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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2560 Introduced in House (IH)]

  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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 1995

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                     to the Committee on Resources

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of 
Public Law 94-456 (43 U.S.C. 1611 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``subsection (a)'' in subsection (c) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``subsections (a) and (d)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall convey all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the surface estate of the lands 
described in paragraph (2) to the Village Corporations within Cook 
Inlet Region named in paragraph (2) in partial satisfaction of each 
Village Corporation's statutory entitlement under section 12(a) of the 
Settlement Act. Conveyances shall be made pursuant to sections 12(a) 
and 14(f) of the Settlement Act.
    ``(2) The lands described in this paragraph are to be conveyed to 
Village Corporations as follows:
    To Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Association, Inc.:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 24, 25, and 36 (fractional).
    To Knikatnu, Inc.:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 1 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 1 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 3 (fractional);
                    Sections 4 and 9.
            Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 9 (fractional).
    To Ninilchik Native Association, Inc.:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 1 South, Range 19 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 29 and 32 (fractional).
            Township 2 South, Range 19 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 6 and 18 (fractional).
            Township 2 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 1 (fractional);
                    Sections 6 and 14;
                    Sections 23, 24, and 26 (fractional);
                    Sections 32 and 33;
                    Sections 34 and 35 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 10 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 21 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 13 and 19 through 24, inclusive;
                    Section 25 (fractional);
                    Sections 32 and 34 (fractional).
            Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 6 through 8 (fractional), inclusive;
                    Section 16;
                    Sections 22 and 23 (fractional);
                    Section 26.
            Township 4 North, Range 19 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 20 and 36.
    To Seldovia Native Association, Inc.:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 2 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 13 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 7 and 8;
                    Section 16 (fractional);
                    Sections 17 and 18;
                    Sections 19 and 20 (fractional).
    To Tyonek Native Corporation:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 1 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 2 (fractional);
                    Section 3.
            Township 2 South, Range 21 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 36.
            Township 2 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 12 (fractional);
                    Section 31.
            Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 15, 21, and 30 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 21 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 26;
                    Sections 27 and 28 (fractional);
                    Sections 29 through 31 (fractional), inclusive;
                    Sections 33, 35, and 36 (fractional).
            Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 15 (fractional);
                    Section 35.
Aggregating approximately 29,900 acres, more or less.
    ``(3) No later than 180 days following the completion of the 
conveyance required by paragraph (1), Cook Inlet Region, Inc., shall 
convey to each of the Village Corporations referred to in paragraph (2) 
the surface estate in such lands described in Appendix A of that 
certain Agreement dated August 31, 1976, known as the Deficiency 
Conveyance Agreement, as the Village Corporations have identified, and 
in the order they identified in their priority selection rounds.
    ``(4) If the Secretary does not convey the lands in paragraph (2) 
within 90 days of the date of the enactment of this subsection, then 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
surface estate of such lands shall nevertheless pass immediately to the 
Village Corporations named in paragraph (2).''.
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