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Calendar No. 457 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2340 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 12, 2010 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon 

Lake in the State of Alaska and to provide for the 

conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of 

certain other public land in partial satisfaction of the 

land entitlement of the Corporation 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Salmon Lake Land 

5 Selection Resolution Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

2 The purpose of this Act is to ratify the Salmon Lake 

3 Area Land Ownership Consolidation Agreement entered 

4 into by the United States, the State of Alaska, and the 

5 Bering Straits Native Corporation. 

6 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ 

9 means the document— 

10 (A) titled ‘‘Salmon Lake Area Land Own11 ership Consolidation Agreement’’; 

12 (B) between the United States, the State, 

13 and the Bering Straits Native Corporation on 

14 July 18, 2007, which was extended until Janu15 ary 1, 2011, by agreement of the parties to the 

16 Agreement effective January 1, 2009; and 

17 (C) on file with— 

18 (i) the Department of the Interior; 

19 (ii) the Committee on Energy and 

20 Natural Resources of the Senate; and 

21 (iii) the Committee on Natural Re22 sources of the House of Representatives. 

23 (2) BERING STRAITS NATIVE CORPORATION.— 

24 The term ‘‘Bering Straits Native Corporation’’ 

25 means an Alaska Native Regional Corporation 

26 formed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 


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1 Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) for the Bering Straits 

2 region of the State. 

3 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

4 the Secretary of the Interior. 

5 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

6 of Alaska. 

7 SEC. 4. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of this 

9 Act, Congress ratifies the Agreement. 

10 (b) EASEMENTS.—The conveyance of land to the 

11 Bering Straits Native Corporation, as specified in the 

12 Agreement, shall include the reservation of the easements 

13 that— 

14 (1) are identified in Appendix E to the Agree15 ment; and 

16 (2) were developed by the parties to the Agree17 ment in accordance with section 17(b) of the Alaska 

18 Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)). 

19 (c) CORRECTIONS.—Beginning on the date of the en20 actment of this Act, the Secretary, with the consent of 

21 the other parties to the Agreement, may only make typo22 graphical or clerical corrections to the Agreement and any 

23 exhibits to the Agreement. 


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1 (d) GENERAL AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—The 

2 Secretary may carry out all actions allowed or required 

3 under the Agreement. 

4 SEC. 5. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

5 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

6 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

7 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

8 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

9 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

10 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro11 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

12 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 1, 2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 457 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2340 

AN ACT 

To resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native 

Claims Settlement Act. ment of the Corporation under the Alaska Native land in partial satisfaction of the land entitleStraits Native Corporation of certain other public and to provide for the conveyance to the Bering jacent to Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adJULY 12, 2010 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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