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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8363 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2024 

Mrs. PELTOLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on 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— 

8 (1) to authorize, direct, and expedite the ex9 change of land and interests in land between Chu10 gach Alaska and the United States; and 


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1 (2) to consolidate Federal ownership of the sur2 face and subsurface estate of Federal land and in3 terests acquired under the Program. 

4 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

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

6 Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alas7 ka, spilling 11,000,000 gallons of crude oil, spread8 ing in the months that followed and covering ap9 proximately 1,300 miles of coastline, with immense 

10 impact for fish and wildlife and their habitats, and 

11 for local industries and communities; 

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

13 by Exxon to the United States and the State of 

14 Alaska were used to establish the Exxon Valdez Oil 

15 Spill Trustee Council (referred to in this section as 

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

17 (3) through the Program, the EVOSTC dedi18 cated nearly 60 percent of the funds to acquire fee 

19 title of, and conservation easements on, the surface 

20 estate of more than 600,000 acres in the area im21 pacted by the oil spill, including 241,000 acres of 

22 surface estate land and conservation easements in 

23 the Chugach Region, giving the United States own24 ership of, and conservation easements on, 241,000 


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1 acres of formerly Native-owned land within the Chu2 gach Region; 

3 (4) the conflict described in the Chugach Re4 gion Land Study Report and in this Act occurred 

5 when surface estate was purchased by the EVOSTC 

6 for conservation purposes while development rights 

7 remained for the subsurface (dominant estate) 

8 owned by Chugach Alaska, which shall be resolved 

9 by Chugach Alaska trading 231,036 acres of sub10 surface estate under surface fee and conservation 

11 easements on surface land owned by the Federal 

12 Government for 65,403 acres of fee simple land 

13 owned by the Federal Government; 

14 (5) most of the surface land and conservation 

15 easements on surface land in the Chugach Region 

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

17 EVOSTC were purchased from 4 Alaska Native Vil18 lage Corporations— 

19 (A) Chenega Corporation; 

20 (B) the English Bay (Nanwalek Corpora21 tion); 

22 (C) the Eyak Corporation; and 

23 (D) the Tatitlek Corporation; 

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

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


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1 when a Village Corporation selects and receives title 

2 to the surface estate to fulfill its land entitlement, 

3 the Regional Corporation receives title to the sub4 surface, resulting in split ownership between Alaska 

5 Native entities from the same region; 

6 (7) Chugach Alaska holds the dominant sub7 surface estate to approximately 241,000 acres of 

8 surface land acquired by the EVOSTC from the Vil9 lage Corporations under paragraph (5) that is pro10 tected under the Program; 

11 (8) none of the acquisitions described in para12 graph (5) by the EVOSTC included the subsurface 

13 interests owned by Chugach Alaska, despite aware14 ness by the EVOSTC of the provisions in the Alaska 

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

16 seq.) creating split ownership and the existing right 

17 of the subsurface owner to use the surface if it con18 stitutes reasonable use in the development of sub19 surface resources; 

20 (9) due to the split estate ownership described 

21 in paragraph (8), which became a split between Chu22 gach Alaska and the Federal Government, there is 

23 a clear conflict with the preservation goal of the Pro24 gram and the responsibility of Chugach Alaska, on 

25 behalf of the Alaska Native shareholders of Chugach 


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1 Alaska, to develop the subsurface estate under the 

2 land; 

3 (10) recognizing the conflicts between the man4 dates in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

5 (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on Native Corporations 

6 and the goals of the Program, and the significant 

7 social and economic impact of the Program on the 

8 region and on Chugach Alaska and the land held by 

9 Chugach Alaska, Congress directed, in section 1113 

10 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Manage11 ment, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 

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

13 conduct a study and identify accessible and economi14 cally viable Federal land that could be exchanged 

15 with Chugach Alaska, and to recommend exchange 

16 options that would consolidate ownership of the sur17 face and subsurface estates of land in the Program; 

18 (11) the Bureau of Land Management sub19 mitted the Chugach Region Land Study Report to 

20 Congress in December 2022, over a year after the 

21 18-month deadline; 

22 (12) in the Chugach Region Land Study Re23 port, the Bureau of Land Management explained 

24 that the Program acquisitions have greatly increased 

25 the complexity and the costs of any development by 


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1 Chugach Alaska of its subsurface interests, signifi2 cantly reduced Native-owned land and Native control 

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

4 with the larger oil spill cleanup effort, highly dis5 rupted the socio-cultural environment and economies 

6 in the Alaska Native communities in the region; 

7 (13) the Chugach Region Land Study Report 

8 identifies land available for exchange from both the 

9 Federal Government and Chugach Alaska to inform 

10 a land exchange to address the impact of the Pro11 gram on Chugach Alaska and the ability of Chugach 

12 Alaska to meet its responsibilities to its Native 

13 shareholders under the Alaska Native Claims Settle14 ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 

15 (14) the land exchange between Chugach Alas16 ka and the Federal Government in this Act— 

17 (A) furthers objectives under the Alaska 

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

19 et seq.), including balancing land selections be20 tween areas that are significant in cultural his21 tory and traditions and areas that have poten22 tial economic value for development; and 

23 (B) facilitates more efficient Federal land 

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1 tate that underlies federally owned surface fee 

2 and conservation easements to perfect conserva3 tion of the surface, which is the purpose of the 

4 Program; and 

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

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

7 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) ANSCA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘Native Cor10 poration’’, ‘‘Regional Corporation’’, and ‘‘Village 

11 Corporation’’ have the meanings given those terms 

12 in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

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

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

15 Alaska’’ means the Chugach Alaska Corporation, a 

16 Regional Corporation. 

17 (3) CHUGACH REGION LAND STUDY REPORT.— 

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

19 means the report and recommendations submitted to 

20 Congress by the Secretary pursuant to section 1113 

21 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Manage22 ment, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9; 133 

23 Stat. 614). 

24 (4) FEDERAL EXCHANGE LAND.—The term 

25 ‘‘Federal exchange land’’ means the approximately 


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1 65,403 acres of fee simple land located in the Chu2 gach Region as described in section 4(e). 

3 (5) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed4 eral land’’ means the parcels of subsurface land 

5 comprising approximately 231,000 acres— 

6 (A) owned by Chugach Alaska and con7 veyed to Chugach Alaska pursuant to the Alas8 ka Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

9 1601 et seq.); 

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

11 (C) for which— 

12 (i) the United States has acquired fee 

13 title to the surface estate or a conservation 

14 easement on the surface estate pursuant to 

15 the Program; or 

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

17 and the United States has acquired a con18 servation easement in, the surface estate 

19 pursuant to the Program. 

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

21 the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Habitat Protection and 

22 Acquisition Program of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 

23 Trustee Council. 

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

25 the Secretary of the Interior. 


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

2 of Alaska. 

3 SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE. 

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

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

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

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

8 the offer and convey in exchange all rights, title, and inter9 est of the Federal Government in and to the Federal ex10 change land. 

11 (b) CONDITION ON ACCEPTANCE.—Title to the non12 Federal land exchanged in subsection (a) shall be in a 

13 form that is acceptable to the Secretary. 

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

15 otherwise provided, any land conveyed to Chugach Alaska 

16 under subsection (a) shall be considered to be land con17 veyed by the Secretary under the Alaska Native Claims 

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

19 (d) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The conveyances 

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

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

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

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

24 this Act. 


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1 (e) CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL EXCHANGE LAND.— 

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

3 shall simultaneously convey to Chugach Alaska— 

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

5 National Forest System land of the Forest Service 

6 identified in the Chugach Regional Land Study and 

7 Report, comprising approximately 63,443 total 

8 acres, comprising— 

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

10 Drier Bay Parcel, comprising approximately 

11 2,996 acres of surface estate; 

12 (B) T. 17 and 18 S., R. 7 and 8 E., Cop13 per River Meridian, Kushtaka Lake Parcel, 

14 comprising approximately 7,876 acres of sur15 face and subsurface estate; 

16 (C) T. 2 N., R. 1 and 2 E., Seward Merid17 ian, Snow River Parcel, comprising approxi18 mately 11,462 acres of surface and subsurface 

19 estate; 

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

21 River Meridian, Hinchinbrook Island Parcel, 

22 comprising approximately 2,646 acres of sur23 face and subsurface estate; 

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

25 and 30 through 33, Copper River Meridian, 


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1 Kushtaka Lake Parcel, comprising approxi2 mately 6,375 acres of surface and subsurface 

3 estate; 

4 (F) T. 18 S., R. 7 E., secs. 6 and 7, Cop5 per River Meridian, Kushtaka Lake Parcel, 

6 comprising approximately 1,280 acres of sur7 face and subsurface estate; 

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

9 and 36, Copper River Meridian, Martin River 

10 Parcel, comprising approximately 2,240 acres of 

11 surface and subsurface estate; 

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

13 through 21, and 25 through 36, Copper River 

14 Meridian, Martin River Parcel, comprising ap15 proximately 8,305 acres of surface and sub16 surface estate; 

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

18 and 10, Copper River Meridian, Martin River 

19 Parcel, comprising approximately 3,170 acres of 

20 surface and subsurface estate; 

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

22 9 through 13, and 24, Copper River Meridian, 

23 Johnson River Parcel, comprising approxi24 mately 5,200 acres of surface and subsurface 

25 estate; 


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

2 and 15 through 22, Copper River Meridian, 

3 Johnson River Parcel, comprising approxi4 mately 6,165 acres of surface and subsurface 

5 estate; and 

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

7 14, 23, 24, 26, 27, 33, and 34, Copper River 

8 Meridian, Robinson Mountains Parcel, com9 prising approximately 5,728 acres of surface 

10 and subsurface estate; and 

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

12 Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land 

13 Management and National Park Service identified in 

14 the Chugach Regional Land Study and Report, com15 prising approximately 1,960 total acres, com16 prising— 

17 (A) T. 21 S., R. 24 E., Copper River Me18 ridian, Taan Fjord Parcel, comprising approxi19 mately 450 acres of surface and subsurface es20 tate; 

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

22 River Meridian, Kageet Point Parcel, com23 prising approximately 310 acres of surface and 

24 subsurface estate; and 


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1 (C) T. 9 S., R. 2 W., secs. 5 and 6, Cop2 per River Meridian, Thompson Pass Parcel, 

3 comprising 1,200 acres of surface and sub4 surface estate. 

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

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

7 which Chugach Alaska may convey to the Secretary 

8 all rights, title, and interest, that the Secretary de9 termines to be applicable, includes— 

10 (A) the approximately 130,469.93 sub11 surface acres, which comprises— 

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

13 River Meridian, comprising approximately 

14 467 acres; 

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

16 through 27, Copper River Meridian, com17 prising approximately 2,627 acres; 

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

19 through 9, 17 through 19, and 29 through 

20 33, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap21 proximately 8,277.36 acres; 

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

23 4, and 6, Copper River Meridian, com24 prising approximately 2,373.34 acres; 


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

2 33, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap3 proximately 240 acres; 

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

5 7, portions of secs. 8 and 9, and secs. 12, 

6 13, 18, 19, 24, 25, 35, and 36, Copper 

7 River Meridian, comprising approximately 

8 3,486.36 acres; 

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

10 and 15, Copper River Meridian, comprising 

11 approximately 962 acres; 

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

13 and 32 through 34, Copper River Merid14 ian, comprising approximately 2,494.05 

15 acres; 

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

17 11, 15 through 21, 25, 30, and 31, Copper 

18 River Meridian, comprising approximately 

19 6,750.98 acres; 

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

21 12, 16 through 22, and 24, Copper River 

22 Meridian, comprising approximately 

23 5,839.15 acres; 

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

25 through 11, 14 through 20, a portion of 


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

2 Meridian, comprising approximately 

3 4,216.36 acres; 

4 (xii) T. 14 S., R. 5 W., sec. 1, a por5 tion of sec. 2, secs. 6 through 12, 14 

6 through 21, 29, and 30, Copper River Me7 ridian, comprising approximately 9,057.6 

8 acres; 

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

10 24, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap11 proximately 292.97 acres; 

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

13 14, 23, and 24, Copper River Meridian, 

14 comprising approximately 1,980.69 acres; 

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

16 35, and 36, Copper River Meridian, com17 prising approximately 343 acres; 

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

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

20 Copper River Meridian, comprising ap21 proximately 17,234.88 acres; 

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

23 and 6, Copper River Meridian, comprising 

24 approximately 203 acres; 


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

2 through 11, 13 through 29, and 32 

3 through 36, Copper River Meridian, com4 prising approximately 9,282.25 acres; 

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

6 through 5, Copper River Meridian, com7 prising approximately 629.25 acres; 

8 (xx) T. 13 S., R. 9 W., sec. 24, Cop9 per River Meridian, comprising approxi10 mately 10 acres; 

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

12 Copper River Meridian, comprising ap13 proximately 1.19 acres; 

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

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

16 26, 27, and 29, Seward Meridian, com17 prising approximately 9,314 acres; 

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

19 15, 21 through 28, and 33 through 36, 

20 Seward Meridian, comprising approxi21 mately 8,684.96 acres; 

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

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

24 comprising approximately 1,120.50 acres; 


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

2 through 32, and 36, Seward Meridian, 

3 comprising approximately 1,404.25 acres; 

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

5 8, Seward Meridian, comprising approxi6 mately 743 acres; 

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

8 25, 26, 33, 35, and 36, Seward Meridian, 

9 comprising approximately 2,125 acres; 

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

11 4, and 11, Seward Meridian, comprising 

12 approximately 1,225 acres; 

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

14 20, 23, 26 through 29, and 32 through 36, 

15 Seward Meridian, comprising approxi16 mately 3,670 acres; 

17 (xxx) T. 5 S., R. 4 W., sec. 13, Sew18 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

19 380 acres; 

20 (xxxi) T. 6 S., R. 4 W., sec. 7, Sew21 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

22 613 acres; 

23 (xxxii) T. 5 S., R. 5 W., sec. 33, Sew24 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

25 620 acres; 


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

2 28, 29, 32, and 33, Seward Meridian, com3 prising approximately 3,205 acres; 

4 (xxxiv) T. 7 S., R. 5 W., sec. 4, Sew5 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

6 230 acres; 

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

8 through 12, 14 through 22, and 27 

9 through 34, Seward Meridian, comprising 

10 approximately 6,797.39 acres; 

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

12 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 through 14, 16, 17, 23, and 

13 24, Seward Meridian, comprising approxi14 mately 6,031.78 acres; 

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

16 35, and 36, Seward Meridian, comprising 

17 approximately 705.65 acres; and 

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

19 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 26 (lots 

20 1 through 4), 27, 28, and 29, Seward Me21 ridian, comprising approximately 6,831.97 

22 acres; 

23 (B) the approximately 24,911.65 sub24 surface acres in which the fee title to the sur25 face estate has been acquired by the State, and 


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1 a conservation easement in the surface estate 

2 has been acquired by the United States, pursu3 ant to the Program, which comprises— 

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

5 River Meridian, comprising approximately 

6 157.49 acres; 

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

8 36, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap9 proximately 1,280 acres; 

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

11 11, and 12, Copper River Meridian, com12 prising approximately 1,479 acres; 

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

14 Copper River Meridian, comprising ap15 proximately 579 acres; 

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

17 River Meridian, comprising approximately 

18 130 acres; 

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

20 34, and 35, Copper River Meridian, com21 prising approximately 1,524.26 acres; 

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

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

24 Meridian, comprising approximately 

25 2,183.65 acres; 


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

2 13, Seward Meridian, comprising approxi3 mately 1,145 acres; 

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

5 Seward Meridian, comprising approxi6 mately 304 acres; 

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

8 5, 7 through 30, and 33 through 35, Sew9 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

10 14,712.25 acres; and 

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

12 18, and 19, Seward Meridian, comprising 

13 approximately 1,417 acres; and 

14 (C) the approximately 75,655.4 subsurface 

15 acres in which a conservation easement in the 

16 surface estate has been acquired by the United 

17 States pursuant to the Program, which com18 prises— 

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

20 Copper River Meridian, comprising ap21 proximately 1,131.75 acres; 

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

23 8, and 31, Copper River Meridian, com24 prising approximately 2,104.92 acres; 


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

2 through 16, 21 through 23, and 28 

3 through 31, Copper River Meridian, com4 prising approximately 5,319.37 acres; 

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

6 8, and 17 through 20, Copper River Merid7 ian, comprising approximately 3,899.44 

8 acres; 

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

10 and the southern part of sec. 13, Copper 

11 River Meridian, comprising approximately 

12 125 acres; 

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

14 14, and 15, Copper River Meridian, com15 prising approximately 506 acres; 

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

17 29, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap18 proximately 660.15 acres; 

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

20 through 8, 10 through 15, 22 through 27, 

21 and 34 through 36, Copper River Merid22 ian, comprising approximately 3,516 acres; 

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

24 33, and 34, Copper River Meridian, com25 prising approximately 1,455.63 acres; 


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

2 and 34 through 36, Copper River Merid3 ian, comprising approximately 2,088.26 

4 acres; 

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

6 3, 8 through 10, and 16 through 19, Cop7 per River Meridian, comprising approxi8 mately 2,777.5 acres; 

9 (xii) T. 11 S., R. 7 W., sec. 31, Cop10 per River Meridian, comprising approxi11 mately 577.8 acres; 

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

13 through 7, 10 through 15, and 18 through 

14 24, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap15 proximately 6,596.93 acres; 

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

17 19, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap18 proximately 700 acres; 

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

20 34, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap21 proximately 1,197 acres; 

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

23 through 4, 10 through 16, 21 through 26, 

24 31, 35, and 36, Copper River Meridian, 

25 comprising approximately 7,647.41 acres; 


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

2 through 14, and 24, Copper River Merid3 ian, comprising approximately 591.75 

4 acres; 

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

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

7 22, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap8 proximately 2,112 acres; 

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

10 through 8, 18, and 19, Copper River Me11 ridian, comprising approximately 1,220.5 

12 acres; 

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

14 17, 19 through 21, 23, 24, and 28 through 

15 30, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap16 proximately 1,400 acres; 

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

18 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36, Copper River 

19 Meridian, comprising approximately 

20 1,157.75 acres; 

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

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

23 and 27, Copper River Meridian, comprising 

24 approximately 6,445.71 acres; 


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

2 25, Copper River Meridian, comprising ap3 proximately 345.33 acres; 

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

5 Meridian, comprising approximately 64.16 

6 acres; 

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

8 and 36, Seward Meridian, comprising ap9 proximately 385.75 acres; 

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

11 15, 22, 23, 26, and 27, Seward Meridian, 

12 comprising approximately 1,667.65 acres; 

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

14 through 11, 26, 30, 31, 32, and 35, Sew15 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

16 4,339.84 acres; 

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

18 through 4, 8 through 11, 14 through 17, 

19 19 through 23, and 26 through 35, Seward 

20 Meridian, comprising approximately 

21 11,339.4 acres; 

22 (xxix) T. 4 N., R. 8 E., sec. 35, Sew23 ard Meridian, comprising approximately 

24 1.5 acres; 


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

2 through 14, and 24, Seward Meridian, 

3 comprising approximately 1,560.25 acres; 

4 and 

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

6 17 through 20, 29 and 30, Seward Merid7 ian, comprising approximately 2,720.65 

8 acres. 

9 (2) MANAGEMENT.—Land acquired by the Sec10 retary under this subsection shall— 

11 (A) become part of the unit of Federal 

12 land in which the land acquired by the Sec13 retary is located; and 

14 (B) be administered in accordance with 

15 that unit of Federal land. 

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

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

18 Alaska may correct, by mutual agreement, any minor er19 rors in any map, acreage estimate, or description of any 

20 land conveyed or exchanged under this Act. 

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

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

23 the map shall control unless the Secretary and Chugach 

24 Alaska mutually agree otherwise. 

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