Calendar No. 195

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1159

[Report No. 105–100]

A BILL

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement

lic interest land exchange.Act, regarding the Kake Tribal Corporation pubOCTOBER 7, 1997

Reported with an amendment
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Calendar No. 195

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1159

[Report No. 105–100]

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Kake

Tribal Corporation public interest land exchange.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 10, 1997

Mr. MURKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

OCTOBER 7, 1997

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment

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

A BILL

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Kake Tribal Corporation public interest land

exchange.

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 ‘‘Kake Tribal 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 at the end thereof:

6 ‘‘SEC. KAKE TRIBAL CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE.

7 ‘‘(a) GENERAL.—To provide Kake Tribal Corpora8 tion with land suitable for development, to acknowledge

9 the corporation’s return to public ownership land needed

10 as municipal watershed area, and to promote the public

11 interest, the Secretary shall convey to the corporation ap12 proximately 2,427 acres of Federal land as described in

13 subsection (c).

14 ‘‘(b) TITLE TO SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE.—Sub15 ject to valid existing rights and easements, the Secretary

16 shall, no later than the deadline specified in (c)(2) of this

17 section, convey to Kake Tribal Corporation title to the sur18 face estate in the land described in subsection (c)(2) and

19 convey to Sealaska Corporation title to the subsurface es20 tate in that land.

21 ‘‘(c) DESCRIPTION AND DEADLINES.—The land to be

22 conveyed under this section is in the Copper River Merid23 ian and is further described as follows:

24 (1) the municipal watershed land to be con25 veyed by Kake Tribal Corporation to the United

26 States no later that 90 days after the effective date
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1 of this section is shown on the map dated

2 and labeled Attachment A, and is de3 scribed as follows:

MUNICIPAL WATERSHED

T56S, R72E

Section Approximate acres

13 ....................................................................................................... 82

23 ....................................................................................................... 118

24 ....................................................................................................... 635

25 ....................................................................................................... 640

26 ....................................................................................................... 346

34 ....................................................................................................... 9

35 ....................................................................................................... 349

36 ....................................................................................................... 248

Approximate total .............................................................................. 2,427

4 and

5 ‘‘(2) the approximate 2,427 acres of land to be

6 conveyed to Kake Tribal Corporation is land in the

7 Hamilton Bay and Saginaw Bay areas and shall be

8 conveyed within 90 days after the conveyance of

9 lands in subsection (c)(1); this land is depicted on

10 the maps dated and labeled Attach11 ments B and C.

12 ‘‘(d) MANAGEMENT OF WATERSHED.—The United

13 States Forest Service shall enter into a Memorandum of

14 Agreement with the City of Kake, Alaska, to provide for

15 management of the municipal watershed.

16 ‘‘(e) TIMBER MANUFACTURING; EXPORT RESTRIC17 TION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, tim18 ber harvested from land conveyed to Kake Tribal Corpora19 tion under this Act is not available for export as unproc-
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1 essed logs from Alaska, nor may Kake Tribal Corporation

2 sell, trade, exchange, substitute, or otherwise convey that

3 timber to any person for the purpose of exporting that

4 timber from the State of Alaska. The land exchange valu5 ation shall be in accordance with section 22(f).

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

7 land conveyed to Kake Tribal Corporation and Sealaska

8 Corporation under this section shall be for all purposes,

9 considered land conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims

10 Settlement Act.

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

12 shall be maintained on file in the Office of the Chief, Unit13 ed States Forest Service, and in the Office of the Sec14 retary of the Interior, Washington, DC. The acreage cited

15 in this section is approximate, and if a discrepancy arises

16 between cited acreage and the land depicted on the speci17 fied maps the maps shall control. The maps do not con18 stitute an attempt by the United States to convey State

19 or private land.’’

20 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

21 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kake Tribal Corporation

22 Land Exchange Act’’.

23 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SETTLEMENT ACT.

24 The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (Public Law

25 92–203, December 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, 43 U.S.C. 1601
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1 et seq.), as amended, is further amended by adding at the

2 end thereof:

3 ‘‘SEC. KAKE TRIBAL CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE.

4 ‘‘(a) GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture in ac5 cordance with the equal value provisions of section 22(f)

6 shall convey to the Kake Tribal Corporation the Federal

7 land as described in subsection (c).

8 ‘‘(b) TITLE TO SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE.—Subject

9 to valid existing rights and easements, the Secretary shall,

10 no later than the deadline specified in (c)(2) of this section,

11 convey to Kake Tribal Corporation title to the surface estate

12 in the land described in subsection (c)(2) and convey to

13 Sealaska Corporation title to the subsurface estate in that

14 land.

15 ‘‘(c) DESCRIPTION AND DEADLINES.—The land to be

16 conveyed under this section is in the Copper River Meridian

17 and is further described as follows:

18 ‘‘(1) the surface and subsurface estates to the mu19 nicipal watershed land to be conveyed by Kake Tribal

20 Corporation and Sealaska to the United States no

21 later than 90 days after the effective date of this sec22 tion is shown on the map dated September 1, 1997,

23 and labeled Attachment A, and is described as follows:

MUNICIPAL WATERSHED

T56S, R72E

Section Approximate acres

13 ............................................................................................................... 82
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Section Approximate acres

23 ............................................................................................................... 118

24 ............................................................................................................... 635

25 ............................................................................................................... 640

26 ............................................................................................................... 346

34 ............................................................................................................... 9

35 ............................................................................................................... 349

36 ............................................................................................................... 248

Approximate total .................................................................................... 2,427

1 and

2 ‘‘(2) the surface and subsurface estates to the

3 land to be conveyed to Kake Tribal Corporation and

4 Sealaska by the Secretary of Agriculture shall be

5 lands in the Hamilton Bay and Saginaw Bay areas

6 and shall be conveyed within 180 days after the con7 veyance of lands in subsection (c)(1); and are to be

8 selected from the lands depicted on the maps dated

9 September 1, 1997, and labeled Attachments B and C.

10 ‘‘(d) MANAGEMENT OF WATERSHED.—The Secretary

11 of Agriculture shall enter into a Memorandum of Agreement

12 with the City of Kake, Alaska, to provide for management

13 of the municipal watershed.

14 ‘‘(e) TIMBER MANUFACTURING; EXPORT RESTRIC15 TION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, timber

16 harvested from land conveyed to Kake Tribal Corporation

17 under this Act is not available for export as unprocessed

18 logs from Alaska, nor may Kake Tribal Corporation sell,

19 trade, exchange, substitute, or otherwise convey that timber

20 to any person for the purpose of exporting that timber from

21 the State of Alaska.
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1 ‘‘(f) RELATION TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The land

2 conveyed to Kake Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Cor3 poration under this section shall be for all purposes, consid4 ered land conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settle5 ment Act.

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

7 be maintained on file in the Office of the Chief, United

8 States Forest Service, and in the Office of the Secretary

9 of the Interior, Washington, DC. The acreage cited in this

10 section is approximate, and if a discrepancy arises between

11 cited acreage and the land depicted on the specified maps

12 the maps shall control. The maps do not constitute an at13 tempt by the United States to convey State or private

14 land.’’.