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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 426

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 20, 1999

Referred to the Committee on Resources

AN ACT

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land exchange between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Huna Totem Corporation, 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 ‘‘Huna Totem Corpora5 tion Land Exchange Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SETTLEMENT ACT.

2 The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (Public

3 Law 92–203, December 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, 43 U.S.C.

4 1601, et seq.), as amended, is further amended by adding

5 a new section to read:

6 ‘‘SEC. ll. HUNA TOTEM CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE.

7 ‘‘(a) GENERAL.—In exchange for lands and interests

8 therein described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Agri9 culture shall, subject to valid existing rights, convey to the

10 Huna Totem Corporation the surface estate and to

11 Sealaska Corporation the subsurface estate of the Federal

12 lands identified by Huna Totem Corporation pursuant to

13 subsection (c). The values of the lands and interests there14 in exchanged pursuant to this section shall be equal.

15 ‘‘(b) The surface estate to be conveyed by Huna

16 Totem Corporation and the subsurface estate to be con17 veyed by Sealaska Corporation to the Secretary of Agri18 culture are the municipal watershed lands as shown on

19 the map dated September 1, 1997, and labeled attachment

20 A, and are further described as follows:

21 ‘‘MUNICIPAL WATERSHED AND GREENBELT

22 BUFFER

23 ‘‘T43S, R61E, C.R.M.

‘‘Portion of Section Approximate Acres

16 ....................................................................................................... 2

21 ....................................................................................................... 610

22 ....................................................................................................... 227

23 ....................................................................................................... 35
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‘‘Portion of Section Approximate Acres

26 ....................................................................................................... 447

27 ....................................................................................................... 400

33 ....................................................................................................... 202

34 ....................................................................................................... 76

Approximate total .............................................................................. 1,999.

1 ‘‘(c) Within ninety (90) days of the receipt by the

2 United States of the conveyances of the surface estate and

3 subsurface estate described in subsection (b), Huna Totem

4 Corporation shall be entitled to identify lands readily ac5 cessible to the Village of Hoonah and, where possible, lo6 cated on the road system to the Village of Hoonah, as

7 depicted on the map dated September 1, 1997, and labeled

8 Attachment B. Huna Totem Corporation shall notify the

9 Secretary of Agriculture in writing which lands Huna

10 Totem Corporation has identified.

11 ‘‘(d) TIMING OF CONVEYANCE AND VALUATION.—

12 The conveyance mandated by subsection (a) by the Sec13 retary of Agriculture shall occur within ninety (90) days

14 after the list of identified lands is submitted by Huna

15 Totem Corporation pursuant to subsection (c).

16 ‘‘(e) TIMBER MANUFACTURING; EXPORT RESTRIC17 TION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, tim18 ber harvested from land conveyed to Huna Totem Cor19 poration under this section shall not be exported as un20 processed logs from Alaska, nor may Huna Totem Cor21 poration sell, trade, exchange, substitute, or otherwise
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1 convey that timber to any person for the purpose of ex2 porting that timber from the State of Alaska.

3 ‘‘(f) RELATION TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The

4 land conveyed to Huna Totem Corporation and Sealaska

5 Corporation under this section shall be considered, for all

6 purposes, land conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims

7 Settlement Act.

8 ‘‘(g) MAPS.—The maps referred to in this section

9 shall be maintained on file in the Office of the Chief,

10 United States Forest Service, and in the Office of the Sec11 retary of the Interior, Washington, D.C. The acreage cited

12 in this section is approximate, and if there is any discrep13 ancy between cited acreage and the land depicted on the

14 specified maps, the maps shall control. The maps do not

15 constitute an attempt by the United States to convey State

16 or private land.’’.

Passed the Senate April 19, 1999.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.