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(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to ratify 
an agreement between the Department of Agriculture, the 
Department of the Interior, and Cook Inlet Region, Inc. 
SEC. 3. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 
UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, UNITED 
STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AND 
COOK INLET REGION, INC. 
(a) RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms, conditions, cov-
enants, and procedures set forth in the document 
entitled ‘‘Russian River Section 14(h)(1) Selection 
Agreement’’, which was executed by Cook Inlet Re-
gion, Inc., the United States Department of Agri-
culture, and the United States Department of the 
Interior on July 26, 2001, (hereinafter in this Act 
referred to as the ‘‘Agreement’’), are hereby incor-
porated in this section, and are ratified, as to the 
duties and obligations of the United States and the 
Cook Inlet Region, Inc., as a matter of Federal law. 
(2) SECTION 5.—The ratification of section 5 of 
the Agreement is subject to the following conditions: 
(A) The Fish and Wildlife Service shall 
consult with interested parties when developing 
an exchange under section 5 of the Agreement. 
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(B) The Secretary of the Interior shall 
submit to the Committee on Resources of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
a copy of the agreement implementing any ex-
change under section 5 of the Agreement not 
less than 30 days before the exchange becomes 
effective. 
(3) AGREEMENT CONTROLS.—In the event any 
of the terms of the Agreement conflict with any 
other provision of law, the terms of the Agreement 
shall be controlling. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF ACTIONS.—The Secretaries 
of Agriculture and the Interior are authorized to take all 
actions required under the terms of the Agreement. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of Agriculture, Office of State 
and Private Forestry, $13,800,000, to remain available 
until expended, for Cook Inlet Region, Inc., for the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Costs for the planning and design of the 
Joint Visitor’s Interpretive Center. 
(2) Planning and design of the Sqilantnu Ar-
chaeological Research Center. 
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(3) Construction of these facilities to be estab-
lished in accordance with and for the purposes set 
forth in the Agreement. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Of the amount 
appropriated under this section, not more than 1 percent 
may be used to reimburse the Forest Service, the Fish 
and Wildlife Service, and the Kenaitze Indian Tribe for 
the costs they incur in assisting Cook Inlet Region, Inc. 
in the planning and design of the Joint Visitor’s Interpre-
tive Center and the Sqilantnu Archaeological Research 
Center. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 2002. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 592 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3048 
[Report No. 107–275] 
AN ACT 
To resolve the claims of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to 
lands adjacent to the Russian River in the State 
of Alaska. 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2002 
Reported without amendment 
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