any of the terms of the 
    Agreement conflict with any other provision of law, the terms of 
    the Agreement shall be controlling.
    (b) Authorization of Actions.--The Secretaries of Agriculture and 
the Interior are authorized to take all actions required under the 
terms of the Agreement.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Agriculture, Office of State and Private Forestry, 
$13,800,000, to remain available until expended, for Cook Inlet Region, 
Inc., for the following:
        (1) Costs for the planning and design of the Joint Visitor's 
    Interpretive Center.
        (2) Planning and design of the Sqilantnu Archaeological 
    Research Center.
        (3) Construction of these facilities to be established in 
    accordance with and for the purposes set forth in the Agreement.
    (b) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Of the amount appropriated under 
this section, not more than 1 percent may be used to reimburse the 
Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Kenaitze Indian 
Tribe for the costs they incur in assisting Cook Inlet Region, Inc. in 
the planning and design of the Joint Visitor's Interpretive Center and 
the Sqilantnu Archaeological Research Center.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.