[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 157 (Sunday, November 9, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12314-S12315]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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       THE ADAK ISLAND NAVAL BASE REUSE FACILITATION ACT OF 1997

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                      MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT NO. 1618

  (Ordered referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.)
  Mr. MURKOWKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill (S. 1488) to ratify an agreement between the Aleut Corporation 
and the United States of America to exchange land rights received under 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for certain land interests on 
Adak Island, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of the bill insert the following new section:
       ``SEC. 5. GENERAL.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, and for the purposes of the transfer of property 
     authorized by this Act, personal property that remains on 
     Adak Island is deemed related to the real property and shall 
     be conveyed with real property. Any property, including, but 
     not limited to, appurtenances and improvements, received 
     pursuant to this Act shall, for purposes of Section 21(d) of 
     the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended, and 
     Section 907(d) of the Alaska National Interest Lands and 
     Conservation Act, as amended, be treated as not developed 
     until such property is actually occupied, leased, or sold by 
     TAC.''

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I rise today to offer an amendment to 
legislation pending before the Energy and Natural Resources Committee 
which will facilitate and promote the successful commercial reuse of 
the Naval Air Facility being closed on Adak Island, Alaska. The 
underlying legislation will ratify an agreement between the Aleut 
Corporation in Alaska, the Department of the Interior and the 
Department of the Navy concerning the reuse of lands occupied by the 
Navy.
  When the Navy's lease expires in October of next year the lands and 
facilities are to be relinquished back to the Department of the 
Interior for inclusion into the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife 
Refuge. The legislation

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introduced yesterday will facilitate the transfer of that land to Aleut 
Corporation in exchange for other ANCSA land selections made by the 
Aleuts. The amendment I offer today will ensure that the private 
property on Adak Island is transferred to the Aleuts as well as the 
land and interests in that land. Without this amendment, Mr. President, 
the facilities constructed on Adak Island by the Navy cannot be placed 
into productive civilian use. If we are to help the Aleut Corporation 
establish a community on Adak the ability to use these facilities is 
critical.
  I look forward to moving the underlying legislation and this 
amendment through the Energy and Natural Resources Committee early next 
year.

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