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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1485 

To satisfy certain claims 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 satisfy certain claims 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 Cook Inlet 

5 Region Land Conveyance Finalization Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CIRI LAND ENTITLEMENT. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) ALASKA NATIVE CORPORATION; ANC.—The 

9 terms ‘‘Alaska Native Corporation’’ and ‘‘ANC’’ 

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1 tion’’ in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Set2 tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602). 

3 (2) CIRI.—The term ‘‘CIRI’’ means Cook Inlet 

4 Region, Inc. 

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

6 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

8 of Alaska. 

9 (b) CONVEYANCE.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to allow CIRI to 

11 satisfy the acreage of land to which CIRI is entitled 

12 under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

13 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), subject to paragraph (2), the 

14 Secretary shall convey to CIRI the acreage of land 

15 selected by CIRI under subsections (c) and (d). 

16 (2) CONDITION.—The conveyance under para17 graph (1) shall be subject to the condition that, with 

18 respect to any land subject to selection under sub19 section (c) that is located within the boundaries of 

20 another regional ANC, CIRI may not select, and the 

21 Secretary shall not convey to CIRI, that land unless 

22 CIRI has obtained the written consent of the other 

23 regional ANC in an instrument signed by an author24 ized officer of that regional ANC. 


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1 (c) SELECTION.—CIRI shall select from among the 

2 following land, 43,000 acres, which is an acreage quantity 

3 equivalent to the unsatisfied portion of the acreage of land 

4 to which CIRI is entitled under the Alaska Native Claims 

5 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.): 

6 (1) Land in the State located outside of the 

7 boundaries of Cook Inlet Region— 

8 (A) that was previously selected for con9 veyance by one or more other Alaska Native 

10 Corporations; and 

11 (B) the selection of which under subpara12 graph (A) was later withdrawn by those one or 

13 more ANCs. 

14 (2) Land in the State located outside of the 

15 boundaries of Cook Inlet Region that is adjacent to 

16 land owned by other ANCs. 

17 (3) Land located within the boundaries of the 

18 National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska. 

19 (4) Land located within a unit of the National 

20 Wildlife Refuge System in the State, except that no 

21 land may be selected inside the Arctic National 

22 Wildlife Refuge. 

23 (5) Federal land in the State that is located 

24 outside of the boundaries of any National Monu25 ment, unit of the National Park System, or land 


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1 designated as wilderness under the Wilderness Act 

2 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 

3 (6) Land selected under subsection (d). 

4 (d) SELECTION OF EXCESS FEDERAL LAND OR

5 PROPERTY.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with para7 graph (2), CIRI shall have a right of notice and first 

8 refusal to select land or property located within the 

9 region of CIRI in the State that is identified by the 

10 Federal Government as excess to the needs of the 

11 Federal Government, except to the extent that right 

12 would conflict with section 1425(b) of the Alaska 

13 National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public 

14 Law 96–487; 94 Stat. 2515). 

15 (2) REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 (A) NOTICE.—Prior to any conveyance of 

17 excess Federal land or property within the re18 gion of CIRI, the Federal Government shall 

19 provide to CIRI notice of the intent of the Fed20 eral Government to convey that excess Federal 

21 land or property. 

22 (B) DEADLINE.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the date on which the Federal Govern24 ment provides notice under subparagraph (A), 


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1 CIRI shall determine whether to acquire the ex2 cess Federal land or property. 

3 (C) CONVEYANCE AND RELINQUISH4 MENT.—If CIRI chooses to acquire the excess 

5 Federal land or property under subparagraph 

6 (B), on conveyance, CIRI shall relinquish the 

7 number of acres from the unsatisfied portion of 

8 the acreage of land to which CIRI is entitled 

9 under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

10 (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that is equal to— 

11 (i) the fair market value per acre of 

12 the excess Federal land or the surplus 

13 value of the property to be conveyed; di14 vided by 

15 (ii) the difference between— 

16 (I) the value per acre of land de17 termined from the most recent census 

18 of the National Agricultural Statistics 

19 Service of the Department of Agri20 culture of agricultural land values for 

21 the State, specifically by the statewide 

22 value of land in the State; and 

23 (II) the value of land in the Ju24 neau and Anchorage census areas 


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1 used for Federal surplus property 

2 credits, adjusted for inflation. 

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