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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5909 
To ensure equitable treatment of Shee Atika´, Incorporated, under the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act by facilitating the transfer of land on 
Admiralty Island, Alaska, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2016 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To ensure equitable treatment of Shee Atika´, Incorporated, 
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by facili-
tating the transfer of land on Admiralty Island, Alaska, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shee Atika´ Land Enti-
tlement Act’’ or the ‘‘SALE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SHEE ATIKA´ , INCORPORATED. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Account’’ means the 
Shee Atika´ Account established under subsection 
(d). 
(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means— 
(A) any department, agency, or other in-
strumentality of the Federal Government; and 
(B) any Government corporation (as de-
fined in section 9101 of title 31, United States 
Code). 
(3) 
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Agreement’’ 
means the agreement between Shee Atika´ and the 
United States (including any amendment or supple-
ment to the agreement) under which the United 
States has an option to reacquire the Cube Cove 
Land. 
(4) CUBE COVE LAND.—The term ‘‘Cube Cove 
Land’’ means the approximately 23,000 acres of 
surface estate land at Cube Cove, Admiralty Island, 
Alaska, as described in Appendix A to the Agree-
ment. 
(5) PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘property’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 12(b)(7)(vii) of 
the Act of January 2, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1611 note; 
Public Law 94–204). 
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(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(7) SEGMENT.—The term ‘‘segment’’ means 
any 1 of the 13 tracts of surface estate land identi-
fied in Appendix C to the Agreement. 
(8) SHEE
ATIKA´.—The term ‘‘Shee Atika´’’ 
means Shee Atika´, Incorporated. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—All consideration, whether in 
cash or in kind, received by Shee Atika´ under the 
Agreement shall be treated for purposes of all Fed-
eral laws as if the consideration was, within the 
meaning of section 21(c) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1620(c)), the re-
ceipt of land or any interest in land pursuant to the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) or cash in order to equalize the values 
of properties exchanged pursuant to section 22(f) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1621(f)). 
(2) EFFECT.—Nothing in the Agreement or 
this section imposes any duty on Shee Atika´ not ex-
pressly set forth in the Agreement. In the event such 
Agreement is terminated prior to a complete acquisi-
tion by the United States of all of Shee Atika´’s Cube 
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Cove Lands and interests in such lands, neither such 
Agreement nor this section shall— 
(A) constitute a cloud of title, lien, or en-
cumbrance of any sort on Shee Atika´’s remain-
ing Cube Cove Lands or interests therein; or 
(B) limit in any manner the use of any 
portion of Shee Atika´’s remaining Cube Cove 
Lands or interests therein. 
(3) INDIAN
LEGISLATION.—This section is a 
further implementation of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act and is Indian legislation enacted by 
Congress pursuant to plenary authority under the 
Constitution of the United States to regulate Indian 
Affairs. 
(c) OPTION TO RECEIVE CREDITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) CREDITS.—On election by Shee Atika´ 
made in writing not later than the day before 
the date on which a closing of any segment of 
the Cube Cove Land is scheduled to occur, the 
Secretary, in accordance with subsection (d), 
may pay all or part of the amounts due to Shee 
Atika´ under the Agreement on the closing date 
in the form of credits that may be used by Shee 
Atika´ to purchase property sold at public sale. 
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(B) CASH.—Amounts otherwise due to 
Shee Atika´ for which Shee Atika´ has not made 
the election described in subparagraph (A) shall 
be paid to Shee Atika´ in cash. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall make 
a payment in the form described in paragraph (1) 
without regard to whether Shee Atika´ has made any 
other election under paragraph (1). 
(3) CLOSING DATE.—Closing of any segment 
for which Shee Atika´ has made an election under 
paragraph (1) shall occur not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the Secretary notifies Shee 
Atika´ that the applicable credit is ready to be depos-
ited into the Account. 
(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not later than 90 days after Shee 
Atika´ first makes an election under subsection 
(c)(1), the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary, shall establish an account in the 
Treasury to be known as the ‘‘Shee Atika´ Account’’. 
(2) CREDITS INTO ACCOUNT.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary, 
shall— 
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(A) deposit into the Account amounts 
equal to any credit received under subsection 
(c); and 
(B) establish procedures under which Shee 
Atika´ may— 
(i) receive deposits into the Account; 
(ii) make deposits from the Account 
into escrow when an escrow is required for 
the sale of any property; 
(iii) reinstate to the Account any un-
used escrow deposits under clause (ii) if 
the applicable sale is not completed; and 
(iv) notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law and on written notice to the 
Secretary of the Treasury and the Sec-
retary, assign, without restriction, any or 
all of the amounts in the Account. 
(3) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—The balance 
of the Account shall— 
(A) be immediately available to Shee Atika´ 
for use in accordance with paragraph (4); and 
(B) remain available until expended. 
(4) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Shee Atika´ may use 
amounts in the Account to bid for, and pur-
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chase, any property at any public sale by an 
agency. 
(B) 
REQUIREMENT.—In 
conducting 
a 
transaction under subparagraph (A), an agency 
shall accept any amount tendered from the Ac-
count in the same manner as if the amount 
were tendered in cash. 
(5) EFFECT.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any property purchased under para-
graph (4) shall be considered to be a conveyance 
made under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on the date of enact-
ment of that Act. 
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