‘‘(A) lands that were vacant, unappropri-
ated, and unreserved on the date when the per-
son eligible for the allotment first used and oc-
cupied those lands;
‘‘(B) lands in the National Petroleum Re-
serve-Alaska which the person eligible for the
allotment used and occupied;
‘‘(C) lands that were not vacant, unappro-
priated, and unreserved on the date when the
person eligible for the allotment first used and
occupied those lands, but which, prior to De-
cember 18, 1971, became vacant, unappropri-
ated, and unreserved during the time that the
person eligible for the allotment used and occu-
pied those lands; or
‘‘(D) lands that were not vacant, unappro-
priated, and unreserved on the date when the
person eligible for the allotment first used and
occupied those lands, but which became vacant,
unappropriated, and unreserved after December
18, 1971, and remain vacant, unappropriated,
and unreserved.’’.
(5) In subsection (a)(3)(B), insert ‘‘, and not
relinquished’’ after ‘‘provision of law’’.
(6) In subsection (a)(3)(C), strike ‘‘Village or
Regional’’ and insert ‘‘Regional, Village, Urban, or
Group’’.
(7) In subsection (a)(3)(C), insert ‘‘, and not
relinquished’’ after ‘‘Corporation’’.
(8) In subsection (a)(3)(E), insert ‘‘Federal’’
after ‘‘acquired’’.
(9) In subsection (a)(3)(I), strike ‘‘, including
but not limited to the following’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘Cemetery sites’’.
(10) In subsection (a)(4), insert ‘‘described in
subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2)’’ after ‘‘A person’’.
(11) In subsection (a)(4)(B), strike ‘‘(C)’’ after
‘‘section 11(a)(1)’’.
(12) In subsection (a)(4)(B), strike ‘‘Park;
and’’ and insert ‘‘Park; or’’.
(13) In subsection (a)(4)(C), insert ‘‘, or lands
withdrawn solely under section 17(d)(1) of this Act’’
after ‘‘lands’’.
(14) In subsection (b)(1), strike ‘‘A person’’
and insert ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), a
person’’.
(15) In subsection (b)(1)(B), strike ‘‘January
1, 1969 and December 31, 1971’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘December 3, 1971’’, and insert ‘‘Au-
gust 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975, and served on active
duty for at least 6 months’’.
(16) In subsection (b)(2), insert ‘‘(as defined
pursuant to State law)’’ after ‘‘personal representa-
tive’’.
(17) In subsection (b)(2), strike ‘‘who was’’ and
insert ‘‘which decedent would have been’’.
(18) In subsection (b)(2), strike ‘‘subsection
(b)(1)’’ and insert ‘‘paragraph (1),’’.
(19) In subsection (b)(2), strike ‘‘if, during’’
and all that follows through ‘‘prisoner of war.’’ and
insert ‘‘under this section.’’.
(20) In subsection (b)(3)—
(A) insert ‘‘previously applied for the same
allotment,’’ after ‘‘No person who received an
allotment,’’;
(B) insert ‘‘application’’ after ‘‘pending al-
lotment’’;
(C) strike ‘‘receive’’ and insert ‘‘apply for’’;
and
(D) insert before the period ‘‘, other than
a person acting in the capacity of a personal
representative of an estate selecting an allot-
ment pursuant to paragraph (2)’’.
(21) In subsection (e)—
(A) strike ‘‘of this section’’ and insert ‘‘of
the Alaska Native Claims Technical Amend-
ments Act of 1999’’;
(B) strike ‘‘of the Interior’’ after ‘‘Sec-
retary’’;
(C) insert ‘‘amended’’ after ‘‘Alaska Native
groups’’; and
(D) insert ‘‘as amended’’ after ‘‘rules to
carry out this section’’.
(22) Add at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(f) APPROVAL OF ALLOTMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing
rights, and except as otherwise provided in this sub-
section, within 18 months after close of the applica-
tion period, the Secretary shall approve said applica-
tion and issue a deed in accordance with the Act of
May 17, 1906, which shall be subject to the same
terms, conditions, and protections provided for such
deeds.
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—Upon receipt of an allot-
ment application, but in any event, not later than 90
days after the close of the application period, the
Secretary shall notify the State and all interested
parties of the application and the land description
contained therein, and any such party shall have 12
months following the close of the application period
in which to file with the Secretary a protest as pro-
vided in paragraph (3).
‘‘(3) EFFECT
OF
PROTEST.—Paragraph (1)
shall not apply and the Native allotment application
shall be adjudicated pursuant to the requirements of
the Act of May 17, 1906 (Chapter 2469; 34 Stat.
197), this Act, and other applicable law, if, pursuant
to paragraph (2)—
‘‘(A) a Native Corporation files a protest
with the Secretary stating that the applicant is
not entitled to the land described in the allot-
ment application, and said land is withdrawn
for selection by or has been conveyed to the Na-
tive Corporation pursuant to this Act;
‘‘(B) the State files a protest with the Sec-
retary stating that the land described in the al-
lotment application is necessary for access to
lands owned by the United States, the State of
Alaska, or a political subdivision of the State of
Alaska, to resources located thereon, or to a
public body of water regularly employed for
transportation purposes, and the protest states
with specificity the facts upon which the conclu-