Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96–487) to 
the contrary, Alexander Creek, located within Township 
15N, Range 7W, Seward Meridian, Alaska, is and shall 
be recognized as an eligible Native village under section 
11(b)(3) of this Act. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, 
the following terms apply: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘agency’ includes— 
‘‘(A) any instrumentality of the United 
States; 
‘‘(B) any element of an agency; and 
‘‘(C) any wholly owned or mixed-owned 
corporation of the United States Government 
identified in chapter 91 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘conservation system unit’ has 
the meaning given that term in the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Alexander Creek’ means Alex-
ander Creek Incorporated, an Alaska Native Group 
corporation, organized pursuant to this Act. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘property’ has the meaning given 
that term in Public Law 94–204 (43 U.S.C. 1611 
note). 
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‘‘(5) The term ‘Region’ means Cook Inlet Re-
gion Incorporated, an Alaska Native Regional Cor-
poration, which is the appropriate Regional Corpora-
tion for Alexander Creek under section 1613(h) of 
this Act. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘CIRI Property Account’ means 
the account in the Treasury established by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury pursuant to section 12(b) of 
Public Law 94–204 (43 U.S.C. 1611 note), referred 
to in that section as the ‘Cook Inlet Region, Incor-
porated property account’. 
‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, shall establish an account in the Treasury to be 
known as the ‘Alexander Creek account’ which shall be 
funded in the full amount provided for by this section 
within 24 months of the date of enactment of this section 
‘‘(2) Funds in the Alexander Creek account shall— 
‘‘(A) be available to Alexander Creek for bid-
ding on and purchasing property sold at public sale, 
subject to paragraph (3); and 
‘‘(B) remain available until expended. 
‘‘(3)(A) Alexander Creek may use funds in the Alex-
ander Creek account to bid as any other bidder for prop-
erty in Alaska at any public sale by an agency and may 
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purchase such property in accordance with applicable laws 
and regulations of the agency offering the property for 
sale. 
‘‘(B) In conducting a transaction described in sub-
paragraph (A), an agency shall accept, in the same man-
ner as cash, any amount tendered from the Alexander 
Creek account. The Secretary of the Treasury shall adjust 
the balance of the Alexander Creek account to reflect the 
transaction. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish proce-
dures for the following transactions related to the Alex-
ander Creek account: 
‘‘(i) Receipt of deposits. 
‘‘(ii) Receipt of deposits into escrow when an 
escrow is required for the sale of property. 
‘‘(iii) Reinstatement to the Alexander Creek ac-
count of any unused escrow deposits in the event 
that a sale of property is not consummated. 
‘‘(d) AMOUNT.—(1) The initial balance of the Alex-
ander Creek account shall be the fair market value as de-
termined by the appraisal conducted under subsection (g) 
of the surface estate of the approximately 61,440 acres 
of deficiency selections previously made by Alexander 
Creek, which comprise the following parcels of land: 
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‘‘T. 2 T., R. 19 W., secs. 3 and 4. 
‘‘T. 2 T., R. 19 W., sec. 10. 
‘‘T. 2 T., R. 19 W., secs. 14 and 15. 
‘‘T. 3 T., R. 19 W., sec. 30. 
‘‘T. 2 T., R. 20 W., secs. 20 through 23. 
‘‘T. 3 T., R. 20 W., sec. 10. 
‘‘T. 3 T., R. 20 W., sec. 14. 
‘‘T. 3 T., R. 20 W., secs. 24 and 25. 
‘‘T. 1 T., R. 26 W., sec. 31. 
‘‘T. 2 T., R. 27 W., secs. 3 and 4. 
‘‘T. 2 T., R. 29 W., secs. 3 through 5. 
‘‘T. 2 S., R. 19 W., sec. 18. 
‘‘T. 2 S., R. 20 W., secs. 12 and 13. 
‘‘T. 2 S., R. 20 W., sec. 24. 
‘‘T. 2 S., R. 20 W., secs. 26 and 27. 
‘‘T. 2 S., R. 20 W., secs. 33 and 34. 
‘‘T. 3 S., R. 23 W., sec. 25. 
‘‘T. 6 S., R. 24 W., secs. 1 and 2. 
‘‘T. 6 S., R. 24 W., sec. 11. 
‘‘T. 6 S., R. 24 W., secs. 18 through 20. 
‘‘T. 9 S., R. 27 W., secs. 6 and 7. 
‘‘T. 7 S., R. 28 W., sec. 2. 
‘‘T. 7 S., R. 28 W., sec. 21. 
‘‘T. 7 S., R. 28 W., secs. 28 and 29. 
‘‘T. 7 S., R. 28 W., secs. 31 through 33. 
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‘‘T. 8 S., R. 28 W., secs. 5 through 7. 
‘‘T. 9 S., R. 28 W., sec. 1. 
‘‘T. 9 S., R. 28 W., sec. 12. 
‘‘T. 7 S., R. 29 W., sec. 12. 
‘‘T. 8 S., R. 29 W., sec. 1. 
‘‘T. 8 S., R. 29 W., secs. 3 and 4. 
‘‘T. 8 S., R. 29 W., secs. 8 through 20. 
‘‘T. 2 N., R. 20 W., sec. 13. 
‘‘T. 1 N., R. 27 W., sec. 8. 
‘‘T. 1 N., R. 27 W., sec. 16. 
‘‘T. 1 N., R. 27 W., secs. 20 through 23. 
‘‘T. 1 N., R. 27 W., sec. 25. 
‘‘T. 1 N., R. 27 W., sec. 36. 
‘‘T. 1 N., R. 28 W., secs. 1 and 2. 
‘‘T. 1 N., R. 28 W., secs. 8 through 11. 
‘‘T. 1 N., R. 28 W., secs. 16 through 18. 
‘‘T. 3 S., R. 23 W., sec. 8. 
‘‘T. 3 S., R. 23 W., sec. 26. 
‘‘T. 3 S., R. 23 W., sec. 33. 
‘‘T. 6 S., R. 24 W., secs. 27 and 28. 
‘‘T. 7 S., R. 28 W., secs. 4 through 7. 
‘‘T. 7 S., R. 28 W., secs. 10 and 11. 
‘‘T. 7 S., R. 28 W., secs. 14 and 15. 
‘‘T. 7 S., R. 28 W., sec. 22. 
‘‘T. 8 S., R. 29 W., sec. 5. 
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