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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4194 

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander 

Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible Native village 

under that Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2012 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible Native village under that Act, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. ALEXANDER CREEK VILLAGE RECOGNITION. 

4 The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

5 1601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 43. ALEXANDER CREEK VILLAGE RECOGNITION. 

2 ‘‘(a) RECOGNITION OF THE VILLAGE OF ALEXANDER

3 CREEK.—Subject to the limitations of this section and 

4 notwithstanding section 1432(d) of the Alaska National 

5 Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96–487) to 

6 the contrary, Alexander Creek, located within Township 

7 15N, Range 7W, Seward Meridian, Alaska, is and shall 

8 be recognized as an eligible Native village under section 

9 11(b)(3) of this Act. 

10 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, 

11 the following terms apply: 

12 ‘‘(1) The term ‘agency’ includes— 

13 ‘‘(A) any instrumentality of the United 

14 States; 

15 ‘‘(B) any element of an agency; and 

16 ‘‘(C) any wholly owned or mixed-owned 

17 corporation of the United States Government 

18 identified in chapter 91 of title 31, United 

19 States Code. 

20 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Alexander Creek’ means Alex21 ander Creek Incorporated, an Alaska Native Group 

22 corporation, organized pursuant to this Act. 

23 ‘‘(3) The term ‘Region’ means Cook Inlet Re24 gion Incorporated, an Alaska Native Regional Cor25 poration, which is the appropriate Regional CorporaVerDate Mar 15 2010 00:42 Mar 10, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4194.IH H4194

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1 tion for Alexander Creek under section 1613(h) of 

2 this Act. 

3 ‘‘(c) ORGANIZATION OF ALEXANDER CREEK.—As 

4 soon as practicable after enactment of this section, Alex5 ander Creek shall cause to be filed— 

6 ‘‘(1) any amendments to its corporate charter 

7 in the State of Alaska necessary to convert from a 

8 Native group to a Native Village corporation; and 

9 ‘‘(2) if necessary, any amendments to its cor10 porate charter and governing business documents 

11 that fulfill the terms of the agreement authorized 

12 under this Act. 

13 ‘‘(d) AUTHORITY AND DIRECTION TO NEGOTIATE.— 

14 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 

15 of this section, the Secretary shall open discussions and 

16 subsequently negotiate and, in the Secretary’s sole discre17 tion on behalf of the United States, enter into an agree18 ment by December 31, 2012, with the Native Village Cor19 poration of Alexander Creek (hereinafter, ‘Alexander 

20 Creek’) to settle aboriginal land claims and any other 

21 claims of such Native Village Corporation against the 

22 United States fairly, reaching an agreement in approxi23 mate parity with those of other Alaska Native Village Cor24 porations, notwithstanding Alexander Creek’s prior status 

25 as a Group Corporation. 


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1 ‘‘(e) SHAREHOLDER PARTICIPATION.—Alexander 

2 Creek shall notify each member of the Native village rec3 ognized under this section that, upon the effective date 

4 of this section, such members shall cease to receive bene5 fits from the Region as at-large shareholders pursuant to 

6 section 7(m), and that all future resource payments from 

7 the Region shall be made to the Village Corporation pur8 suant to section 7(j). The Region shall not be liable under 

9 any State, Federal, or local law, or under State or Federal 

10 common law, for damages arising out of or related to the 

11 cessation of payments to such individuals under section 

12 7(m) pursuant to this section. 

13 ‘‘(f) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

14 section shall be construed to— 

15 ‘‘(1) limit, alter, violate, breach, or otherwise 

16 affect the rights of any party under a contract, set17 tlement agreement, or land exchange entered into 

18 prior to enactment of this section between Alexander 

19 Creek and any party, or one or more parties to any 

20 contract, settlement, agreement, or land exchange 

21 predicated upon Alexander Creek’s Native village 

22 status under this Act; or 


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1 ‘‘(2) diminish or reduce the acreage entitlement 

2 to which Alexander Creek became entitled to as a 

3 Group Corporation.’’. 

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