In the Senate of the United States,
August 3 (legislative day, July 10), 1995.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 402) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes’’, do pass
with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
TITLE I—ALASKA NATIVE
CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
SECTION 101. RATIFICATION OF CERTAIN CASWELL AND
MONTANA 
CREEK 
NATIVE 
ASSOCIATIONS
CONVEYANCES.
The conveyance of approximately 11,520 acres to Mon-
tana Creek Native Association, Inc., and the conveyance of
approximately 11,520 acres to Caswell Native Association,
Inc., by Cook Inlet Region, Inc. in fulfillment of the agree-
ment of February 3, 1976, and subsequent letter agreement
of March 26, 1982, among the 3 parties are hereby adopted
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and ratified as a matter of Federal law. The conveyances
shall be deemed to be conveyances pursuant to section
14(h)(2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43
U.S.C. 1613(h)(2)). The group corporations for Montana
Creek and Caswell are hereby declared to have received their
full entitlement and shall not be entitled to receive any ad-
ditional lands under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act. The ratification of these conveyances shall not have any
effect on section 14(h) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)) or upon the duties and obli-
gations of the United States to any Alaska Native Corpora-
tion. This ratification shall not be for any claim to land
or money by the Caswell or Montana Creek group corpora-
tions or any other Alaska Native Corporation against the
State of Alaska, the United States, or Cook Inlet Region,
Incorporated.
SEC. 102. MINING CLAIMS ON LANDS CONVEYED TO ALASKA
REGIONAL CORPORATIONS.
Section 22(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act (43 U.S.C. 1621(c)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(3) This section shall apply to lands conveyed
by interim conveyance or patent to a regional cor-
poration pursuant to this Act which are made subject
to a mining claim or claims located under the general
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mining laws, including lands conveyed prior to enact-
ment of this paragraph. Effective upon the date of en-
actment of this paragraph, the Secretary, acting
through the Bureau of Land Management and in a
manner consistent with section 14(g), shall transfer to
the regional corporation administration of all mining
claims determined to be entirely within lands con-
veyed to that corporation. Any person holding such
mining claim or claims shall meet such requirements
of the general mining laws and section 314 of the
Federal Land Management and Policy Act of 1976
(43 U.S.C. 1744), except that any filings that would
have been made with the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment if the lands were within Federal ownership shall
be timely made with the appropriate regional cor-
poration. The validity of any such mining claim or
claims may be contested by the regional corporation,
in place of the United States. All contest proceedings
and appeals by the mining claimants of adverse deci-
sion made by the regional corporation shall be
brought in Federal District Court for the District of
Alaska. Neither the United States nor any Federal
agency or official shall be named or joined as a party
in such proceedings or appeals. All revenues from
such mining claims received after passage of this
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paragraph shall be remitted to the regional corpora-
tion subject to distribution pursuant to section 7(i) of
this Act, except that in the event that the mining
claim or claims are not totally within the lands con-
veyed to the regional corporation, the regional cor-
poration shall be entitled only to that proportion of
revenues, other than administrative fees, reasonably
allocated to the portion of the mining claim so con-
veyed.’’.
SEC. 103. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS ARISING FROM HAZARD-
OUS SUBSTANCE CONTAMINATION OF TRANS-
FERRED LANDS.
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C.
1601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘CLAIMS ARISING FROM CONTAMINATION OF TRANSFERRED
LANDS
‘‘SEC. 40. (a) As used in this section the term ‘con-
taminant’ means hazardous substance harmful to public
health or the environment, including friable asbestos.
‘‘(b) Within 18 months of enactment of this section,
and after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture,
State of Alaska, and appropriate Alaska Native corpora-
tions and organizations, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate, a report addressing issues presented by the pres-
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ence of contaminants on lands conveyed or prioritized for
conveyance to such corporations pursuant to this Act. Such
report shall consist of—
‘‘(1) existing information concerning the nature
and types of contaminants present on such lands
prior to conveyance to Alaska Native corporations;
‘‘(2) existing information identifying to the ex-
tent practicable the existence and availability of po-
tentially responsible parties for the removal or reme-
diation of the effects of such contaminants;
‘‘(3) identification of existing remedies;
‘‘(4) recommendations for any additional legisla-
tion that the Secretary concludes is necessary to rem-
edy the problem of contaminants on the lands; and
‘‘(5) in addition to the identification of contami-
nants, identification of structures known to have as-
bestos present and recommendations to inform Native
landowners on the containment of asbestos.’’.
SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
PURPOSES 
OF 
IMPLEMENTING 
REQUIRED
RECONVEYANCES.
Section 14(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(c)) is amended by adding at the end
the following: