ANCSA Kaktovik and Canyon Village Land Conveyance Settlement Act of 2017

To provide for certain conveyances of surface estate under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the ANCSA Kaktovik and Canyon Village Land Conveyance Settlement Act of 2017 2. Kaktovik and Canyon Village (a) Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation To maximize Federal revenues by removing clouds on title to land and clarifying land ownership patterns within the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, notwithstanding section 1302(h)(2) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3192(h)(2) (1) to the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation the surface estate of the land described in paragraph 1 of Public Land Order 6959 (58 Fed. Reg. 14323), to the extent necessary to fulfill the entitlement of the Corporation under section 12 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1611 (2) to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation the remaining subsurface estate to which the Corporation is entitled pursuant to the Agreement between the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the United States of America dated August 9, 1983. (b) Canyon Village (1) Conveyance (A) In general The Secretary shall convey to Kian Tr’ee Corporation, for the Native Village of Canyon Village, the surface estate in the land selected by the Kian Tr’ee Corporation pursuant to section 14(h)(2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(2) (B) Application Section 2653.3(c) of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), shall not apply to the conveyance under subparagraph (A). (2) Limitation The conveyance under paragraph (1)(A) shall not exceed 6,400 acres. (3) Subsurface estate (A) In general Unless Doyon, Limited, elects to receive conveyance under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall convey to Doyon, Limited, the subsurface estate in the land conveyed under paragraph (1)(A). (B) Alternate selection At the option of Doyon, Limited, in lieu of accepting the conveyance under subparagraph (A)— (i) Doyon, Limited, may receive a conveyance from existing selections on land withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1610(a)(3) (ii) Doyon, Limited, shall notify the Secretary (acting through the Alaska State Office of the Bureau of Land Management) of the preference of Doyon, Limited, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act; and (iii) the Secretary shall convey to Doyon, Limited, the subsurface estate selected under clause (i). (c) Definition of secretary In this section, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.

Summary: ANCSA Kaktovik and Canyon Village Land Conveyance Settlement Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to convey: (1) specified surface estate to the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, an Alaska Native village corporation, in accordance with an agreement effective January 22, 1993; and (2) specified subsurface estate to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, the Alaska Native regional corporation for the village of Kaktovik, pursuant to an agreement dated August 9, 1983. Interior also must convey: (1) up to 6,400 acres of surface estate to Kian Tr'ee Corporation, a village corporation, for the village of Canyon Village; and (2) equal acreage of subsurface estate to Doyon Limited, the regional corporation for Canyon Village.