1.This Act may be cited as the
Conservation and Economic Growth
Act
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Lower Merced River
Sec. 101. Lower Merced River.
Title II—Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation
Act
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Diamond Fork System defined.
Sec. 203. Cost allocations.
Sec. 204. No purchase or market obligation; no costs assigned
to power.
Sec. 205. Prohibition on tax-exempt financing.
Sec. 206. Reporting requirement.
Sec. 207. PayGo.
Sec. 208. Limitation on the use of funds.
Title III—Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization
and Jobs Protection Act
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Definitions.
Sec. 303. Findings; purpose.
Sec. 304. Selections in southeast Alaska.
Sec. 305. Conveyances to Sealaska.
Sec. 306. Miscellaneous.
Sec. 307. Maps.
Title IV—San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary
Expansion Act
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Findings.
Sec. 403. Boundary expansion.
Title V—Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of
2012
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Findings.
Sec. 503. Definitions.
Sec. 504. Waco Mammoth National Monument, Texas.
Sec. 505. Administration of monument.
Sec. 506. No buffer zones.
Title VI—North Cascades National Park Access
Sec. 601. Findings.
Sec. 602. Authorization for boundary adjustments.
Title VII—Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention
Act
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Findings.
Sec. 703. Taking of sea lions on the Columbia River and its
tributaries to protect endangered and threatened species of salmon and other
nonlisted fish species.
Sec. 704. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 705. Treaty rights of federally recognized Indian
tribes.
Title VIII—Reauthorization of Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library
Group Forest Recovery Act
Sec. 801. Reauthorization of Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library
Group Forest Recovery Act.
Title IX—Yerington Land Conveyance and Sustainable Development
Act
Sec. 901. Short title.
Sec. 902. Findings.
Sec. 903. Definitions.
Sec. 904. Conveyances of land to City of Yerington,
Nevada.
Sec. 905. Release of the United States.
Title X—Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Recreational Area Act
Sec. 1001. Short title.
Sec. 1002. Reinstatement of Interim Management
Strategy.
Sec. 1003. Additional restrictions on access to Cape Hatteras
National Seashore Recreational Area for species protection.
Sec. 1004. Inapplicability of final rule and consent
degree.
Title XI—Grazing Improvement Act of 2012
Sec. 1101. Short title.
Sec. 1102. Terms of grazing permits and leases.
Sec. 1103. Renewal, transfer, and reissuance of grazing permits
and leases.
Title XII—Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support
Act
Sec. 1201. Short title.
Sec. 1202. Findings; purpose.
Sec. 1203. Definition of public target range.
Sec. 1204. Amendments to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration
Act.
Sec. 1205. Limits on liability.
Sec. 1206. Sense of Congress regarding cooperation.
Title XIII—Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of
2012
Sec. 1301. Short title.
Sec. 1302. Chesapeake Bay Crosscut Budget.
Sec. 1303. Adaptive Management Plan.
Sec. 1304. Independent Evaluator for the Chesapeake Bay
Program.
Sec. 1305. Definitions.
Title XIV—National Security and Federal Lands Protection
Act
Sec. 1401. Waiver of Federal laws with respect to border
security actions on Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture
lands.
<enum>I</enum><header>Lower
Merced River</header>
<section id="H5D9DFB913E644D73A8B530E50D16B489" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Lower Merced
River</header>
<subsection id="HC5F6E8411DB54BF5BA94D5C1A3458B92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
3(a)(62)(B)(i) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1274">16 U.S.C.
1274(a)(62)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6FCE402D3B0E44A0B8AFA3C3936DDC59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the normal maximum</quote> the first place that it appears and all that
follows through <quote>April, 1990.</quote> and inserting the following:
<quote>the boundary of FERC Project No. 2179 as it existed on July 18, 2011,
consisting of a point approximately 2,480 feet downstream of the confluence
with the North Fork of the Merced River, consisting of approximately 7.4
miles.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H835FC5C51F274D839D1E04BC898AC719"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the normal maximum operating pool water surface level of Lake
McClure</quote> the second time that it occurs and inserting <quote>the
boundary of FERC Project No. 2179 as it existed on July 18, 2011, consisting of
a point approximately 2,480 feet downstream of the confluence with the North
Fork of the Merced River</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC18268245ABD4914AE5D1C9429B9DD68"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exchequer
project</header><text>Section 3 of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/432">Public Law
102–432</external-xref> is amended by striking <quote>Act:</quote> and all that
follows through the period and inserting <quote>Act.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Bonneville Unit
Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act</header>
<section id="H03EFF59AFFB34FC2AD131DBEC4831EA5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Bonneville Unit Clean
Hydropower Facilitation Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H449E3D8BF29C4FE5BDC95C9C2F75FC57"><enum>202.</enum><header>Diamond Fork
System defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the
purposes of this title, the term <quote>Diamond Fork System</quote> means the
facilities described in chapter 4 of the October 2004 Supplement to the 1988
Definite Plan Report for the Bonneville Unit.</text>
</section><section id="HE86421CF343E4108AEF6C1EC771F2EE7"><enum>203.</enum><header>Cost
allocations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, in order to facilitate hydropower development on
the Diamond Fork System, the amount of reimbursable costs allocated to project
power in Chapter 6 of the Power Appendix in the October 2004 Supplement to the
1988 Bonneville Unit Definite Plan Report, with regard to power development
upstream of the Diamond Fork System, shall be considered final costs as well as
costs in excess of the total maximum repayment obligation as defined in section
211 of the Central Utah Project Completion Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/575">Public Law
102–575</external-xref>), and shall be subject to the same terms and
conditions.</text>
</section><section id="H320961DBAD974BF19BA46E35E80B7C07"><enum>204.</enum><header>No purchase or
market obligation; no costs assigned to power</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall obligate the
Western Area Power Administration to purchase or market any of the power
produced by the Diamond Fork power plant and none of the costs associated with
development of transmission facilities to transmit power from the Diamond Fork
power plant shall be assigned to power for the purpose of Colorado River
Storage Project ratemaking.</text>
</section><section id="HC94DA33184B740D392CED6111E27CF47"><enum>205.</enum><header>Prohibition on
tax-exempt financing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No
facility for the generation or transmission of hydroelectric power on the
Diamond Fork System may be financed or refinanced, in whole or in part, with
proceeds of any obligation—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D696C2E7DCA45BFAE172969CA66EC68"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the interest on which is exempt from the
tax imposed under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter
1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18A7F3D5CFC64401AE521DF8E9B46BBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to which credit is allowable
under subpart I or J of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such
Code.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4EB72B22125647889D8DBEC135D9E902"><enum>206.</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If, 24 months
after the date of the enactment of this title, hydropower production on the
Diamond Fork System has not commenced, the Secretary of the Interior shall
submit a report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
stating this fact, the reasons such production has not yet commenced, and a
detailed timeline for future hydropower production.</text>
</section><section id="HDF8FA9B9BDE64CF3801EB085FF92D629"><enum>207.</enum><header>PayGo</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary effects of this title, for the
purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be
determined by reference to the latest statement titled <quote>Budgetary Effects
of PAYGO Legislation</quote> for this title, submitted for printing in the
Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided
that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.</text>
</section><section id="HAFD897AC40B44DDF94DC23A28A30E371"><enum>208.</enum><header>Limitation on
the use of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority
under the provisions of section 301 of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/98/381">Public Law
98–381</external-xref>;
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16421a">42 U.S.C.
16421a</external-xref>) shall not be used to fund any study or construction of
transmission facilities developed as a result of this title.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Southeast Alaska
Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act</header>
<section id="H7D74DEFF44A84FB695E2AFBBF9270DAA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Southeast Alaska Native Land
Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HCCB41EB7B7104B0AA1B198CBA80D897F"><enum>302.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0BD3489603842BE95EC3AD2E34E0840"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conservation
system unit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>conservation system unit</quote> has the meaning given the term in
section 102 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3102">16 U.S.C.
3102</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H102EAE920F924C739680EDEE0B1D2DE2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sealaska</header><text>The
term <term>Sealaska</term> means the Sealaska Corporation, a Regional Native
Corporation created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0EB6A2560EB042A0B1FD082B8426C473"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3FDD66F794CF46CFB1223473B7FDD109"><enum>303.</enum><header>Findings;
purpose</header>
<subsection id="HC72D2A46AA144D91989533792A91F5D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H48B86347E78F438C8A8C3BE5E27FA191"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF0E7EBCCE2AD4F84BB3E1F7AA596FC92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in 1971, Congress
enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) to
recognize and settle the aboriginal claims of Alaska Natives to land
historically used by Alaska Natives for traditional, cultural, and spiritual
purposes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12B298BD943F42A6B5E89BD643B6062D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that Act declared that the land
settlement <quote>should be accomplished rapidly, with certainty, in conformity
with the real economic and social needs of Natives</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC19E366688054A7388AA6A8D548F94DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2482D6A030FA45A1965EE93A890C0684"><enum>(A)</enum><text>authorized the
distribution of approximately $1,000,000,000 and 44,000,000 acres of land to
Alaska Natives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCD2957078A94B5AB19C49B9DC353F98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provided for the
establishment of Native Corporations to receive and manage the funds and that
land to meet the cultural, social, and economic needs of Native
shareholders;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF93111E5FF364246BDF369D06FB81524"><enum>(3)</enum><text>under section 12
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1611">43 U.S.C. 1611</external-xref>), each Regional
Corporation, other than Sealaska (the Regional Corporation for southeast
Alaska), was authorized to receive a share of land based on the proportion that
the number of Alaska Native shareholders residing in the region of the Regional
Corporation bore to the total number of Alaska Native shareholders, or the
relative size of the area to which the Regional Corporation had an aboriginal
land claim bore to the size of the area to which all Regional Corporations had
aboriginal land claims;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79836E7BE3354F3DB22A24A9145A4BCC"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H317AEA79C0FD4AB29182A3C07F2FB2A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sealaska, the Regional
Corporation for southeast Alaska, 1 of the Regional Corporations with the
largest number of Alaska Native shareholders, with more than 21 percent of all
original Alaska Native shareholders, received less than 1 percent of the lands
set aside for Alaska Natives, and received no land under section 12 of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1611">43 U.S.C. 1611</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CE311C1BC114B0982E5AA12F869599D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of
Alaska was 1 of the entities representing the Alaska Natives of southeast
Alaska before the date of enactment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE05318C6FF3447B0BD836232EF16C22E" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Sealaska did not receive land in
proportion to the number of Alaska Native shareholders, or in proportion to the
size of the area to which Sealaska had an aboriginal land claim, in part
because of a United States Court of Claims cash settlement to the Tlingit and
Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska in 1968 for land previously taken to create the
Tongass National Forest and Glacier Bay National Monument;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBB3148E7C83C4A0597D3C3A83F88A9D9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the 1968 Court of
Claims cash settlement of $7,500,000 did not—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9663FE71BA8043CCB01EDAEDA17B6FFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>adequately
compensate the Alaska Natives of southeast Alaska for the significant quantity
of land and resources lost as a result of the creation of the Tongass National
Forest and Glacier Bay National Monument or other losses of land and resources;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5C4A178DC954329AF403A8D564C5CAA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>justify the
significant disparate treatment of Sealaska under the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1611">43
U.S.C. 1611</external-xref>) in 1971;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9E3C53B752C147E2AE348F55996C04DF"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0442169BC9D64AB1A13B5A76433EA2DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>while each other
Regional Corporation received a significant quantity of land under sections 12
and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1611">43 U.S.C. 1611</external-xref>,
1613), Sealaska only received land under section 14(h) of that Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C.
1613(h)</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4CDFDDCE328047AF896231DEBD86BAAD" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 14(h) of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C. 1613(h)</external-xref>) authorized the
Secretary to withdraw and convey 2,000,000-acres of <quote>unreserved and
unappropriated</quote> public lands in Alaska from which Alaska Native
selections could be made for historic sites, cemetery sites, Urban Corporation
land, Native group land, and Native Allotments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0979FD707A924AAF828A3BCD30095E52" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)</external-xref>), after
selections are made under paragraphs (1) through (7) of that section, the land
remaining in the 2,000,000-acre land pool is allocated based on the proportion
that the original Alaska Native shareholder population of a Regional
Corporation bore to the original Alaska Native shareholder population of all
Regional Corporations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H11B0FAF33E354E579CEFB55B8C93C0AD" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the only Native land entitlement of
Sealaska derives from a proportion of leftover land remaining from the
2,000,000-acre land pool, estimated as of the date of enactment of this Act at
approximately 1,700,000 acres;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFC44741E97043A582E8B9810A22B6AB" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>because at the time of enactment of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) all public
land in the Tongass National Forest had been reserved for purposes of creating
the national forest, the Secretary was not able to withdraw any public land in
the Tongass National Forest for selection by and conveyance to Sealaska;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC86F73966C8744B8915B318B1B07A0BD" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>at the time of enactment of the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) other
public lands in southeast Alaska not located in the Tongass National Forest
were not suitable for selection by and conveyance to Sealaska because such
lands were located in Glacier Bay National Monument, were included in a
withdrawal effected pursuant to section 17(d)(2) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1616">43 U.S.C.
1616(d)(2)</external-xref>) and slated to become part of the Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park, or essentially consisted of mountain tops;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8F95FE692DE4F6B8812F7014201B64C" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Sealaska in 1975 requested that
Congress amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.</external-xref>) to permit the Regional Corporation to select lands inside
of the withdrawal areas established for southeast Alaska Native villages under
section 16 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1615">43 U.S.C. 1615</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48C43F4165CE4A2EA3AD3DE2DE2C241A" indent="up1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in 1976, Congress amended section 16
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1615">43 U.S.C. 1615</external-xref>) to allow Sealaska
to select lands under section 14(h)(8) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C.
1613(h)(8)</external-xref>) from land located inside, rather than outside, the
withdrawal areas established for southeast Alaska Native villages;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0747FEC2C6F8417D9BA92B77DEDDC4C3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the 10 Alaska
Native village withdrawal areas in southeast Alaska surround the Alaska Native
communities of Yakutat, Hoonah, Angoon, Kake, Kasaan, Klawock, Craig, Hydaburg,
Klukwan, and Saxman;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C364360AB73431186082AF11F28F836"><enum>(8)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6776F32C2B334538BAFE4E829C775B70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the existing conveyance
requirements of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.</external-xref>) for southeast Alaska limit the land eligible for
conveyance to Sealaska to the original withdrawal areas surrounding 10 Alaska
Native villages in southeast Alaska, which precludes Sealaska from selecting
land located—</text>
<clause id="H1E66862C5B5F4368B1DECC2CB8E56C7A" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in any withdrawal area established
for the Urban Corporations for Sitka and Juneau, Alaska; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H3D0597E2837143F4B7EC22F212AA66A5" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>outside the 10 Alaska Native
village withdrawal areas; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H11B19091B22D42DC8805719C2FD1E48C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>unlike other Regional Corporations,
Sealaska is not authorized to request land located outside the withdrawal areas
described in subparagraph (A) if the withdrawal areas are insufficient to
complete the land entitlement of Sealaska under the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H01DA554FE4684D6D99F1FE6B7BAA6EC9"><enum>(9)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8F65DAC0797D425C889E005A10165421"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the deadline for
applications for selection of cemetery sites and historic places on land
outside withdrawal areas established under section 14 of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C. 1613</external-xref>) was July 1,
1976;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87043383513741CAAF6746A40AFFCEB4" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE66D0E898B814C928592174601081600"><enum>(i)</enum><text>as of that date, the
Bureau of Land Management notified Sealaska that the total entitlement of
Sealaska would be approximately 200,000 acres; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H52268FCC657F4A92A2B1025E2BBCF23F" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Sealaska made entitlement allocation
decisions for cultural sites and economic development sites based on that
original estimate; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B41D07C04894276ADBF1CCC4E67E5EE" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as a result of the Alaska Land
Transfer Acceleration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/452">Public Law 108–452</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 3575)
and subsequent related determinations and actions of the Bureau of Land
Management, it became clear within the last decade that Sealaska will receive
significantly more than 200,000 acres pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9A19830DFB404C2697EDAB52355F1573"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in light of the
revised Bureau of Land Management estimate of the total number of acres that
Sealaska will receive pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.</external-xref>), and in consultation with Members of Alaska's
congressional delegation, Sealaska and its shareholders believe that it is
appropriate to allocate more of the entitlement of Sealaska to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD10BD98741D143CAA39FC0DAAE1EAF1D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the acquisition of
places of sacred, cultural, traditional, and historical significance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4902ABB6E3D45A8B1DFCCE949BDDCB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the acquisition of
sites with traditional and recreational use value and sites suitable for
renewable energy development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07FF413CA0A548F196CA8F5F0F3031D9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the acquisition of
lands that are not within the watersheds of Native and non-Native communities
and are suitable economically and environmentally for natural resource
development;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H67016FA0764C4BD5B6F04F5E0B34ACE7"><enum>(11)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFA7B958E68194E3E81FC480DEFB4AC6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pursuant to section
11(a)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1610">43 U.S.C.
1610(a)(1)</external-xref>), Sealaska was not authorized to select under
section 14(h)(1) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(1)</external-xref>) any site
within Glacier Bay National Park, despite the abundance of cultural sites
within that Park;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B882D885E4542C19F4ED37C86C9A12F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Sealaska seeks cooperative agreements
to ensure that cultural sites within Glacier Bay National Park are subject to
cooperative management by Sealaska, Village and Urban Corporations, and
federally recognized tribes with ties to the cultural sites and history of the
Park; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H251C2BF328C3425F9ABFDB6846920FE0" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Congress recognizes that there is an
existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Park Service and the
Hoonah Indian Association, and does not intend to circumvent the MOU; rather
the intent is to ensure that this and similar mechanisms for cooperative
management in Glacier Bay are required by law;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H60A57FADE9194C58919EEE5F34B6DFF0"><enum>(12)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6E30C5BEED5F4CC883D14DFA981F2730"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the cemetery sites and
historic places conveyed to Sealaska pursuant to section 14(h)(1) of the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(1)</external-xref>) are subject
to a restrictive covenant not required by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601
et seq.</external-xref>) that hinders the ability of Sealaska to use the sites
for cultural, educational, or research purposes for Alaska Natives and
others;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54DE7D47F07E477782D4F5ECCB6360AC" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>historic sites managed by the Forest
Service are not subject to the limitations referred to in subparagraph (A);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70E1D67A2C1C489CB39DD7E8A5FADF83" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Alaska Natives of southeast Alaska
should be permitted to use cemetery sites and historic places in a manner that
is—</text>
<clause id="HA6745FF440474D2B89315C6E2D152BE3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consistent with the sacred,
cultural, traditional, or historic nature of the site; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF4A7328B963A464F80D346190E4B6967"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not inconsistent with the
management plans for adjacent public land;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEF1F69038F5345F1823D464B2F1A35DF"><enum>(13)</enum><text>44 percent
(820,000 acres) of the 10 Alaska Native village withdrawal areas established
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) described
in paragraphs (7) and (8) are composed of salt water and not available for
selection;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB50752D5D8614F55BFC539FD339FEC1A"><enum>(14)</enum><text>of land subject
to the selection rights of Sealaska, 110,000 acres are encumbered by
gubernatorial consent requirements under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601
et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FF15353F9344F8EA9EE4158C1FE100F"><enum>(15)</enum><text>in each
withdrawal area, there exist factors that limit the ability of Sealaska to
select sufficient land, and, in particular, economically viable land, to
fulfill the land entitlement of Sealaska, including factors such as—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2357117864714D9A97BE4E90AD3BAD1B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to
the Yakutat withdrawal area—</text>
<clause id="HF8DABC2E64824C4D94D209E0D016BD26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>46
percent of the area is salt water;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBDFC24AE781A40AB85C32F4AE6B17246"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>10
sections (6,400 acres) around the Situk Lake were restricted from selection,
with no consideration provided for the restriction; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB0F6357B7951464AAB911B25CCC78738"><enum>(iii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9F0A9AC9C72A47479DA1EB70DD133A7D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>70,000 acres are subject
to a gubernatorial consent requirement before selection; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H573D781CFCB04BB49481DB6092D256BB" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Sealaska received no consideration with
respect to the consent restriction;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAFB3680A27774A6AA909199230852A01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
the Hoonah withdrawal area, 51 percent of the area is salt water;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C2BA91AD9744112969E8333220D00FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to
the Angoon withdrawal area—</text>
<clause id="H59FDF13ADA104FB4A3DC39FA68BB278D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>120,000 acres of
the area is salt water;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE746D3050DCC4239B59B7E0809A4F1DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Sealaska received
no consideration regarding the prohibition on selecting land from the 80,000
acres located within the Admiralty Island National Monument; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBC91456BBBFA45C78D54D95C9A437BC1"><enum>(iii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB49D6E1DC2E04E28BFB6B84B2096B78D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Village Corporation
for Angoon was allowed to select land located outside the withdrawal area on
Prince of Wales Island, subject to the condition that the Village Corporation
shall not select land located on Admiralty Island; but</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6BB6F88FB8D040B29F0FC1D03C697E13" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>no alternative land adjacent to the
out-of-withdrawal land of the Village Corporation was made available for
selection by Sealaska;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H386937507C0040EC822C52F9B8EC2427"><enum>(D)</enum><text>with respect to
the Kake withdrawal area—</text>
<clause id="H43D6E961ABFC4A4885EB1AFE5D3AB571"><enum>(i)</enum><text>64
percent of the area is salt water; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEA64B9A25F344BC89005F8F6BC5F54CA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>extensive timber
harvesting by the Forest Service occurred in the area before 1971 that
significantly reduced the value of land available for selection by, and
conveyance to, Sealaska;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E46C51247AA4106802B52A04EC4D81E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>with respect to
the Kasaan withdrawal area—</text>
<clause id="H27476D73D54541B68F831D4151D7DD33"><enum>(i)</enum><text>54
percent of the area is salt water; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H85A1405784534C829D4EE8D9614F3C6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
Forest Service previously harvested in the area;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D0850BDCE564079BFC76E822DA428E6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>with respect to
the Klawock withdrawal area—</text>
<clause id="H5307E41587FA4C63A9855F1C107524A6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
area consists of only 5 townships, as compared to the usual withdrawal area of
9 townships, because of the proximity of the Klawock withdrawal area to the
Village of Craig, which reduces the selection area by 92,160 acres; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF5DDA659D1F8444E8BFE32CD7BB52FFD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
Klawock and Craig withdrawal areas are 35 percent salt water;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0BFA361E72B24A4585153EF52AF2553B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>with respect to
the Craig withdrawal area, the withdrawal area consists of only 6 townships, as
compared to the usual withdrawal area of 9 townships, because of the proximity
of the Craig withdrawal area to the Village of Klawock, which reduces the
selection area by 69,120 acres;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED69EB93486F45C3BA78937A042A772D"><enum>(H)</enum><text>with respect to
the Hydaburg withdrawal area—</text>
<clause id="H6444D7E088ED43FAB33AAC1F82A7F33C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>36
percent of the area is salt water; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE80CA3ABC3924E2F8C0C04E71ACBD120"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Sealaska received
no consideration under the Haida Land Exchange Act of 1986 (Public Law No.
99–664; 100 Stat. 4303) for relinquishing selection rights to land within the
withdrawal area that the Haida Corporation exchanged to the Forest
Service;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77188735EC074762B38AEF8EFB2A4F73"><enum>(I)</enum><text>with respect to
the Klukwan withdrawal area—</text>
<clause id="H303E6DE526D747DC8EC6BC6CFA4421D1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>27
percent of the area is salt water; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC61CEBF0E9B04F8EB17279A35BF5B789"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
withdrawal area is only 70,000 acres, as compared to the usual withdrawal area
of 207,360 acres, which reduces the selection area by 137,360 acres; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2528BB9A47E4AFC96C49F7D4743012D"><enum>(J)</enum><text>with respect to
the Saxman withdrawal area—</text>
<clause id="HEDF22441724D4A63AF0A3895A4A404DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>29
percent of the area is salt water;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8A68F8ED6A734EDDAE6109ABA4499AE5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Sealaska received
no consideration for the 50,576 acres within the withdrawal area adjacent to
the first-class city of Ketchikan that were excluded from selection;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF9CA57BA02BA4AEAA4E85D6B596FEDB8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Sealaska
received no consideration with respect to the 1977 amendment to the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) requiring
gubernatorial consent for selection of 58,000 acres in that area; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5102DA5B824C48D8982D9876D62A99D0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>23,888 acres are
located within the Annette Island Indian Reservation for the Metlakatla Indian
Tribe and are not available for selection;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE358BE501C8E49B183BEC3D906E68FB8"><enum>(16)</enum><text>the selection
limitations and guidelines applicable to Sealaska under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HED8EAE5C5BDF47F9BBD94BC94B15193D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are inequitable
and inconsistent with the purposes of that Act because there is insufficient
land remaining in the withdrawal areas to meet the traditional, cultural, and
socioeconomic needs of the shareholders of Sealaska; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4297220D77DD4CAAA28C63C1330450E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make it difficult
for Sealaska to select—</text>
<clause id="H18DFECC3F5A64D978740BCC6791CA783"><enum>(i)</enum><text>places of sacred,
cultural, traditional, and historical significance;</text>
</clause><clause id="H821D649FF1604691B2FC014C1C770E0D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sites with
traditional and recreation use value and sites suitable for renewable energy
development; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H349FA8E37FEF483D8F358E419695C372"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>lands that meet
the real economic needs of the shareholders of Sealaska;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE5ADF2A9C5814CF2AA48B6AC2F9D870D"><enum>(17)</enum><text>unless Sealaska
is allowed to select land outside designated withdrawal areas in southeast
Alaska, Sealaska will not be able to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE8E2B07D25D443589E2921065369FA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>complete the land
entitlement selections of Sealaska under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601
et seq.</external-xref>) in a manner that meets the cultural, social, and
economic needs of Native shareholders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF74371AADD3A476695EC6337689A3397"><enum>(B)</enum><text>avoid land
selections in watersheds that are the exclusive drinking water supply for
regional communities, support world class salmon streams, have been identified
as important habitat, or would otherwise be managed by the Forest Service as
roadless and old growth forest reserves;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H621028F8BE894B2F9E4ED648CE7D5BE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>secure ownership
of places of sacred, cultural, traditional, and historical importance to the
Alaska Natives of southeast Alaska; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47C2A461AA4844BDAB9A0AEDBA61963E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>continue to
support forestry jobs and economic opportunities for Alaska Natives and other
residents of rural southeast Alaska;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA1F3D7A16450455E9F8E8C63D7C17642"><enum>(18)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H17737139F43049608BBACEFA6AA842E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the rate of unemployment
in southeast Alaska exceeds the statewide rate of unemployment on a
non-seasonally adjusted basis;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFFFF1B60A954523991458B6C23B9753" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in January 2011, the Alaska Department
of Labor and Workforce Development reported the unemployment rate for the
Prince of Wales—Outer Ketchikan census area at approximately 16.2
percent;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2309F9200F54215A151C6E8D4EA74CA" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in October 2007, the Alaska Department
of Labor and Workforce Development projected population losses between 1996 and
2030 for the Prince of Wales—Outer Ketchikan census area at 56.6
percent;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6D27ECBAF6542D39A19953F77C3D455" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>official unemployment rates severely
underreport the actual level of regional unemployment, particularly in Native
villages; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83DC946A94E4483586502944BB75F5E0" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>additional job losses will exacerbate
outmigration from Native and non-Native communities in southeast Alaska;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBC665C08DBC64C78AB4718FC2B8C4490"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Sealaska has
played, and is expected to continue to play, a significant role in the health
of the southeast Alaska economy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE2B4E899A38455D8874593EC97A9ACC"><enum>(20)</enum><text>despite the small
land base of Sealaska as compared to other Regional Corporations (less than 1
percent of the total quantity of land allocated pursuant to the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>)), Sealaska
has—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A654FC030BF4D27B17B9E1A75BFF427"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provided
considerable benefits to Alaska Native shareholders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD20223AF20914DAABB471ECFD39A1CF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>supported hundreds
of jobs for Alaska Native shareholders and non-shareholders in southeast Alaska
for more than 30 years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC90031C1398E44DD85D0BA001ED69F87"><enum>(C)</enum><text>been a significant
economic force in southeast Alaska;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E85CC9BCAB24F5A9514CB69C2AF847B"><enum>(21)</enum><text>pursuant to the
revenue sharing provisions of section 7(i) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1606">43
U.S.C. 1606(i)</external-xref>), Sealaska has distributed more than
$300,000,000 during the period beginning on January 1, 1971, and ending on
December 31, 2005, to Native Corporations throughout the State of Alaska from
the development of natural resources, which accounts for 42 percent of the
total revenues shared under that section during that period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H928FA974403A44BAAA7A7A60C5CA5E0C"><enum>(22)</enum><text>resource
development operations maintained by Sealaska—</text>
<subparagraph id="H344F221131C34D799B776FF8A49D0EF9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>support hundreds
of jobs in the southeast Alaska region;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75B0015A63EA47AB8AFEED0E46AA7E2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make timber
available to local and domestic sawmills and other wood products businesses
such as guitar manufacturers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D98ADA78593489283AF35A71E42036A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>support firewood
programs for local communities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE05D817BCDC8477296C35F7FEBF37AEE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>support
maintenance of roads utilized by local communities for subsistence and
recreation uses;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC79F7AE9178D42E6B6A095C90FAAE8D6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>support
development of new biomass energy opportunities in southeast Alaska, reducing
dependence on high-cost diesel fuel for the generation of energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA3F6AF9DBBE4C2EA6C44C713387284A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>provide start-up
capital for innovative business models in southeast Alaska that create new
opportunities for non-timber economic development in the region, including
support for renewable biomass initiatives, Alaska Native artisans, and rural
mariculture farming; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H132843F6BA684E64B30703E16C1B7389"><enum>(G)</enum><text>support Native
education and cultural and language preservation activities;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF0F8049E42874661B963FF985FA1E875"><enum>(23)</enum><text>if the resource
development operations of Sealaska cease on land appropriate for those
operations, there will be a significant negative impact on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20ABD57A9848485AB15A8995727DD1FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>southeast Alaska
Native shareholders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4038BC50A61A45169F6B078111E0EDD4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cultural
preservation activities of Sealaska;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00F2EC0F43624F1187105589BFF85B67"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the economy of
southeast Alaska; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H653814E749D147189DAF3A965806DAE2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Alaska Native
community that benefits from the revenue-sharing requirements under the Alaska
Native claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H966D3FFE198A40329D5E5047DBE29EF4"><enum>(24)</enum><text>it is critical
that the remaining land entitlement conveyances to Sealaska under the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) are
fulfilled to continue to meet the economic, social, and cultural needs of the
Alaska Native shareholders of southeast Alaska and the Alaska Native community
throughout Alaska;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87C86C810A6E497D855F6B29DC4C3524"><enum>(25)</enum><text>in order to
realize cultural preservation goals while also diversifying economic
opportunities, Sealaska should be authorized to select and receive conveyance
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H73F07AB32A244086A66056860723E0C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sacred, cultural,
traditional, and historic sites and other places of traditional cultural
significance, including traditional and customary trade and migration routes,
to facilitate the perpetuation and preservation of Alaska Native culture and
history;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H435C6DC6D3544E0E8E4898BC58EA7256"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other sites with
traditional and recreation use value and sites suitable for renewable energy
development to facilitate appropriate tourism and outdoor recreation
enterprises and renewable energy development for rural southeast Alaska
communities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA011FD485A545E288B33626B9743D70"><enum>(C)</enum><text>lands that are
suitable economically and environmentally for natural resource
development;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF3E3D5DBD4A845C88128318F29C387D2"><enum>(26)</enum><text>on completion of
the conveyances of land of Sealaska to fulfill the full land entitlement of
Sealaska under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.</external-xref>), the encumbrances on 327,000 acres of Federal land
created by the withdrawal of land for selection by Native Corporations in
southeast Alaska should be removed, which will facilitate thorough and complete
planning and efficient management relating to national forest land in southeast
Alaska by the Forest Service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FEFF65257C842E98835EC7C02E12500"><enum>(27)</enum><text>although the
Tribal Forest Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3101">25 U.S.C. 3101</external-xref> note;
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/278">Public Law
108–278</external-xref>) defines the term <quote>Indian tribe</quote> to
include Indian tribes under section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>), a term which
includes <quote>any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as
defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act *
* *</quote>, the Tribal Forest Protection Act does not define the term
<quote>Indian forest land or rangeland</quote> to include lands owned by Alaska
Native Corporations, including Sealaska, which are the primary Indian forest
land owners in Alaska, and therefore, the Tribal Forest Protection Act should
be amended in a manner that will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8D3D45D8272A4C618750CE76C945E3A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>permit Native
Corporations, including Sealaska, as Indian forest land owners in Alaska, to
work with the Secretary of Agriculture under the Tribal Forest Protection Act
to address forest fire and insect infestation issues, including the spread of
the spruce bark beetle in southeast and southcentral Alaska, which threaten the
health of the Native forestlands; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD27924B27F464E50AD7B091033EE9430"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that Native
Corporations, including Sealaska, can participate in programs administered by
the Secretary of Agriculture under the Tribal Forest Protection Act without
including Native Corporations under the definition in that Act of <quote>Indian
forest land or rangeland</quote> or otherwise amending that Act in a manner
that validates, invalidates, or otherwise affects any claim regarding the
existence of Indian country in the State of Alaska; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA3577E2E26BA4658BD3FEA51D14A55B1"><enum>(28)</enum><text>the National
Historic Preservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/470">16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.</external-xref>) defines the
term <term>Indian tribe</term> to include any <quote>Native village, Regional
Corporation or Village Corporation, as those terms are defined in section 3 of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act</quote> but does not define the term
<term>Tribal lands</term> to include lands owned by Alaska Native Corporations,
thereby excluding from the National Historic Preservation Act cemetery sites
and historical places transferred to Native Corporations, including Sealaska,
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and therefore, the
National Historic Preservation Act should be amended in a manner that
will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3139393E5D63405A84A6A9BF5FE6140C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>permit Native
Corporations, including Sealaska, as owners of Indian cemetery sites and
historical places in Alaska, to work with the Secretary of the Interior under
the National Historic Preservation Act to secure grants and other support to
manage their own historic sites and programs pursuant to that Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F6A241F43BF450AA26783DB4CF06768"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that Native
Corporations, including Sealaska, can participate in programs administered by
the Secretary of the Interior under the National Historic Preservation Act
without including Native Corporations under the definition in that Act of
<quote>Tribal lands</quote> or otherwise amending that Act in a manner that
validates, invalidates, or otherwise affects any claim regarding the existence
of Indian country in the State of Alaska.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7CF0A50CCC7549D1B4DAED99ED52A481"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of this title is to address the inequitable treatment of Sealaska by
allowing Sealaska to select the remaining land entitlement of Sealaska under
section 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C. 1613</external-xref>) from designated
Federal land in southeast Alaska located outside the 10 southeast Alaska Native
village withdrawal areas in a manner that meets the cultural, social, and
economic needs of Native shareholders, including the need to maintain jobs
supported by Sealaska in rural southeast Alaska communities.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEB7F698907D44F95A16106FA4EDAA25B"><enum>304.</enum><header>Selections in
southeast Alaska</header>
<subsection id="HCEA4D7E150AB420B90EB4D4BAB428DA3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Selection by
Sealaska</header>
<paragraph id="H9DAD5194FF2B4A0CB8F0D0A62DDB9EE0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)</external-xref>), Sealaska is
authorized to select and receive conveyance of the remaining land entitlement
of Sealaska under that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) from
Federal land located in southeast Alaska from each category described in
subsections (b) and (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H29A1FF3F3DA045569BC78A3BF568E1CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of
land conveyed</header><text>Land conveyed pursuant to this title are to be
treated as land conveyed pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.</external-xref>) subject to, but not limited to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC61A4671BC6E4DD0990F84C352DB0742"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reservation of
public easements across land pursuant to section 17(b) of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1616">43 U.S.C. 1616(b)</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB0B768B123042A39875CFC062DBF330"><enum>(B)</enum><text>valid existing
rights pursuant to section 14(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C.
1613(g)</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H903DB6D6613C4F78BE2692D7DE16F41B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the land bank
protections of section 907(d) of the Alaska National Interest and Lands
Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1636">43
U.S.C. 1636(d)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0E0C18162CC420A91CE8149AD6C6DFA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Withdrawal of
land</header><text>The following public land is withdrawn, subject to valid
existing rights, from all forms of appropriation under public land laws,
including the mining and mineral leasing laws, and from selection under the Act
of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the <quote>Alaska Statehood Act</quote>) (48
U.S.C. note prec. 21;
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/85/508">Public Law
85–508</external-xref>), and shall be available for selection by and conveyance
to Sealaska to complete the remaining land entitlement of Sealaska under
section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C.
1613(h)(8)</external-xref>):</text>
<paragraph id="HFC619A1250E94567838F0928D194FEF1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Land identified on
the maps dated February 1, 2011, and labeled <quote>Attachment A (Maps 1
through 8)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE231C35DC4741A28F56E04E0D3E4ED2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Sites with
traditional, recreational, and renewable energy use value, as identified on the
map entitled <quote>Sites with Traditional, Recreational, and Renewable Energy
Use Value</quote>, dated February 1, 2011, and labeled <quote>Attachment
D</quote>, subject to the condition that not more than 5,000 acres shall be
selected for those purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76C7D1718E39493E950F8737D46CA5F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Sites identified
on the map entitled <quote>Traditional and Customary Trade and Migration
Routes</quote>, dated February 1, 2011, and labeled <quote>Attachment
C</quote>, which includes an identification of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D07CCF90A96447483FAC0250E370BCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a conveyance of
land 25 feet in width, together with 1-acre sites at each terminus and at 8
locations along the route, with the route, location, and boundaries of the
conveyance described on the map inset entitled <quote>Yakutat to Dry Bay Trade
and Migration Route</quote> on the map entitled <quote>Traditional and
Customary Trade and Migration Routes</quote>, dated February 1, 2011, and
labeled <quote>Attachment C</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A8DEEA422EF49B7A11A05D4F0384E9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a conveyance of
land 25 feet in width, together with 1-acre sites at each terminus, with the
route, location, and boundaries of the conveyance described on the map inset
entitled <quote>Bay of Pillars to Port Camden Trade and Migration Route</quote>
on the map entitled <quote>Traditional and Customary Trade and Migration
Routes</quote>, dated February 1, 2011, and labeled <quote>Attachment
C</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCF400C9D78347E0A36D7F21D016266C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a conveyance of
land 25 feet in width, together with 1-acre sites at each terminus, with the
route, location, and boundaries of the conveyance described on the map inset
entitled <quote>Portage Bay to Duncan Canal Trade and Migration Route</quote>
on the map entitled <quote>Traditional and Customary Trade and Migration
Routes</quote>, dated February 1, 2011, and labeled <quote>Attachment
C</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H28B0084C6CBB4E209EECBD8AC83A03F7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sites with
sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic significance</header><text>Subject
to the criteria and procedures applicable to land selected pursuant to section
14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C.
1613(h)(1)</external-xref>) and set forth in the regulations promulgated at
<external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/43/2653.5">section
2653.5</external-xref> of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect
on the date of enactment of this Act), except as otherwise provided in this
title—</text>
<paragraph id="HB1480C5B18264BCEABD8984C0B6185AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Sealaska shall
have a right to identify up to 3,600 acres of sites with sacred, cultural,
traditional, or historic significance, including archeological sites, cultural
landscapes, and natural features having cultural significance; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F5E4B0C5B344F9FBD2DE38E34420241"><enum>(2)</enum><text>on identification
of the land by Sealaska under paragraph (1), the identified land shall
be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H03168991FBB4462CA0D14FF0E30C0166"><enum>(A)</enum><text>withdrawn, subject
to valid existing rights, from all forms of appropriation under public land
laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, and from selection under
the Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the <quote>Alaska Statehood
Act</quote>) (48 U.S.C. note prec. 21;
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/85/508">Public Law
85–508</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7505B2249E374332A0BF1D8141AA0068"><enum>(B)</enum><text>available for
selection by and conveyance to Sealaska to complete the remaining land
entitlement of Sealaska under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43
U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)</external-xref>) subject to the conditions that—</text>
<clause id="HD2954B3E7D3D4E31807208873AA8160D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>no
sites with sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic significance may be
selected from within a unit of the National Park System; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H416A032DAE3544E988A49FC105F95E9F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>beginning on the
date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act, Sealaska shall
be limited to identifying not more than 360 acres of sites with sacred,
cultural, traditional, or historic significance under this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDE92C25AB5DD44A5B5655CE9B4143BA3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Forest
development roads</header><text>Sealaska shall receive from the United States,
subject to all necessary State and Federal permits, nonexclusive easements to
Sealaska to allow—</text>
<paragraph id="HF534ADCD8CD7412D8950462E17223D55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>access on the
forest development road and use of the log transfer site identified in
paragraphs (3)(b), (3)(c) and (3)(d) of the patent numbered 50–85–0112 and
dated January 4, 1985;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67022985856E49CA9CCB960359BEF53F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>access on the
forest development road identified in paragraphs (2)(a) and (2)(b) of the
patent numbered 50–92–0203 and dated February 24, 1992;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9AD86A25CD234A7EBF061FAEA1E0C95D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>access on the
forest development road identified in paragraph (2)(a) of the patent numbered
50–94–0046 and dated December 17, 1993;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C11B6C80C874F42961241F93DF7F98E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>access on the
forest development roads and use of the log transfer facilities identified on
the maps dated February 1, 2011, and labeled <quote>Attachment A (Maps 1
through 8)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD23B756CA82A4BF2A6BE3E9BDCC7CF68"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a
reservation of a right to construct a new road to connect to existing forest
development roads as generally identified on the maps identified in paragraph
(4); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA992AF7B28C4487A48EC33AB72E0A5C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>access to and
reservation of a right to construct a new log transfer facility and log storage
area at the location identified on the maps identified in paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H614B6E5C042B49A6B294EB9636A8AE5C"><enum>305.</enum><header>Conveyances to
Sealaska</header>
<subsection id="HCB0E7E409722440C8436FA3C8B222A9E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Timeline for
Conveyance</header>
<paragraph id="HA820E040B86547198625CED07E0575F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), the Secretary
shall work with Sealaska to develop a mutually agreeable schedule to complete
the conveyance of land to Sealaska under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE712756D35449A5B343DC99900FD89D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final
priorities</header><text>Consistent with the provisions of section 403 of the
Alaska Land Transfer Acceleration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1611">43 U.S.C. 1611</external-xref> note;
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/452">Public Law
108–452</external-xref>), not later than 18 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, Sealaska shall submit to the Secretary the final, irrevocable
priorities for selection of land withdrawn under section 304(b)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H114092082311486D8CA187802D2566CC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Substantial
completion required</header><text>Not later than two years after the date of
selection by Sealaska of land withdrawn under section 304(b)(1), the Secretary
shall substantially complete the conveyance of the land to Sealaska under this
title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9AC6483FEF44206869AB441B0683DC6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing
in this title shall interfere with or cause any delay in the duty of the
Secretary to convey land to the State of Alaska under section 6 of the Act of
July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the <quote>Alaska Statehood Act</quote>) (48
U.S.C. note prec. 21;
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/85/508">Public Law
85–508</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7410DBC0D71B4F3FA29D873BACFAA0C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expiration of
Withdrawals</header><text>On completion of the selection by Sealaska and the
conveyances to Sealaska of land under subsection (a) in a manner that is
sufficient to fulfill the land entitlement of Sealaska under section 14(h)(8)
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)</external-xref>)—</text>
<paragraph id="H3F5785E2BA6B4FFCA2A5E7445038DC35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the right of
Sealaska to receive any land under that Act from within a withdrawal area
established under subsections (a) and (d) of section 16 of that Act shall be
terminated;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A42DB31A26144F89FDCBECFAC8F7121"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the withdrawal
areas set aside for selection by Native Corporations in southeast Alaska under
subsections (a) and (d) of section 16 of that Act shall be rescinded;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF62C2A5A68F45F284F6E959D5F952EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>land located
within a withdrawal area that is not conveyed to Sealaska or to a southeast
Alaska Village Corporation or Urban Corporation shall be returned to the
unencumbered management of the Forest Service as part of the Tongass National
Forest.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1F1EA2EBA76D4E3EA3410601E9A040E8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Sealaska
shall not select or receive under this title any conveyance of land pursuant to
paragraph (1) or (2) of section 304(b) located within any conservation system
unit.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE9F5228BFE049029AD64E6536DA8D5A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicable
Easements and Public Access</header>
<paragraph id="HD16F481563E746CBB2F6ECDB1A983B3C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In addition to the reservation of public easements under
section 304(a)(2)(A), the conveyance to Sealaska of land withdrawn pursuant to
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 304(b) that are located outside a withdrawal
area designated under section 16(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1615">43 U.S.C.
1615(a)</external-xref>) shall be subject to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC37BC16ED67A4613B1B09108E2A03341"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a reservation for
easements for public access on the public roads depicted on the maps dated
February 1, 2011, and labeled <quote>Attachment A (Maps 1 through
8)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61516167B59249AFA1F200C798B95EFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a reservation for
easements for public access on the temporary roads designated by the Forest
Service as of the date of the enactment of this Act for the public access
trails depicted on the maps described in subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H023E71048C8446EC9032D3009D046429"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the right of
noncommercial public access for subsistence uses, consistent with title VIII of
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3111">16 U.S.C. 3111 et
seq.</external-xref>), and recreational access, without liability to Sealaska,
subject to—</text>
<clause id="H8D6315107FCB4895BB3D18377DC03689"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
right of Sealaska to regulate access to ensure public safety, to protect
cultural or scientific resources, and to provide environmental protection;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2AA7CB494AA24BFBBCE8566D7EA752F0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
condition that Sealaska shall post on any applicable property, in accordance
with State law, notices of the conditions on use.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H636D02ED0EBD495891EA1106031F7CDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sacred,
cultural, traditional and historic sites</header><text>The conveyance to
Sealaska of land withdrawn pursuant to section 304(c) that is located outside
of a withdrawal area designated under section 16(a) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1615">43
U.S.C. 1615(a)</external-xref>) shall be subject to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC6A28FBA31BE43C0ACF2F400E6BD73DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the right of
public access across the conveyances where no reasonable alternative access
around the land is available without liability to Sealaska; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8501DFE4104649B087AE3D607D8A59A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the right of
Sealaska to regulate access across the conveyances to ensure public safety, to
protect cultural or scientific resources, to provide environmental protection,
or to prohibit activities incompatible with the use and enjoyment of the land
by Sealaska, subject to the condition that Sealaska shall post on any
applicable property, in accordance with State law, notices of any such
condition.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H298184E516764392A352CE75C9DB334B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Traditional and
customary trade and migration routes</header><text>The conveyance to Sealaska
of land withdrawn pursuant to section 304(b)(3) that is located outside of a
withdrawal area designated under section 16(a) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1615">43
U.S.C. 1615(a)</external-xref>) shall be subject to a requirement that Sealaska
provide public access across such linear conveyances if an adjacent landowner
or the public has a legal right to use the adjacent private or public
land.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H081C6BC5F5F64E858FDF4211C1D4EF04"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Sites with
traditional, recreational, and renewable energy use value</header><text>The
conveyance to Sealaska of land withdrawn pursuant to section 304(b)(2) that is
located outside of a withdrawal area designated under section 16(a) of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1615">43 U.S.C. 1615(a)</external-xref>) shall be subject
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA3B7904B0FF44A19B939B95C4E03ADC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the right of
public access across the land without liability to Sealaska; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB13F1D7ED44649F7B7FB7A5061875176"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the condition that
public access across the land would not be unreasonably restricted or
impaired.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC96CE039EC194C579F79943CA92D3E15"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>No
right of access provided to any individual or entity (other than Sealaska) by
this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H891BB70541B84BDCA6B900C763C1A141"><enum>(A)</enum><text>creates any
interest, other than an interest retained by the United States, of such an
individual or entity in the land conveyed to Sealaska in excess of that right
of access; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB299E484B154599BA7A29C2AA8B1E1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides standing
in any review of, or challenge to, any determination by Sealaska with respect
to the management or development of the applicable land.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H18730664B59848768452718D4F0D7806"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conditions on
sacred, cultural, and historic sites and traditional and customary trade and
migration routes</header><text>The conveyance to Sealaska of land withdrawn
pursuant to sections 304(b)(3) and 304(c)—</text>
<paragraph id="HB7E9F1D370424444B4391AC7A3D82EB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be subject
to a covenant prohibiting any commercial timber harvest or mineral development
on the land;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3B77978E5FD44A0B9EE974070CDE5D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall allow use of
the land as described in subsection (f); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84BA3287F8C243679969404381BF0B89"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall not be
subject to any additional restrictive covenant based on cultural or historic
values, or any other restriction, encumbrance, or easement, except as provided
in sections 14(g) and 17(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C.
1613(g)</external-xref> and 1616(b)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0022E23F4777467BB7A6448F871B34EE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Uses of sacred,
cultural, traditional, and historic sites and traditional and customary trade
and migration routes</header><text>Any land conveyed to Sealaska from land
withdrawn pursuant to sections 304(b)(3) and 304(c) may be used for—</text>
<paragraph id="HA1BCBCB5BAC047C49B90B5CFC293C942"><enum>(1)</enum><text>preservation of
cultural knowledge and traditions associated with the site;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A69B2D3F4EB4DE7A47F80EB6B87150A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>historical,
cultural, and scientific research and education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D80C77B10B34C6C85EA9BB14942D921"><enum>(3)</enum><text>public
interpretation and education regarding the cultural significance of the site to
Alaska Natives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9149FBE83BCC48358F93834056D6DB39"><enum>(4)</enum><text>protection and
management of the site to preserve the natural and cultural features of the
site, including cultural traditions, values, songs, stories, names, crests, and
clan usage, for the benefit of future generations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76B4BC955A894446AEA9233F5D0F7149"><enum>(5)</enum><text>site improvement
activities for any purpose described in paragraphs (1) through (4), subject to
the condition that the activities—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2792389312AD401BB423FB378B35F923"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are consistent
with the sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic nature of the site;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB0838F1F8A64FAF80335A2C3A5F6674"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are not
inconsistent with the management plans for adjacent public land.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4902D389D24841AF8DFC544787D669B4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination of
restrictive covenants</header>
<paragraph id="H2F118CBFED4746E18C168F4A77D12BEB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each restrictive covenant regarding cultural or
historical values with respect to any interim conveyance or patent for a
historic or cemetery site issued to Sealaska pursuant to the Federal
regulations contained in sections
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/2653">2653.5(a)</external-xref> and
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/2653">2653.11</external-xref> of title 43, Code of
Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), in
accordance with section 14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C.
1613(h)(1)</external-xref>), terminates as a matter of law on the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8A7722D8FDA43CC897630FF440E397E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Remaining
conditions</header><text>Land subject to a covenant described in paragraph (1)
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act shall be subject to the
conditions described in subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2180D544104543EC8ADC62D4CF697541"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Records</header><text>Sealaska
shall be responsible for recording with the land title recorders office of the
State of Alaska any modification to an existing conveyance of land under
section 14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C.
1613(h)(1)</external-xref>) as a result of this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HED32E557A8AB4EE3B9B38E98652B8F18"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Conditions on
sites with traditional, recreational, and renewable energy use
value</header><text>Each conveyance of land to Sealaska from land withdrawn
pursuant to section 304(b)(2) shall be subject to a covenant prohibiting any
commercial timber harvest or mineral development.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA501B660A7C44C2A9F4CA118E3660486"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Escrow funds for
withdrawn land</header><text>On the withdrawal by this title of land identified
for selection by Sealaska, the escrow requirements of section 2 of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/204">Public Law
94–204</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C. 1613</external-xref> note), shall
thereafter apply to the withdrawn land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1C56BC8EFF1C46D586858B35B2DC48A6"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Guiding and
outfitting special use permits or authorizations</header>
<paragraph id="H5A08A2BDED15498C86136374C7ADA5D3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Consistent with the provisions of section 14(g) of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C. 1613(g)</external-xref>), except as
modified herein, on land conveyed to Sealaska from land withdrawn pursuant to
sections 304(b)(1) and 304(b)(2), an existing holder of a guiding or outfitting
special use permit or authorization issued by the Forest Service shall be
entitled to its rights and privileges on the land for the remaining term of the
permit, as of the date of conveyance to Sealaska, and for 1 subsequent 10-year
renewal of the permit, subject to the condition that the rights shall be
considered a valid existing right reserved pursuant to section 14(g) of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C. 1613(g)</external-xref>), and shall be
managed accordingly.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA59077C7DEFF4570978409D900FA4B02"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice of
commercial activities</header><text>Sealaska, with respect to the holder of a
guiding or outfitting special use permit or authorization under this
subsection, and a permit holder referenced in this subsection, with respect to
Sealaska, shall have an obligation to inform the other party of their
respective commercial activities before engaging in the activities on land,
which has been conveyed to Sealaska under this title, subject to the permit or
authorization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91311844881148BA8800D69C3FBE2307"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Negotiation of
new terms</header><text>Nothing in this subsection precludes Sealaska and a
permit holder under this subsection from negotiating new mutually agreeable
permit terms that supersede the requirements of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H155FE85137FE4BDB88F677670F8B8645"><enum>(A)</enum><text>this
subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6B6BABECDB141DD8238D5D523E2DCF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 14(g) of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1613">43 U.S.C. 1613(g)</external-xref>); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D1F2375B90941B488EBE09F1F18A1DF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any deed
covenant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4A63623D1C8D44ADB8CE4020D61F598B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Liability</header><text>Sealaska
shall bear no liability regarding use and occupancy pursuant to special use
permits or authorizations on land selected or conveyed pursuant to this
title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H02390EE93AD3464D8B83B401AD6DE984"><enum>306.</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<subsection id="H137AB8398D3F4851B721847DB64FA65B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Status of
conveyed land</header><text>Each conveyance of Federal land to Sealaska
pursuant to this title, and each Federal action carried out to achieve the
purpose of this title, shall be considered to be conveyed or acted on, as
applicable, pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF03226D6438F42EEA73AC50B8EC24F11"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Environmental
mitigation and incentives</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (e) and (h)
of section 305, all land conveyed to Sealaska pursuant to the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>) and this
title shall be considered to be qualified to receive or participate in, as
applicable—</text>
<paragraph id="H45FC72EB977D4FDEB57815B4105F9F7A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any federally
authorized carbon sequestration program, ecological services program, or
environmental mitigation credit; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01A10F27AA6E46C7941E9702326111ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any other
federally authorized environmental incentive credit or program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF076A2A735E642A1BB92D9FA11274F33"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No material
effect on forest plan</header>
<paragraph id="H9C8658BF20C747579323CA5EEC194610"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as required by paragraph (2), implementation of
this title, including the conveyance of land to Sealaska, alone or in
combination with any other factor, shall not require an amendment of, or
revision to, the Tongass National Forest Land and Resources Management Plan
before the first revision of that Plan scheduled to occur after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BFB8614B3874823B33E1E19006380B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Boundary
adjustments</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall implement any land
ownership boundary adjustments to the Tongass National Forest Land and
Resources Management Plan resulting from the implementation of this title
through a technical amendment to that Plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4C8929E3927D4010B807FD874E13E60C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical
corrections</header>
<paragraph id="HFBECADD3B88F43AFBA80566E8C47C6DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Tribal forest
protection</header><text>Section 2 of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3115a">25 U.S.C.
3115a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end a new subsection
(h):</text>
<quoted-block id="HD62B704268834EA98B2FCCDF2F5F01EB">
<subsection id="HB3A97868B006482B8202EED397CAECC7"><enum>(h)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1113D8CC58E44FD0A394F2AC2BD75E79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Land owned by an Alaska
Native Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.</external-xref>) that is forest land or formerly had a forest cover or
vegetative cover that is capable of restoration shall be eligible for
agreements and contracts authorized under this Act and administered by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H792A28B8CC0F46D797C618B50AA29C02" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Nothing in this subsection validates,
invalidates, or otherwise affects any claim regarding the existence of Indian
country (as defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1151">section
1151</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code) in the State of
Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06D44C56C03F4A518C42687102CF7D6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National
historic preservation</header><text>Section 101(d) of the National Historic
Preservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/470a">16
U.S.C. 470a(d)</external-xref>), is amended by adding at the end a new
paragraph (7):</text>
<quoted-block id="H6427BFC05D4E4C03941C5322754B9E3B">
<paragraph id="H3C2CA0F47C274C76BB845F8C0051AD22" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1DFD796EBC744FC0ACE2423DF1C16358"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, an Alaska Native tribe, band, nation or other organized
group or community, including a Native village, Regional Corporation, or
Village Corporation, shall be eligible to participate in all programs
administered by the Secretary under this Act on behalf of Indian tribes,
including, but not limited to, securing grants and other support to manage
their own historic preservation sites and programs on lands held by the Alaska
Native tribe, band, nation or other organized group or community, including a
Native village, Regional Corporation, or Village Corporation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H826D97743EBC42988B8D2AD53D1EA233" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Nothing in this paragraph validates,
invalidates, or otherwise affects any claim regarding the existence of Indian
country (as defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1151">section
1151</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code) in the State of
Alaska.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H095B8B66B5AF41E0A7CACE9FF99E63FA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effect on
entitlement</header><text>Nothing in this title shall have any effect upon the
entitlement due to any Native Corporation, other than Sealaska, under—</text>
<paragraph id="H8E4B32FA773B42A68DBEEBDB6E12C59C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9EA1DC62ECA4B4896FD30D15F820178"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3101">16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11D1BED07BB24DF885537CF2C093AE28"><enum>307.</enum><header>Maps</header>
<subsection id="H15258A7026B84F339607EA665BA242A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Each
map referred to in this title shall be maintained on file in—</text>
<paragraph id="H96B9D922D61E4590AA0CE7693273BB48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the office of the
Chief of the Forest Service; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78B86E29B5C0445C80F20A100F460CFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the office of the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0F869CB0FA644EDBA63301F2F85438F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Corrections</header><text>The
Secretary or the Chief of the Forest Service may make any necessary correction
to a clerical or typographical error in a map referred to in this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEFB2A5B6DB68415B84A7E87F4B0FEC8A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>No
map referred to in this title shall be considered to be an attempt by the
Federal Government to convey any State or private land.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>San
Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act</header>
<section id="HF9E0C09A5A0F4A77B83C77812B2EA75C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>San Antonio Missions National
Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HDD69F048A38A44FB91BA6C6AC906D57C"><enum>402.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H82DCD409C3324F318C8B2B6CB95AEBBA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the San Antonio
Missions National Historical Park is important to understanding the history and
development of the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, the State of Texas, and
the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36AF754746EF42ED8F0DAB1B174ABD94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>understanding the
connection between the San Antonio River and the San Antonio Missions is
critical to understanding mission life in colonial Texas; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70BE9B0B4C54494FB287B5BD22E5A3FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the San Antonio
Missions National Historical Park enjoys the strong support of the City of San
Antonio, Bexar County, and their citizens and businesses.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H164002FE358E42778F810F1D0A9FC16E"><enum>403.</enum><header>Boundary
expansion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 201(a) of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/95/629">Public Law
95–629</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/410ee">16 U.S.C. 410ee(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6767758C2CA6440CA90C50E255776AA6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>In order</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) In order</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA3EAF1C8D2D454B8B540CF4589D3FF0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The park shall also</quote> and inserting <quote>(2) The park shall
also</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB70417B6F0CA4D1A9A8E2CA10104D581"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>After advising the</quote> and inserting <quote>(5) After advising
the</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6615F58C48414FE1B9491A33DD026214"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (2) (as so designated by paragraph (2) above) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8E53C8FA4AE84B4F9772619224DB8EDC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H085405BB4C064E5B8FB03171563BAC0A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The boundary of the park is further
modified to include approximately 137 acres, as depicted on the map titled
<quote>San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Proposed Boundary
Addition</quote>, numbered 472/113,006A, and dated June 2012. The map shall be
on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National
Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22327D10971E4D059B4D6300AE53A16B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not acquire by
condemnation any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the park.
The Secretary is authorized to acquire land and interests in land that are
within the boundaries of the park pursuant to paragraph (3) by donation or
exchange only (and in the case of an exchange, no payment may be made by the
Secretary to any landowner). No private property or non-Federal public property
shall be included within the boundaries of the park without the written consent
of the owner of such property. Nothing in this Act, the establishment of park,
or the management plan of the park shall be construed to create buffer zones
outside of the park. That an activity or use can be seen or heard from within
the park shall not preclude the conduct of that activity or use outside the
park.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Waco
Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2012</header>
<section id="HC7CA8293646547119C835840875DB284" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Waco Mammoth National Monument
Establishment Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H09C68AEFBB5E4CBF996EA197F38757B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H3753FE2E0FCA4DA3A7B6749AF8EE5441"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Waco Mammoth Site area is located near
the confluence of the Brazos River and the Bosque River in central Texas, near
the city of Waco;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD28564AED55C430BB4EF6BBD8008D76F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after the discovery of bones emerging from
eroding creek banks leading to the uncovering of portions of 5 mammoths, Baylor
University began investigating the site in 1978;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE161394CB5C4637B6B5C090C26B06DC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">several additional mammoth remains have
been uncovered making the site the largest known concentration of mammoths
dying from the same event;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDFD123939FC4E29923F33C3B8D33D01"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the mammoth discoveries have received
international attention; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6DD6FE7DF8E241569A5357CA312EB0AF"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Baylor University and the city of Waco,
Texas, have been working together—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A1E0F361C9F4924A2E4A65DAF915DAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to protect the site; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6093C888EF3D4533AD77085BA733E1FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop further research and educational
opportunities at the site.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H66AE5D1D01044899813DF45E8A47868E"><enum>503.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H0BD3F6B89B8D40579E47E8C007B29A25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>City</header><text>The
term <quote>City</quote> means the city of Waco, Texas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B91E7A0A4E440639123CAEA7B863C29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Management
plan</header><text>The term <quote>management plan</quote> means the management
plan for the Monument prepared under section 505(c)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFE0512E48774F30B19FBAC05FDE398C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>map</quote> means the map
entitled <quote>Proposed Boundary Waco-Mammoth National Monument</quote>,
numbered T21/80,000, and dated April 2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H520DCCD7410C44419F4D8EDBE6632F92"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Monument</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Monument</quote> means the
Waco Mammoth National Monument established by section 504(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB1DDE760B0B44D5B8BFA85A58D4C7C0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the
Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4DE3AD9676C4ED3B2DA49901ECB2895"><enum>(6)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <quote>State</quote> means the State of Texas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31BBE75A5CE74C2FA7A85997FD369516"><enum>(7)</enum><header>University</header><text>The
term <quote>University</quote> means Baylor University in the State.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2EA3499F240348AC87E1CB5B7CA7C39C"><enum>504.</enum><header>Waco Mammoth
National Monument, Texas</header>
<subsection id="H7FE63AF568364482A3F0E4EB586BE55F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the State, as a
unit of the National Park System, the Waco Mammoth National Monument, as
generally depicted on the map.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE6117E017F364D4D834ED7A8508C37DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The map shall be on file
and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National
Park Service.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H99E21DDEA58F4F1495FA5E3D88E51288"><enum>505.</enum><header>Administration
of monument</header>
<subsection id="HFD8C51CB72FE4A33B112C1CB4BA15E19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
administer the Monument in accordance with—</text>
<paragraph id="H08FA160212AB472DA9B513ADEBFE2E36"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">this title; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44226D8E311842E5A743DA99CAC90B37"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any cooperative agreements entered into
under subsection (b)(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H849914D8FC7049E6B79DA747D72CEBEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorities of
Secretary</header>
<paragraph id="HD792D77C75C4472DB2021087A3C72B3B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cooperative
Agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
enter into cooperative management agreements with the University and the City,
in accordance with section 3(l) of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/383">Public Law
91–383</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1a">16 U.S.C. 1a–2(l)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H998F458C364C465DBD4803295DD7598C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Acquisition of
land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
acquire by donation only from the City any land or interest in land owned by
the City within the proposed boundary of the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB1C6CED137B34F96BA9B1030A42FB8BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>General
Management plan</header>
<paragraph id="H35D065C34A7646E89A55B5C852BFA16F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation
with the University and the City, shall complete a general management plan for
the Monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0C8A72082D240079B79958933725F99"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The management plan shall include, at a
minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H10E0E374E42A4B64BB240AB3AD630F6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">measures for the preservation of the
resources of the Monument;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE37D20C07E824F39A5B3EFB96C24ACEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requirements for the type and extent of
development and use of the Monument;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC8FA683E1274712B123B88994DC1A14"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identification of the capacity of the
Monument for accommodating visitors; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H053362B3D2D249F6A7181DE4453FA17A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">opportunities for involvement by the
University, City, State, and other local and national entities in—</text>
<clause id="H4C67C4487E9042CF9F22A15044EEB4B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing educational programs for the
Monument; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCCA98F826FED48CC8DADDBB36B59BEFE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing and supporting the
Monument.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H98E35C6BE5E943EEA779E13325EEE6C1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition of
use of Federal funds</header><text>No Federal funds may be used to pay the
costs of—</text>
<paragraph id="H601061CA37364D95AEED78CA93093D35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>carrying out a
cooperative agreement under subsection (b)(1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H142210A393C241EC898F4BA5FACC990E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>acquiring land for
inclusion in the Monument under subsection (b)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76E756E7475F44CDBE490AF5E635D596"><enum>(3)</enum><text>developing a
visitor center for the Monument;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE6E36CE27A848308A7C76EC478673F1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>operating or
maintaining the Monument;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2606580FA0534C13BC956AE92DEE4AEA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>constructing
exhibits for the Monument; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5888120F0E604D078CFB1E9D1CA239FB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>developing the
general management plan under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFBFF701D9D964D6193188F0AEA8DE84B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of
non-Federal funds</header><text>Non-Federal funds may be used to pay any costs
that may be incurred by the Secretary or the National Park Service in carrying
out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H180D8D257D4C4D7A844CEB3513AC0E06"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effect on
eligibility for financial assistance</header><text>Nothing in this title
affects the eligibility of the Monument for Federal grants or other forms of
financial assistance that the Monument would have been eligible to apply for
had National Park System status not been conferred to the Monument under this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H40A31840505A43BFA8DD784DF52B2912"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination of
national park system status</header>
<paragraph id="H94269433EFF244E2A6EE44EB20AFB896"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Designation of the Monument as a unit of the National
Park System shall terminate if the Secretary determines that Federal funds are
required to operate and maintain the Monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DE858CB0D8B424992CA50DB97F2419A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If
the designation of the Monument as a unit of the National Park System is
terminated under paragraph (1), any land acquired by the Secretary from the
City under subsection (b)(2) shall revert to the City.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H350F8A0FA8A249878C8C8912FBF23829"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Private property
protection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No private
property may be made part of the Monument without the written consent of the
owner of that private property.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H241E98E061EB431FA76327A2AC98C915"><enum>506.</enum><header>No buffer
zones</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title,
the establishment of national monument, or the management plan shall be
construed create buffer zones outside of the national monument. That an
activity or use can be seen or heard from within the Monument shall not
preclude the conduct of that activity or use outside the Monument.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>North Cascades
National Park Access</header>
<section id="H49960A8518D54664BA0E330507436B92" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HD6C19DEB25334812B033092AD9381CF3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In 1988, 93 percent of the North Cascades
National Park Complex was designated the Stephen Mather Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FC79161DD7A4CA29661DEA0A005011B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A
road corridor was deliberately excluded from the wilderness designation to
provide for the continued use and maintenance of the upper Stehekin Valley
Road.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68715A8C80DA42BE88E65AFCA8B22A41"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The upper Stehekin
Valley Road provides access to Stephen Mather Wilderness trailheads and North
Cascades National Park from the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B858AC1E41940AE98B9DEF29A2E9EC0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Record flooding in
1995 and again in 2003 caused severe damage to the upper Stehekin Valley Road
and led to the closure of a 9.9-mile section of the road between Car Wash Falls
and Cottonwood Camp.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAAC079300FE14FCB97619939BC886735"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The National Park
Service currently does not have the flexibility to rebuild the upper Stehekin
Valley Road away from the Stehekin River due to the current location of the
non-wilderness road corridor provided by Congress in 1988.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC61DB5890E6544139D6D17701F32835A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>It is a high
priority that the people of the United States, including families, the
disabled, and the elderly, have reasonable access to the National Parks system
and their public lands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BBF9D22413049959E7A615F6FD796B0"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The 1995 Lake
Chelan National Recreation Area General Management Plan calls for retaining
vehicle access to Cottonwood Camp.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05163C87E9A14673802F0DC444F440DB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Tourism associated
with the North Cascades National Park Complex is an important part of the
economy for rural communities in the area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3224461867F40F39737E036EBCEA550"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Additional
management flexibility would allow the National Park Service to consider
retention of the upper Stehekin Valley Road in a manner that provides for no
net loss of wilderness.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4035A55188E247A5B25B9DC1A8C076B4"><enum>602.</enum><header>Authorization
for boundary adjustments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/668">Public Law 100–668</external-xref>) is amended by
inserting after section 206 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15F225C869D047379176283243EEA277" style="OLC">
<section id="H1BC33F6673CE4589BFFA1B1BD162963F"><enum>207.</enum><header>Boundary
adjustments for road</header>
<subsection id="H07565A5792DA496DA3107237F6C6921C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
adjust the boundaries of the North Cascades National Park and the Stephen
Mather Wilderness in order to provide a corridor of not more than 100 feet in
width along which the Stehekin Valley Road may be rebuilt—</text>
<paragraph id="H4993D4F2E4DB4E42824EDCED1123A5B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>outside of the
floodplain between milepost 12.9 and milepost 22.8;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H424482D416714FC2857A3EA80FD6728F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">within one mile of the route, on the date
of the enactment of this section, of the Stehekin Valley Road;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA86B5DB2BE3341FBAA453E6596DC65DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">within the boundaries of the North Cascades
National Park; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE994D94E07A544F88A16ACB678A8AFBB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>outside of the
boundaries of the Stephen Mather Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE8A41C98AA07436AB46D16B011470182"><enum>(b)</enum><header>No net loss of
lands</header>
<paragraph id="HB41A5FEFF50B414C81353E3A6F0F3A7C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The boundary adjustments made under this section shall be
such that equal amounts of federally owned acreage are exchanged between the
Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park, resulting in no
net loss of acreage to either the Stephen Mather Wilderness or the North
Cascades National Park.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H594935E08C56443383C27E6051113CAC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Stehekin valley
road lands</header><text>The newly designated wilderness shall include the
lands along the route of the Stehekin Valley Road that are replaced by the
reconstruction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFF4B778ECCA48B6BCD33D7DD9FF8011"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Equalization of
land</header><text>If the lands described in paragraph (2) contain fewer acres
than the corridor described in subsection (a), the Secretary may designate
additional Federal lands in the North Cascades National Park as wilderness, but
such designation may not exceed the amount needed to equalize the exchange and
these additional lands must be selected from lands that qualify as wilderness
under section 2(c) of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131(c)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD3DBCC2ED3164BE7A1586ABECC1E638B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No sale or
acquisition authorized</header><text>Nothing in this title authorizes the sale
or acquisition of any land or interest in land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8BD024FE23C144CEBB1F4AD10E6DE3EF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>No priority
required</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be construed as requiring
the Secretary to give this project precedence over the construction or repair
of other similarly damaged roads in units of the National Park
System.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>VII</enum><header>Endangered
Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDDBAFC7215946F5A5FA926E96ECA328" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Endangered Salmon and Fisheries
Predation Prevention Act</short-title></quote> .</text>
</section><section id="H081B1FE0141044FCB4A2FF276C0EAF44"><enum>702.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H9AB0FD29276843EC87A880C0EC0B1B25"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are 13 groups of salmon and steelhead
that are listed as threatened species or endangered species under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 that migrate through the lower Columbia
River.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D32FD29BE8C4B50B1536B60F5FC959A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The people of the
Northwest United States are united in their desire to restore healthy salmon
and steelhead runs, as they are integral to the region’s culture and
economy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95B45E68C95244258EA833D219B03F24"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Columbia River treaty tribes retain
important rights with respect to salmon and steelhead.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5EB6446FBCD4B5A853CCABAA7E54E1C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Federal, State,
and tribal governments have spent billions of dollars to assist the recovery of
Columbia River salmon and steelhead populations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC196552086FD486EB57CEECF91963919"><enum>(5)</enum><text>One of the factors
impacting salmonid populations is increased predation by marine mammals,
including California sea lions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69BAE1B7CB8640D4AABE0493E046C203"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The population of
California sea lions has increased 6-fold over the last 3 decades, and is
currently greater than 250,000 animals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4589E494951A474BA6DA49B7395A0A6B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In recent years,
more than 1,000 California sea lions have been foraging in the lower 145 miles
of the Columbia River up to Bonneville Dam during the peak spring salmonid run
before returning to the California coast to mate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28C3DC92D1D344A8AC83BF3551AB7175"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The percentage of
the spring salmonid run that has been eaten or killed by California sea lions
at Bonneville Dam has increased 7-fold since 2002.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8D89D833AB24CC3B31870DC5F5B0CB2"><enum>(9)</enum><text>In recent years,
California sea lions have with greater frequency congregated near Bonneville
Dam and have entered the fish ladders.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF889285EA6884D84A337A4C64A05CD81"><enum>(10)</enum><text>These California
sea lions have not been responsive to extensive hazing methods employed near
Bonneville Dam to discourage this behavior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7F8B35FE70E48C190C113E0E8F7D095"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The process established under the 1994
amendment to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to address aggressive sea
lion behavior is protracted and will not work in a timely enough manner to
protect threatened and endangered salmonids in the near term.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21CD435C521547DA983DA81C4DF55949"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the interest of protecting Columbia
River threatened and endangered salmonids, a temporary expedited procedure is
urgently needed to allow removal of the minimum number of California sea lions
as is necessary to protect the passage of threatened and endangered salmonids
in the Columbia River and its tributaries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1341C202DD414475A1E914305042F3E9"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On December 21, 2010, the independent
Pinniped-Fishery Interaction Task Force recommended lethally removing more of
the California sea lions in 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F8C692DC92D48CCAEFBCDC2177EFD7D"><enum>(14)</enum><text>On August 18,
2011, the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho applied to the National
Marine Fisheries Service, under section 120(b)(1)(A) of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1389">16 U.S.C. 1389(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>), for the
lethal removal of sea lions that the States determined are having a
<quote>significant negative impact</quote> on the recovery of Columbia River
and Snake River salmon and steelhead.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6714953362649318A59A756C78E63FA"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On September 12, 2011, the National Marine
Fisheries Service announced it was accepting the States’ application for lethal
removal of sea lions and that it would reconvene the Pinniped-Fishery
Interaction Task Force to consider the States’ application. This title will
ensure the necessary authority for permits under the Marine Mammal Protection
Act of 1972 to be issued in a timely fashion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAA52CD019334682B7CC67FA217AB17F"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During a June 14, 2011, hearing, the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives received
testimony from State and tribal witnesses expressing concern that significant
pinniped predation of important Northwest fish resources other than salmonids
is severely impacting fish stocks determined by both Federal and State fishery
management agencies to be at low levels of abundance, and that this cannot be
addressed by section 120 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1389">16 U.S.C.
1389</external-xref>), which as in effect before the enactment of this Act
restricted control of predatory pinnipeds’ impact only with respect to
endangered salmonids.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA1E739633F5A4A0B94B6DC620E479DB1"><enum>703.</enum><header>Taking of sea
lions on the Columbia River and its tributaries to protect endangered and
threatened species of salmon and other nonlisted fish species</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 120 of the Marine Mammal Protection
Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1389">16
U.S.C. 1389</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (f) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD8D69BFED09F4FD48CBE3C2510F2DBD9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H82457B34FC54438B9FAC82142FF8B3EF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Temporary marine
mammal removal authority on the waters of the Columbia River or its
tributaries</header>
<paragraph id="H4BED1BFAFF904F8CA8508DCDAA9D11F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Removal
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, the Secretary may issue a permit to an eligible
entity authorizing the intentional lethal taking on the waters of the Columbia
River and its tributaries of sea lions that are part of a healthy population
that is not listed as an endangered species or threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>), to protect
endangered and threatened species of salmon and other nonlisted fish
species.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E187FA2947D42148CCE0CFEFEF9E52D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permit
process</header>
<subparagraph id="HCD3605F74CEF4BFE9F717B916DE5B2DC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An eligible entity may apply to the Secretary for a
permit under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DAACCB671A545A1BB906F1EB4371BC8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deadline for
consideration of application</header><text>The Secretary shall approve or deny
an application for a permit under this subsection by not later than 30 days
after receiving the application.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H11A0E40D1E3C4E79ABB2D73D3B60F5AB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Duration of
permit</header><text>A permit under this subsection shall be effective for no
more than one year after the date it is issued, but may be renewed by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBB23B72E98EC4A7EBD86171378F417C0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<subparagraph id="HDB094D9996EC4DED930AEF36914E61D0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Limitation on
permit authority</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), a permit issued
under this subsection shall not authorize the lethal taking of more than 10 sea
lions during the duration of the permit.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6598033029C5462F862A7BC231CC4B27"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation on
annual takings</header><text>The cumulative number of sea lions authorized to
be taken each year under all permits in effect under this subsection shall not
exceed one percent of the annual potential biological removal level.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBB4DD60D14C8496B930B80FD8B9B122F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Delegation of
permit authority</header><text>Any eligible entity may delegate to any other
eligible entity the authority to administer its permit authority under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H581A68E81181451D8E77305C3DDDB2BA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>NEPA</header><text>Section
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C)</external-xref>) shall not apply with respect to this subsection and
the issuance of any permit under this subsection during the 5-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCFC4AE249C4410DB9F21CE0C89A45E1"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Suspension of
permitting authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, 5
years after enactment, the Secretary, after consulting with State and tribal
fishery managers, determines that lethal removal authority is no longer
necessary to protect salmonid and other fish species from sea lion predation,
may suspend the issuance of permits under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65D1C4354D34426E811B149CDE81ED14"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Eligible entity
defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible entity</term>
means each of the State of Washington, the State of Oregon, the State of Idaho,
the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon,
the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, and the Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish
Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HD4FA356D71064F049C78EE361D1B5F7D"><enum>704.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
the Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H2619B5B17B3F4D05BFEF2671D4C19609"><enum>(1)</enum><text>preventing
predation by sea lions, recovery of listed salmonid stocks, and preventing
future listings of fish stocks in the Columbia River is a vital
priority;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H026FC3086B114C29BC2704E65B92953A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>permit holders
exercising lethal removal authority pursuant to the amendment made by this
title should be trained in wildlife management; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BCE8A9747EF4EFBBB5A7B561834B15E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Federal
Government should continue to fund lethal and nonlethal removal measures for
preventing such predation.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE2DE60BD51AC4DEA88ECD0219919AFD5"><enum>705.</enum><header>Treaty rights
of federally recognized Indian tribes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title or the amendment made
by this title shall be construed to affect or modify any treaty or other right
of any federally recognized Indian tribe.</text>
</section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Reauthorization
of Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act</header>
<section id="H1EE1295FE92344E7B65F3D079C206A10" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header>Reauthorization of
Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act</header>
<subsection id="HAE4D8ADDE4FE4B739FE3547ACB713016"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (g) of the Herger-Feinstein
Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act (title IV of the Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in section
101(e) of division A of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law
105–277</external-xref>;
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2104">16 U.S.C.
2104</external-xref> note) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1EDE4EA52D2470BACE2417BC7A5B80D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H12A14448760B4BD8A79EBCD9589676A2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Term of pilot
project</header>
<paragraph id="H05C1005DDEEC42928AFA616DED5F7466"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
conduct the pilot project until the earlier of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF5649800BDF9412792DECA3056146530"><enum>(A)</enum><text>September 30,
2019.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55D02BB7DD974195A8B1A95D0F018D1F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The date on which
the Secretary completes amendment or revision of the land and resource
management plans for the National Forest System lands included in the pilot
project area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB2415B7668094B688957213109F4E876"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Forest plan
amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When the Regional
Forester for Region 5 initiates the process to amend or revise the land and
resource management plans for the pilot project area, the process shall include
preparation of at least one alternative that incorporates the pilot project and
area designations under subsection (b), the resource management activities
described in subsection (d), and other aspects of the Quincy Library Group
Community Stability
Proposal.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA099801D51934EB8A3BB26A8B9D33712"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expansion of
pilot project area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection
(b) of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA783BF8C8F54C9E8058B40E765FF80F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFFA05CB9C72341BEAFA2318431D5F9AD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expansion of
pilot project area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may expand the pilot project area to include all National Forest
System lands within California or Nevada that lie within the Sierra Nevada and
Cascade Province, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Humboldt-Toiyabe National
Forest, and Inyo National Forest. These lands may be managed using the same
strategy, guidelines and resource management activities outlined in this
section or developed to meet local forest and community needs and
conditions.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H21971444DEB647EBAA74F6202B502FE6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Roadless area
protection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c)(4)
of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>However, those areas
designated as <quote>Deferred</quote> on the map, but located in Tehama County,
south and west of Lassen Peak, are deemed to be designated as <quote>Available
for Group Selection</quote> and shall be managed accordingly under subsection
(d).</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8DE551FCDF6B46AB913DC96319E68A54"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Group selection
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A)
of subsection (d)(2) of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest
Recovery Act is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5862C78398254C4B832DCDCF6A480B54" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H64EBE22398304EF78F9D6DE17FD9AF44"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Group
selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After September 30,
2012, group selection on an average acreage of .57 percent of the pilot project
area land shall occur each year of the pilot
project.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD7824B58D71A46FEABE95CAF6467E3A3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Subsection
(f) of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act is amended
by striking paragraph (6) and redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph
(6).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Yerington Land
Conveyance and Sustainable Development Act</header>
<section id="H9F6602A766BE48619E7403B43285E8ED" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Yerington Land Conveyance and
Sustainable Development Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD1F869F7AC3B4EAABEE00268ECC4B85C"><enum>902.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="HB8D24DE4D23D4CAE84F5E18AF84EB4B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the city of
Yerington, Nevada, which has an unemployment rate of 16 percent, has the
highest unemployment rate in the State of Nevada;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FD008D8854746C7BDB19E0EA0DC288D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for over 4 years,
the city of Yerington and Lyon County, Nevada, have been working with private
business partners to develop a sustainable development plan that would enable
all parties to benefit from the use of private land adjacent to the city of
Yerington for potential commercial and industrial development, mining
activities, recreation opportunities, and the expansion of community and
cultural events;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA58F975D2904AFF9233B66030232A72"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the sustainable
development plan referred to in paragraph (2) requires the conveyance of
certain Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the City
for consideration in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Federal
land;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D7E99DD9B2343D2845E3BE7AFFA75D2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Federal land
to be conveyed to the City under the sustainable development plan has very few
environmental, historical, wildlife, or cultural resources of value to the
public, but is appropriate for responsible development;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9617DD99A4F4A15888F276567F57834"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Federal land
that would be conveyed to the City under the sustainable development
plan—</text>
<subparagraph id="H72A3AAD4F9DF4853BCF03A1BF511E5D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is adjacent to the
boundaries of the City; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC99AF97D540241B8B76B1B98D3035492"><enum>(B)</enum><text>would be
used—</text>
<clause id="H1375DAA07E5B4A848B80A0393B399D3B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
enhance recreational, cultural, commercial, and industrial development
opportunities in the City;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8D7D017A6D374470AE5919AD28F9E01B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for
future economic development, regional use, and as an open space buffer to the
City; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H96F8E3F608C84814BB38C6D03E81956A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to
allow the City to provide critical infrastructure services;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H99C074B3C7A742F8A7BEFAC294D518BC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>commercial and
industrial development of the Federal land would enable the community to
benefit from the transportation, power, and water infrastructure that would be
put in place with the concurrent development of commercial and industrial
operations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA678DD7F71B4A53BC6068023355DA16"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the conveyance of
the Federal land would—</text>
<subparagraph id="H53F8092E01354C92ABEF3C02070FAB65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>help the City and
County to grow; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C5C226BDF7645FCA5835173A1485EE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide additional
tax revenue to the City and County;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H203791FF6EF44D64A0ACB170E3283013"><enum>(8)</enum><text>industrial and
commercial development of the Federal land would create thousands of long-term,
high-paying jobs for the City and County; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7F6668BC59A47748B11A87C56A70562"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the Lyon County
Commission and the City unanimously approved resolutions in support of the
conveyance of the Federal land because the conveyance would facilitate a
sustainable model for long-term economic and industrial development.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HBFC1A74787D1451D9B160D2781DABE75"><enum>903.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HAB564FD8CD1A4CB4A351AC2BE2A86A7D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>City</header><text>The
term <term>City</term> means the city of Yerington, Nevada.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE78264C6606648BB9DB8BC99FAF8F0B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal
land</header><text>The term <term>Federal land</term> means the land located in
Lyon County and Mineral County, Nevada, that is identified on the map as
<quote>City of Yerington Sustainable Development Conveyance
Lands</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E374B2A805A437F96640BDA32353925"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>map</term> means the map
entitled <quote>Yerington Land Conveyance and Sustainable Development
Act</quote> and dated May 31, 2012.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H862D2D7EA9C54FF0868462F221E96C4F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H75A632FFC5304EAD968E97B477C43434"><enum>904.</enum><header>Conveyances of
land to City of Yerington, Nevada</header>
<subsection id="H572606B2FDF1468AA2C12E8B24D7DB60"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this title, subject to valid existing
rights, and notwithstanding the land use planning requirements of sections 202
and 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>,
1713), the Secretary shall convey to the City, subject to the City’s agreement
and in exchange for consideration in an amount equal to the fair market value
of the Federal land, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and
to the Federal land identified on the map.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H69EB9B58096E441CBAAEF04B35C53109"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appraisal To
determine of fair market value</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the
fair market value of the Federal land to be conveyed—</text>
<paragraph id="HB518CD2D7CAA41F7AA1472954CD7E2D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in accordance with
the <act-name parsable-cite="FLPMA">Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6484657063B44B1381A43EEF1A9E4242"><enum>(2)</enum><text>based on an
appraisal that is conducted in accordance with nationally recognized appraisal
standards, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B8BDC3B9F83458CABDD3B67594F3070"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Uniform
Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H473A7B675C544E9B8D585BB192979D94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Uniform
Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H18BD4A7D755A4E3089393A74B093EAE6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of
map</header><text>The map shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA3A68A462D8140E78CA8602B47D227FF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>Beginning on the date on which the Federal land is conveyed
to the City, the development of and conduct of activities on the Federal land
shall be subject to all applicable Federal laws (including regulations).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8B8AFC1CD723414BA78BBBFC537E84BC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administrative
costs</header><text>The City shall be responsible for all survey, appraisal,
and other administrative costs associated with the conveyance of the Federal
land to the City under this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FC0CBEDF5E748D39BE67F0301FAA526" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>905.</enum><header>Release of the
United States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Upon making the
conveyance under section 904, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
United States is released from any and all liabilities or claims of any kind or
nature arising from the presence, release, or threat of release of any
hazardous substance, pollutant, contaminant, petroleum product (or derivative
of a petroleum product of any kind), solid waste, mine materials or mining
related features (including tailings, overburden, waste rock, mill remnants,
pits, or other hazards resulting from the presence of mining related features)
on the Federal Land in existence on or before the date of the
conveyance.</text>
</section><enum>X</enum><header>Preserving Access
to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act</header>
<section id="H7DA167448C69429696D2201574BA4BFF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational
Area Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H0CC3A04AEE6F4D7894BA2907930134CF"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Reinstatement
of Interim Management Strategy</header>
<subsection id="HA75C4ED9705E42048068C7F0E116D608"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the date of the enactment of this
title, Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area shall be managed in
accordance with the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy/Environmental
Assessment issued by the National Park Service on June 13, 2007, for the Cape
Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, North Carolina, unless the
Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this title referred to as the
<quote>Secretary</quote>) issues a new final rule that meets the requirements
set forth in section 1003.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF727C0098A5468BB244E79DCA7B3644"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not impose any
additional restrictions on pedestrian or motorized vehicular access to any
portion of Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area for species
protection beyond those in the Interim Management Strategy, other than as
specifically authorized pursuant to section 1003 of this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H704E47F262ED419196A131EE4A068A4A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Additional
restrictions on access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area for
species protection</header>
<subsection id="H5E6B4719028E40DF9E8E4555931B771D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, based on
peer-reviewed science and after public comment, the Secretary determines that
additional restrictions on access to a portion of the Cape Hatteras National
Seashore Recreational Area are necessary to protect species listed as
endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.</external-xref>), the Secretary may only restrict, by limitation, closure,
buffer, or otherwise, pedestrian and motorized vehicular access for
recreational activities for the shortest possible time and on the smallest
possible portions of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational
Area.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H58F1EC56DA1148CAB7DEC52FFBDCDE10"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restrictions
imposed under this section for protection of species listed as endangered under
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>) shall not
be greater than the restrictions in effect for that species at any other
National Seashore.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7C51A23B0B43460C9B09B6B4B2B28C27"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Corridors around
closures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum
extent possible, the Secretary shall designate pedestrian and vehicular
corridors of minimal distance on the beach or interdunal area around closures
implemented under this section to allow access to areas not closed.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HA03C5315768F41348868E1D66B7DB85B"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Inapplicability
of final rule and consent degree</header>
<subsection id="H1B186EC6696F458DABDC3F95292679F7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Final
rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The final rule titled
<quote>Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System, Cape Hatteras
National Seashore—Off-Road Vehicle Management</quote> (77 Fed. Reg. 3123–3144)
shall have no force or effect after the date of the enactment of this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9BFAB63C51BB46CD9971B0F037A04880"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consent
decree</header><text>The April 30, 2008, consent decree filed in the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina regarding
off-road vehicle use at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina shall
not apply after the date of the enactment of this title.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>XI</enum><header>Grazing
Improvement Act of 2012</header>
<section id="H91680FCCC3F643DBA634329D447B7C87" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Grazing Improvement Act of
2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81DB90E9223C45128527F54698960DFC"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Terms of
grazing permits and leases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1752">43 U.S.C. 1752</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFC60795ADB1E4F5C932D9208E108413F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>ten years</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>20
years</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EEB6B4E102E45A39B710A5B022AB94C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9DBAB6739EE64A90845A6F619F144870"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end of each of paragraphs (1) and (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0579513BBDBE453CA3F7FC51E15AD2B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B9AC37D342D4CA29DD7CC42DB9080D9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9428B8869D58491DA2076EA733065719" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBCCFD2A6FED84E03A78E67A7FAB7D99F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the initial environmental analysis under
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) regarding a
grazing allotment, permit, or lease has not been
completed.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HD35C72D7B33B4521BB63FB3681DE1897"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Renewal,
transfer, and reissuance of grazing permits and leases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IV of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1751">43 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD210F893124F4C10B30A2CA20AFFF51D" style="OLC">
<section id="HC6447EB65F3B48F39BE8C9A6155C98BD"><enum>405.</enum><header>Renewal,
transfer, and reissuance of grazing permits and leases</header>
<subsection id="H4EBD5FCF06F7415CA1EA0B605F73E3F5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H8A66F50473154D9AB46434A753CEC973"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Current grazing
management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>current grazing management</quote> means grazing in accordance with the
terms and conditions of an existing permit or lease and includes any
modifications that are consistent with an applicable Department of Interior
resource management plan or Department of Agriculture land use plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE3B7A7369FB4EBA970F61CC111BB684"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary
concerned</header><text>The term <term>Secretary concerned</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0D155E4E103B45248CDBDC230C48FB8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89CE32D7EDF24390890A87A99D1CCA8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of
the Interior, with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Department of
the Interior.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H021B99CBCD424385867567ACABC7A24D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Renewal,
Transfer, reissuance, and pending processing</header><text>A grazing permit or
lease issued by the Secretary of the Interior, or a grazing permit issued by
the Secretary of Agriculture regarding National Forest System land, that
expires, is transferred, or is waived shall be renewed or reissued under, as
appropriate—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D29BEB4943B483487949F8B3756F6D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section
402;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H327FB9413E904FDAA01549F2FB6DB905"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 19 of the
Act of April 24, 1950 (commonly known as the <quote><act-name>Granger-Thye
Act</act-name></quote>;
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/580l">16 U.S.C.
580l</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DA663E884F14DE7BF09875EFEA7E4FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>title III of the
Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1010">7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF6ABC398E1D47348780881A78405C7D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>section 510 the
California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/410aaa-50">16 U.S.C. 410aaa–50</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEE41FAE40B2241B4A79CB9D1A151E5C7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms;
conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms and
conditions (except the termination date) contained in an expired, transferred,
or waived permit or lease described in subsection (b) shall continue in effect
under a renewed or reissued permit or lease until the date on which the
Secretary concerned completes the processing of the renewed or reissued permit
or lease that is the subject of the expired, transferred, or waived permit or
lease, in compliance with each applicable law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H698F638E96C548F588E7259A708736EB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cancellation;
suspension; modification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (c), a permit or
lease described in subsection (b) may be cancelled, suspended, or modified in
accordance with applicable law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7EF3D51C6EBF4296B3C969D5C291EED8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Renewal transfer
reissuance after processing</header><text>When the Secretary concerned has
completed the processing of the renewed or reissued permit or lease that is the
subject of the expired, transferred, or waived permit or lease, the Secretary
concerned may renew or reissue the permit or lease for a term of 20 years after
completion of processing.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4DACFDC600E049E3BA29A1DDA0899C8E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Compliance with
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The renewal, reissuance, or transfer of a
grazing permit or lease by the Secretary concerned may, at their sole
discretion, be categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement if—</text>
<paragraph id="H05B06FBBC2594FAEBA51936C65701853"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the decision to renew, reissue, or transfer
continues the current grazing management of the allotment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF8927EC5E654DC4B33BF423304F180D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>monitoring of the
allotment has indicated that the current grazing management has met, or has
satisfactorily progressed towards meeting, objectives contained in the land use
and resource management plan of the allotment, as determined by the Secretary
concerned; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09548A0B37EF41CD93EA90F3D97B3171"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the decision is consistent with the policy
of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture, as
appropriate, regarding extraordinary circumstances.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H143EF29933F34254A506C24F97A04D7F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Priority and
timing for completing environmental analyses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary concerned, in the sole
discretion of the Secretary concerned, shall determine the priority and timing
for completing each required environmental analysis regarding any grazing
allotment, permit, or lease based on the environmental significance of the
allotment, permit, or lease and available funding for that purpose.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA251C95609ED47159496B2F20CC4A5CD"><enum>(h)</enum><header>NEPA
exemptions</header><text>The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.</external-xref>) shall not apply to the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HCED1F5EC838A42FD81B91CF54F856737"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Crossing and
trailing authorizations of domestic livestock.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F05BF5C112547D8B280756E57F04677"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Transfer of
grazing
preference.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>XII</enum><header>Target Practice
and Marksmanship Training Support Act</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9ECA7FABA16438CA5AC740A97759A90" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Target Practice and Marksmanship
Training Support Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6289792DB2343CCB77D5739045720FF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings; purpose</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F2CD1D4D3C34A32A400DF74729D099E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA4B129088454BE3B79CC61CD84792FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of firearms and archery equipment
for target practice and marksmanship training activities on Federal land is
allowed, except to the extent specific portions of that land have been closed
to those activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AB8311340B547CA9B70367949EF8831"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in recent years preceding the date of
enactment of this title, portions of Federal land have been closed to target
practice and marksmanship training for many reasons;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6331054E80A4999AF45841786EA96CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the availability of public target ranges on
non-Federal land has been declining for a variety of reasons, including
continued population growth and development near former ranges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12B5D31BCAAD48E381CF98781273BB22"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing opportunities for target practice
and marksmanship training at public target ranges on Federal and non-Federal
land can help—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9641AEDFF4A43FC98087400704938E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote enjoyment of shooting,
recreational, and hunting activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6887C00860744AFEA19D48D1D497E835"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure safe and convenient locations for
those activities;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE04B5EFA59174294AB58BD54E12A344F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal law in effect on the date of
enactment of this title, including the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/669">16 U.S.C. 669 et
seq.</external-xref>), provides Federal support for construction and expansion
of public target ranges by making available to States amounts that may be used
for construction, operation, and maintenance of public target ranges;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H061D1F63DA45408C8CED79F36934D824"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">it is in the public interest to provide
increased Federal support to facilitate the construction or expansion of public
target ranges.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC56BA037C0364023A776F692F16DA2FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to facilitate
the construction and expansion of public target ranges, including ranges on
Federal land managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land
Management.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBF4295BC8904B1CA1377DB5482E13B7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of public target
range</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term
<term>public target range</term> means a specific location that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD58D7B69987244C4862839E6A421CF43"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is identified by a governmental agency for
recreational shooting;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDCAAE06DFCE4353AFF142268992C4C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is open to the public;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDF37F0A2BB34207ADF5EE9C8ECD5538"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be supervised; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA4CF60CAD17467EA296966B87275226"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol,
or shotgun shooting.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F365BFACD32419AA63BA3D6F8B92146" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to Pittman-Robertson Wildlife
Restoration Act</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC716FF666D94651B3D08912E004970D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife
Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/669a">16
U.S.C. 669a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85DDADF622A64CDF86DB28D9F91AFB4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8)
as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A40588B88D448EE8242E202BBD0F7BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H045911A4ECD148239011BDB496BAB77E" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C264C07B2324CEDBCE18CACA5666BE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>public target range</term>
means a specific location that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H915EBE9A2A3D47A3A096E792C51BCCE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is identified by a governmental agency for
recreational shooting;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D33C5210BD149299DB96E89AF345FD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is open to the public;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D294C6314C440E499A448B9C315161D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be supervised; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED38CBB4C90B409C8B2776485277CF7B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol,
or shotgun
shooting;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H633EF11433084ED0950BECD66B3646BB"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expenditures for management of wildlife
areas and resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
8(b) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/669g">16 U.S.C. 669g(b)</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55F2C7EF8E7F41EFB44C666EE40F61D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(b) Each State</quote>
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB93C5DF93218408CA91169FE91EFD657" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC0FDBA1192040F4B7836A8ECF4BD42E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expenditures for management of wildlife
areas and resources</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37E8A3BF59C14A94A784F99DA0E6889B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), each
State</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED39D12102B143EE9B65A36B567A0164"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by
striking <quote>construction, operation,</quote> and inserting
<quote>operation</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37F2A5FE957C4ACDB668CE96EB301AF5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking
<quote>The non-Federal share</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B16D5C501384D119D1510303A9A9EEA" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCFB62092EE04B6BACDE9A96641919BA"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Non-Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal
share</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC648D432191C4DAAB8882644CC5C7278"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the third sentence, by striking
<quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D3381DF0F6A457489897F8A7664D82F" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC401AA57D4084034B4946E0E69C92B77"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D8F6E4CE610464C9BBD89F102C29AC3"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (1) (as
designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE78A489DD638488E8B95009C969CD16D" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67830D2E6E8041749A540364E84AAD45"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the limitation described in
paragraph (1), a State may pay up to 90 percent of the funds apportioned to it
under section 669c(c) of this title to acquire land for, expand, or construct a
public target
range.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1E5C9630E7E48209AD5332DE5D63524"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Firearm and bow hunter education and safety
program grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10 of
the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/669h-1">16 U.S.C. 669h–1</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A104CFD294C414B9C3172FDDDFB492C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77719C3C47E342828952CB2A09CEC08B" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F150EE020A347E78A3F0A608F30037E"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation of additional
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount
apportioned to a State for any fiscal year under section 4(b), the State may
elect to allocate not more than 10 percent, to be combined with the amount
apportioned to the State under paragraph (1) for that fiscal year, for
acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target
range.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F27BE8DB8D74B428640A13819E89CD8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62A166F2D55D44D2AF609C0D7EFECD0F" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2A65895DAA64943901A5D15D11A7D54"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost sharing</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBF26E5CED7E4571976904201400CAA2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out using a grant under this
section shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the activity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9666A4CBC189446390286AAEBB1D6F6D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public target range construction or
expansion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share
of the cost of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target
range in a State on Federal or non-Federal land pursuant to this section or
section 8(b) shall not exceed 90 percent of the cost of the
activity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H260EC2C83BF445379B3F836F3C489348"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB99C4B42303F48389AA570F6982C4FC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Amounts made</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC80C6EE0E59747CB9A35FE2651BF45B8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H488813BF3332444CA942D48F22F7F44B"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
amounts made</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05B49B55755947A387485C7D5993D7C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9DC594122D345B1A769259013FEA002" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE078C57362E45BCBA146A5275626256"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts provided for acquiring land for,
constructing, or expanding a public target range shall remain available for
expenditure and obligation during the 5-fiscal-year period beginning on October
1 of the first fiscal year for which the amounts are made
available.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82D3FD3B57754355B10AFC6A5C73981D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limits on liability</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9466D28107248478CC67E1F1F4776FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discretionary function</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28,
United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Federal Tort Claims
Act</quote>), any action by an agent or employee of the United States to manage
or allow the use of Federal land for purposes of target practice or
marksmanship training by a member of the public shall be considered to be the
exercise or performance of a discretionary function.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3FDA20E090540AE8E1AC2FA39B2B6C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil action or claims</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except to the extent provided in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28,
United States Code, the United States shall not be subject to any civil action
or claim for money damages for any injury to or loss of property, personal
injury, or death caused by an activity occurring at a public target range that
is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCF2EB29E99042739D4E5A6867955403"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">funded in whole or in part by the Federal
Government pursuant to the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/669">16 U.S.C. 669 et
seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0CBF80E10B734E89BC2B92211CB82BDF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">located on Federal land.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30C880F142B24B76A1D0044817B79101" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress regarding
cooperation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that, consistent with applicable laws and regulations, the Chief of
the Forest Service and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management should
cooperate with State and local authorities and other entities to carry out
waste removal and other activities on any Federal land used as a public target
range to encourage continued use of that land for target practice or
marksmanship training.</text>
</section><enum>XIII</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay
Accountability and Recovery Act of 2012</header>
<section id="HD7E21E5FB193474EBDBF8A8F5710E531" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Chesapeake Bay Accountability
and Recovery Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H6294AFC093134DE78EF60401B8612E38" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1302.</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay
Crosscut Budget</header>
<subsection id="HB45965ED739D4D1585BFB8D5FEE2B5F9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Crosscut
Budget</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director, in
consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, the chief executive of each
Chesapeake Bay State, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, shall submit to
Congress a financial report containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H8E55CF7C9C9040829B04E699E06A36A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an interagency
crosscut budget that displays—</text>
<subparagraph id="H990FDE4E527644209BB16305E8ABE65A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the proposed
funding for any Federal restoration activity to be carried out in the
succeeding fiscal year, including any planned interagency or intra-agency
transfer, for each of the Federal agencies that carry out restoration
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H188A4CA3C1C54FE1B0488BA7CF090820"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent that information is
available, the estimated funding for any State restoration activity to be
carried out in the succeeding fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0DB02A9C4024729BB09FE873D0807F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all expenditures for Federal restoration
activities from the preceding 2 fiscal years, the current fiscal year, and the
succeeding fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5566185678BB469BB54540D64BA0A0C3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all expenditures, to the extent that
information is available, for State restoration activities during the
equivalent time period described in
<internal-xref idref="HB0DB02A9C4024729BB09FE873D0807F5" legis-path="2.(a)(1)(C)">subparagraph (C)</internal-xref>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H163D3C90BAEA4B47A813791C544F0131"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
detailed accounting of all funds received and obligated by all Federal agencies
for restoration activities during the current and preceding fiscal years,
including the identification of funds which were transferred to a Chesapeake
Bay State for restoration activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H255BDC6D717E4DF39E985319EFA82762"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to the extent that
information is available, a detailed accounting from each State of all funds
received and obligated from a Federal agency for restoration activities during
the current and preceding fiscal years; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9D7087BD8FF4B559B1821FC47E339B0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a
description of each of the proposed Federal and State restoration activities to
be carried out in the succeeding fiscal year (corresponding to those activities
listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1)), including the—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E5740C3AAC44003B13BB7299114C63C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>project
description;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD14A30821FA4EB09061ADE8D6382E7F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>current status of
the project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6A830F5FF524E41B899EE0265B08CF2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal or State statutory or regulatory
authority, programs, or responsible agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAFFA1CA6DF5946339FC19C26A24E02D0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>authorization
level for appropriations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7ADAC48C619044EDBEEF4A40E571251C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>project timeline,
including benchmarks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2255E7EFFEF3463F9FEC42748CEB3C47"><enum>(F)</enum><text>references to
project documents;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7492ACD082E4482EB7BBE621242D43F7"><enum>(G)</enum><text>descriptions of
risks and uncertainties of project implementation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE1C89B51AD84E3EA45A68EAE734119B"><enum>(H)</enum><text>adaptive
management actions or framework;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50D1E39889684FA3928E3C757A270572"><enum>(I)</enum><text>coordinating
entities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69DD8DB2BD714444AA7D9BC9A6B06AF8"><enum>(J)</enum><text>funding
history;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A4466234EFA408299AEC2E0830D7482"><enum>(K)</enum><text>cost-sharing;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF33D5192525F46B6B76DC3ED0DE28BCD"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alignment with existing Chesapeake Bay
Agreement and Chesapeake Executive Council goals and priorities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7BC428C11538497F834EE4973179F37B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum funding
levels</header><text>The Director shall only describe restoration activities in
the report required under
<internal-xref idref="HB45965ED739D4D1585BFB8D5FEE2B5F9" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> that—</text>
<paragraph id="H48E48631FCC244CCBA69A48836EFBE5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for Federal
restoration activities, have funding amounts greater than or equal to $100,000;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D1BC713A71C4613AA89B65B34C0D9DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for State
restoration activities, have funding amounts greater than or equal to
$50,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA36D44D3A9B8491CA57ACC6435C9DCAA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall submit to Congress the
report required by
<internal-xref idref="HB45965ED739D4D1585BFB8D5FEE2B5F9" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> not later than 30 days after
the submission by the President of the President’s annual budget to
Congress.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H209943700B2B4161A74E7973015CBE5D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Copies
of the financial report required by
<internal-xref idref="HB45965ED739D4D1585BFB8D5FEE2B5F9" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> shall be submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations, Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committees on Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, and Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0C880CC64C6046659A8E4D11EE843B10"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>This section shall apply beginning with the first fiscal
year after the date of enactment of this title for which the President submits
a budget to Congress.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H554894DC346F43CFB320B12F4AD0E783"><enum>1303.</enum><header>Adaptive
Management Plan</header>
<subsection id="H23B5FDFBCB0049DA8771B8BDCA2C455A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator, in consultation
with other Federal and State agencies, shall develop an adaptive management
plan for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that
includes—</text>
<paragraph id="HFF983F570BAE40C29BBF8AE27659C03E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">definition of specific and measurable
objectives to improve water quality, habitat, and fisheries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECD126379F8142948E03CA7B593360EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a process for stakeholder
participation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DCA40BC53F64B58B92D2DFBA3C2F281"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and
other research and evaluation practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02BD867C80244E4DA5FA42822C65DE01"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a process for modification of restoration
activities that have not attained or will not attain the specific and
measurable objectives set forth under
<internal-xref idref="HFF983F570BAE40C29BBF8AE27659C03E" legis-path="3.(a)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DCA2A27454F463D87C0B291D9A9DD68"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a process for prioritizing restoration
activities and programs to which adaptive management shall be applied.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD0718EE59E2E41958FC8DCB13248AA25"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The
Administrator shall implement the adaptive management plan developed under
<internal-xref idref="H23B5FDFBCB0049DA8771B8BDCA2C455A" legis-path="3.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3307962BD8A04B66A5DDF4905727379C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The
Administrator shall update the adaptive management plan developed under
<internal-xref idref="H23B5FDFBCB0049DA8771B8BDCA2C455A" legis-path="3.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> every 2 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1836EAA4E8F1454DB16F08B11455FFDC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="H5D167488858D401C9FB855883D391074"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the end of a fiscal year,
the Administrator shall transmit to Congress an annual report on the
implementation of the adaptive management plan required under this section for
such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF773C0D1E444F06AE61D54BAE95093E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report required under paragraph (1) shall contain information about the
application of adaptive management to restoration activities and programs,
including programmatic and project level changes implemented through the
process of adaptive management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H251F2A1322794055B6D834B68546733B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall apply to the first fiscal year that
begins after the date of enactment of this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC7D4D6EEBD974BF48F95F39D82CC6F46"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Inclusion of
plan in Annual Action Plan and Annual Progress Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall ensure that the
Annual Action Plan and Annual Progress Report required by section 205 of
Executive Order No. 13508 includes the adaptive management plan outlined in
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBF1FBE9D3DC54838884ECF24E1FA6606"><enum>1304.</enum><header>Independent
Evaluator for the Chesapeake Bay Program</header>
<subsection id="H461795B12EEA4F418D6174796A62CA68"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be an
Independent Evaluator for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay
watershed, who shall review and report on restoration activities and the use of
adaptive management in restoration activities, including on such related topics
as are suggested by the Chesapeake Executive Council.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H924A0714E59247C2A005D8705966CC71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment</header>
<paragraph id="HF8BF84A1068F41B2B2F7FD0CD8AAF98A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Independent Evaluator shall be appointed by the
Administrator from among nominees submitted by the Chesapeake Executive
Council.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1CB028DC42CA445FBBF87C424246AA75"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nominations</header><text>The
Chesapeake Executive Council may submit to the Administrator 4 nominees for
appointment to any vacancy in the office of the Independent Evaluator.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H195E2D0B60F64E0B92A0881724D6A78E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The
Independent Evaluator shall submit a report to the Congress every 2 years in
the findings and recommendations of reviews under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3635131FE5D44948A7C07C2D717F49F6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Chesapeake
Executive Council</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>Chesapeake
Executive Council</quote> has the meaning given that term by section 307 of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/567">Public Law
102–567</external-xref>;
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1511d">15 U.S.C.
1511d</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA7D36173B5C14AD48C305750B515A319"><enum>1305.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HF0031FBB86C546CE8676C361C4A5BF86"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adaptive
Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>adaptive management</quote> means a type of natural resource management
in which project and program decisions are made as part of an ongoing
science-based process. Adaptive management involves testing, monitoring, and
evaluating applied strategies and incorporating new knowledge into programs and
restoration activities that are based on scientific findings and the needs of
society. Results are used to modify management policy, strategies, practices,
programs, and restoration activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1151C48F6C824FA6ADDF64624C912C51"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The
term <quote>Administrator</quote> means the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H56A7CD9B3BB5429E9301A96DC32F4DEE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay
State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>Chesapeake Bay State</quote> or <quote>State</quote> means the States of
Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, and New York, the Commonwealths of Virginia
and Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00DCA50D4A204677B71AC73EA0C3637F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay
Watershed</header><text>The term <quote>Chesapeake Bay watershed</quote> means
the Chesapeake Bay and the geographic area, as determined by the Secretary of
the Interior, consisting of 36 tributary basins, within the Chesapeake Bay
States, through which precipitation drains into the Chesapeake Bay.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83A06E50E0CF4111A1DECF6AE6933F47"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Chief
Executive</header><text>The term <quote>chief executive</quote> means, in the
case of a State or Commonwealth, the Governor of each such State or
Commonwealth and, in the case of the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the
District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DECEF014B124357A16978704B85FFE3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The
term <quote>Director</quote> means the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7736678DD55740E2972A5CBFB9D6DD8A"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Restoration
Activities</header><text>The term <quote>restoration activities</quote> means
any Federal or State programs or projects that directly or indirectly protect,
conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources, or water
quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including programs or projects that
promote responsible land use, stewardship, and community engagement in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed. Restoration activities may be categorized as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H609B96D6AD9D4C9A903DD703BC8A18C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Physical
restoration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3A3E1AD549047028E93ABA672760C41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Planning.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53BDC919AC554419A276EE81631E644B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Feasibility
studies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07E996ECD4FB4C208375D00038D81AE5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Scientific
research.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF13BFF784F6D4DCA98EC1242BF9B76A1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Monitoring.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC684747CBD34F8D8B28CD00A4C086E2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D2E1FED5B0D4B77BD7F982B737BF48E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Infrastructure
Development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>XIV</enum><header>National
Security and Federal Lands Protection Act</header>
<section id="H806E27BB2A114B42B48776A43BF1545B"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Waiver of
Federal laws with respect to border security actions on Department of the
Interior and Department of Agriculture lands</header>
<subsection id="H905241D5C21A4AA7AFCE468A81E6F77C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be
cited as the <quote>National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H15473F7BC53F44DC8B684F8E626A9532"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on
Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture</header><text>The Secretary of the
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture shall not impede, prohibit, or
restrict activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Federal land
located within 100 miles of an international land border, that is under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture
to prevent all unlawful entries into the United States, including entries by
terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and
other contraband through the international land borders of the United
States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6245999DC43749ACAD386BC0C682E72A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized
activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall
have access to Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture for purposes of conducting the
following activities on such land that assist in securing the international
land borders of the United States:</text>
<paragraph id="H7DED4F02F1BA44DB8BEC8712A41F3B26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Construction and
maintenance of roads.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FADC71841FF46A1AACD4FAF16F16259"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Construction and
maintenance of fences.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA82EA628581B4BC7B38A3F67276C6B60"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Use of vehicles to
patrol.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H301E70C600AE49A8BFA232E4D82B21C1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Installation,
maintenance, and operation of surveillance equipment and sensors.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D2E006E50DB49F99D441D74D105C329"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Use of
aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2839EFC10C614AFEBBC9DCFAB046E54A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Deployment of
temporary tactical infrastructure, including forward operating bases.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H391605620C47408F8F1C9BB1A14C2ABC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clarification
relating to waiver authority</header>
<paragraph id="H3AB873A3207446AA9BA9C24C693D3BA0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any
termination date relating to the waiver referred to in this subsection), the
waiver by the Secretary of Homeland Security on April 1, 2008, under section
102(c)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of
1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1103">8 U.S.C.
1103</external-xref> note;
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law
104–208</external-xref>) of the laws described in paragraph (2) with respect to
certain sections of the international border between the United States and
Mexico and between the United States and Canada shall be considered to apply to
all Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the
Secretary of Agriculture within 100 miles of the international land borders of
the United States for the activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
described in subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H80E94FC4B86340DDA1193BA6775F9BBA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description of
laws waived</header><text>The laws referred to in paragraph (1) are limited to
the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>), the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>), the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>), the
National Historic Preservation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/470">16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.</external-xref>),
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/86/523">Public Law
86–523</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/469">16 U.S.C. 469 et seq.</external-xref>), the Act of
June 8, 1906 (commonly known as the <quote>Antiquities Act of 1906</quote>;
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/431">16 U.S.C. 431 et
seq.</external-xref>), the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1271">16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.</external-xref>), the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>), the
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/668dd">16 U.S.C. 668dd et
seq.</external-xref>), the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/742a">16 U.S.C. 742a et
seq.</external-xref>), the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/661">16 U.S.C. 661 et
seq.</external-xref>), subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5,
United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Administrative Procedure
Act</quote>), the National Park Service Organic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1">16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.</external-xref>),
the General Authorities Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/383">Public Law 91–383</external-xref>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1a-1">16 U.S.C. 1a-1 et
seq.</external-xref>), sections 401(7), 403, and 404 of the National Parks and
Recreation Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/95/625">Public Law 95–625</external-xref>, 92 Stat. 3467),
and the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1132">16 U.S.C. 1132</external-xref> note;
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/628">Public Law
101–628</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H20D75E5C256E4FAA8EDFF971C7351230"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Protection of
legal uses</header><text>This section shall not be construed to provide—</text>
<paragraph id="HD53289A0BFBD4D04AFF9CC82D6AC493D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>authority to
restrict legal uses, such as grazing, hunting, mining, or public-use
recreational and backcountry airstrips on land under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F3D68628A684138A0351838DEE06376"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any additional
authority to restrict legal access to such land; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8B5D154F12745B0B26CB268D057AB8E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any additional authority or access to
private or State land.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6F342F9F4AD345E0ADBD6F459F389A3B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Tribal
sovereignty</header><text>Nothing in this section supersedes, replaces,
negates, or diminishes treaties or other agreements between the United States
and Indian tribes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6CC8E627ED4140589AF80C8B2336AF99"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>This
section shall have no force or effect after the end of the 5-year period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section>
Passed the House of
Representatives June 19, 2012.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk