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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4310 

To exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for 

certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 9, 2024 

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 exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska 

Corporation for certain Federal Land 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 ‘‘Chugach Alaska Land 

5 Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSE; FINDINGS. 

7 (a) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this Act are— 


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1 (1) to authorize, direct, and expedite the ex2 change of land and interests in land between Chu3 gach Alaska and the United States; and 

4 (2) to consolidate Federal ownership of the sur5 face and subsurface estate of Federal land and in6 terests acquired under the Program. 

7 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

8 (1) on March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon 

9 Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alas10 ka, spilling 11,000,000 gallons of crude oil, spread11 ing in the months that followed and covering ap12 proximately 1,300 miles of coastline, with immense 

13 impact for fish and wildlife and their habitats, and 

14 for local industries and communities; 

15 (2) civil settlement funds of $900,000,000 paid 

16 by Exxon to the United States and the State of 

17 Alaska were used to establish the Exxon Valdez Oil 

18 Spill Trustee Council (referred to in this section as 

19 ‘‘EVOSTC’’) and to develop the Program; 

20 (3) through the Program, the EVOSTC dedi21 cated nearly 60 percent of the funds to acquire fee 

22 title of, and conservation easements on, the surface 

23 estate of more than 600,000 acres in the area im24 pacted by the oil spill, including 241,000 acres of 

25 surface estate land and conservation easements in 


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1 the Chugach Region, giving the United States own2 ership of, and conservation easements on, 241,000 

3 acres of formerly Native-owned land within the Chu4 gach Region; 

5 (4) the conflict described in the Chugach Re6 gion Land Study Report and in this Act occurred 

7 when surface estate was purchased by the EVOSTC 

8 for conservation purposes while development rights 

9 remained for the subsurface (dominant estate) 

10 owned by Chugach Alaska, which shall be resolved 

11 by Chugach Alaska trading 231,036 acres of sub12 surface estate under surface fee and conservation 

13 easements on surface land owned by the Federal 

14 Government for 65,403 acres of fee simple land 

15 owned by the Federal Government; 

16 (5) most of the surface land and conservation 

17 easements on surface land in the Chugach Region 

18 described in paragraph (3) that were acquired by the 

19 EVOSTC were purchased from 4 Alaska Native Vil20 lage Corporations— 

21 (A) Chenega Corporation; 

22 (B) the English Bay (Nanwalek Corpora23 tion); 

24 (C) the Eyak Corporation; and 

25 (D) the Tatitlek Corporation; 


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1 (6) in accordance with section 14 of the Alaska 

2 Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613), 

3 when a Village Corporation selects and receives title 

4 to the surface estate to fulfill its land entitlement, 

5 the Regional Corporation receives title to the sub6 surface, resulting in split ownership between Alaska 

7 Native entities from the same region; 

8 (7) Chugach Alaska holds the dominant sub9 surface estate to approximately 241,000 acres of 

10 surface land acquired by the EVOSTC from the Vil11 lage Corporations under paragraph (5) that is pro12 tected under the Program; 

13 (8) none of the acquisitions described in para14 graph (5) by the EVOSTC included the subsurface 

15 interests owned by Chugach Alaska, despite aware16 ness by the EVOSTC of the provisions in the Alaska 

17 Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 

18 seq.) creating split ownership and the existing right 

19 of the subsurface owner to use the surface if it con20 stitutes reasonable use in the development of sub21 surface resources; 

22 (9) due to the split estate ownership described 

23 in paragraph (8), which became a split between Chu24 gach Alaska and the Federal Government, there is 

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1 gram and the responsibility of Chugach Alaska, on 

2 behalf of the Alaska Native shareholders of Chugach 

3 Alaska, to develop the subsurface estate under the 

4 land; 

5 (10) recognizing the conflicts between the man6 dates in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

7 (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on Native Corporations 

8 and the goals of the Program, and the significant 

9 social and economic impact of the Program on the 

10 region and on Chugach Alaska and the land held by 

11 Chugach Alaska, Congress directed, in section 1113 

12 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Manage13 ment, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 

14 Stat. 614), that the Bureau of Land Management 

15 conduct a study and identify accessible and economi16 cally viable Federal land that could be exchanged 

17 with Chugach Alaska, and to recommend exchange 

18 options that would consolidate ownership of the sur19 face and subsurface estates of land in the Program; 

20 (11) the Bureau of Land Management sub21 mitted the Chugach Region Land Study Report to 

22 Congress in December 2022, over a year after the 

23 18-month deadline; 

24 (12) in the Chugach Region Land Study Re25 port, the Bureau of Land Management explained 


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1 that the Program acquisitions have greatly increased 

2 the complexity and the costs of any development by 

3 Chugach Alaska of its subsurface interests, signifi4 cantly reduced Native-owned land and Native control 

5 over management of land in the region, and, along 

6 with the larger oil spill cleanup effort, highly dis7 rupted the socio-cultural environment and economies 

8 in the Alaska Native communities in the region; 

9 (13) the Chugach Region Land Study Report 

10 identifies land available for exchange from both the 

11 Federal Government and Chugach Alaska to inform 

12 a land exchange to address the impact of the Pro13 gram on Chugach Alaska and the ability of Chugach 

14 Alaska to meet its responsibilities to its Native 

15 shareholders under the Alaska Native Claims Settle16 ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 

17 (14) the land exchange between Chugach Alas18 ka and the Federal Government in this Act— 

19 (A) furthers objectives under the Alaska 

20 Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 

21 et seq.), including balancing land selections be22 tween areas that are significant in cultural his23 tory and traditions and areas that have poten24 tial economic value for development; and 


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1 (B) facilitates more efficient Federal land 

2 management of the Program by Federal acqui3 sition of nearly 231,000 acres of subsurface es4 tate that underlies federally owned surface fee 

5 and conservation easements to perfect conserva6 tion of the surface, which is the purpose of the 

7 Program; and 

8 (15) the land exchange in this Act, based on 

9 the findings in this section, is in the public interest. 

10 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this Act: 

12 (1) ANSCA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘Native Cor13 poration’’, ‘‘Regional Corporation’’, and ‘‘Village 

14 Corporation’’ have the meanings given those terms 

15 in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

16 Act (43 U.S.C. 1602). 

17 (2) CHUGACH ALASKA.—The term ‘‘Chugach 

18 Alaska’’ means the Chugach Alaska Corporation, a 

19 Regional Corporation. 

20 (3) CHUGACH REGION LAND STUDY REPORT.— 

21 The term ‘‘Chugach Region Land Study Report’’ 

22 means the report and recommendations submitted to 

23 Congress by the Secretary pursuant to section 1113 

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1 ment, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 

2 Stat. 614). 

3 (4) FEDERAL EXCHANGE LAND.—The term 

4 ‘‘Federal exchange land’’ means the approximately 

5 65,403 acres of fee simple land located in the Chu6 gach Region as described in section 4(e). 

7 (5) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed8 eral land’’ means the parcels of subsurface land 

9 comprising approximately 231,000 acres— 

10 (A) owned by Chugach Alaska and con11 veyed to Chugach Alaska pursuant to the Alas12 ka Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

13 1601 et seq.); 

14 (B) described in section 4(f); and 

15 (C) for which— 

16 (i) the United States has acquired fee 

17 title to the surface estate or a conservation 

18 easement on the surface estate pursuant to 

19 the Program; or 

20 (ii) the State has acquired fee title to, 

21 and the United States has acquired a con22 servation easement in, the surface estate 

23 pursuant to the Program. 

24 (6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 

25 the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Habitat Protection and 


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1 Acquisition Program of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 

2 Trustee Council. 

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

4 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

6 of Alaska. 

7 SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, if Chugach Alaska offers 

10 to convey to the Secretary all rights, title, and interest 

11 in and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall accept 

12 the offer and convey in exchange all rights, title, and inter13 est of the Federal Government in and to the Federal ex14 change land. 

15 (b) CONDITION ON ACCEPTANCE.—Title to the non16 Federal land exchanged in subsection (a) shall be in a 

17 form that is acceptable to the Secretary. 

18 (c) TREATMENT OF LAND CONVEYED.—Except as 

19 otherwise provided, any land conveyed to Chugach Alaska 

20 under subsection (a) shall be considered to be land con21 veyed by the Secretary under the Alaska Native Claims 

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

23 (d) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The conveyances 

24 under subsection (a) shall be subject to any valid existing 

25 rights, reservations, rights-of-way, or other encumbrances 


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1 of third parties in, to, or on the Federal exchange land 

2 or the non-Federal land as of the date of enactment of 

3 this Act. 

4 (e) CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL EXCHANGE LAND.— 

5 On receipt of title to the non-Federal land, the Secretary 

6 shall simultaneously convey to Chugach Alaska— 

7 (1) all rights, title, and interest in and to the 

8 National Forest System land of the Forest Service 

9 identified in the Chugach Regional Land Study and 

10 Report, comprising approximately 63,443 total 

11 acres, comprising— 

12 (A) T. 3 N., R. 10 E., Seward Meridian, 

13 Drier Bay Parcel, comprising approximately 

14 2,996 acres of surface estate; 

15 (B) T. 17 and 18 S., R. 7 and 8 E., Cop16 per River Meridian, Kushtaka Lake Parcel, 

17 comprising approximately 7,876 acres of sur18 face and subsurface estate; 

19 (C) T. 2 N., R. 1 and 2 E., Seward Merid20 ian, Snow River Parcel, comprising approxi21 mately 11,462 acres of surface and subsurface 

22 estate; 

23 (D) T. 17 and 18 S., R. 8 W., Copper 

24 River Meridian, Hinchinbrook Island Parcel, 


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1 comprising approximately 2,646 acres of sur2 face and subsurface estate; 

3 (E) T. 17 S., R. 7 E., secs. 5, 8, 18, 19, 

4 and 30 through 33, Copper River Meridian, 

5 Kushtaka Lake Parcel, comprising approxi6 mately 6,375 acres of surface and subsurface 

7 estate; 

8 (F) T. 18 S., R. 7 E., secs. 6 and 7, Cop9 per River Meridian, Kushtaka Lake Parcel, 

10 comprising approximately 1,280 acres of sur11 face and subsurface estate; 

12 (G) T. 16 S., R. 5 E., secs. 24 through 26 

13 and 36, Copper River Meridian, Martin River 

14 Parcel, comprising approximately 2,240 acres of 

15 surface and subsurface estate; 

16 (H) T. 16, S., R. 6 E., secs. 16, 19 

17 through 21, and 25 through 36, Copper River 

18 Meridian, Martin River Parcel, comprising ap19 proximately 8,305 acres of surface and sub20 surface estate; 

21 (I) T. 17 S., R. 6 E., secs. 1 through 4, 

22 and 10, Copper River Meridian, Martin River 

23 Parcel, comprising approximately 3,170 acres of 

24 surface and subsurface estate; 


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1 (J) T. 16 S., R. 4 E., secs. 1 through 4, 

2 9 through 13, and 24, Copper River Meridian, 

3 Johnson River Parcel, comprising approxi4 mately 5,200 acres of surface and subsurface 

5 estate; 

6 (K) T. 16 S., R. 5 E., secs. 5 through 9, 

7 and 15 through 22, Copper River Meridian, 

8 Johnson River Parcel, comprising approxi9 mately 6,165 acres of surface and subsurface 

10 estate; and 

11 (L) T. 19 S., R. 15 E., secs. 12 through 

12 14, 23, 24, 26, 27, 33, and 34, Copper River 

13 Meridian, Robinson Mountains Parcel, com14 prising approximately 5,728 acres of surface 

15 and subsurface estate; and 

16 (2) all rights, title, and interest in and to the 

17 Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land 

18 Management and National Park Service identified in 

19 the Chugach Regional Land Study and Report, com20 prising approximately 1,960 total acres, com21 prising— 

22 (A) T. 21 S., R. 24 E., Copper River Me23 ridian, Taan Fjord Parcel, comprising approxi24 mately 450 acres of surface and subsurface es25 tate; 


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1 (B) T. 21 and 22 S., R. 24 E., Copper 

2 River Meridian, Kageet Point Parcel, com3 prising approximately 310 acres of surface and 

4 subsurface estate; and 

5 (C) T. 9 S., R. 2 W., secs. 5 and 6, Cop6 per River Meridian, Thompson Pass Parcel, 

7 comprising 1,200 acres of surface and sub8 surface estate. 

9 (f) CONVEYANCE OF NON-FEDERAL LAND.— 

10 (1) CONVEYANCE.—The non-Federal land to 

11 which Chugach Alaska may convey to the Secretary 

12 all rights, title, and interest, that the Secretary de13 termines to be applicable, includes— 

14 (A) the approximately 130,469.93 sub15 surface acres, which comprises— 

16 (i) T. 13 S., R. 1 W., sec. 19, Copper 

17 River Meridian, comprising approximately 

18 467 acres; 

19 (ii) T. 13 S., R. 2 W., secs. 23 

20 through 27, Copper River Meridian, com21 prising approximately 2,627 acres; 

22 (iii) T. 15 S., R. 2 W., secs. 3 

23 through 9, 17 through 19, and 29 through 

24 33, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap25 proximately 8,277.36 acres; 


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1 (iv) T. 16 S., R. 2 W., secs. 1 through 

2 4, and 6, Copper River Meridian, com3 prising approximately 2,373.34 acres; 

4 (v) T. 14 S., R. 3 W., secs. 32 and 

5 33, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap6 proximately 240 acres; 

7 (vi) T. 15 S., R. 3 W., secs. 3 through 

8 7, portions of secs. 8 and 9, and secs. 12, 

9 13, 18, 19, 24, 25, 35, and 36, Copper 

10 River Meridian, comprising approximately 

11 3,486.36 acres; 

12 (vii) T. 16 S., R. 3 W., secs. 1, 11, 

13 and 15, Copper River Meridian, comprising 

14 approximately 962 acres; 

15 (viii) T. 13 S., R. 4 W., secs. 26, 27, 

16 and 32 through 34, Copper River Merid17 ian, comprising approximately 2,494.05 

18 acres; 

19 (ix) T. 14 S., R. 4 W., secs. 1 through 

20 11, 15 through 21, 25, 30, and 31, Copper 

21 River Meridian, comprising approximately 

22 6,750.98 acres; 

23 (x) T. 15 S., R. 4 W., secs. 8 through 

24 12, 16 through 22, and 24, Copper River 


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1 Meridian, comprising approximately 

2 5,839.15 acres; 

3 (xi) T. 13 S., R. 5 W., secs. 3, 9 

4 through 11, 14 through 20, a portion of 

5 sec. 21, and secs. 31 and 36, Copper River 

6 Meridian, comprising approximately 

7 4,216.36 acres; 

8 (xii) T. 14 S., R. 5 W., sec. 1, a por9 tion of sec. 2, secs. 6 through 12, 14 

10 through 21, 29, and 30, Copper River Me11 ridian, comprising approximately 9,057.6 

12 acres; 

13 (xiii) T. 15 S., R. 5 W., secs. 23 and 

14 24, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap15 proximately 292.97 acres; 

16 (xiv) T. 12 S., R. 6 W., secs. 11, 13, 

17 14, 23, and 24, Copper River Meridian, 

18 comprising approximately 1,980.69 acres; 

19 (xv) T. 12 S., R. 7 W., secs. 32, 34, 

20 35, and 36, Copper River Meridian, com21 prising approximately 343 acres; 

22 (xvi) T. 13 S., R. 7 W., secs. 1 

23 through 22, 24, 25, and 27 through 36, 

24 Copper River Meridian, comprising ap25 proximately 17,234.88 acres; 


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1 (xvii) T. 14 S., R. 7 W., secs. 2, 3, 

2 and 6, Copper River Meridian, comprising 

3 approximately 203 acres; 

4 (xviii) T. 13 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1, 9 

5 through 11, 13 through 29, and 32 

6 through 36, Copper River Meridian, com7 prising approximately 9,282.25 acres; 

8 (xix) T. 14 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1 

9 through 5, Copper River Meridian, com10 prising approximately 629.25 acres; 

11 (xx) T. 13 S., R. 9 W., sec. 24, Cop12 per River Meridian, comprising approxi13 mately 10 acres; 

14 (xxi) T. 10 S., R. 10 W., sec. 32, 

15 Copper River Meridian, comprising ap16 proximately 1.19 acres; 

17 (xxii) T. 3 N., R. 7 E., secs. 1 

18 through 4, 8 through 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 

19 26, 27, and 29, Seward Meridian, com20 prising approximately 9,314 acres; 

21 (xxiii) T. 4 N., R. 7 E., secs. 11, 14, 

22 15, 21 through 28, and 33 through 36, 

23 Seward Meridian, comprising approxi24 mately 8,684.96 acres; 


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1 (xxiv) T. 3 N., R. 8 E., secs. 4 

2 through 7, 18, and 19, Seward Meridian, 

3 comprising approximately 1,120.50 acres; 

4 (xxv) T. 4 N., R. 8 E., secs. 29 

5 through 32, and 36, Seward Meridian, 

6 comprising approximately 1,404.25 acres; 

7 (xxvi) T. 1 N., R. 10 E., secs. 5 and 

8 8, Seward Meridian, comprising approxi9 mately 743 acres; 

10 (xxvii) T. 3 S., R. 2 W., secs. 22, 23, 

11 25, 26, 33, 35, and 36, Seward Meridian, 

12 comprising approximately 2,125 acres; 

13 (xxviii) T. 4 S., R. 2 W., secs. 2, 3, 

14 4, and 11, Seward Meridian, comprising 

15 approximately 1,225 acres; 

16 (xxix) T. 5 S., R. 3 W., secs. 18, 19, 

17 20, 23, 26 through 29, and 32 through 36, 

18 Seward Meridian, comprising approxi19 mately 3,670 acres; 

20 (xxx) T. 5 S., R. 4 W., sec. 13, Sew21 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

22 380 acres; 

23 (xxxi) T. 6 S., R. 4 W., sec. 7, Sew24 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

25 613 acres; 


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1 (xxxii) T. 5 S., R. 5 W., sec. 33, Sew2 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

3 620 acres; 

4 (xxxiii) T. 6 S., R. 5 W., secs. 4, 9, 

5 28, 29, 32, and 33, Seward Meridian, com6 prising approximately 3,205 acres; 

7 (xxxiv) T. 7 S., R. 5 W., sec. 4, Sew8 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

9 230 acres; 

10 (xxxv) T. 8 S., R. 6 W., secs. 7 

11 through 12, 14 through 22, and 27 

12 through 34, Seward Meridian, comprising 

13 approximately 6,797.39 acres; 

14 (xxxvi) T. 7 S., R. 7 W., secs. 1, 2, 

15 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 through 14, 16, 17, 23, and 

16 24, Seward Meridian, comprising approxi17 mately 6,031.78 acres; 

18 (xxxvii) T. 8 S., R. 7 W., secs. 24, 25, 

19 35, and 36, Seward Meridian, comprising 

20 approximately 705.65 acres; and 

21 (xxxviii) T. 7 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1, 5, 

22 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 26 (lots 

23 1 through 4), 27, 28, and 29, Seward Me24 ridian, comprising approximately 6,831.97 

25 acres; 


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1 (B) the approximately 24,911.65 sub2 surface acres in which the fee title to the sur3 face estate has been acquired by the State, and 

4 a conservation easement in the surface estate 

5 has been acquired by the United States, pursu6 ant to the Program, which comprises— 

7 (i) T. 16 S., R. 4 W., sec. 6, Copper 

8 River Meridian, comprising approximately 

9 157.49 acres; 

10 (ii) T. 15 S., R. 5 W., secs. 35 and 

11 36, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap12 proximately 1,280 acres; 

13 (iii) T. 16 S., R. 5 W., secs. 3, 4, 10, 

14 11, and 12, Copper River Meridian, com15 prising approximately 1,479 acres; 

16 (iv) T. 11 S., R. 8 W., secs. 4 and 9, 

17 Copper River Meridian, comprising ap18 proximately 579 acres; 

19 (v) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., sec. 1, Copper 

20 River Meridian, comprising approximately 

21 130 acres; 

22 (vi) T. 9 S., R. 9 W., secs. 26, 27, 33, 

23 34, and 35, Copper River Meridian, com24 prising approximately 1,524.26 acres; 


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1 (vii) T. 10 S., R. 10 W., secs. 15, 16, 

2 22, 23, 27, 28, 32, and 33, Copper River 

3 Meridian, comprising approximately 

4 2,183.65 acres; 

5 (viii) T. 4 N., R. 7 E., secs. 12 and 

6 13, Seward Meridian, comprising approxi7 mately 1,145 acres; 

8 (ix) T. 3 N., R. 8 E., secs. 12 and 13, 

9 Seward Meridian, comprising approxi10 mately 304 acres; 

11 (x) T. 4 N., R. 8 E., secs. 1 through 

12 5, 7 through 30, and 33 through 35, Sew13 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

14 14,712.25 acres; and 

15 (xi) T. 4 N., R. 9 E., secs. 6, 7, 17, 

16 18, and 19, Seward Meridian, comprising 

17 approximately 1,417 acres; and 

18 (C) the approximately 75,655.4 subsurface 

19 acres in which a conservation easement in the 

20 surface estate has been acquired by the United 

21 States pursuant to the Program, which com22 prises— 

23 (i) T. 13 S., R. 2 W., secs. 33 and 34, 

24 Copper River Meridian, comprising ap25 proximately 1,131.75 acres; 


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1 (ii) T. 14 S., R. 2 W., secs. 4 through 

2 8, and 31, Copper River Meridian, com3 prising approximately 2,104.92 acres; 

4 (iii) T. 14 S., R. 3 W., secs. 12 

5 through 16, 21 through 23, and 28 

6 through 31, Copper River Meridian, com7 prising approximately 5,319.37 acres; 

8 (iv) T. 14 S., R. 3 W., secs. 6 through 

9 8, and 17 through 20, Copper River Merid10 ian, comprising approximately 3,899.44 

11 acres; 

12 (v) T. 15 S., R. 3 W., secs. 8 and 9, 

13 and the southern part of sec. 13, Copper 

14 River Meridian, comprising approximately 

15 125 acres; 

16 (vi) T. 16 S., R. 3 W., secs. 1, 11, 12, 

17 14, and 15, Copper River Meridian, com18 prising approximately 506 acres; 

19 (vii) T. 14 S., R. 4 W., secs. 28 and 

20 29, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap21 proximately 660.15 acres; 

22 (viii) T. 14 S., R. 4 W., secs. 1, 5 

23 through 8, 10 through 15, 22 through 27, 

24 and 34 through 36, Copper River Merid25 ian, comprising approximately 3,516 acres; 


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1 (ix) T. 15 S., R. 5 W., secs. 27, 28, 

2 33, and 34, Copper River Meridian, com3 prising approximately 1,455.63 acres; 

4 (x) T. 11 S., R. 6 W., secs. 25, 26, 

5 and 34 through 36, Copper River Merid6 ian, comprising approximately 2,088.26 

7 acres; 

8 (xi) T. 12 S., R. 6 W., secs. 1 through 

9 3, 8 through 10, and 16 through 19, Cop10 per River Meridian, comprising approxi11 mately 2,777.5 acres; 

12 (xii) T. 11 S., R. 7 W., sec. 31, Cop13 per River Meridian, comprising approxi14 mately 577.8 acres; 

15 (xiii) T. 12 S., R. 7 W., sec. 5 

16 through 7, 10 through 15, and 18 through 

17 24, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap18 proximately 6,596.93 acres; 

19 (xiv) T. 13 S., R. 7 W., secs. 18 and 

20 19, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap21 proximately 700 acres; 

22 (xv) T. 10 S., R. 8 W., secs. 33 and 

23 34, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap24 proximately 1,197 acres; 


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1 (xvi) T. 11 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1 

2 through 4, 10 through 16, 21 through 26, 

3 31, 35, and 36, Copper River Meridian, 

4 comprising approximately 7,647.41 acres; 

5 (xvii) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1, 12 

6 through 14, and 24, Copper River Merid7 ian, comprising approximately 591.75 

8 acres; 

9 (xviii) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1 

10 through 3, 10, 11, 14 through 16, 21 and 

11 22, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap12 proximately 2,112 acres; 

13 (xix) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., secs. 5 

14 through 8, 18, and 19, Copper River Me15 ridian, comprising approximately 1,220.5 

16 acres; 

17 (xx) T. 13 S., R. 8 W., secs. 13, 14, 

18 17, 19 through 21, 23, 24, and 28 through 

19 30, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap20 proximately 1,400 acres; 

21 (xxi) T. 11 S., R. 9 W., secs. 22, 23, 

22 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36, Copper River 

23 Meridian, comprising approximately 

24 1,157.75 acres; 


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1 (xxii) T. 12 S., R. 9 W., secs. 1 

2 through 4, 9 through 15, 22, 23, 24, 26, 

3 and 27, Copper River Meridian, comprising 

4 approximately 6,445.71 acres; 

5 (xxiii) T. 13 S., R. 9 W., secs. 24 and 

6 25, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap7 proximately 345.33 acres; 

8 (xxiv) T. 2 N., R. 7 E., sec. 1, Seward 

9 Meridian, comprising approximately 64.16 

10 acres; 

11 (xxv) T. 3 N., R. 7 E., secs. 24, 25, 

12 and 36, Seward Meridian, comprising ap13 proximately 385.75 acres; 

14 (xxvi) T. 1 N., R. 8 E., secs. 11, 14, 

15 15, 22, 23, 26, and 27, Seward Meridian, 

16 comprising approximately 1,667.65 acres; 

17 (xxvii) T. 2 N., R. 8 E., secs. 2 

18 through 11, 26, 30, 31, 32, and 35, Sew19 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

20 4,339.84 acres; 

21 (xxviii) T. 3 N., R. 8 E., secs. 1 

22 through 4, 8 through 11, 14 through 17, 

23 19 through 23, and 26 through 35, Seward 

24 Meridian, comprising approximately 

25 11,339.4 acres; 


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1 (xxix) T. 4 N., R. 8 E., sec. 35, Sew2 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

3 1.5 acres; 

4 (xxx) T. 1 N., R. 9 E., secs. 1, 2, 11 

5 through 14, and 24, Seward Meridian, 

6 comprising approximately 1,560.25 acres; 

7 and 

8 (xxxi) T. 1 N., R. 10 E., secs. 6, 7, 

9 17 through 20, 29 and 30, Seward Merid10 ian, comprising approximately 2,720.65 

11 acres. 

12 (2) MANAGEMENT.—Land acquired by the Sec13 retary under this subsection shall— 

14 (A) become part of the unit of Federal 

15 land in which the land acquired by the Sec16 retary is located; and 

17 (B) be administered in accordance with 

18 that unit of Federal land. 

19 SEC. 5. MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS. 

20 (a) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary and Chugach 

21 Alaska may correct, by mutual agreement, any minor er22 rors in any map, acreage estimate, or description of any 

23 land conveyed or exchanged under this Act. 

24 (b) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict between a map, 

25 an acreage estimate, or a description of land in this Act, 


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1 the map shall control unless the Secretary and Chugach 

2 Alaska mutually agree otherwise. 

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