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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1487 

To provide for certain conveyances of surface estate under the Alaska Native 

Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 29, 2017 

Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. SULLIVAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for certain conveyances of surface estate under 

the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other 

purposes. 

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 ‘‘ANCSA Kaktovik and 

5 Canyon Village Land Conveyance Settlement Act of 

6 2017’’. 

7 SEC. 2. KAKTOVIK AND CANYON VILLAGE. 

8 (a) KAKTOVIK INUPIAT CORPORATION.—To maxi9 mize Federal revenues by removing clouds on title to land 


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1 and clarifying land ownership patterns within the Coastal 

2 Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, notwith3 standing section 1302(h)(2) of the Alaska National Inter4 est Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3192(h)(2)), the 

5 Secretary shall convey— 

6 (1) to the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation the 

7 surface estate of the land described in paragraph 1 

8 of Public Land Order 6959 (58 Fed. Reg. 14323), 

9 to the extent necessary to fulfill the entitlement of 

10 the Corporation under section 12 of the Alaska Na11 tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611) in ac12 cordance with the terms and conditions of the 

13 Agreement between the Department of the Interior, 

14 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bu15 reau of Land Management, and the Kaktovik 

16 Inupiat Corporation, effective January 22, 1993; 

17 and 

18 (2) to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation 

19 the remaining subsurface estate to which the Cor20 poration is entitled pursuant to the Agreement be21 tween the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the 

22 United States of America dated August 9, 1983. 

23 (b) CANYON VILLAGE.— 

24 (1) CONVEYANCE.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

2 convey to Kian Tr’ee Corporation, for the Na3 tive Village of Canyon Village, the surface es4 tate in the land selected by the Kian Tr’ee Cor5 poration pursuant to section 14(h)(2) of the 

6 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

7 U.S.C. 1613(h)(2)). 

8 (B) APPLICATION.—Section 2653.3(c) of 

9 title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc10 cessor regulations), shall not apply to the con11 veyance under subparagraph (A). 

12 (2) LIMITATION.—The conveyance under para13 graph (1)(A) shall not exceed 6,400 acres. 

14 (3) SUBSURFACE ESTATE.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Unless Doyon, Limited, 

16 elects to receive conveyance under subpara17 graph (B), the Secretary shall convey to Doyon, 

18 Limited, the subsurface estate in the land con19 veyed under paragraph (1)(A). 

20 (B) ALTERNATE SELECTION.—At the op21 tion of Doyon, Limited, in lieu of accepting the 

22 conveyance under subparagraph (A)— 

23 (i) Doyon, Limited, may receive a con24 veyance from existing selections on land 

25 withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a)(3) of 


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1 the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

2 (43 U.S.C. 1610(a)(3)) that is equal in 

3 acreage to the subsurface that would oth4 erwise be conveyed under subparagraph 

5 (A); 

6 (ii) Doyon, Limited, shall notify the 

7 Secretary (acting through the Alaska State 

8 Office of the Bureau of Land Manage9 ment) of the preference of Doyon, Limited, 

10 not later than 90 days after the date of en11 actment of this Act; and 

12 (iii) the Secretary shall convey to 

13 Doyon, Limited, the subsurface estate se14 lected under clause (i). 

15 (c) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—In this section, the 

16 term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior. 

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