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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5885 

To amend the Pribilof Islands Transition Act to require the Secretary of 

Commerce to provide notice of certification that no further corrective 

action is required at sites and operable units covered by the Pribilof 

Islands Environmental Restoration agreement, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 11, 2014 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Pribilof Islands Transition Act to require 

the Secretary of Commerce to provide notice of certification that no further corrective action is required at 

sites and operable units covered by the Pribilof Islands 

Environmental Restoration agreement, 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 ‘‘Pribilof Islands Tran5 sition Act Amendments of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF NOTICE REGARDING CERTIFI2 CATION UNDER PRIBILOF ISLANDS TRANSI3 TION ACT. 

4 (a) LANDS.—Section 205 of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 

5 (16 U.S.C. 1165) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (f)— 

7 (A) by designating the text as paragraph 

8 (1); and 

9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) In addition to the authority in paragraph (1), 

11 the Secretary may transfer or exchange land or interests 

12 therein on the Pribilof Islands to the village corporations 

13 identified in section 105(c), in accordance with section 

14 22(f) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

15 U.S.C. 1621) as necessary or appropriate to facilitate the 

16 transfer of lands and related improvements not specified 

17 for transfer in the document entitled ‘Transfer of Property 

18 on the Pribilof Islands: Descriptions, Terms and Condi19 tions’.’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘(g)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

22 the village corporations identified in section 105(c) shall 

23 have a first priority right to acquire any Federal land on 

24 their respective islands (and related improvements on such 

25 land) that is not specified for transfer in the document 

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1 scriptions, Terms and Conditions’ and that, after October 

2 31, 1983— 

3 ‘‘(A) ceases to be actually used by the Federal 

4 Government in connection with the administration of 

5 any Federal installation; or 

6 ‘‘(B) is in excess of the smallest practicable 

7 tract, as determined by the Secretary or the Sec8 retary of the department in which the Coast Guard 

9 is operating, enclosing land actually used in connec10 tion with the administration of any Federal installa11 tion, as described in section 3(e) of the Alaska Na12 tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(e)). 

13 ‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after determining that 

14 Federal land meets either of the criteria specified in sub15 paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), the Secretary 

16 shall notify the relevant village corporation of that deter17 mination. 

18 ‘‘(3) Not later than 90 days after receiving notifica19 tion under paragraph (2), the relevant village corporation 

20 shall notify the Secretary of the corporation’s intent to 

21 exercise the priority right to acquire property authorized 

22 under paragraph (1) with respect to the property.’’. 

23 (b) NOTICE OF CERTIFICATION.—Section 105 of the 

24 Pribilof Islands Transition Act (title I of Public Law 106– 

25 562; 16 U.S.C. 1161 note) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘The Sec2 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding paragraph 

3 (2) and effective on the date the Secretary publishes 

4 the notice of certification required by subsection 

5 (b)(5), the Secretary’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (b)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘205’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘205(a)’’; and 

9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(5) NOTICE OF CERTIFICATION.—The Sec11 retary shall promptly publish and submit to the 

12 Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 

13 Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

14 Science, and Transportation of the Senate notice 

15 that the certification described in paragraph (2) has 

16 been made.’’; and 

17 (3) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

19 by striking ‘‘makes the certification described in 

20 subsection (b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘publishes the 

21 notice of certification required by subsection 

22 (b)(5)’’; and 


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1 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Section 

2 205’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsections (a), (b), (c), 

3 and (d) of section 205’’. 

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