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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1481 

To make technical corrections to 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 make technical corrections to 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 

6 2017’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation sand and gravel resources. 

Sec. 4. Shishmaref easement. 


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Sec. 5. Shee Atika Incorporated. 

Sec. 6. Admiralty Island National Monument land exchange. 

Sec. 7. CIRI land entitlement. 

Sec. 8. Kaktovik and Canyon Village. 

Sec. 9. Nagamut. 

Sec. 10. Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native communities recognition and 

compensation. 

Sec. 11. Open season for certain Alaska Native veterans for allotments. 

Sec. 12. 13th Regional Corporation. 

Sec. 13. Chugach Alaska Corporation land exchange pool. 

Sec. 14. Dividend exclusion increase. 

Sec. 15. Fractional shares. 

Sec. 16. Reinstatement of dissolved Village or Group Corporations. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

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

4 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

6 of Alaska. 

7 SEC. 3. UKPEAGVIK INUPIAT CORPORATION SAND AND 

8 GRAVEL RESOURCES. 

9 Section 3 of the Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act of 

10 1984 (Public Law 98–366; 98 Stat. 470) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 3. The Secretary’’ and in12 serting the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE TO UKPEAGVIK INUPIAT CORPORA14 TION. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(b) INCLUSIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

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1 clude all right, title, and interest held by the United 

2 States to sand and gravel deposits underlying the 

3 surface estate owned by UIC within and contiguous 

4 to the Barrow gas fields, in the areas depicted on 

5 the map entitled ‘1984 Barrow Gas Field Transfer 

6 Act’ and dated April 25, 2016 and more particularly 

7 described as follows: 

8 ‘‘(A) T. 21 N. R. 16 W., secs. 7, 17-18, 

9 19-21, and 28-29. 

10 ‘‘(B) T. 21 N. R. 17 W., secs. 1-2, and 11- 

11 14. 

12 ‘‘(C) T. 22 N., R. 18 W., secs. 4, 9, and 

13 29-32. 

14 ‘‘(D) T. 22 N. R. 19 W., secs. 25 and 36. 

15 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) ROAD CONSTRUCTION.—In con17 structing roads to access any of the sand and 

18 gravel deposits lying within the areas described 

19 in paragraph (1), UIC shall continue to miti20 gate negative impacts on the nesting sites of 

21 the Steller’s eider. 

22 ‘‘(B) EXCAVATION.—In excavating any of 

23 the sand and gravel deposits lying within the 

24 areas described in paragraph (1), UIC shall not 


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1 blast or use explosives during the active nesting 

2 season of the Steller’s eider.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. SHISHMAREF EASEMENT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec5 retary shall grant the Shishmaref Native Corporation, a 

6 Corporation established under the Alaska Native Claims 

7 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), a perpetual ease8 ment of approximately 300 feet that crosses the Bering 

9 Land Bridge National Monument to permit a surface 

10 transportation route between the Village of Shishmaref 

11 and the general area of Ear Mountain, Alaska. 

12 (b) PROPOSED EASEMENT.—The easement described 

13 in subsection (a) shall be jointly proposed by the 

14 Shishmaref Native Corporation, the City of Shishmaref, 

15 and the Native Village of Shishmaref based on rec16 ommendations made by the State. 

17 (c) APPROVAL UNDER ANILCA.—The easement 

18 granted under this section shall be considered to meet all 

19 applicable requirements of title XI of the Alaska National 

20 Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.). 

21 SEC. 5. SHEE ATIKA INCORPORATED. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Account’’ means the 

24 Shee Atika Account established under subsection 

25 (d). 


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1 (2) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means— 

2 (A) any department, agency, or other in3 strumentality of the Federal Government; and 

4 (B) any Government corporation (as de5 fined in section 9101 of title 31, United States 

6 Code). 

7 (3) AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ 

8 means the agreement between Shee Atika and the 

9 United States (including any amendment or supple10 ment to the agreement) under which the United 

11 States has an option to reacquire the Cube Cove 

12 Land. 

13 (4) CUBE COVE LAND.—The term ‘‘Cube Cove 

14 Land’’ means the approximately 23,000 acres of 

15 surface estate land at Cube Cove, Admiralty Island, 

16 Alaska, as described in Appendix A to the Agree17 ment. 

18 (5) PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘property’’ has the 

19 meaning given the term in section 12(b)(7)(vii) of 

20 the Act of January 2, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1611 note; 

21 Public Law 94–204). 

22 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

23 the Secretary of Agriculture. 


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1 (7) SEGMENT.—The term ‘‘segment’’ means 

2 any 1 of the 13 tracts of surface estate land identi3 fied in Appendix C to the Agreement. 

4 (8) SHEE ATIKA.—The term ‘‘Shee Atika’’ 

5 means Shee Atika Incorporated. 

6 (b) AUTHORIZATION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—All consideration, whether in 

8 cash or in kind, received by Shee Atika under the 

9 Agreement shall be treated for purposes of all Fed10 eral laws as if the consideration was, within the 

11 meaning of section 21(c) of the Alaska Native 

12 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1620(c)), the re13 ceipt of land or any interest in land pursuant to the 

14 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

15 1601 et seq.) or cash in order to equalize the values 

16 of properties exchanged pursuant to section 22(f) of 

17 the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

18 1621(f)). 

19 (2) EFFECT.—Nothing in the Agreement or 

20 this section imposes any duty on Shee Atika not ex21 pressly set forth in the Agreement. 

22 (c) OPTION TO RECEIVE CREDITS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

24 (A) CREDITS.—On election by Shee Atika 

25 made in writing not later than the day before 


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1 the date on which a closing of any segment of 

2 the Cube Cove Land is scheduled to occur, the 

3 Secretary, in accordance with subsection (d), 

4 may pay all or part of the amounts due to Shee 

5 Atika under the Agreement on the closing date 

6 in the form of credits that may be used by Shee 

7 Atika to purchase property sold at public sale. 

8 (B) CASH.—Amounts otherwise due to 

9 Shee Atika for which Shee Atika has not made 

10 the election described in subparagraph (A) shall 

11 be paid to Shee Atika in cash. 

12 (2) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall make 

13 a payment in the form described in paragraph (1) 

14 without regard to whether Shee Atika has made any 

15 other election under paragraph (1). 

16 (3) CLOSING DATE.—Closing of any segment 

17 for which Shee Atika has made an election under 

18 paragraph (1) shall occur not later than 30 days 

19 after the date on which the Secretary notifies Shee 

20 Atika that the applicable credit is ready to be depos21 ited into the Account. 

22 (d) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

24 provision of law, not later than 90 days after Shee 

25 Atika first makes an election under subsection 


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1 (c)(1), the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 

2 with the Secretary, shall establish an account in the 

3 Treasury to be known as the ‘‘Shee Atika Account’’. 

4 (2) CREDITS INTO ACCOUNT.—The Secretary of 

5 the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary, 

6 shall— 

7 (A) deposit into the Account amounts 

8 equal to any credit received under subsection 

9 (c); and 

10 (B) establish procedures under which Shee 

11 Atika may— 

12 (i) receive deposits into the Account; 

13 (ii) make deposits from the Account 

14 into escrow when an escrow is required for 

15 the sale of any property; 

16 (iii) reinstate to the Account any un17 used escrow deposits under clause (ii) if 

18 the applicable sale is not completed; and 

19 (iv) notwithstanding any other provi20 sion of law and on written notice to the 

21 Secretary of the Treasury and the Sec22 retary, assign, without restriction, any or 

23 all of the amounts in the Account. 

24 (3) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—The balance 

25 of the Account shall— 


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1 (A) be immediately available to Shee Atika 

2 for use in accordance with paragraph (4); and 

3 (B) remain available until expended. 

4 (4) USE OF FUNDS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Shee Atika may use 

6 amounts in the Account to bid for, and pur7 chase, any property at any public sale by an 

8 agency. 

9 (B) REQUIREMENT.—In conducting a 

10 transaction under subparagraph (A), an agency 

11 shall accept any amount tendered from the Ac12 count in the same manner as if the amount 

13 were tendered in cash. 

14 (5) EFFECT.—Notwithstanding any other provi15 sion of law, any property purchased under para16 graph (4) shall be considered to be a conveyance 

17 made under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

18 Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on the date of enact19 ment of that Act. 

20 SEC. 6. ADMIRALTY ISLAND NATIONAL MONUMENT LAND 

21 EXCHANGE. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) SEALASKA.—The term ‘‘Sealaska’’ means 

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1 poration established under the Alaska Native Claims 

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

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

4 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

5 (b) LAND EXCHANGE.—If Sealaska relinquishes to 

6 the United States all right, title, and interest in and to 

7 the land described in subsection (c)(1), the Secretary, not 

8 later than 90 days after the date of the relinquishment, 

9 shall convey to Sealaska all right, title, and interest in and 

10 to the land described in subsection (c)(2). 

11 (c) LAND DESCRIBED.— 

12 (1) SEALASKA LAND.—The land to be relin13 quished by Sealaska to the United States under sub14 section (b) is the subsurface estate to the approxi15 mately 23,000 acres of subsurface land depicted as 

16 ‘‘Sealaska Lands to U.S. Forest Service’’ on the 

17 map entitled ‘‘Sealaska Land Exchange—Sealaska 

18 Admiralty Island National Monument Lands’’ and 

19 dated March 10, 2016. 

20 (2) FEDERAL LAND.—The Federal land to be 

21 conveyed to Sealaska under subsection (b) is the 

22 surface and subsurface estate to the approximately 

23 8,872.5 acres of Federal land and the surface estate 

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1 the map entitled ‘‘Sealaska Land Exchange—U.S. 

2 Forest Service Lands’’ and dated March 10, 2016. 

3 (d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist4 ence on the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal 

5 land described in subsection (c)(2) is withdrawn from— 

6 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 

7 under the public land laws; 

8 (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 

9 laws; and 

10 (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min11 eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 

12 (e) MAPS.—The maps described in subsection (c) 

13 shall be maintained on file in— 

14 (1) the office of the Chief of the Forest Service; 

15 (2) the office of the Secretary of the Interior; 

16 and 

17 (3) the Alaska Regional Office of the Forest 

18 Service. 

19 (f) EFFECT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, the Federal land conveyed to Sealaska under sub21 section (b) shall be considered to be a conveyance made 

22 under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

23 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on the date of enactment of that Act. 

24 SEC. 7. CIRI LAND ENTITLEMENT. 

25 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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

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

3 have the meaning given the term ‘‘Native Corpora4 tion’’ in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Set5 tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602). 

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

7 Region, Inc. 

8 (b) CONVEYANCE.— 

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

10 satisfy the acreage of land to which CIRI is entitled 

11 under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

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

13 Secretary shall convey to CIRI the acreage of land 

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

15 (2) CONDITION.—The conveyance under para16 graph (1) shall be subject to the condition that, with 

17 respect to any land subject to selection under sub18 section (c) that is located within the boundaries of 

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

20 Secretary shall not convey to CIRI, that land unless 

21 CIRI has obtained the written consent of the other 

22 regional ANC in an instrument signed by an author23 ized officer of that regional ANC. 

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

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1 equivalent to the unsatisfied portion of the acreage of land 

2 to which CIRI is entitled under the Alaska Native Claims 

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

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

5 boundaries of Cook Inlet Region— 

6 (A) that was previously selected for con7 veyance by one or more other Alaska Native 

8 Corporations; and 

9 (B) the selection of which under subpara10 graph (A) was later withdrawn by those one or 

11 more ANCs. 

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

13 boundaries of Cook Inlet Region that is adjacent to 

14 land owned by other ANCs. 

15 (3) Land located within the boundaries of the 

16 National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska. 

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

18 Wildlife Refuge System in the State, except that no 

19 land may be selected inside the Arctic National 

20 Wildlife Refuge. 

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

22 outside of the boundaries of any National Monu23 ment, unit of the National Park System, or land 

24 designated as wilderness under the Wilderness Act 

25 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 


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

2 (d) SELECTION OF EXCESS FEDERAL LAND OR

3 PROPERTY.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with para5 graph (2), CIRI shall have a right of notice and first 

6 refusal to select land or property located within the 

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

8 Federal Government as excess to the needs of the 

9 Federal Government, except to the extent that right 

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

11 National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public 

12 Law 96–487; 94 Stat. 2515). 

13 (2) REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

15 excess Federal land or property within the re16 gion of CIRI, the Federal Government shall 

17 provide to CIRI notice of the intent of the Fed18 eral Government to convey that excess Federal 

19 land or property. 

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

21 after the date on which the Federal Govern22 ment provides notice under subparagraph (A), 

23 CIRI shall determine whether to acquire the ex24 cess Federal land or property. 


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1 (C) CONVEYANCE AND RELINQUISH2 MENT.—If CIRI chooses to acquire the excess 

3 Federal land or property under subparagraph 

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

5 number of acres from the unsatisfied portion of 

6 the acreage of land to which CIRI is entitled 

7 under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

8 (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that is equal to— 

9 (i) the fair market value per acre of 

10 the excess Federal land or the surplus 

11 value of the property to be conveyed; di12 vided by 

13 (ii) the difference between— 

14 (I) the value per acre of land de15 termined from the most recent census 

16 of the National Agricultural Statistics 

17 Service of the Department of Agri18 culture of agricultural land values for 

19 the State, specifically by the statewide 

20 value of land in the State; and 

21 (II) the value of land in the Ju22 neau and Anchorage census areas 

23 used for Federal surplus property 

24 credits, adjusted for inflation. 


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1 SEC. 8. KAKTOVIK AND CANYON VILLAGE. 

2 (a) KAKTOVIK INUPIAT CORPORATION.—To maxi3 mize Federal revenues by removing clouds on title to land 

4 and clarifying land ownership patterns within the Coastal 

5 Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, notwith6 standing section 1302(h)(2) of the Alaska National Inter7 est Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3192(h)(2)), the 

8 Secretary shall convey— 

9 (1) to the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation the 

10 surface estate of the land described in paragraph 1 

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

12 to the extent necessary to fulfill the entitlement of 

13 the Corporation under section 12 of the Alaska Na14 tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611) in ac15 cordance with the terms and conditions of the 

16 Agreement between the Department of the Interior, 

17 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bu18 reau of Land Management, and the Kaktovik 

19 Inupiat Corporation, effective January 22, 1993; 

20 and 

21 (2) to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation 

22 the remaining subsurface estate to which the Cor23 poration is entitled pursuant to the Agreement be24 tween the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the 

25 United States of America dated August 9, 1983. 

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1 (1) CONVEYANCE.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

3 convey to Kian Tr’ee Corporation, for the Na4 tive Village of Canyon Village, the surface es5 tate in the land selected by the Kian Tr’ee Cor6 poration pursuant to section 14(h)(2) of the 

7 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

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

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

10 title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc11 cessor regulations), shall not apply to the con12 veyance under subparagraph (A). 

13 (2) LIMITATION.—The conveyance under para14 graph (1)(A) shall not exceed 6,400 acres. 

15 (3) SUBSURFACE ESTATE.— 

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

17 elects to receive conveyance under subpara18 graph (B), the Secretary shall convey to Doyon, 

19 Limited, the subsurface estate in the land con20 veyed under paragraph (1)(A). 

21 (B) ALTERNATE SELECTION.—At the op22 tion of Doyon, Limited, in lieu of accepting the 

23 conveyance under subparagraph (A)— 

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

2 the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

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

4 acreage to the subsurface that would oth5 erwise be conveyed under subparagraph 

6 (A); 

7 (ii) Doyon, Limited, shall notify the 

8 Secretary (acting through the Alaska State 

9 Office of the Bureau of Land Manage10 ment) of the preference of Doyon, Limited, 

11 not later than 90 days after the date of en12 actment of this Act; and 

13 (iii) the Secretary shall convey to 

14 Doyon, Limited, the subsurface estate se15 lected under clause (i). 

16 SEC. 9. NAGAMUT. 

17 Section 12 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

18 Act (43 U.S.C. 1611) is amended by adding at the end 

19 the following new subsection: 

20 ‘‘(g) NAGAMUT.— 

21 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this 

22 subsection: 

23 ‘‘(A) CALISTA.—The term ‘Calista’ means 

24 Calista Corporation, an Alaska Native Regional 

25 Corporation in accordance with section 7, which 


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1 is entitled to the subsurface estate to the 

2 Nagamut selection pursuant to section 14(f). 

3 ‘‘(B) NAGAMUT.—The term ‘Nagamut’ 

4 means Nagamut Limited, a Native group recog5 nized as eligible to receive the conveyance of 

6 6,080 acres under section 13(h)(2) and orga7 nized under the laws of the State of Alaska. 

8 ‘‘(C) NAGAMUT SELECTION.—The term 

9 ‘Nagamut selection’ means the unconveyed sur10 face estate to 6,080 acres of land Nagamut se11 lected on September 18, 1975 under Bureau of 

12 Land Management serial number AA–9902. 

13 ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—As determined under para14 graph (3), in lieu of the conveyance of the Nagamut 

15 selection to Nagamut and the subsurface estate of 

16 the Nagamut selection to Calista, the Secretary 

17 shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) pay compensation to Nagamut in an 

19 amount equal to the fair market value of the 

20 Nagamut selection; and 

21 ‘‘(B) pay compensation to Calista in an 

22 amount equal to the fair market value of any 

23 subsurface estate beneath the Nagamut selec24 tion to which Calista is entitled. 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Within 18 months of 

2 the date of enactment of the Alaska Native 

3 Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017, 

4 the fair market value of the surface and sub5 surface estates of the Nagamut selection shall 

6 be determined by appraisals conducted— 

7 ‘‘(i) in accordance with the Uniform 

8 Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Ac9 quisitions and the Uniform Standards of 

10 Professional Appraisal Practice; 

11 ‘‘(ii) by an appraiser mutually agree12 able to the Secretary, Nagamut, and 

13 Calista; 

14 ‘‘(iii) in a way that shall determine 

15 the fair market values of the surface and 

16 subsurface estates of the Nagamut selec17 tion as though the estates were available 

18 for selection under this Act on the date of 

19 enactment of the Alaska Native Claims 

20 Settlement Improvement Act of 2017: and 

21 ‘‘(iv) without regard to the current 

22 ownership status. 

23 ‘‘(B) COSTS.—The costs of the appraisals 

24 required under this paragraph shall be borne by 

25 the Secretary. 


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1 ‘‘(4) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT; COM2 PENSATION.— 

3 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab4 lished a special account in the Treasury of the 

5 United States to be known as the ‘Nagamut Se6 lection Special Account’, into which shall be de7 posited from the General Fund of the Treasury 

8 a sum equal to the appraised fair market value 

9 of the surface and subsurface estates of the 

10 Nagamut selection. 

11 ‘‘(B) COMPENSATION.—Amounts in the 

12 Nagamut Selection Special Account shall be 

13 available to the Secretary, without further ap14 propriation, to compensate Nagamut and 

15 Calista for the fair market value of the surface 

16 and subsurface estates of the Nagamut selec17 tion. 

18 ‘‘(5) EFFECT ON ENTITLEMENT.—The com19 pensation paid to Nagamut and Calista pursuant to 

20 this subsection shall satisfy the statutory land enti21 tlement of Nagamut and the rights to the subsurface 

22 estate held by Calista under the provisions of this 

23 Act.’’. 


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1 SEC. 10. UNRECOGNIZED SOUTHEAST ALASKA NATIVE 

2 COMMUNITIES RECOGNITION AND COM3 PENSATION. 

4 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to re5 dress the omission of the southeastern Alaska commu6 nities of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and 

7 Wrangell from eligibility by authorizing the Native people 

8 enrolled in the communities— 

9 (1) to form Urban Corporations for the commu10 nities under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

11 Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); and 

12 (2) to receive certain settlement land pursuant 

13 to that Act. 

14 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL NATIVE COR15 PORATIONS.—Section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Set16 tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615) is amended by adding at 

17 the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(e) NATIVE VILLAGES OF HAINES, KETCHIKAN, PE19 TERSBURG, TENAKEE, AND WRANGELL, ALASKA.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Native residents of 

21 each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, 

22 Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, may or23 ganize as Urban Corporations. 

24 ‘‘(2) EFFECT ON ENTITLEMENT TO LAND.— 

25 Nothing in this subsection affects any entitlement to 

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1 the date of enactment of this subsection pursuant to 

2 this Act or any other provision of law.’’. 

3 (c) SHAREHOLDER ELIGIBILITY.—Section 8 of the 

4 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1607) 

5 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(d) NATIVE VILLAGES OF HAINES, KETCHIKAN, 

7 PETERSBURG, TENAKEE, AND WRANGELL.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enroll 

9 to each of the Urban Corporations for Haines, 

10 Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell those 

11 individual Natives who enrolled under this Act to the 

12 Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, 

13 Tenakee, or Wrangell, respectively. 

14 ‘‘(2) NUMBER OF SHARES.—Each Native who 

15 is enrolled to an Urban Corporation for Haines, 

16 Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell pursu17 ant to paragraph (1) and who was enrolled as a 

18 shareholders of the Regional Corporation for South19 east Alaska on or before March 30, 1973, shall re20 ceive 100 shares of Settlement Common Stock in the 

21 respective Urban Corporation. 

22 ‘‘(3) NATIVES RECEIVING SHARES THROUGH IN23 HERITANCE.—If a Native received shares of stock in 

24 the Regional Corporation for Southeast Alaska 

25 through inheritance from a decedent Native who 


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1 originally enrolled to the Native Village of Haines, 

2 Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell and 

3 the decedent Native was not a shareholder in a Vil4 lage or Urban Corporation, the Native shall receive 

5 the identical number of shares of Settlement Com6 mon Stock in the Urban Corporation for Haines, 

7 Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell as the 

8 number of shares inherited by that Native from the 

9 decedent Native who would have been eligible to be 

10 enrolled to the respective Urban Corporation. 

11 ‘‘(4) EFFECT ON ENTITLEMENT TO LAND.— 

12 Nothing in this subsection affects entitlement to 

13 land of any Regional Corporation pursuant to sec14 tion 12(b) or 14(h)(8).’’. 

15 (d) DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS.—Section 7 of the Alaska 

16 Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606) is amend17 ed— 

18 (1) in subsection (j)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘(j) During’’ and inserting 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(j) DISTRIBUTION OF CORPORATE FUNDS AND

22 OTHER NET INCOME.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During’’; 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘Not less’’ and inserting 

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Not less’’; 

2 (C) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and inserting 

3 the following: 

4 ‘‘(3) THIRTEENTH REGIONAL CORPORATION.— 

5 In the case’’; and 

6 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(4) NATIVE VILLAGES OF HAINES, KETCH8 IKAN, PETERSBURG, TENAKEE, AND WRANGELL.— 

9 Native members of the Native Villages of Haines, 

10 Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell who 

11 become shareholders in an Urban Corporation for 

12 such a Native Village shall continue to be eligible to 

13 receive distributions under this subsection as at14 large shareholders of the Regional Corporation for 

15 Southeast Alaska.’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(s) EFFECT OF AMENDATORY ACT.—Section 14 of 

18 the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 

19 2017 and the amendments made by that section shall not 

20 affect— 

21 ‘‘(1) the ratio for determination of revenue dis22 tribution among Native Corporations under this sec23 tion; or 


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1 ‘‘(2) the settlement agreement among Regional 

2 Corporation or Village Corporations or other provi3 sions of subsection (i) or (j).’’. 

4 (e) COMPENSATION.—The Alaska Native Claims Set5 tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended by add6 ing at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 43. URBAN CORPORATIONS FOR HAINES, KETCHIKAN, 

8 PETERSBURG, TENAKEE, AND WRANGELL. 

9 ‘‘(a) OFFER OF COMPENSATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On incorporation of the 

11 Urban Corporations for Haines, Ketchikan, Peters12 burg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, the Secretary, in con13 sultation and coordination with the Secretary of 

14 Commerce, and in consultation with representatives 

15 of each such Urban Corporation and the Regional 

16 Corporation for Southeast Alaska, shall offer as 

17 compensation, pursuant to this Act, 1 township of 

18 land (23,040 acres) to each of the Urban Corpora19 tions for Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, 

20 and Wrangell, in accordance with this subsection. 

21 ‘‘(2) LOCAL AREAS OF HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, 

22 TRADITIONAL, AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

24 offer as compensation under this subsection 

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1 and economic importance to Alaska Natives 

2 from the Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Peters3 burg, Tenakee, or Wrangell. 

4 ‘‘(B) SELECTION OF LAND.—In selecting 

5 the land to be withdrawn and conveyed pursu6 ant to this section, the Secretary— 

7 ‘‘(i) shall give preference to land with 

8 commercial purposes; 

9 ‘‘(ii) may include subsistence and cul10 tural sites, aquaculture sites, hydroelectric 

11 sites, tideland, surplus Federal property, 

12 and eco-tourism sites; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) shall not include land within a 

14 conservation system unit (as defined in 

15 section 102 of the Alaska National Interest 

16 Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 

17 3102)). 

18 ‘‘(C) CONTIGUOUS, COMPACT SITES.—The 

19 land selected pursuant to this section shall be 

20 contiguous and reasonably compact tracts if 

21 practicable. 

22 ‘‘(D) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The land 

23 selected pursuant to this section shall be subject 

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1 tract, permit, right-of-way, or easement (includ2 ing a lease issued under section 6(g) of the Act 

3 of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the ‘Alas4 ka Statehood Act’) (48 U.S.C. note prec. 21; 

5 Public Law 85–508)). 

6 ‘‘(b) ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF OFFER.— 

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

8 the date of the offer of compensation from the Sec9 retary under subsection (a), each of the Urban Cor10 porations for Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, 

11 Tenakee, and Wrangell shall accept or reject the 

12 offer. 

13 ‘‘(2) RESOLUTION.—To accept or reject the 

14 offer, each such Urban Corporation shall provide to 

15 the Secretary a properly executed and certified cor16 porate resolution that states that the offer proposed 

17 by the Secretary was voted on, and either approved 

18 or rejected, by a majority of the shareholders of the 

19 Urban Corporation. 

20 ‘‘(3) REJECTION OF OFFER.—If the offer is re21 jected— 

22 ‘‘(A) the Secretary, in consultation with 

23 representatives of the Urban Corporation that 

24 rejected the offer and the Regional Corporation 

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1 ‘‘(B) the Urban Corporation shall have an 

2 additional 180 days within which to accept or 

3 reject the revised offer. 

4 ‘‘(c) WITHDRAWAL AND CONVEYANCE OF LAND AND

5 TITLE.—Not later than 180 days after receipt of a cor6 porate resolution of an Urban Corporation approving an 

7 offer of the Secretary under subsection (b)(1), the Sec8 retary shall (as appropriate)— 

9 ‘‘(1) withdraw the land; 

10 ‘‘(2) convey to the Urban Corporation title to 

11 the surface estate of the land; and 

12 ‘‘(3) convey to the Regional Corporation for 

13 Southeast Alaska title the subsurface estate for the 

14 land. 

15 ‘‘(d) CONVEYANCE OF ROADS, TRAILS, LOG TRANS16 FER FACILITIES, LEASES, AND APPURTENANCES.—The 

17 Secretary shall, without consideration of compensation, 

18 convey to the Urban Corporations of Haines, Ketchikan, 

19 Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, by quitclaim deed or 

20 patent, all right, title, and interest of the United States 

21 in all roads, trails, log transfer facilities, leases, and ap22 purtenances on or related to the land conveyed to the Cor23 porations pursuant to subsection (c). 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Urban Corporations of 

2 Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and 

3 Wrangell may establish a settlement trust in accord4 ance with section 39 for the purposes of promoting 

5 the health, education, and welfare of the trust bene6 ficiaries, and preserving the Native heritage and cul7 ture, of the communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Pe8 tersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, respectively. 

9 ‘‘(2) PROCEEDS AND INCOME.—The proceeds 

10 and income from the principal of a trust established 

11 under paragraph (1) shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) first be applied to the support of 

13 those enrollees, and the descendants of the en14 rollees, who are elders or minor children; and 

15 ‘‘(B) then to the support of all other en16 rollees.’’. 

17 SEC. 11. OPEN SEASON FOR CERTAIN ALASKA NATIVE VET18 ERANS FOR ALLOTMENTS. 

19 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 41 of the Alaska Native 

20 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1629g) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

23 ‘‘IN GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘ALASKA NATIVE

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1 (B) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) 

2 and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) ALLOTMENTS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—Any person 

5 described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 

6 (b) shall be eligible to receive an allotment 

7 under the Act of May 17, 1906 (34 Stat. 197, 

8 chapter 2469) (as in effect before December 18, 

9 1971), of not more than 2 parcels of Federal 

10 land, the total area of which shall not exceed 

11 160 acres. Any person described in paragraph 

12 (1) or (2) of subsection (b) who, prior to the 

13 date on which the Secretary promulgates regu14 lations pursuant to section 11(b) of the Alaska 

15 Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 

16 2017 received an allotment that has a total 

17 area of less than 160 acres shall be eligible to 

18 receive an allotment under the Act of May 17, 

19 1906 (34 Stat. 197, chapter 2469) (as in effect 

20 before December 18, 1971), of not more than 

21 1 parcel of Federal land, the total area of which 

22 shall not exceed the difference in acres between 

23 160 acres and the total area of the allotment 

24 that the person previously received under the 

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1 ‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The civil 

2 action styled ‘Shields v. United States’ (698 

3 F.2d 987 (9th Cir. 1983), cert. denied (104 S. 

4 Ct. 73 (1983))) shall not be construed to dimin5 ish or modify the eligibility of any person de6 scribed in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 

7 (b). 

8 ‘‘(C) FILING DEADLINE.—An allotment 

9 shall be filed for an eligible recipient not later 

10 than 3 years after the date on which the Sec11 retary promulgates regulations pursuant to sec12 tion 11(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle13 ment Improvement Act of 2017. 

14 ‘‘(2) LAND AVAILABLE FOR ALLOTMENTS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara16 graph (C), an allotment under this section shall 

17 be selected from land that is— 

18 ‘‘(i)(I) vacant; and 

19 ‘‘(II) owned by the United States; 

20 ‘‘(ii) selected by, or conveyed to, the 

21 State of Alaska, if the State voluntarily re22 linquishes or conveys to the United States 

23 the land for the allotment; or 

24 ‘‘(iii) selected by, or conveyed to, a 

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1 tion voluntarily relinquishes or conveys to 

2 the United States the land for the allot3 ment. 

4 ‘‘(B) RELINQUISHMENT BY NATIVE COR5 PORATION.—If a Native Corporation relin6 quishes land under subparagraph (A)(iii), the 

7 Native Corporation may select appropriate Fed8 eral land, as determined by the Secretary, the 

9 area of which is equal to the area of the land 

10 relinquished by the Native Corporation, to re11 place the relinquished land. 

12 ‘‘(C) EXCLUSIONS.—An allotment under 

13 this section shall not be selected from land that 

14 is located within— 

15 ‘‘(i) a right-of-way of the TransAlaska 

16 Pipeline; 

17 ‘‘(ii) an inner or outer corridor of 

18 such a right-of-way; or 

19 ‘‘(iii) a unit of the National Park Sys20 tem, a National Preserve, or a National 

21 Monument. 

22 ‘‘(D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The civil 

23 action styled ‘Shields v. United States’ (698 

24 F.2d 987 (9th Cir. 1983), cert. denied (104 S. 

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1 the land that is eligible for allotment under this 

2 paragraph. 

3 ‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE ALLOTMENTS.—A person 

4 described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) 

5 who qualifies for an allotment under this section on 

6 land described in paragraph (2)(C) may select an al7 ternative allotment from land that is— 

8 ‘‘(A) located within the boundaries of land 

9 described in paragraph (2)(C); 

10 ‘‘(B)(i)(I) withdrawn under section 

11 11(a)(1)(C); and 

12 ‘‘(II) not selected, or relinquished after se13 lection, under section 11(a)(3); 

14 ‘‘(ii) contiguous to an outer boundary of 

15 land withdrawn under section 11(a)(1)(C); or 

16 ‘‘(iii) vacant, unappropriated, and unre17 served; and 

18 ‘‘(C) not a unit of the National Park Sys19 tem, a National Preserve, or a National Monu20 ment.’’; and 

21 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 

22 (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 

23 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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1 ‘‘(B) is a veteran who served during the 

2 period beginning on August 5, 1964, and end3 ing on May 7, 1975.’’; 

4 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert5 ing the following: 

6 ‘‘(2) DECEASED PERSONS.—If an individual 

7 who would otherwise have been eligible for an allot8 ment under this section dies before applying for an 

9 allotment, an heir of the person may apply for, and 

10 receive, an allotment under this section, on behalf of 

11 the estate of the person.’’; and 

12 (C) by striking paragraph (3) and insert13 ing the following: 

14 ‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—No person who received an 

15 allotment or has a pending allotment under the Act 

16 of May 17, 1906, may receive an allotment under 

17 this section, other than— 

18 ‘‘(A) an heir who applies for, and receives, 

19 an allotment on behalf of the estate of a de20 ceased person under paragraph (2); and 

21 ‘‘(B) a person who, prior to the date on 

22 which the Secretary promulgates regulations 

23 pursuant to section 11(b) of the Alaska Native 

24 Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017, 

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1 1906 (34 Stat. 197, chapter 2469), that has a 

2 total area of less than 160 acres.’’; 

3 (3) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

4 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 

5 (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(d) APPROVAL OF ALLOTMENTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to any valid right 

9 in existence on the date of enactment of the Alaska 

10 Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017, 

11 and except as provided in paragraph (3), not later 

12 than 5 years after the date of the enactment of the 

13 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act 

14 of 2017, the Secretary shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) approve any application for an allot16 ment filed in accordance with subsection (a); 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(B) issue a certificate of allotment under 

19 such terms, conditions, and restrictions as the 

20 Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

21 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 2 years 

22 after the date of the enactment of the Alaska Native 

23 Claims Settlement Improvement Act of 2017, on re24 ceipt of an application for an allotment under this 

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1 entity that has an interest in land described in sub2 section (a)(2) that is potentially adverse to the inter3 est of the applicant a notice of the right of the per4 son or entity, by not later than 90 days after the 

5 date of receipt of the notice— 

6 ‘‘(A) to initiate a private contest of the al7 lotment; or 

8 ‘‘(B) to file a protest against the allotment 

9 in accordance with procedures established by 

10 the Secretary. 

11 ‘‘(3) ACTION BY SECRETARY.—If a private con12 test or protest relating to an application for an allot13 ment is initiated or filed under paragraph (2), the 

14 Secretary shall not issue a certificate for the allot15 ment under paragraph (1)(B) until a final deter16 mination has been made with respect to the private 

17 contest or protest. 

18 ‘‘(e) RESELECTION.—A person that selected an allot19 ment under this section may withdraw that selection and 

20 reselect land in accordance with this section after the date 

21 of enactment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Im22 provement Act of 2017, if the land originally selected— 

23 ‘‘(1) was selected before the date of enactment 

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1 ‘‘(2) as of the date of enactment of that Act, 

2 was not conveyed to the person.’’; and 

3 (5) by striking subsection (f), as designated by 

4 paragraph (3) and inserting: 

5 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

6 ‘‘(1) The term ‘veteran’ means a person who 

7 served in the active military, naval, or air service, 

8 and who was discharged or released therefrom. 

9 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Vietnam era’ has the meaning 

10 given the term by paragraph (29) of section 101 of 

11 title 38, United States Code.’’. 

12 (b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

13 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 

14 shall promulgate, after consultation with Alaska Native 

15 organizations, final regulations to carry out the amend16 ments made by subsection (a). During the consultation 

17 process, the Secretary shall, in coordination with Alaska 

18 Native organizations and to the greatest extent possible, 

19 identify persons who are eligible to receive an allotment 

20 under the amendments made by subsection (a). Upon pro21 mulgation of the final regulations, the Secretary shall con22 tact each of these persons directly to provide an expla23 nation of the process by which the person may apply for 

24 an allotment under the amendments made by subsection 

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1 SEC. 12. 13TH REGIONAL CORPORATION. 

2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Na3 tive’’ and ‘‘Regional Corporation’’ have the meanings 

4 given those terms in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims 

5 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602). 

6 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—A Regional Corporation for 

7 Natives who are non-residents of Alaska may be estab8 lished for the thirteenth region in accordance with section 

9 7(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

10 U.S.C. 1606(c)). 

11 (c) MEETING.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), as 

13 soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 

14 this Act, the Secretary shall convene a meeting of 

15 the shareholders of the Regional Corporation estab16 lished pursuant to section 7(c) of the Alaska Native 

17 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(c)) for the 

18 purpose of the election of a board of directors. 

19 (2) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In advance of the 

20 meeting under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

21 notify the roll of current shareholders of the Re22 gional Corporation (as determined under section 

23 5(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

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1 SEC. 13. CHUGACH ALASKA CORPORATION LAND EX2 CHANGE POOL. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

5 Alaska Corporation. 

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

7 land conveyed to CAC pursuant to the Alaska Native 

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

9 which— 

10 (A) both the surface estate and the sub11 surface estate were conveyed to CAC; or 

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

13 to CAC; and 

14 (ii) the surface estate or a conservation 

15 easement in the surface estate was acquired by 

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

17 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Habitat 

18 Protection and Acquisition Program. 

19 (b) STUDY.— 

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

21 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

22 Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary and 

23 in consultation with CAC, shall conduct a study to 

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1 quisitions in the Chugach region after December 1, 

2 1980. 

3 (2) STUDY REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

5 paragraph (1) shall— 

6 (i) consider conflicts that have arisen 

7 between the management of Federal land 

8 in the Chugach region and CAC land; 

9 (ii) include recommendations for a 

10 land exchange, including land exchange op11 tions that could be offered to CAC as con12 sideration for the conveyance of existing 

13 property rights of CAC in exchange for 

14 other Federal land or property available 

15 for exchange; and 

16 (iii) identify not less than 500,000 

17 acres of economically viable Federal land, 

18 being managed by any Federal land man19 agement agency, in or outside the State 

20 that can be made available to CAC in ex21 change for any CAC land identified by 

22 CAC as available to the United States for 

23 exchange. 

24 (B) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIREMENTS.— 

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1 (A) shall be pursuant to mutual agreement of 

2 CAC and the United States and consummated 

3 in accordance with all applicable legal author4 izations, except that any acre-for-acre exchange 

5 of such Federal land for such CAC land shall 

6 be conclusively deemed to be in the public inter7 est. 

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

9 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

10 submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re11 sources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Re12 sources of the House of Representatives a report con13 taining the results of the study conducted under this sec14 tion, the identification of Federal land for exchange, and 

15 any other recommendations as identified by the Secretary. 

16 SEC. 14. DIVIDEND EXCLUSION INCREASE. 

17 Section 29(c)(A) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle18 ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1626(c)(A)) is amended by striking 

19 ‘‘exceed $2,000 per individual per annum’’ and inserting 

20 the following: ‘‘exceed— 

21 ‘‘(i) for any calendar year preceding 2017, 

22 $2,000 per individual per annum; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) for calendar year 2017 and all subse24 quent calendar years, $5,000 per individual per 

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1 year 2022, and every 5 years thereafter, by in2 creasing the amount provided under this sub3 paragraph for the preceding year by the per4 centage increase in the Consumer Price Index 

5 for All Urban Consumers, as published by the 

6 Bureau of Labor Statistics, during the pre7 ceding 5-year period.’’. 

8 SEC. 15. FRACTIONAL SHARES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(h) of the Alaska Native 

10 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(h)) is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘, subject 

12 to paragraph (4)’’ after ‘‘pursuant to applicable laws 

13 of intestate succession’’; 

14 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para15 graph (5); and 

16 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(4) FRACTIONAL SHARES.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

20 State law regarding fractional shares, a Re21 gional Corporation is authorized to issue a full 

22 share of any class of stock, for no consider23 ation, in exchange for a fractional share of the 

24 same class of stock, held by any shareholder, as 

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1 fractional shares of a class of stock for full 

2 shares of the same class of stock at the same 

3 time. 

4 ‘‘(B) ELIMINATION OF FRACTIONAL

5 SHARES.—A Regional Corporation shall be au6 thorized, after taking the action specified in 

7 subparagraph (A) for any class of stock, to 

8 adopt, by resolution of the board of directors of 

9 the Regional Corporation, a policy that provides 

10 for the elimination of fractional shares that 

11 would result by will or the laws of intestate suc12 cession by— 

13 ‘‘(i) issuing a full share in lieu of any 

14 fractional share that would otherwise re15 sult from the application of a will or the 

16 intestacy laws; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) issuing the maximum number of 

18 full shares possible to each devisee or bene19 ficiary in the manner specified in a will or 

20 under the applicable intestacy laws, and, if 

21 any shares remain unissued, then issuing 

22 any such remaining shares as full shares 

23 only, in accordance with a process specified 

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1 discretion of the board of directors, local 

2 customs, traditions, and laws. 

3 ‘‘(C) NO LEGAL CAUSE OF ACTION.—No 

4 action taken by a Regional Corporation under 

5 subparagraph (A) or (B) shall provide a legal 

6 cause of action to any shareholder of the Re7 gional Corporation against either the Regional 

8 Corporation or its board of directors. 

9 ‘‘(D) PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW.—The 

10 provisions of this paragraph shall preempt 

11 State law with respect to fractional shares of 

12 Regional Corporations.’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8(c) of the 

14 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1607(c)) 

15 is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘paragraph (5)’’. 

17 SEC. 16. REINSTATEMENT OF DISSOLVED VILLAGE OR 

18 GROUP CORPORATIONS. 

19 Section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

20 (43 U.S.C. 1602) is amended by striking subsection (j) 

21 and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(j) VILLAGE CORPORATION.—The term ‘Village 

23 Corporation’— 

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1 as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation to 

2 hold, invest, manage, or distribute lands, property, 

3 funds, and other rights and assets for and on behalf 

4 of a Native village in accordance with the terms of 

5 this Act; and 

6 ‘‘(2) shall include any successor corporation of 

7 a Village Corporation involuntarily dissolved under 

8 the laws of the State of Alaska if— 

9 ‘‘(A) the successor has received all or sub10 stantially all the assets of the original Village 

11 Corporation; 

12 ‘‘(B) the shareholders of the successor are 

13 comprised of all shareholders of record or heirs 

14 of such shareholders at the time of such invol15 untary dissolution; and 

16 ‘‘(C) the successor corporation is organized 

17 under the laws of the State of Alaska;’’. 

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