[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1103 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1103

   To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that 
  Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible 
         Native village under that Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2013

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that 
  Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible 
         Native village under that Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ALEXANDER CREEK VILLAGE RECOGNITION.

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

``SEC. 43. ALEXANDER CREEK VILLAGE RECOGNITION.

    ``(a) Recognition of the Village of Alexander Creek.--Subject to 
the limitations of this section and notwithstanding section 1432(d) of 
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487) 
and any conveyance or agreement in furtherance thereof or thereto, to 
the contrary, Alexander Creek, located within Township 15N, Range 7W, 
Seward Meridian, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible 
Native village under section 11(b)(3) of this Act.
    ``(b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the following 
terms apply:
            ``(1) The term `agency' includes--
                    ``(A) any instrumentality of the United States;
                    ``(B) any element of an agency; and
                    ``(C) any wholly owned or mixed-owned corporation 
                of the United States Government identified in chapter 
                91 of title 31, United States Code.
            ``(2) The term `Alexander Creek' means Alexander Creek, 
        Incorporated, an Alaska Native Group corporation organized 
        pursuant to this Act prior to the enactment of this section, 
        but subsequent to enactment of this section means Alexander 
        Creek, Incorporated, an Alaska Native Village corporation 
        recognized and organized pursuant to section (a).
            ``(3) The term `Region' means Cook Inlet Region 
        Incorporated, an Alaska Native Regional Corporation, which is 
        the appropriate Regional Corporation for Alexander Creek under 
        section 1613(h) of this Act.
    ``(c) Organization of Alexander Creek.--As soon as practicable 
after enactment of this section, Alexander Creek shall cause to be 
filed--
            ``(1) any amendments to its corporate charter in the State 
        of Alaska necessary to convert from a Native group to a Native 
        Village corporation; and
            ``(2) if necessary, any amendments to its corporate charter 
        and governing business documents that fulfill the terms of the 
        agreement authorized under this Act.
    ``(d) Negotiations.--
            ``(1) Authority and direction to negotiate.--Not later than 
        30 days after the date of enactment of this section, the 
        Secretary shall open discussions and subsequently negotiate 
        and, in the Secretary's sole discretion on behalf of the United 
        States, enter into an agreement within one year of enactment of 
        this section, with Alexander Creek to fairly and equitably 
        settle aboriginal land claims and any other claims of Alexander 
        Creek against the United States; and such agreement with 
        Alexander Creek shall be in approximate value parity with those 
        of other Alaska Native Village Corporations, notwithstanding 
        Alexander Creek's prior status as a Group Corporation.
            ``(2) Funds for settlement.--A settlement reached under 
        this subsection shall not be subject to the Indian Tribal 
        Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1401), unless 
        subsequently authorized by law.
    ``(e) Shareholder Participation.--Alexander Creek shall notify each 
member of the Native village recognized under this section that, upon 
the effective date of this section, such members shall cease to receive 
benefits from the Region as at-large shareholders pursuant to section 
7(m), and that all future resource payments from the Region shall be 
made to the Village Corporation pursuant to section 7(j). The Region 
shall not be liable under any State, Federal, or local law, or under 
State or Federal common law, for damages arising out of or related to 
the cessation of payments to such individuals under section 7(m) 
pursuant to this section.
    ``(f) Construction.--Except as provided in this section with 
respect to Alexander Creek, nothing in this section shall be construed 
to modify or amend land conveyance entitlements or conveyance 
agreements between the Region and village corporations other than 
Alexander Creek in such region, nor between the Region and the Federal 
Government, nor between any such parties and the State of Alaska.
    ``(g) Construction Regarding Current Alexander Creek Land.--Nothing 
in this section shall be construed to reduce the land entitlement to 
which Alexander Creek became entitled as a Group Corporation, including 
the land selected by and conveyed to Alexander Creek at the time of 
enactment of this section.''.
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