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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2560

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

OCTOBER 30, 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 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,

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

2 ‘‘(d)(1) Within 90 days after the date of enactment

3 of this subsection, the Secretary shall convey all right,

4 title, and interest of the United States in and to the sur5 face estate of the lands described in paragraph (2) to the

6 Village Corporations within Cook Inlet Region named in

7 paragraph (2) in partial satisfaction of each Village Cor8 poration’s statutory entitlement under section 12(a) of the

9 Settlement Act. Conveyances shall be made pursuant to

10 sections 12(a) and 14(f) of the Settlement Act.

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

12 conveyed to Village Corporations as follows:

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

14 SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA

15 Township 1 North, Range 20 West

16 (Unsurveyed)

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

18 To Knikatnu, Inc.:

19 SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA

20 Township 1 South, Range 20 West

21 (Unsurveyed)

22 Section 1 (fractional).

23 Township 3 South, Range 20 West

24 (Unsurveyed)

25 Section 3 (fractional);

26 Sections 4 and 9.
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1 Township 1 North, Range 20 West

2 (Unsurveyed)

3 Section 9 (fractional).

4 To Ninilchik Native Association, Inc.:

5 SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA

6 Township 1 South, Range 19 West

7 (Unsurveyed)

8 Sections 29 and 32 (fractional).

9 Township 2 South, Range 19 West

10 (Unsurveyed)

11 Sections 6 and 18 (fractional).

12 Township 2 South, Range 20 West

13 (Unsurveyed)

14 Section 1 (fractional);

15 Sections 6 and 14;

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

17 Sections 32 and 33;

18 Sections 34 and 35 (fractional).

19 Township 3 South, Range 20 West

20 (Unsurveyed)

21 Section 10 (fractional).

22 Township 3 South, Range 21 West

23 (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

2 (Unsurveyed)

3 Sections 6 through 8 (fractional), inclusive;

4 Section 16;

5 Sections 22 and 23 (fractional);

6 Section 26.

7 Township 4 North, Range 19 West

8 (Unsurveyed)

9 Sections 20 and 36.

10 To Seldovia Native Association, Inc.:

11 SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA

12 Township 2 South, Range 20 West

13 (Unsurveyed)

14 Section 13 (fractional).

15 Township 3 South, Range 20 West

16 (Unsurveyed)

17 Sections 7 and 8;

18 Section 16 (fractional);

19 Sections 17 and 18;

20 Sections 19 and 20 (fractional).

21 To Tyonek Native Corporation:

22 SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA

23 Township 1 South, Range 20 West

24 (Unsurveyed)

25 Section 2 (fractional);

26 Section 3.
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1 Township 2 South, Range 21 West

2 (Unsurveyed)

3 Section 36.

4 Township 2 South, Range 20 West

5 (Unsurveyed)

6 Section 12 (fractional);

7 Section 31.

8 Township 3 South, Range 20 West

9 (Unsurveyed)

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

11 Township 3 South, Range 21 West

12 (Unsurveyed)

13 Section 26;

14 Sections 27 and 28 (fractional);

15 Sections 29 through 31 (fractional), inclu16 sive;

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

18 Township 1 North, Range 20 West

19 (Unsurveyed)

20 Section 15 (fractional);

21 Section 35.

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

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

24 of the conveyance required by paragraph (1), Cook Inlet

25 Region, Inc., shall convey to each of the Village Corpora-
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1 tions referred to in paragraph (2) the surface estate in

2 such lands described in Appendix A of that certain Agree3 ment dated August 31, 1976, known as the Deficiency

4 Conveyance Agreement, as the Village Corporations have

5 identified, and in the order they identified in their priority

6 selection rounds.

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

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

9 of this subsection, then all right, title, and interest of the

10 United States in and to the surface estate of such lands

11 shall nevertheless pass immediately to the Village Corpora12 tions named in paragraph (2).’’.

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