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(5) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
Calista Corporation or the village corporations identified
in the CCRD Addendum may assign, without restriction,
any or all of the account upon written notification to the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior.
‘‘(5) Calista will provide to the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, Alaska State Office, appropriate documentation,
including maps of the parcels to be exchanged to enable
that office to perform the accounting required by para-
graph (1) and to forward such information, if requested
by Calista, to the Secretary of the Treasury as authorized
by such paragraph. Minor boundary adjustments shall be
made between Calista and the Department to reflect the
acreage figures reflected in the CCRD and the CCRD Ad-
dendum.
‘‘(6) For the purpose of the determination of the ap-
plicability of section 7(i) of the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(i)) to revenues generated
pursuant to this section, such revenues shall be calculated
in accordance with paragraph (4) of the CCRD Adden-
dum.’’.
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SEC. 5. MINING CLAIMS.
Paragraph (3) of section 22(c) of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1621(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘regional corporation’’ each
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Re-
gional Corporation’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The
provisions of this section shall apply to Haida Cor-
poration and the Haida Traditional Use Sites, which
shall be treated as a Regional Corporation for the
purposes of this paragraph, except that any revenues
remitted to Haida Corporation under this section
shall not be subject to distribution pursuant to sec-
tion 7(i) of this Act.’’.
SEC. 6. SALE, DISPOSITION, OR OTHER USE OF COMMON
VARIETIES OF SAND, GRAVEL, STONE, PUM-
ICE, PEAT, CLAY, OR CINDER RESOURCES.
Subsection (i) of section 7 of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(i)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Seventy per centum’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(A) Except as provided by subparagraph
(B), seventy percent’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) In the case of the sale, disposition, or other use
of common varieties of sand, gravel, stone, pumice, peat,
clay, or cinder resources made after the date of enactment
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of this subparagraph, the revenues received by a Regional
Corporation shall not be subject to division under subpara-
graph (A). Nothing in this subparagraph is intended to
or shall be construed to alter the ownership of such sand,
gravel, stone, pumice, peat, clay, or cinder resources.’’.
SEC. 7. ALASKA NATIVE ALLOTMENT APPLICATIONS.
Section 905(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 1634(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(7) Paragraph (1) of this subsection and section (d)
shall apply, and paragraph (5) of this subsection shall
cease to apply, to an application—
‘‘(A) that is open and pending on the date of
enactment of this paragraph,
‘‘(B) if the lands described in the application
are in Federal ownership, and
‘‘(C) if all protests which were filed by the
State of Alaska pursuant to paragraph (5)(B) with
respect to the application have been withdrawn and
not reasserted or are dismissed.’’.
SEC. 8. VISITOR SERVICES.
Paragraph (1) of section 1307(b) of the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
3197(b)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘Native Corporation’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Native Corporations’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘is most directly affected’’ and
inserting ‘‘are most directly affected’’.
SEC. 9. REPORT.
Within nine months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Con-
gress a report which includes the following:
(1) LOCAL HIRE.—(A) The report shall—
(i) indicate the actions taken in carrying
out subsection (b) of section 1308 of the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16
U.S.C. 3198); and
(ii) also address the recruitment processes
that may restrict employees hired under sub-
section (a) of such section from successfully ob-
taining positions in the competitive service.
(B) The Secretary of Agriculture shall cooper-
ate with the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out
this paragraph with respect to the Forest Service.
(2) LOCAL CONTRACTS.—The report shall de-
scribe the actions of the Secretary of the Interior in
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contracting with Alaska Native Corporations to pro-
vide services with respect to public lands in Alaska.
Passed the House of Representatives September 26,
1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.