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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1158

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

Totem Corporation public interest land exchange, and for other purposes.

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

A BILL

To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, regarding the Huna Totem Corporation public interest land

exchange, 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’’.

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SETTLEMENT ACT.

7 The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (Public

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

9 1601, et seq.), as amended, is further amended by adding

10 a new section to read:
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1 ‘‘SEC. . HUNA TOTEM CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE.

2 ‘‘(a) GENERAL.—To acknowledge Huna Totem Cor3 poration’s required selection of 14(b) lands within the core

4 township of the City of Hoonah, Alaska, which consist of

5 watershed and other lands not suitable for development,

6 to acknowledge the corporation’s return to public owner7 ship of approximately 1,999 acres of land needed as a mu8 nicipal watershed area and a municipal greenbelt buffer

9 from timber harvesting activities, and to promote the pub10 lic interest, the Secretary of Agriculture referred to as

11 (‘‘Secretary’’) in this section in accordance with the provi12 sions of section 22(f) shall, subject to valid existing rights

13 and easements, convey to the corporation the surface es14 tate to the Federal lands described in subsection (b)(2)

15 of this section and convey to Sealaska Corporation title

16 to the subsurface estate in such lands.

17 ‘‘(b) DESCRIPTION AND DEADLINES.—The land to be

18 exchanged is located in the Copper River Meridian and

19 is further described as follows:

20 (1) the land to be conveyed by Huna Totem

21 Corporation to the United States, no later than

22 ninety (90) days after the effective date of this

23 section, is depicted on the map dated

24 and labeled attachment A, and is de25 scribed as follows:
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MUNICIPAL WATERSHED AND GREENBELT BUFFER

T43S, R61E, C.R.M.

Portion of section Approximate acres

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

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

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

23 ....................................................................................................... 35

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

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

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

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

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

1 and

2 (2) the land to be conveyed to Huna Totem

3 Corporation and Sealaska by the Secretary of Agri4 culture shall be lands readily accessible to Hoonah

5 and, where possible, located on the road system to

6 Hoonah, and shall be conveyed within ninety (90)

7 days after the conveyance of lands in subsection

8 (b)(1); and are to be selected from the lands

9 depicted on the map dated and la10 beled attachment B.

11 ‘‘(d) TIMBER MANUFACTURING; EXPORT RESTRIC12 TION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, tim13 ber harvested from land conveyed to Huna Totem Cor14 poration under this section is not available for export as

15 unprocessed logs from Alaska, nor may Huna Totem Cor16 poration sell, trade, exchange, substitute, or otherwise

17 convey such timber to any person for the purpose of ex18 porting that timber from the State of Alaska.
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1 ‘‘(e) RELATION TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The

2 land conveyed to Huna Totem Corporation and Sealaska

3 Corporation under this section is, for all purposes, consid4 ered land conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settle5 ment Act.

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

7 shall be maintained on file in the Office of the Chief, Unit8 ed 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.’’

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