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[S. 292 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.292

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twelve


                                 An Act


 
 To resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the 
 State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska 
     and to provide for the conveyance to the Bering Straits Native 
Corporation of certain other public land in partial satisfaction of the 
   land entitlement of the Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims 
                             Settlement Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Salmon Lake Land Selection 
Resolution Act''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
    The purpose of this Act is to ratify the Salmon Lake Area Land 
Ownership Consolidation Agreement entered into by the United States, 
the State of Alaska, and the Bering Straits Native Corporation.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
    In this Act:
        (1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the document 
    between the United States, the State, and the Bering Straits Native 
    Corporation that--
            (A) is entitled the ``Salmon Lake Area Land Ownership 
        Consolidation Agreement'';
            (B) had an initial effective date of July 18, 2007; and
            (C) is on file with Department of the Interior, the 
        Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and 
        the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
        Representatives.
        (2) Bering straits native corporation.--The term ``Bering 
    Straits Native Corporation'' means an Alaskan Native Regional 
    Corporation formed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
    (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) for the Bering Straits region of the 
    State.
        (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
        (4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Alaska.
SEC. 4. RATIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENT.
    (a) In General.--Subject to the provisions of this Act, Congress 
ratifies the Agreement.
    (b) Easements.--The conveyance of land to the Bering Straits Native 
Corporation, as specified in the Agreement, shall include the 
reservation of the easements that--
        (1) are identified in Appendix E to the Agreement; and
        (2) were developed by the parties to the Agreement in 
    accordance with section 17(b) of the Alaska Native Claims 
    Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)).
    (c) Corrections.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary, with the consent of the other parties to the Agreement, 
may only make typographical or clerical corrections to the Agreement 
and any exhibits to the Agreement.
    (d) Authorization.--The Secretary shall carry out all actions 
required by the Agreement.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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