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Union Calendar No. 188 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1408 

[Report No. 112–280] 

To provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native 

Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2011 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. 

SABLAN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOREN, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. 

LUJA ́N, and Ms. HANABUSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

NOVEMBER 10, 2011 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 6, 2011] 

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A BILL 

To provide for the settlement of certain claims under the 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. 

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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 ‘‘Southeast Alaska Native 

5 Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) CONSERVATION SYSTEM UNIT.—The term 

9 ‘‘conservation system unit’’ has the meaning given the 

10 term in section 102 of the Alaska National Interest 

11 Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3102). 

12 (2) SEALASKA.—The term ‘‘Sealaska’’ means the 

13 Sealaska Corporation, a Regional Native Corporation 

14 created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

15 Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 

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

17 the Secretary of the Interior. 

18 SEC. 3. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 

19 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

20 (1)(A) in 1971, Congress enacted the Alaska Na21 tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 

22 to recognize and settle the aboriginal claims of Alaska 

23 Natives to land historically used by Alaska Natives 

24 for traditional, cultural, and spiritual purposes; and 

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1 (B) that Act declared that the land settlement 

2 ‘‘should be accomplished rapidly, with certainty, in 

3 conformity with the real economic and social needs of 

4 Natives’’; 

5 (2) the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

6 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)— 

7 (A) authorized the distribution of approxi8 mately $1,000,000,000 and 44,000,000 acres of 

9 land to Alaska Natives; and 

10 (B) provided for the establishment of Native 

11 Corporations to receive and manage the funds 

12 and that land to meet the cultural, social, and 

13 economic needs of Native shareholders; 

14 (3) under section 12 of the Alaska Native Claims 

15 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611), each Regional Cor16 poration, other than Sealaska (the Regional Corpora17 tion for southeast Alaska), was authorized to receive 

18 a share of land based on the proportion that the num19 ber of Alaska Native shareholders residing in the re20 gion of the Regional Corporation bore to the total 

21 number of Alaska Native shareholders, or the relative 

22 size of the area to which the Regional Corporation 

23 had an aboriginal land claim bore to the size of the 

24 area to which all Regional Corporations had aborigi25 nal land claims; 

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1 (4)(A) Sealaska, the Regional Corporation for 

2 southeast Alaska, 1 of the Regional Corporations with 

3 the largest number of Alaska Native shareholders, 

4 with more than 21 percent of all original Alaska Na5 tive shareholders, received less than 1 percent of the 

6 lands set aside for Alaska Natives, and received no 

7 land under section 12 of the Alaska Native Claims 

8 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611); 

9 (B) the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of 

10 Alaska was 1 of the entities representing the Alaska 

11 Natives of southeast Alaska before the date of enact12 ment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

13 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); and 

14 (C) Sealaska did not receive land in proportion 

15 to the number of Alaska Native shareholders, or in 

16 proportion to the size of the area to which Sealaska 

17 had an aboriginal land claim, in part because of a 

18 United States Court of Claims cash settlement to the 

19 Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska in 1968 

20 for land previously taken to create the Tongass Na21 tional Forest and Glacier Bay National Monument; 

22 (5) the 1968 Court of Claims cash settlement of 

23 $7,500,000 did not— 

24 (A) adequately compensate the Alaska Na25 tives of southeast Alaska for the significant 

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1 quantity of land and resources lost as a result of 

2 the creation of the Tongass National Forest and 

3 Glacier Bay National Monument or other losses 

4 of land and resources; or 

5 (B) justify the significant disparate treat6 ment of Sealaska under the Alaska Native 

7 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611) in 1971; 

8 (6)(A) while each other Regional Corporation re9 ceived a significant quantity of land under sections 

10 12 and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

11 (43 U.S.C. 1611, 1613), Sealaska only received land 

12 under section 14(h) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)); 

13 (B) section 14(h) of the Alaska Native Claims 

14 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)) authorized the 

15 Secretary to withdraw and convey 2,000,000-acres of 

16 ‘‘unreserved and unappropriated’’ public lands in 

17 Alaska from which Alaska Native selections could be 

18 made for historic sites, cemetery sites, Urban Cor19 poration land, Native group land, and Native Allot20 ments; 

21 (C) under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native 

22 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)), after 

23 selections are made under paragraphs (1) through (7) 

24 of that section, the land remaining in the 2,000,000- 

25 acre land pool is allocated based on the proportion 

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1 that the original Alaska Native shareholder popu2 lation of a Regional Corporation bore to the original 

3 Alaska Native shareholder population of all Regional 

4 Corporations; 

5 (D) the only Native land entitlement of Sealaska 

6 derives from a proportion of leftover land remaining 

7 from the 2,000,000-acre land pool, estimated as of the 

8 date of enactment of this Act at approximately 

9 1,700,000 acres; 

10 (E) because at the time of enactment of the Alas11 ka Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 

12 seq.) all public land in the Tongass National Forest 

13 had been reserved for purposes of creating the na14 tional forest, the Secretary was not able to withdraw 

15 any public land in the Tongass National Forest for 

16 selection by and conveyance to Sealaska; 

17 (F) at the time of enactment of the Alaska Native 

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

19 public lands in southeast Alaska not located in the 

20 Tongass National Forest were not suitable for selec21 tion by and conveyance to Sealaska because such 

22 lands were located in Glacier Bay National Monu23 ment, were included in a withdrawal effected pursu24 ant to section 17(d)(2) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 

25 1616(d)(2)) and slated to become part of the 

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1 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, or essentially con2 sisted of mountain tops; 

3 (G) Sealaska in 1975 requested that Congress 

4 amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

5 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) to permit the Regional Corpora6 tion to select lands inside of the withdrawal areas es7 tablished for southeast Alaska Native villages under 

8 section 16 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1615); and 

9 (H) in 1976, Congress amended section 16 of the 

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

11 1615) to allow Sealaska to select lands under section 

12 14(h)(8) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) from land 

13 located inside, rather than outside, the withdrawal 

14 areas established for southeast Alaska Native villages; 

15 (7) the 10 Alaska Native village withdrawal 

16 areas in southeast Alaska surround the Alaska Native 

17 communities of Yakutat, Hoonah, Angoon, Kake, 

18 Kasaan, Klawock, Craig, Hydaburg, Klukwan, and 

19 Saxman; 

20 (8)(A) the existing conveyance requirements of 

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

22 1601 et seq.) for southeast Alaska limit the land eligi23 ble for conveyance to Sealaska to the original with24 drawal areas surrounding 10 Alaska Native villages 

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1 in southeast Alaska, which precludes Sealaska from 

2 selecting land located— 

3 (i) in any withdrawal area established for 

4 the Urban Corporations for Sitka and Juneau, 

5 Alaska; or 

6 (ii) outside the 10 Alaska Native village 

7 withdrawal areas; and 

8 (B) unlike other Regional Corporations, Sealaska 

9 is not authorized to request land located outside the 

10 withdrawal areas described in subparagraph (A) if 

11 the withdrawal areas are insufficient to complete the 

12 land entitlement of Sealaska under the Alaska Native 

13 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 

14 (9)(A) the deadline for applications for selection 

15 of cemetery sites and historic places on land outside 

16 withdrawal areas established under section 14 of the 

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

18 1613) was July 1, 1976; 

19 (B)(i) as of that date, the Bureau of Land Man20 agement notified Sealaska that the total entitlement of 

21 Sealaska would be approximately 200,000 acres; and 

22 (ii) Sealaska made entitlement allocation deci23 sions for cultural sites and economic development 

24 sites based on that original estimate; and 

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1 (C) as a result of the Alaska Land Transfer Ac2 celeration Act (Public Law 108–452; 118 Stat. 3575) 

3 and subsequent related determinations and actions of 

4 the Bureau of Land Management, it became clear 

5 within the last decade that Sealaska will receive sig6 nificantly more than 200,000 acres pursuant to the 

7 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 

8 et seq.); 

9 (10) in light of the revised Bureau of Land Man10 agement estimate of the total number of acres that 

11 Sealaska will receive pursuant to the Alaska Native 

12 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and 

13 in consultation with Members of Alaska’s congres14 sional delegation, Sealaska and its shareholders be15 lieve that it is appropriate to allocate more of the en16 titlement of Sealaska to— 

17 (A) the acquisition of places of sacred, cul18 tural, traditional, and historical significance; 

19 (B) the acquisition of sites with traditional 

20 and recreational use value and sites suitable for 

21 renewable energy development; and 

22 (C) the acquisition of lands that are not 

23 within the watersheds of Native and non-Native 

24 communities and are suitable economically and 

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1 environmentally for natural resource develop2 ment; 

3 (11)(A) pursuant to section 11(a)(1) of the Alas4 ka Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

5 1610(a)(1)), Sealaska was not authorized to select 

6 under section 14(h)(1) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 

7 1613(h)(1)) any site within Glacier Bay National 

8 Park, despite the abundance of cultural sites within 

9 that Park; 

10 (B) Sealaska seeks cooperative agreements to en11 sure that cultural sites within Glacier Bay National 

12 Park are subject to cooperative management by 

13 Sealaska, Village and Urban Corporations, and feder14 ally recognized tribes with ties to the cultural sites 

15 and history of the Park; and 

16 (C) Congress recognizes that there is an existing 

17 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the 

18 Park Service and the Hoonah Indian Association, 

19 and does not intend to circumvent the MOU; rather 

20 the intent is to ensure that this and similar mecha21 nisms for cooperative management in Glacier Bay are 

22 required by law; 

23 (12)(A) the cemetery sites and historic places 

24 conveyed to Sealaska pursuant to section 14(h)(1) of 

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

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1 1613(h)(1)) are subject to a restrictive covenant not 

2 required by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

3 (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that hinders the ability of 

4 Sealaska to use the sites for cultural, educational, or 

5 research purposes for Alaska Natives and others; 

6 (B) historic sites managed by the Forest Service 

7 are not subject to the limitations referred to in sub8 paragraph (A); and 

9 (C) Alaska Natives of southeast Alaska should be 

10 permitted to use cemetery sites and historic places in 

11 a manner that is— 

12 (i) consistent with the sacred, cultural, tra13 ditional, or historic nature of the site; and 

14 (ii) not inconsistent with the management 

15 plans for adjacent public land; 

16 (13) 44 percent (820,000 acres) of the 10 Alaska 

17 Native village withdrawal areas established under the 

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

19 et seq.) described in paragraphs (7) and (8) are com20 posed of salt water and not available for selection; 

21 (14) of land subject to the selection rights of 

22 Sealaska, 110,000 acres are encumbered by guber23 natorial consent requirements under the Alaska Na24 tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 

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1 (15) in each withdrawal area, there exist factors 

2 that limit the ability of Sealaska to select sufficient 

3 land, and, in particular, economically viable land, to 

4 fulfill the land entitlement of Sealaska, including fac5 tors such as— 

6 (A) with respect to the Yakutat withdrawal 

7 area— 

8 (i) 46 percent of the area is salt water; 

9 (ii) 10 sections (6,400 acres) around 

10 the Situk Lake were restricted from selec11 tion, with no consideration provided for the 

12 restriction; and 

13 (iii)(I) 70,000 acres are subject to a 

14 gubernatorial consent requirement before se15 lection; and 

16 (II) Sealaska received no consideration 

17 with respect to the consent restriction; 

18 (B) with respect to the Hoonah withdrawal 

19 area, 51 percent of the area is salt water; 

20 (C) with respect to the Angoon withdrawal 

21 area— 

22 (i) 120,000 acres of the area is salt 

23 water; 

24 (ii) Sealaska received no consideration 

25 regarding the prohibition on selecting land 

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1 from the 80,000 acres located within the Ad2 miralty Island National Monument; and 

3 (iii)(I) the Village Corporation for 

4 Angoon was allowed to select land located 

5 outside the withdrawal area on Prince of 

6 Wales Island, subject to the condition that 

7 the Village Corporation shall not select land 

8 located on Admiralty Island; but 

9 (II) no alternative land adjacent to the 

10 out-of-withdrawal land of the Village Cor11 poration was made available for selection 

12 by Sealaska; 

13 (D) with respect to the Kake withdrawal 

14 area— 

15 (i) 64 percent of the area is salt water; 

16 and 

17 (ii) extensive timber harvesting by the 

18 Forest Service occurred in the area before 

19 1971 that significantly reduced the value of 

20 land available for selection by, and convey21 ance to, Sealaska; 

22 (E) with respect to the Kasaan withdrawal 

23 area— 

24 (i) 54 percent of the area is salt water; 

25 and 

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1 (ii) the Forest Service previously har2 vested in the area; 

3 (F) with respect to the Klawock withdrawal 

4 area— 

5 (i) the area consists of only 5 town6 ships, as compared to the usual withdrawal 

7 area of 9 townships, because of the prox8 imity of the Klawock withdrawal area to 

9 the Village of Craig, which reduces the selec10 tion area by 92,160 acres; and 

11 (ii) the Klawock and Craig withdrawal 

12 areas are 35 percent salt water; 

13 (G) with respect to the Craig withdrawal 

14 area, the withdrawal area consists of only 6 

15 townships, as compared to the usual withdrawal 

16 area of 9 townships, because of the proximity of 

17 the Craig withdrawal area to the Village of 

18 Klawock, which reduces the selection area by 

19 69,120 acres; 

20 (H) with respect to the Hydaburg with21 drawal area— 

22 (i) 36 percent of the area is salt water; 

23 and 

24 (ii) Sealaska received no consideration 

25 under the Haida Land Exchange Act of 

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1 1986 (Public Law No. 99–664; 100 Stat. 

2 4303) for relinquishing selection rights to 

3 land within the withdrawal area that the 

4 Haida Corporation exchanged to the Forest 

5 Service; 

6 (I) with respect to the Klukwan withdrawal 

7 area— 

8 (i) 27 percent of the area is salt water; 

9 and 

10 (ii) the withdrawal area is only 70,000 

11 acres, as compared to the usual withdrawal 

12 area of 207,360 acres, which reduces the se13 lection area by 137,360 acres; and 

14 (J) with respect to the Saxman withdrawal 

15 area— 

16 (i) 29 percent of the area is salt water; 

17 (ii) Sealaska received no consideration 

18 for the 50,576 acres within the withdrawal 

19 area adjacent to the first-class city of Ketch20 ikan that were excluded from selection; 

21 (iii) Sealaska received no consideration 

22 with respect to the 1977 amendment to the 

23 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

24 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) requiring gubernatorial 

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1 consent for selection of 58,000 acres in that 

2 area; and 

3 (iv) 23,888 acres are located within the 

4 Annette Island Indian Reservation for the 

5 Metlakatla Indian Tribe and are not avail6 able for selection; 

7 (16) the selection limitations and guidelines ap8 plicable to Sealaska under the Alaska Native Claims 

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

10 (A) are inequitable and inconsistent with 

11 the purposes of that Act because there is insuffi12 cient land remaining in the withdrawal areas to 

13 meet the traditional, cultural, and socioeconomic 

14 needs of the shareholders of Sealaska; and 

15 (B) make it difficult for Sealaska to select— 

16 (i) places of sacred, cultural, tradi17 tional, and historical significance; 

18 (ii) sites with traditional and recre19 ation use value and sites suitable for renew20 able energy development; and 

21 (iii) lands that meet the real economic 

22 needs of the shareholders of Sealaska; 

23 (17) unless Sealaska is allowed to select land 

24 outside designated withdrawal areas in southeast 

25 Alaska, Sealaska will not be able to— 

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1 (A) complete the land entitlement selections 

2 of Sealaska under the Alaska Native Claims Set3 tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) in a man4 ner that meets the cultural, social, and economic 

5 needs of Native shareholders; 

6 (B) avoid land selections in watersheds that 

7 are the exclusive drinking water supply for re8 gional communities, support world class salmon 

9 streams, have been identified as important habi10 tat, or would otherwise be managed by the Forest 

11 Service as roadless and old growth forest re12 serves; 

13 (C) secure ownership of places of sacred, 

14 cultural, traditional, and historical importance 

15 to the Alaska Natives of southeast Alaska; and 

16 (D) continue to support forestry jobs and 

17 economic opportunities for Alaska Natives and 

18 other residents of rural southeast Alaska; 

19 (18)(A) the rate of unemployment in southeast 

20 Alaska exceeds the statewide rate of unemployment on 

21 a non-seasonally adjusted basis; 

22 (B) in January 2011, the Alaska Department of 

23 Labor and Workforce Development reported the unem24 ployment rate for the Prince of Wales—Outer Ketch25 ikan census area at approximately 16.2 percent; 

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1 (C) in October 2007, the Alaska Department of 

2 Labor and Workforce Development projected popu3 lation losses between 1996 and 2030 for the Prince of 

4 Wales—Outer Ketchikan census area at 56.6 percent; 

5 (D) official unemployment rates severely under6 report the actual level of regional unemployment, par7 ticularly in Native villages; and 

8 (E) additional job losses will exacerbate out9 migration from Native and non-Native communities 

10 in southeast Alaska; 

11 (19) Sealaska has played, and is expected to con12 tinue to play, a significant role in the health of the 

13 southeast Alaska economy; 

14 (20) despite the small land base of Sealaska as 

15 compared to other Regional Corporations (less than 1 

16 percent of the total quantity of land allocated pursu17 ant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

18 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), Sealaska has— 

19 (A) provided considerable benefits to Alaska 

20 Native shareholders; 

21 (B) supported hundreds of jobs for Alaska 

22 Native shareholders and non-shareholders in 

23 southeast Alaska for more than 30 years; and 

24 (C) been a significant economic force in 

25 southeast Alaska; 

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1 (21) pursuant to the revenue sharing provisions 

2 of section 7(i) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

3 Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(i)), Sealaska has distributed 

4 more than $300,000,000 during the period beginning 

5 on January 1, 1971, and ending on December 31, 

6 2005, to Native Corporations throughout the State of 

7 Alaska from the development of natural resources, 

8 which accounts for 42 percent of the total revenues 

9 shared under that section during that period; 

10 (22) resource development operations maintained 

11 by Sealaska— 

12 (A) support hundreds of jobs in the south13 east Alaska region; 

14 (B) make timber available to local and do15 mestic sawmills and other wood products busi16 nesses such as guitar manufacturers; 

17 (C) support firewood programs for local 

18 communities; 

19 (D) support maintenance of roads utilized 

20 by local communities for subsistence and recre21 ation uses; 

22 (E) support development of new biomass en23 ergy opportunities in southeast Alaska, reducing 

24 dependence on high-cost diesel fuel for the gen25 eration of energy; 

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1 (F) provide start-up capital for innovative 

2 business models in southeast Alaska that create 

3 new opportunities for non-timber economic devel4 opment in the region, including support for re5 newable biomass initiatives, Alaska Native arti6 sans, and rural mariculture farming; and 

7 (G) support Native education and cultural 

8 and language preservation activities; 

9 (23) if the resource development operations of 

10 Sealaska cease on land appropriate for those oper11 ations, there will be a significant negative impact 

12 on— 

13 (A) southeast Alaska Native shareholders; 

14 (B) the cultural preservation activities of 

15 Sealaska; 

16 (C) the economy of southeast Alaska; and 

17 (D) the Alaska Native community that ben18 efits from the revenue-sharing requirements 

19 under the Alaska Native claims Settlement Act 

20 (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 

21 (24) it is critical that the remaining land enti22 tlement conveyances to Sealaska under the Alaska Na23 tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 

24 are fulfilled to continue to meet the economic, social, 

25 and cultural needs of the Alaska Native shareholders 

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1 of southeast Alaska and the Alaska Native community 

2 throughout Alaska; 

3 (25) in order to realize cultural preservation 

4 goals while also diversifying economic opportunities, 

5 Sealaska should be authorized to select and receive 

6 conveyance of— 

7 (A) sacred, cultural, traditional, and his8 toric sites and other places of traditional cul9 tural significance, including traditional and cus10 tomary trade and migration routes, to facilitate 

11 the perpetuation and preservation of Alaska Na12 tive culture and history; 

13 (B) other sites with traditional and recre14 ation use value and sites suitable for renewable 

15 energy development to facilitate appropriate 

16 tourism and outdoor recreation enterprises and 

17 renewable energy development for rural southeast 

18 Alaska communities; and 

19 (C) lands that are suitable economically 

20 and environmentally for natural resource devel21 opment; 

22 (26) on completion of the conveyances of land of 

23 Sealaska to fulfill the full land entitlement of 

24 Sealaska under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

25 Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), the encumbrances on 

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1 327,000 acres of Federal land created by the with2 drawal of land for selection by Native Corporations 

3 in southeast Alaska should be removed, which will fa4 cilitate thorough and complete planning and efficient 

5 management relating to national forest land in south6 east Alaska by the Forest Service; 

7 (27) although the Tribal Forest Protection Act 

8 (25 U.S.C. 3101 note; Public Law 108–278) defines 

9 the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ to include Indian tribes 

10 under section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 

11 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b), a term 

12 which includes ‘‘any Alaska Native village or regional 

13 or village corporation as defined in or established 

14 pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

15 . . .’’, the Tribal Forest Protection Act does not define 

16 the term ‘‘Indian forest land or rangeland’’ to include 

17 lands owned by Alaska Native Corporations, includ18 ing Sealaska, which are the primary Indian forest 

19 land owners in Alaska, and therefore, the Tribal For20 est Protection Act should be amended in a manner 

21 that will— 

22 (A) permit Native Corporations, including 

23 Sealaska, as Indian forest land owners in Alas24 ka, to work with the Secretary of Agriculture 

25 under the Tribal Forest Protection Act to address 

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1 forest fire and insect infestation issues, including 

2 the spread of the spruce bark beetle in southeast 

3 and southcentral Alaska, which threaten the 

4 health of the Native forestlands; and 

5 (B) ensure that Native Corporations, in6 cluding Sealaska, can participate in programs 

7 administered by the Secretary of Agriculture 

8 under the Tribal Forest Protection Act without 

9 including Native Corporations under the defini10 tion in that Act of ‘‘Indian forest land or range11 land’’ or otherwise amending that Act in a man12 ner that validates, invalidates, or otherwise af13 fects any claim regarding the existence of Indian 

14 country in the State of Alaska; and 

15 (28) the National Historic Preservation Act (16 

16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) defines the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ to 

17 include any ‘‘Native village, Regional Corporation or 

18 Village Corporation, as those terms are defined in sec19 tion 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act’’ 

20 but does not define the term ‘‘Tribal lands’’ to include 

21 lands owned by Alaska Native Corporations, thereby 

22 excluding from the National Historic Preservation 

23 Act cemetery sites and historical places transferred to 

24 Native Corporations, including Sealaska, pursuant to 

25 the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and theremstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 fore, the National Historic Preservation Act should be 

2 amended in a manner that will— 

3 (A) permit Native Corporations, including 

4 Sealaska, as owners of Indian cemetery sites and 

5 historical places in Alaska, to work with the Sec6 retary of the Interior under the National His7 toric Preservation Act to secure grants and other 

8 support to manage their own historic sites and 

9 programs pursuant to that Act; and 

10 (B) ensure that Native Corporations, in11 cluding Sealaska, can participate in programs 

12 administered by the Secretary of the Interior 

13 under the National Historic Preservation Act 

14 without including Native Corporations under the 

15 definition in that Act of ‘‘Tribal lands’’ or other16 wise amending that Act in a manner that vali17 dates, invalidates, or otherwise affects any claim 

18 regarding the existence of Indian country in the 

19 State of Alaska. 

20 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to address 

21 the inequitable treatment of Sealaska by allowing Sealaska 

22 to select the remaining land entitlement of Sealaska under 

23 section 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

24 U.S.C. 1613) from designated Federal land in southeast 

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1 lage withdrawal areas in a manner that meets the cultural, 

2 social, and economic needs of Native shareholders, including 

3 the need to maintain jobs supported by Sealaska in rural 

4 southeast Alaska communities. 

5 SEC. 4. SELECTIONS IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA. 

6 (a) SELECTION BY SEALASKA.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

8 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

9 (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)), Sealaska is authorized to se10 lect and receive conveyance of the remaining land en11 titlement of Sealaska under that Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 

12 et seq.) from Federal land located in southeast Alaska 

13 from each category described in subsections (b) and 

14 (c). 

15 (2) TREATMENT OF LAND CONVEYED.—Land 

16 conveyed pursuant to this Act are to be treated as 

17 land conveyed pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

18 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) subject to, but 

19 not limited to— 

20 (A) reservation of public easements across 

21 land pursuant to section 17(b) of the Alaska Na22 tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)); 

23 (B) valid existing rights pursuant to section 

24 14(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

25 (43 U.S.C. 1613(g)); and 

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1 (C) the land bank protections of section 

2 907(d) of the Alaska National Interest and 

3 Lands Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 1636(d)). 

4 (b) WITHDRAWAL OF LAND.—The following public 

5 land is withdrawn, subject to valid existing rights, from all 

6 forms of appropriation under public land laws, including 

7 the mining and mineral leasing laws, and from selection 

8 under the Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the 

9 ‘‘Alaska Statehood Act’’) (48 U.S.C. note prec. 21; Public 

10 Law 85–508), and shall be available for selection by and 

11 conveyance to Sealaska to complete the remaining land en12 titlement of Sealaska under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska 

13 Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)): 

14 (1) Land identified on the maps dated February 

15 1, 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attachment A (Maps 1 through 

16 8)’’. 

17 (2) Sites with traditional, recreational, and re18 newable energy use value, as identified on the map 

19 entitled ‘‘Sites with Traditional, Recreational, and 

20 Renewable Energy Use Value’’, dated February 1, 

21 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attachment D’’, subject to the con22 dition that not more than 5,000 acres shall be selected 

23 for those purposes. 

24 (3) Sites identified on the map entitled ‘‘Tradi25 tional and Customary Trade and Migration Routes’’, 

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1 dated February 1, 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attachment C’’, 

2 which includes an identification of— 

3 (A) a conveyance of land 25 feet in width, 

4 together with 1-acre sites at each terminus and 

5 at 8 locations along the route, with the route, lo6 cation, and boundaries of the conveyance de7 scribed on the map inset entitled ‘‘Yakutat to 

8 Dry Bay Trade and Migration Route’’ on the 

9 map entitled ‘‘Traditional and Customary Trade 

10 and Migration Routes’’, dated February 1, 2011, 

11 and labeled ‘‘Attachment C’’; 

12 (B) a conveyance of land 25 feet in width, 

13 together with 1-acre sites at each terminus, with 

14 the route, location, and boundaries of the convey15 ance described on the map inset entitled ‘‘Bay of 

16 Pillars to Port Camden Trade and Migration 

17 Route’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Traditional and 

18 Customary Trade and Migration Routes’’, dated 

19 February 1, 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attachment C’’; 

20 and 

21 (C) a conveyance of land 25 feet in width, 

22 together with 1-acre sites at each terminus, with 

23 the route, location, and boundaries of the convey24 ance described on the map inset entitled ‘‘Por25 tage Bay to Duncan Canal Trade and Migration 

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1 Route’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Traditional and 

2 Customary Trade and Migration Routes’’, dated 

3 February 1, 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attachment C’’. 

4 (c) SITES WITH SACRED, CULTURAL, TRADITIONAL, 

5 OR HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.—Subject to the criteria and 

6 procedures applicable to land selected pursuant to section 

7 14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

8 U.S.C. 1613(h)(1)) and set forth in the regulations promul9 gated at section 2653.5 of title 43, Code of Federal Regula10 tions (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), 

11 except as otherwise provided in this Act— 

12 (1) Sealaska shall have a right to identify up to 

13 3,600 acres of sites with sacred, cultural, traditional, 

14 or historic significance, including archeological sites, 

15 cultural landscapes, and natural features having cul16 tural significance; and 

17 (2) on identification of the land by Sealaska 

18 under paragraph (1), the identified land shall be— 

19 (A) withdrawn, subject to valid existing 

20 rights, from all forms of appropriation under 

21 public land laws, including the mining and min22 eral leasing laws, and from selection under the 

23 Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the 

24 ‘‘Alaska Statehood Act’’) (48 U.S.C. note prec. 

25 21; Public Law 85–508); and 

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1 (B) available for selection by and convey2 ance to Sealaska to complete the remaining land 

3 entitlement of Sealaska under section 14(h)(8) of 

4 the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

5 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) subject to the conditions 

6 that— 

7 (i) no sites with sacred, cultural, tradi8 tional, or historic significance may be se9 lected from within a unit of the National 

10 Park System; and 

11 (ii) beginning on the date that is 15 

12 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

13 Sealaska shall be limited to identifying not 

14 more than 360 acres of sites with sacred, 

15 cultural, traditional, or historic significance 

16 under this subsection. 

17 (d) FOREST DEVELOPMENT ROADS.—Sealaska shall 

18 receive from the United States, subject to all necessary State 

19 and Federal permits, nonexclusive easements to Sealaska to 

20 allow— 

21 (1) access on the forest development road and use 

22 of the log transfer site identified in paragraphs (3)(b), 

23 (3)(c) and (3)(d) of the patent numbered 50–85–0112 

24 and dated January 4, 1985; 

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1 (2) access on the forest development road identi2 fied in paragraphs (2)(a) and (2)(b) of the patent 

3 numbered 50–92–0203 and dated February 24, 1992; 

4 (3) access on the forest development road identi5 fied in paragraph (2)(a) of the patent numbered 50– 

6 94–0046 and dated December 17, 1993; 

7 (4) access on the forest development roads and 

8 use of the log transfer facilities identified on the maps 

9 dated February 1, 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attachment A 

10 (Maps 1 through 8)’’; 

11 (5) a reservation of a right to construct a new 

12 road to connect to existing forest development roads 

13 as generally identified on the maps identified in 

14 paragraph (4); and 

15 (6) access to and reservation of a right to con16 struct a new log transfer facility and log storage area 

17 at the location identified on the maps identified in 

18 paragraph (4). 

19 SEC. 5. CONVEYANCES TO SEALASKA. 

20 (a) TIMELINE FOR CONVEYANCE.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2), 

22 (3), and (4), the Secretary shall work with Sealaska 

23 to develop a mutually agreeable schedule to complete 

24 the conveyance of land to Sealaska under this Act. 

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1 (2) FINAL PRIORITIES.—Consistent with the pro2 visions of section 403 of the Alaska Land Transfer 

3 Acceleration Act (43 U.S.C. 1611 note; Public Law 

4 108–452), not later than 18 months after the date of 

5 enactment of this Act, Sealaska shall submit to the 

6 Secretary the final, irrevocable priorities for selection 

7 of land withdrawn under section 4(b)(1). 

8 (3) SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION REQUIRED.—Not 

9 later than two years after the date of selection by 

10 Sealaska of land withdrawn under section 4(b)(1), the 

11 Secretary shall substantially complete the conveyance 

12 of the land to Sealaska under this Act. 

13 (4) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act shall interfere 

14 with or cause any delay in the duty of the Secretary 

15 to convey land to the State of Alaska under section 

16 6 of the Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the 

17 ‘‘Alaska Statehood Act’’) (48 U.S.C. note prec. 21; 

18 Public Law 85–508). 

19 (b) EXPIRATION OF WITHDRAWALS.—On completion of 

20 the selection by Sealaska and the conveyances to Sealaska 

21 of land under subsection (a) in a manner that is sufficient 

22 to fulfill the land entitlement of Sealaska under section 

23 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

24 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8))— 

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1 (1) the right of Sealaska to receive any land 

2 under that Act from within a withdrawal area estab3 lished under subsections (a) and (d) of section 16 of 

4 that Act shall be terminated; 

5 (2) the withdrawal areas set aside for selection 

6 by Native Corporations in southeast Alaska under 

7 subsections (a) and (d) of section 16 of that Act shall 

8 be rescinded; and 

9 (3) land located within a withdrawal area that 

10 is not conveyed to Sealaska or to a southeast Alaska 

11 Village Corporation or Urban Corporation shall be re12 turned to the unencumbered management of the For13 est Service as part of the Tongass National Forest. 

14 (c) LIMITATION.—Sealaska shall not select or receive 

15 under this Act any conveyance of land pursuant to para16 graphs (1) or (2) of section 4(b) located within any con17 servation system unit. 

18 (d) APPLICABLE EASEMENTS AND PUBLIC ACCESS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the reservation 

20 of public easements under section 4(a)(2)(A), the con21 veyance to Sealaska of land withdrawn pursuant to 

22 paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 4(b) that are lo23 cated outside a withdrawal area designated under sec24 tion 16(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

25 (43 U.S.C. 1615(a)) shall be subject to— 

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1 (A) a reservation for easements for public 

2 access on the public roads depicted on the maps 

3 dated February 1, 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attach4 ment A (Maps 1 through 8)’’; 

5 (B) a reservation for easements for public 

6 access on the temporary roads designated by the 

7 Forest Service as of the date of the enactment of 

8 this Act for the public access trails depicted on 

9 the maps described in subparagraph (A); and 

10 (C) the right of noncommercial public access 

11 for subsistence uses, consistent with title VIII of 

12 the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 

13 Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), and recreational 

14 access, without liability to Sealaska, subject to— 

15 (i) the right of Sealaska to regulate ac16 cess to ensure public safety, to protect cul17 tural or scientific resources, and to provide 

18 environmental protection; and 

19 (ii) the condition that Sealaska shall 

20 post on any applicable property, in accord21 ance with State law, notices of the condi22 tions on use. 

23 (2) SACRED, CULTURAL, TRADITIONAL AND HIS24 TORIC SITES.—The conveyance to Sealaska of land 

25 withdrawn pursuant to section 4(c) that is located 

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1 outside of a withdrawal area designated under section 

2 16(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

3 U.S.C. 1615(a)) shall be subject to— 

4 (A) the right of public access across the con5 veyances where no reasonable alternative access 

6 around the land is available without liability to 

7 Sealaska; and 

8 (B) the right of Sealaska to regulate access 

9 across the conveyances to ensure public safety, to 

10 protect cultural or scientific resources, to provide 

11 environmental protection, or to prohibit activi12 ties incompatible with the use and enjoyment of 

13 the land by Sealaska, subject to the condition 

14 that Sealaska shall post on any applicable prop15 erty, in accordance with State law, notices of 

16 any such condition. 

17 (3) TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOMARY TRADE AND

18 MIGRATION ROUTES.—The conveyance to Sealaska of 

19 land withdrawn pursuant to section 4(b)(3) that is 

20 located outside of a withdrawal area designated under 

21 section 16(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

22 Act (43 U.S.C. 1615(a)) shall be subject to a require23 ment that Sealaska provide public access across such 

24 linear conveyances if an adjacent landowner or the 

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1 public has a legal right to use the adjacent private or 

2 public land. 

3 (4) SITES WITH TRADITIONAL, RECREATIONAL, 

4 AND RENEWABLE ENERGY USE VALUE.—The convey5 ance to Sealaska of land withdrawn pursuant to sec6 tion 4(b)(2) that is located outside of a withdrawal 

7 area designated under section 16(a) of the Alaska Na8 tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615(a)) shall 

9 be subject to— 

10 (A) the right of public access across the land 

11 without liability to Sealaska; and 

12 (B) the condition that public access across 

13 the land would not be unreasonably restricted or 

14 impaired. 

15 (5) EFFECT.—No right of access provided to any 

16 individual or entity (other than Sealaska) by this 

17 subsection— 

18 (A) creates any interest, other than an in19 terest retained by the United States, of such an 

20 individual or entity in the land conveyed to 

21 Sealaska in excess of that right of access; or 

22 (B) provides standing in any review of, or 

23 challenge to, any determination by Sealaska 

24 with respect to the management or development 

25 of the applicable land. 

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1 (e) CONDITIONS ON SACRED, CULTURAL, AND HIS2 TORIC SITES AND TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOMARY TRADE

3 AND MIGRATION ROUTES.—The conveyance to Sealaska of 

4 land withdrawn pursuant to sections 4(b)(3) and 4(c)— 

5 (1) shall be subject to a covenant prohibiting any 

6 commercial timber harvest or mineral development on 

7 the land; 

8 (2) shall allow use of the land as described in 

9 subsection (f); and 

10 (3) shall not be subject to any additional restric11 tive covenant based on cultural or historic values, or 

12 any other restriction, encumbrance, or easement, ex13 cept as provided in sections 14(g) and 17(b) of the 

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

15 1613(g), 1616(b)). 

16 (f) USES OF SACRED, CULTURAL, TRADITIONAL, AND

17 HISTORIC SITES AND TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOMARY

18 TRADE AND MIGRATION ROUTES.—Any land conveyed to 

19 Sealaska from land withdrawn pursuant to sections 4(b)(3) 

20 and 4(c) may be used for— 

21 (1) preservation of cultural knowledge and tradi22 tions associated with the site; 

23 (2) historical, cultural, and scientific research 

24 and education; 

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1 (3) public interpretation and education regard2 ing the cultural significance of the site to Alaska Na3 tives; 

4 (4) protection and management of the site to 

5 preserve the natural and cultural features of the site, 

6 including cultural traditions, values, songs, stories, 

7 names, crests, and clan usage, for the benefit of future 

8 generations; and 

9 (5) site improvement activities for any purpose 

10 described in paragraphs (1) through (4), subject to the 

11 condition that the activities— 

12 (A) are consistent with the sacred, cultural, 

13 traditional, or historic nature of the site; and 

14 (B) are not inconsistent with the manage15 ment plans for adjacent public land. 

16 (g) TERMINATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each restrictive covenant re18 garding cultural or historical values with respect to 

19 any interim conveyance or patent for a historic or 

20 cemetery site issued to Sealaska pursuant to the Fed21 eral regulations contained in sections 2653.5(a) and 

22 2653.11 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as 

23 in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), in ac24 cordance with section 14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native 

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1 nates as a matter of law on the date of enactment of 

2 this Act. 

3 (2) REMAINING CONDITIONS.—Land subject to a 

4 covenant described in paragraph (1) on the day before 

5 the date of enactment of this Act shall be subject to 

6 the conditions described in subsection (e). 

7 (3) RECORDS.—Sealaska shall be responsible for 

8 recording with the land title recorders office of the 

9 State of Alaska any modification to an existing con10 veyance of land under section 14(h)(1) of the Alaska 

11 Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(1)) 

12 as a result of this Act. 

13 (h) CONDITIONS ON SITES WITH TRADITIONAL, REC14 REATIONAL, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY USE VALUE.—Each 

15 conveyance of land to Sealaska from land withdrawn pur16 suant to section 4(b)(2) shall be subject to a covenant pro17 hibiting any commercial timber harvest or mineral develop18 ment. 

19 (i) ESCROW FUNDS FOR WITHDRAWN LAND.—On the 

20 withdrawal by this Act of land identified for selection by 

21 Sealaska, the escrow requirements of section 2 of Public 

22 Law 94–204 (43 U.S.C. 1613 note), shall thereafter apply 

23 to the withdrawn land. 

24 (j) GUIDING AND OUTFITTING SPECIAL USE PERMITS

25 OR AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the provisions 

2 of section 14(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle3 ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(g)), except as modified 

4 herein, on land conveyed to Sealaska from land with5 drawn pursuant to sections 4(b)(1) and 4(b)(2), an 

6 existing holder of a guiding or outfitting special use 

7 permit or authorization issued by the Forest Service 

8 shall be entitled to its rights and privileges on the 

9 land for the remaining term of the permit, as of the 

10 date of conveyance to Sealaska, and for 1 subsequent 

11 10-year renewal of the permit, subject to the condition 

12 that the rights shall be considered a valid existing 

13 right reserved pursuant to section 14(g) of the Alaska 

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

15 and shall be managed accordingly. 

16 (2) NOTICE OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.— 

17 Sealaska, with respect to the holder of a guiding or 

18 outfitting special use permit or authorization under 

19 this subsection, and a permit holder referenced in this 

20 subsection, with respect to Sealaska, shall have an ob21 ligation to inform the other party of their respective 

22 commercial activities before engaging in the activities 

23 on land, which has been conveyed to Sealaska under 

24 this Act, subject to the permit or authorization. 

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1 (3) NEGOTIATION OF NEW TERMS.—Nothing in 

2 this subsection precludes Sealaska and a permit hold3 er under this subsection from negotiating new mutu4 ally agreeable permit terms that supersede the re5 quirements of— 

6 (A) this subsection; 

7 (B) section 14(g) of the Alaska Native 

8 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(g)); or 

9 (C) any deed covenant. 

10 (4) LIABILITY.—Sealaska shall bear no liability 

11 regarding use and occupancy pursuant to special use 

12 permits or authorizations on land selected or conveyed 

13 pursuant to this Act. 

14 SEC. 6. MISCELLANEOUS. 

15 (a) STATUS OF CONVEYED LAND.—Each conveyance 

16 of Federal land to Sealaska pursuant to this Act, and each 

17 Federal action carried out to achieve the purpose of this 

18 Act, shall be considered to be conveyed or acted on, as appli19 cable, pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

20 (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 

21 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND INCENTIVES.— 

22 Notwithstanding subsection (e) and (h) of section 5, all land 

23 conveyed to Sealaska pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

24 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) and this Act shall 

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1 be considered to be qualified to receive or participate in, 

2 as applicable— 

3 (1) any federally authorized carbon sequestration 

4 program, ecological services program, or environ5 mental mitigation credit; and 

6 (2) any other federally authorized environmental 

7 incentive credit or program. 

8 (c) NO MATERIAL EFFECT ON FOREST PLAN.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as required by para10 graph (2), implementation of this Act, including the 

11 conveyance of land to Sealaska, alone or in combina12 tion with any other factor, shall not require an 

13 amendment of, or revision to, the Tongass National 

14 Forest Land and Resources Management Plan before 

15 the first revision of that Plan scheduled to occur after 

16 the date of enactment of this Act. 

17 (2) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary of 

18 Agriculture shall implement any land ownership 

19 boundary adjustments to the Tongass National Forest 

20 Land and Resources Management Plan resulting from 

21 the implementation of this Act through a technical 

22 amendment to that Plan. 

23 (d) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 

24 (1) TRIBAL FOREST PROTECTION.—Section 2 of 

25 the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 

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1 3115a) is amended by adding at the end a new sub2 section (h): 

3 ‘‘(h)(1) Land owned by an Alaska Native Corporation 

4 pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

5 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that is forest land or formerly had a 

6 forest cover or vegetative cover that is capable of restoration 

7 shall be eligible for agreements and contracts authorized 

8 under this Act and administered by the Secretary. 

9 ‘‘(2) Nothing in this subsection validates, invalidates, 

10 or otherwise affects any claim regarding the existence of In11 dian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United 

12 States Code) in the State of Alaska.’’. 

13 (2) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION.—Sec14 tion 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation Act 

15 (16 U.S.C. 470a(d)), is amended by adding at the end 

16 a new paragraph (7): 

17 ‘‘(7)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 an Alaska Native tribe, band, nation or other organized 

19 group or community, including a Native village, Regional 

20 Corporation, or Village Corporation, shall be eligible to par21 ticipate in all programs administered by the Secretary 

22 under this Act on behalf of Indian tribes, including, but 

23 not limited to, securing grants and other support to manage 

24 their own historic preservation sites and programs on lands 

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1 nized group or community, including a Native village, Re2 gional Corporation, or Village Corporation. 

3 ‘‘(B) Nothing in this paragraph validates, invalidates, 

4 or otherwise affects any claim regarding the existence of In5 dian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United 

6 States Code) in the State of Alaska.’’. 

7 (e) EFFECT ON ENTITLEMENT.—Nothing in this Act 

8 shall have any effect upon the entitlement due to any Native 

9 Corporation, other than Sealaska, under— 

10 (1) the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

11 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); or 

12 (2) the Alaska National Interest Lands Con13 servation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). 

14 SEC. 7. MAPS. 

15 (a) AVAILABILITY.—Each map referred to in this Act 

16 shall be maintained on file in— 

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

18 and 

19 (2) the office of the Secretary. 

20 (b) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary or the Chief of the 

21 Forest Service may make any necessary correction to a cler22 ical or typographical error in a map referred to in this 

23 Act. 

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1 (c) TREATMENT.—No map referred to in this Act shall 

2 be considered to be an attempt by the Federal Government 

3 to convey any State or private land. 

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Union Calendar No. 188 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1408 

[Report No. 112–280] 

A BILL 

To provide for the settlement of certain claims 

and for other purposes. under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 

NOVEMBER 10, 2011 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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