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<meta><dc:title>113 S 404 ENR: To preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.</dc:title>
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<preface><dc:type>S.</dc:type><docNumber>404</docNumber>

<congress style="-uslm-lc:I665502" value="113">One Hundred Thirteenth Congress of the United States of America</congress><session style="-uslm-lc:I665503" value="2">A T T  H  E S  E  C  O  N  D S  E  S  S  I  O  N</session>
<enrolledDateline style="-uslm-lc:I665504">Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen</enrolledDateline>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize18" style="-uslm-lc:I665505">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="centered fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I665511">To preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.<?GPOvSpace 08?></officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I650120">  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</enactingFormula>
<section id="d93995e62" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s1" style="-uslm-lc:I650146"><num value="1">SECTION 1. </num><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I650120">  This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="act">Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act</shortTitle>”.</content></section>
<section id="d93995e72" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s2" style="-uslm-lc:I650141"><num value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading>CLARIFICATION OF LEGAL AUTHORITY OF GREEN MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e76" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s2/a" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Legal Authority of Lookout</inline>.—</heading><content>Section 4(b) of the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984 (<ref href="/us/pl/98/339">Public Law 98–339</ref>; <ref href="/us/stat/98/300">98 Stat. 300</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t16/s1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 note</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> the following: “<quotedText>, and except that with respect to the lands described in section 3(5), the designation of such lands as a wilderness area shall not preclude the operation and maintenance of Green Mountain Lookout.</quotedText>”</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e104" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s2/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Effective Date</inline>.—</heading><content>The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984.</content></subsection></section>
<section id="d93995e113" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s3" style="-uslm-lc:I650141"><num value="3">SEC. 3. </num><heading>PRESERVATION OF GREEN MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT LOCATION.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I650120">  The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may not move Green Mountain Lookout from its current location on Green Mountain in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest unless the Secretary determines that moving Green Mountain Lookout is necessary to preserve the Lookout or to ensure the safety of individuals on or around Green Mountain. If the Secretary makes such a determination, the Secretary shall move the Green Mountain Lookout to a location outside of the lands described in section 3(5) of the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984 and designated as a wilderness area in section 4(b) of such Act.</content></section>
<section id="d93995e121" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4" style="-uslm-lc:I650141"><num value="4">SEC. 4. </num><heading>ALASKA NATIVE VETERAN ALLOTMENT.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e125" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e133" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/a/1" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Application</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>application</term>” means the Alaska Native Veteran Allotment application numbered AA–084021–B.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e141" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/a/2" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Federal land</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The term “<term>Federal land</term>” means the 80 acres of Federal land that is—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e149" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/a/2/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>described in the application; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e153" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/a/2/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><content>depicted as Lot 2 in U.S. Survey No. 13957, Alaska, that was officially filed on October 9, 2009.</content></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e157" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/a/3" role="definitions" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Secretary</inline>.—</heading><content>The term “<term>Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of the Interior.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e165" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps"> Issuance of Patent</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Notwithstanding section 41 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1629g">43 U.S.C. 1629g</ref>) and subject to subsection (c), the Secretary shall—</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e177" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/b/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>approve the application; and</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e181" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/b/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>issue a patent for the Federal land to the person that submitted the application.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e185" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Terms and Conditions</inline>.—</heading><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e192" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/c/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In general</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The patent issued under subsection (b) shall—</chapeau><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e200" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/c/1/A" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="A">(A) </num><content>only be for the surface rights to the Federal land; and</content></subparagraph><subparagraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e204" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/c/1/B" style="-uslm-lc:I650124"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>be subject to the terms and conditions of any certificate issued under section 41 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t43/s1629g">43 U.S.C. 1629g</ref>), including terms and conditions providing that—</chapeau><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e212" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/c/1/B/i" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="i">(i) </num><content>the patent is subject to valid existing rights, including any right of the United States to income derived, directly or indirectly, from a lease, license, permit, right-of-way, or easement on the Federal land; and</content></clause><clause class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e216" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/c/1/B/ii" style="-uslm-lc:I650126"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="ii">(ii) </num><content>the United States shall reserve an interest in deposits of oil, gas, and coal on the Federal land, including the right to explore, mine, and remove the minerals on portions of the Federal land that the Secretary determines to be prospectively valuable for development.</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d93995e220" identifier="/us/bill/113/s/404/s4/c/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Additional terms and conditions</inline>.—</heading><content>The Secretary may require any additional terms and conditions for the issuance of the patent under subsection (a) that the Secretary determines to be appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
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<signature><role style="-uslm-lc:I650114">Speaker of the House of Representatives.</role></signature>
<signature><role style="-uslm-lc:I650114">Vice President of the United States and  President of the Senate.</role></signature>
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