[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6823-6824]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                HUNA TOTEM CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE ACT

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 426) to amend the 
Alaska Native

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Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land exchange between the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Huna Totem Corporation, and for other 
purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and 
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 are shown in 
italics.)

                                 S. 426

       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 ``Huna Totem 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 a new section to read:

     ``SEC. __. HUNA TOTEM 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 Huna 
     Totem Corporation the surface estate and to Sealaska 
     Corporation the subsurface estate of the Federal lands 
     identified by Huna Totem 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 Huna Totem 
     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 AND GREENBELT BUFFER
     ``T43S, R61E, C.R.M.

``Portion of Section                                  Approximate Acres
  16.................................................................2 
  21...............................................................610 
  22...............................................................227 
  23................................................................35 
  26...............................................................447 
  27...............................................................400 
  33...............................................................202 
  34................................................................76 
  Approximate total..............................................1,999.
       ``(c) Within ninety (90) days of the receipt by the United 
     States of the conveyances of the surface estate and 
     subsurface estate described in subsection (b), Huna Totem 
     Corporation shall be entitled to identify lands readily 
     accessible to the Village of Hoonah and, where possible, 
     located on the road system to the Village of Hoonah, as 
     depicted on the map dated September 1, 1997, and labeled 
     Attachment B. Huna Totem Corporation shall notify the 
     Secretary of Agriculture in writing which lands Huna Totem 
     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 Huna Totem Corporation 
     pursuant to subsection (c).
       ``(e) Timber Manufacturing; Export Restriction.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, timber harvested 
     from land conveyed to Huna Totem Corporation under this 
     section shall not be exported as unprocessed logs from 
     Alaska, nor may Huna Totem 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.
       ``(f) Relation to Other Requirements.--The land conveyed to 
     Huna Totem Corporation and Sealaska Corporation under this 
     section shall be considered, for all purposes, land conveyed 
     under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
       ``(g) 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 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. 426), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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