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nected to the agreement or use of the experi-
mental aerospace vehicle.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra-
tion’’ means the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration.
(2) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration.
(3) COMMON TERMS.—Any term used in this sec-
tion that is defined in the National Aeronautics and
Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) has the
same meaning in this section as when it is used in
that Act.
(4) DEVELOPER.—The term ‘‘developer’’ means a
person (other than a natural person) who—
(A) is a party to an agreement that was in
effect before the date of enactment of this Act
with the Administration for the purpose of devel-
oping new technology for an experimental aero-
space vehicle;
(B) owns or provides property to be flown
or situated on that vehicle; or
(C) employs a natural person to be flown on
that vehicle.
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(5) EXPERIMENTAL AEROSPACE VEHICLE.—The
term ‘‘experimental aerospace vehicle’’ means an ob-
ject intended to be flown in, or launched into, sub-
orbital flight for the purpose of demonstrating tech-
nologies necessary for a reusable launch vehicle, devel-
oped under an agreement between the Administration
and a developer that was in effect before the date of
enactment of this Act.
(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—
(1) SECTION 308 OF NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ACT OF 1958.—This section does not apply to
any object, transaction, or operation to which section
308 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of
1958 (42 U.S.C. 2458b) applies.
(2) CHAPTER 701 OF TITLE 49, UNITED STATES
CODE.—The Administrator may not provide indem-
nification to a developer under this section for
launches subject to license under section 70117(g)(1)
of title 49, United States Code.
(f) TERMINATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this section
shall terminate on December 31, 2002, except that the
Administrator may extend the termination date to a
date not later than September 30, 2005, if the Admin-
istrator determines that such an extension is nec-
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essary to cover the operation of an experimental aero-
space vehicle.
(2) EFFECT
OF
TERMINATION
ON
AGREE-
MENTS.—The termination of this section does not ter-
minate or otherwise affect a cross-waiver agreement,
insurance agreement, indemnification agreement, or
any other agreement entered into under this section
except as may be provided in that agreement.
SEC. 430. VIETNAM VETERANS ALLOTMENT. The Alas-
kan Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘OPEN SEASON FOR CERTAIN NATIVE ALASKAN VETERANS
FOR ALLOTMENTS.
‘‘SEC. 41. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) During the eighteen
month period following promulgation of implementing rules
pursuant to paragraph (6), a person described in subsection
(b) shall be eligible for an allotment of not more than 160
acres of land under the Act of May 17, 1906 (chapter 2469;
34 Stat. 197), as such Act was in effect before December
18, 1971.
‘‘(2) Allotments selected under this section shall not be
from existing native or non-native campsites, except for
campsites used primarily by the person selecting the allot-
ment.
‘‘(3) Only Federal lands shall be eligible for selection
and conveyance under this Act.
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‘‘(4) All conveyances shall be subject to valid existing
rights, including any right of the United States to income
derived, directly or indirectly, from a lease, license, permit,
right-of-way or easement.
‘‘(5) All State selected lands that have not yet been
conveyed shall be ineligible for selection under this section.
‘‘(6) No later than 18 months after enactment of this
section, the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate, after
consultation with Alaska Natives groups, rules to carry out
this section.
‘‘(7) The Secretary of the Interior may convey alter-
native Federal lands, including lands within a Conserva-
tion System Unit, to a person entitled to an allotment lo-
cated within a Conservation System Unit if—
‘‘(A) the Secretary determines that the allotment
would be incompatible with the purposes for which
the Conservation System Unit was established; and
‘‘(B) the alternative lands are of equal acreage to
the allotment.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—(1) A person is eligible
under subsection (a) if that person would have been eligible
under the Act of May 17, 1906 (chapter 2469; 34 Stat. 197),
as that Act was in effect before December 18, 1971, and
that person is a veteran who served during the period be-
tween January 1, 1968 and December 31, 1971.
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‘‘(c) STUDY AND REPORT.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall—
‘‘(1) conduct a study to identify and assess the
circumstances of veterans of the Vietnam era who
were eligible for allotments under the Act of May 17,
1906 but who did not apply under that Act and are
not eligible under this section; and
‘‘(2) within one year of enactment of this section,
issue a written report with recommendations to the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources in the Senate and the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Resources in the House of Representatives.
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section,
the terms ‘veteran’ and ‘Vietnam era’ have the meanings
given those terms by paragraphs (2) and (29), respectively,
of section 101 of title 38, United States Code.’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate July 30, 1998.
Attest:
GARY SISCO,
Secretary.