SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF NOTICE REGARDING CERTIFI-
CATION UNDER PRIBILOF ISLANDS TRANSI-
TION ACT. 
(a) LANDS.—Section 205 of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 
(16 U.S.C. 1165) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by designating the text as paragraph 
(1); and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) In addition to the authority in paragraph (1), 
the Secretary may transfer or exchange land or interests 
therein on the Pribilof Islands to the village corporations 
identified in section 105(c), in accordance with section 
22(f) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1621) as necessary or appropriate to facilitate the 
transfer of lands and related improvements not specified 
for transfer in the document entitled ‘Transfer of Property 
on the Pribilof Islands: Descriptions, Terms and Condi-
tions’.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the village corporations identified in section 105(c) shall 
have a first priority right to acquire any Federal land on 
their respective islands (and related improvements on such 
land) that is not specified for transfer in the document 
entitled ‘Transfer of Property on the Pribilof Islands: De-
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scriptions, Terms and Conditions’ and that, after October 
31, 1983— 
‘‘(A) ceases to be actually used by the Federal 
Government in connection with the administration of 
any Federal installation; or 
‘‘(B) is in excess of the smallest practicable 
tract, as determined by the Secretary or the Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating, enclosing land actually used in connec-
tion with the administration of any Federal installa-
tion, as described in section 3(e) of the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(e)). 
‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after determining that 
Federal land meets either of the criteria specified in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall notify the relevant village corporation of that deter-
mination. 
‘‘(3) Not later than 90 days after receiving notifica-
tion under paragraph (2), the relevant village corporation 
shall notify the Secretary of the corporation’s intent to 
exercise the priority right to acquire property authorized 
under paragraph (1) with respect to the property.’’. 
(b) NOTICE OF CERTIFICATION.—Section 105 of the 
Pribilof Islands Transition Act (title I of Public Law 106– 
562; 16 U.S.C. 1161 note) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding paragraph 
(2) and effective on the date the Secretary publishes 
the notice of certification required by subsection 
(b)(5), the Secretary’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘205’’ 
and inserting ‘‘205(a)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) NOTICE
OF
CERTIFICATION.—The Sec-
retary shall promptly publish and submit to the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate notice 
that the certification described in paragraph (2) has 
been made.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘makes the certification described in 
subsection (b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘publishes the 
notice of certification required by subsection 
(b)(5)’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Section 
205’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsections (a), (b), (c), 
and (d) of section 205’’. 
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