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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1342

To provide for conveyances of certain lands within Cook Inlet Region, Alaska,

for reconveyance to village corporations under the Alaska Native Claims

Settlement Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 28, 1995

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

Committee on Resources

A BILL

To provide for conveyances of certain lands within Cook

Inlet Region, Alaska, for reconveyance to village corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

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

3 That section 4 of Public Law 94–456 (43 U.S.C. 1611

4 note) is amended—

5 (1) by striking out ‘‘subsection (a)’’ in sub6 section (c) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subsections

7 (a) and (d)’’; and

8 (2) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary shall convey all right, title, and

2 interest of the United States in and to the lands described

3 in paragraph (2) to Cook Inlet Region, Inc., for convey4 ance to the Village Corporations within Cook Inlet Region

5 in partial satisfaction of each Village Corporation’s statu6 tory entitlement under section 12(a) of the Settlement

7 Act:

8 ‘‘(2) The lands described in this paragraph are as fol9 lows:

10 Seward Meridian, Alaska

11 T. 1 S., R. 19 W. (Unsurveyed)

12 Sections 29 and 32 (fractional).

13 T. 1 S., R. 20 W. (Unsurveyed)

14 Sections 1 and 2 (fractional);

15 Section 3.

16 T. 2 S., R. 19 W. (Unsurveyed)

17 Sections 6 and 18 (fractional).

18 T. 2 S., R. 20 W. (Unsurveyed)

19 Section 1 (fractional);

20 Section 6;

21 Sections 12 and 13 (fractional);

22 Section 14;

23 Sections 23, 24, and 26 (fractional);

24 Sections 31, 32, and 33;

25 Section 34 (fractional);
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1 Section 35 (fractional).

2 T. 2 S., R. 21 W. (Unsurveyed)

3 Section 36.

4 T. 3 S., R. 20 W. (Unsurveyed)

5 Section 3 (fractional);

6 Section 4;

7 Section 7, 8, and 9;

8 Section 10 (fractional);

9 Sections 15 and 16 (fractional);

10 Sections 17 and 18;

11 Sections 19, 20, and 21 (fractional);

12 Section 30 (fractional).

13 T. 3 S., R. 21 W. (Unsurveyed)

14 Section 13;

15 Sections 19 to 24, inclusive;

16 Section 25 (fractional);

17 Section 26;

18 Section 27 and 28 (fractional);

19 Section 29;

20 Sections 30 to 36 (fractional), inclusive.

21 T. 1 N., R. 20 W. (Unsurveyed)

22 Sections 6 to 9 (fractional), inclusive;

23 Section 15 (fractional);

24 Section 16;

25 Sections 22 to 25 (fractional), inclusive;
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1 Sections 26 and 35;

2 Section 36 (fractional).

3 T. 4 N., R. 19 W. (Unsurveyed)

4 Sections 20 and 36.

5 Aggregating approximately 29,900 acres,

6 more or less.

7 ‘‘(3) Upon receipt of conveyance of the lands de8 scribed in paragraph (2), the Cook Inlet Region, Inc., shall

9 reconvey the surface estate to the appropriate Village Cor10 poration in a manner that is consistent with the existing

11 village selection priority ranking. Such conveyances shall

12 be charged to each Village Corporation’s section 12(a)

13 statutory entitlement under the Settlement Act.

14 ‘‘(4) Cook Inlet Region, Inc., shall notify the Bureau

15 of Land Management of reconveyances under paragraph

16 (3) and of any other reconveyance made in partial satis17 faction of each Village Corporation’s sections 12(a) and

18 section 12(b) statutory entitlements under the Settlement

19 Act pursuant to this subsection or to the Deficiency Con20 veyance Agreement between the Secretary of the Interior

21 and Cook Inlet Region, Inc., dated August 31, 1976.’’.

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