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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1493 

To require a study and report identifying the impacts on Chugach Alaska 

Corporation land that resulted from changes in Federal law or Federal 

or State land acquisitions in the Chugach region, 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 require a study and report identifying the impacts on 

Chugach Alaska Corporation land that resulted from 

changes in Federal law or Federal or State land acquisitions in the Chugach region, 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 Chugach Alas5 ka Land Exchange Study Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CHUGACH ALASKA CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE 

7 POOL. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) CAC.—The term ‘‘CAC’’ means Chugach 

2 Alaska Corporation. 

3 (2) CAC LAND.—The term ‘‘CAC land’’ means 

4 land conveyed to CAC pursuant to the Alaska Native 

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

6 which— 

7 (A) both the surface estate and the sub8 surface estate were conveyed to CAC; or 

9 (B)(i) the subsurface estate was conveyed 

10 to CAC; and 

11 (ii) the surface estate or a conservation 

12 easement in the surface estate was acquired by 

13 the State or by the United States as part of the 

14 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Habitat 

15 Protection and Acquisition Program. 

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

17 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

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

19 of Alaska. 

20 (b) STUDY.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

22 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 

23 coordination with the Secretary of the Interior and 

24 in consultation with CAC, shall conduct a study to 

25 identify the impacts on CAC land that resulted from 


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1 changes in Federal law or Federal or State land ac2 quisitions in the Chugach region after December 1, 

3 1980. 

4 (2) STUDY REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The study described in 

6 paragraph (1) shall— 

7 (i) consider conflicts that have arisen 

8 between the management of Federal land 

9 in the Chugach region and CAC land; 

10 (ii) include recommendations for a 

11 land exchange, including land exchange op12 tions that could be offered to CAC as con13 sideration for the conveyance of existing 

14 property rights of CAC in exchange for 

15 other Federal land or property available 

16 for exchange; and 

17 (iii) identify not less than 500,000 

18 acres of economically viable Federal land, 

19 being managed by any Federal land man20 agement agency, in or outside the State 

21 that can be made available to CAC in ex22 change for any CAC land identified by 

23 CAC as available to the United States for 

24 exchange. 


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1 (B) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIREMENTS.— 

2 Any land exchange described in subparagraph 

3 (A) shall be pursuant to mutual agreement of 

4 CAC and the United States and consummated 

5 in accordance with all applicable legal author6 izations, except that any acre-for-acre exchange 

7 of such Federal land for such CAC land shall 

8 be conclusively deemed to be in the public inter9 est. 

10 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

11 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

12 the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 

13 Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

14 House of Representatives a report containing the results 

15 of the study conducted under this section, the identifica16 tion of Federal land for exchange, and any other rec17 ommendations as identified by the Secretary of the Inte18 rior. 

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