[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S7210]
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               KAKE TRIBAL CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE ACT

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                      MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT NO. 3043

  Mr. BURNS (for Mr. Murkowski) proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 
1159) to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the 
Kake Tribal Corporation public interest land exchange, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       In lieu of the Committee substitute strike all after 
     Section 1. And insert the following:

     SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SETTLEMENT ACT.

       The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (Public Law 92-203, 
     December 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), as 
     amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof: 
     ``SEC.  . KAKE TRIBAL CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE.
       ``(a) General.--In exchange for lands and interests therein 
     described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture 
     shall, subject to valid existing rights, convey to the Kake 
     Tribal Corporation the surface estate and to Sealaska 
     Corporation the subsurface estate of the Federal land 
     identified by Kake Tribal Corporation pursuant to subsection 
     (c): Provided, That, the exchange of lands described in this 
     section shall be on the basis of equal value.
       ``(b) The surface estate to be conveyed by Kake Tribal 
     Corporation and the subsurface estate to be conveyed by 
     Sealaska Corporation to the Secretary of Agriculture are the 
     municipal watershed lands as shown on the map dated September 
     1, 1997, and labeled Attachment A, and are further described 
     as follows:

         Municipal Watershed Copper River Meridian--T56S, R72E

Section:                                              Approximate acres
  13.................................................................82
  23................................................................118
  24................................................................635
  25................................................................640
  26................................................................346
  34..................................................................9
  35................................................................349
  36................................................................248
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      Approximate total...........................................2,427

       ``(c) Within ninety (90) days of the receipt by the United 
     States of the conveyances of the surface estate and the 
     subsurface estate described in subsection (b), Kake Tribal 
     Corporation shall be entitled to identify lands in the 
     Hamilton Bay and Saginaw Bay areas, as depicted on the maps 
     dated September 1, 1997, and labeled Attachments B and C. 
     Kake Tribal Corporation shall notify the Secretary of 
     Agriculture in writing which lands Kake Tribal Corporation 
     has identified.
       ``(d) Timing of Conveyance and Valuation.--The conveyance 
     mandated by subsection (a) by the Secretary of Agriculture 
     shall occur within ninety (90) days after the list of 
     identified lands is submitted by Kake Tribal Corporation 
     pursuant to subsection (c).
       ``(e) Management of Watershed.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with 
     the City of Kake, Alaska, to provide for management of the 
     municipal watershed.
       ``(f) Timber Manufacturing; Export Restriction.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, timber harvested 
     from land conveyed to Kake Tribal Corporation under this 
     section is not available for export as unprocessed logs from 
     Alaska, nor may Kake Tribal Corporation sell, trade, 
     exchange, substitute, or otherwise convey that timber to any 
     person for the purpose of exporting that timber from the 
     State of Alaska.
       ``(g) Relation to Other Requirements.--The land conveyed to 
     Kake Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Corporation under this 
     section shall be considered, for all purposes, land conveyed 
     under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
       ``(h) Maps.--The maps referred to in this section shall be 
     maintained on file in the Office of the Chief, United States 
     Forest Service, and in the Office of the Secretary of the 
     Interior, Washington, D.C. The acreage cited in this section 
     is approximate, and if a discrepancy arises between cited 
     acreage and the land depicted on the specified maps, the maps 
     shall control. The maps do not constitute an attempt by the 
     United States to convey State or private land.

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