[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 53 (Monday, April 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3866-S3867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       KAKE TRIBAL CORPORATION PUBLIC INTEREST LAND EXCHANGE ACT

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 430) to amend the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land exchange 
between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Kake Tribal Corporation, 
and for other purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, with amendments, as follows:
  (The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface 
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted as shown in 
italics.)

                                 S. 430

       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 ``Kake Tribal Corporation 
     [Public Interest] Land Exchange Act''.

     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)[: Lands exchanged pursuant to this section shall be on 
     the basis of equal value..] The values of the lands and 
     interests therein exchanged pursuant to this section shall be 
     equal.
       ``(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

                         COOPER RIVER MERIDIAN

                               T56S, R72E

Section                                                Aproximate acres
  13.................................................................82
  23................................................................118
  24................................................................635
  25................................................................640
  26................................................................346
  34..................................................................9
  35................................................................349
  36................................................................248
  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 shall not be exported 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 there is

[[Page S3867]]

     any discrepancy 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.

  The committee amendments were agreed to.
  The bill (S. 430), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

                          ____________________