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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2340 
To resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the 
State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska 
and to provide for the conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corpora-
tion of certain other public land in partial satisfaction of the land 
entitlement of the Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2009 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native Corpora-
tion and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon 
Lake in the State of Alaska and to provide for the 
conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of 
certain other public land in partial satisfaction of the 
land entitlement of the Corporation under the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Salmon Lake Land 
Selection Resolution Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) Salmon Lake and the water upstream and 
downstream from Salmon Lake contain important 
fisheries resources of significance to Alaska Natives 
in the Bering Straits Region and other residents of 
the State of Alaska; 
(2) certain land adjacent to Salmon Lake on 
the Seward Peninsula within the Bering Straits Re-
gion contains archaeological and cultural resources 
of significance to Alaska Natives in the Bering 
Straits Region, other residents of the State, and the 
citizens of the United States; 
(3) land adjacent to Salmon Lake on the Sew-
ard Peninsula within the Bering Straits Region of-
fers, and is suitable for, a variety of recreational ac-
tivities; 
(4) the State of Alaska, acting under the Act 
of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the ‘‘Alaska 
Statehood Act’’) (48 U.S.C. note prec. 21; Public 
Law 85–508), has selected land in the Salmon Lake 
area under section 6(b) of that Act (72 Stat. 340); 
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(5) the Bering Straits Native Corporation, an 
Alaska Native Regional Corporation formed under 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.), has selected land in the Salmon Lake 
area under section 14(h)(8) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(8)); 
(6) the Bering Straits Native Corporation and 
the State of Alaska have conflicting selections to cer-
tain land in the Salmon Lake area; 
(7) the Secretary of the Interior, the State, and 
the Bering Straits Native Corporation have con-
cluded that it is in the interest of those parties— 
(A) to protect and preserve the historical, 
cultural, and natural resources of the Salmon 
Lake area; 
(B) to equitably resolve, without further 
administrative appeals or litigation, the con-
flicting land selections made— 
(i) by the State under the Act of July 
7, 1958 (commonly known as the ‘‘Alaska 
Statehood Act’’) (48 U.S.C. note prec. 21; 
Public Law 85–508); and 
(ii) by the Bering Straits Native Cor-
poration in the Salmon Lake area under 
section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress approves, ratifies, 
and incorporates by reference the Agreement. 
(2) CONFLICT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
if any term of the Agreement conflicts with any 
other provision of law, the terms of the Agreement 
shall control. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary may carry out 
all actions permitted or required under the Agreement. 
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