[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1482 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1482

 To provide a permanent easement to the Shishmaref Native Corporation, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 2017

 Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide a permanent easement to the Shishmaref Native Corporation, 
                        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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``ANCSA Shishmaref Emergency Access 
Easement Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. SHISHMAREF EASEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the 
Interior shall grant the Shishmaref Native Corporation, a Corporation 
established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.), a perpetual easement of approximately 300 feet that 
crosses the Bering Land Bridge National Monument to permit a surface 
transportation route between the Village of Shishmaref and the general 
area of Ear Mountain, Alaska.
    (b) Proposed Easement.--The easement described in subsection (a) 
shall be jointly proposed by the Shishmaref Native Corporation, the 
City of Shishmaref, and the Native Village of Shishmaref based on 
recommendations made by the State of Alaska.
    (c) Approval Under ANILCA.--The easement granted under this section 
shall be considered to meet all applicable requirements of title XI of 
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3161 et 
seq.).
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