Union Calendar No. 323

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2560

[Report No. 104–643]

A BILL

To provide for conveyances of certain lands in Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Corporation, and Knikatnu, Inc. under the Alas- Seldovia Native Association, Inc., Tyonek Native tion, Inc., Ninilchik Native Association, Inc., ka to Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native AssociaJUNE 27, 1996Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 323

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2560

[Report No. 104–643]

To provide for conveyances of certain lands in Alaska to Chickaloon-Moose

Creek Native Association, Inc., Ninilchik Native Association, Inc.,

Seldovia Native Association, Inc., Tyonek Native Corporation, and

Knikatnu, Inc. under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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

Committee on Resources

JUNE 27, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 30, 1995]

A BILL

To provide for conveyances of certain lands in Alaska to

Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Association, Inc.,

Ninilchik Native Association, Inc., Seldovia Native Association, Inc., Tyonek Native Corporation, and Knikatnu,

Inc. 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,
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1 That section 4 of Public Law 94–456 (43 U.S.C. 1611 note)

2 is amended—

3 (1) by striking out ‘‘subsection (a)’’ in subsection

4 (c) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subsections (a) and

5 (d)’’; and

6 (2) by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(d)(1) In order to convey to the Village Corporations

8 named in this subsection certain lands the Villages have se9 lected under section 12(a) of the Settlement Act, the Sec10 retary shall convey all right, title, and interest of the United

11 States in and to the surface estate of the lands described

12 in paragraph (2) to the Village Corporations within Cook

13 Inlet Region named in paragraph (2) in partial satisfac14 tion of each Village Corporation’s statutory entitlement

15 under section 12(a) of the Settlement Act. Conveyances shall

16 be made pursuant to sections 12(a) and 14(f) of the Settle17 ment Act. The conveyances described in paragraph (2) shall

18 be made within 90 days after the date of enactment of this

19 subsection.

20 ‘‘(2) The lands described in this paragraph are to be

21 conveyed to Village Corporations as follows:

22 To Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Association, Inc.:

23 SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA

24 Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

25 Sections 24, 25, and 36 (fractional).

26 To Knikatnu, Inc.:
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1 SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA

2 Township 1 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

3 Section 1 (fractional).

4 Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

5 Section 3 (fractional);

6 Sections 4 and 9.

7 Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

8 Section 9 (fractional).

9 To Ninilchik Native Association, Inc.:

10 SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA

11 Township 1 South, Range 19 West (Unsurveyed)

12 Sections 29 and 32 (fractional).

13 Township 2 South, Range 19 West (Unsurveyed)

14 Sections 6 and 18 (fractional).

15 Township 2 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

16 Section 1 (fractional);

17 Sections 6 and 14;

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

19 Sections 32 and 33;

20 Sections 34 and 35 (fractional).

21 Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

22 Section 10 (fractional).

23 Township 3 South, Range 21 West (Unsurveyed)

24 Sections 13 and 19 through 24, inclusive;

25 Section 25 (fractional);

26 Sections 32 and 34 (fractional).
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1 Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

2 Sections 6 through 8 (fractional), inclusive;

3 Section 16;

4 Sections 22 and 23 (fractional);

5 Section 26.

6 Township 4 North, Range 19 West (Unsurveyed)

7 Sections 20 and 36.

8 To Seldovia Native Association, Inc.:

9 SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA

10 Township 2 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

11 Section 13 (fractional).

12 Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

13 Sections 7 and 8;

14 Section 16 (fractional);

15 Sections 17 and 18;

16 Sections 19 and 20 (fractional).

17 To Tyonek Native Corporation:

18 SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA

19 Township 1 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

20 Section 2 (fractional);

21 Section 3.

22 Township 2 South, Range 21 West (Unsurveyed)

23 Section 36.

24 Township 2 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

25 Section 12 (fractional);

26 Section 31.
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1 Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

2 Sections 15, 21, and 30 (fractional).

3 Township 3 South, Range 21 West (Unsurveyed)

4 Section 26;

5 Sections 27 and 28 (fractional);

6 Sections 29 through 31 (fractional), inclu7 sive;

8 Sections 33, 35, and 36 (fractional).

9 Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)

10 Section 15 (fractional);

11 Section 35.

12 Aggregating approximately 29,900 acres, more or less.

13 ‘‘(3) No later than 180 days following the completion

14 of the conveyances required by paragraph (1), Cook Inlet

15 Region, Inc., shall convey to each of the Village Corpora16 tions referred to in paragraph (2) the surface estate in such

17 lands described in Appendix A of that certain Agreement

18 dated August 31, 1976, known as the Deficiency Agreement,

19 as the Village Corporations have identified, and in the order

20 they identified in their priority selection rounds, to satisfy

21 each Village Corporation’s section 12(a) entitlement under

22 the Settlement Act.

23 ‘‘(4) If the Secretary does not convey the lands in

24 paragraph (2) within 90 days of the date of the enactment

25 of this subsection, then all right, title, and interest of the
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1 United States in and to the surface estate of such lands

2 shall nevertheless pass immediately to the Village Corpora3 tions named in paragraph (2).

4 ‘‘(5) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to

5 increase or decrease the entitlement under the Settlement

6 Act of any of the Village Corporations named in this sub7 section or of Cook Inlet Region, Inc.’’.