I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6337 
To provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation 
established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2006 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village 
Corporation established for the Native Village of 
Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Cape Fox Corporation (referred to in 
this Act as ‘‘Cape Fox’’) is a Village Corporation for 
the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, organized 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 
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(2) similar to other Village Corporations in 
southeast Alaska, under section 16 of that Act (43 
U.S.C. 1615), Cape Fox could select only 23,040 
acres from land withdrawn for the purpose of that 
selection; 
(3) under section 22(l) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1621(l))— 
(A) the Village Corporations in southeast 
Alaska, other than Cape Fox, were restricted 
with respect to the selection of land within 2 
miles of a home rule city (as that term is used 
in that Act); and 
(B) to protect the watersheds in the vicin-
ity, Cape Fox was restricted with respect to the 
selection of land within 6 miles of the boundary 
of the home rule city of Ketchikan, Alaska; 
(4) the 6-mile restriction described in para-
graph (3)(B) precluded Cape Fox from selecting val-
uable timber land, industrial sites, and other com-
mercial property located— 
(A) within the townships in which the Na-
tive Village of Saxman is located, more particu-
larly described as T.75 S., T.76 S., R.91 E., 
Copper River Meridian; and 
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(B) on surrounding land that is far re-
moved from Ketchikan, Alaska, and its water-
sheds; 
(5) as a result of that 6-mile restriction, only 
the remote, mountainous, northeast corner of the 
property described in paragraph (4)(A), which is 
nonproductive and has no known economic value, 
was available for selection by Cape Fox, as required 
under section 16(b) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615(b)); 
(6) land selections by Cape Fox under that Act 
were further limited by the fact that— 
(A) the Annette Island Indian Reservation 
is located within the applicable selection area; 
and 
(B) land of that reservation is unavailable 
for selection by Cape Fox; 
(7) Cape Fox is the only Village Corporation af-
fected by the restrictions described in paragraphs 
(3)(B) and (6); 
(8) the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in 
this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) has advised Congress 
that the predicament of Cape Fox is sufficiently 
unique to warrant the legislative remedy provided by 
this Act; and 
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(9) the adjustment of the selections available 
and conveyances of land to Cape Fox under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.), and the related adjustment of selec-
tions available and conveyances of land to the Re-
gional Corporation for Sealaska established pursuant 
to that Act, are in accordance with— 
(A) the purposes of that Act; and 
(B) the public interest. 
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF CORE TOWNSHIP REQUIREMENT FOR 
CERTAIN LAND. 
Notwithstanding section 16(b) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615(b)), Cape Fox 
shall not be required to select or receive conveyance of the 
approximately 160 acres of unconveyed Federal land lo-
cated within sec. 1, T.75 S., R.91 E., Copper River Merid-
ian. 
SEC. 
3. 
SELECTION 
OUTSIDE 
EXTERIOR 
SELECTION 
BOUNDARY. 
(a) SELECTION AND CONVEYANCE OF SURFACE ES-
TATE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, in addition to land made available for 
selection under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), Cape Fox may select, and, on 
receiving written notice of the selection, the Secretary 
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shall convey, the approximately 99 acres of the surface 
estate of Tongass National Forest land located outside the 
exterior selection boundary of Cape Fox (as in existence 
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) and 
more particularly described as follows: 
(1) T.73 S., R.90 E., Copper River Meridian. 
(2) Of land located in sec. 33— 
(A) the 38 acres located within the 
SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 
(B) the 13 acres located within the 
NW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 
(C) the 40 acres located within the 
SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; and 
(D) the 8 acres located within the 
SE1⁄4SW1⁄4. 
(b) CONVEYANCE
OF SUBSURFACE ESTATE.—On 
conveyance to Cape Fox of the surface estate to the land 
identified in subsection (a), the Secretary shall convey to 
Sealaska Corporation the subsurface estate to the land. 
(c) TIMING.—The Secretary shall complete the con-
veyances to Cape Fox and Sealaska Corporation under 
this section as soon as practicable after the date on which 
the Secretary receives a notice of the selection of Cape 
Fox under subsection (a). 
(d) ENTITLEMENT FULFILLED.— 
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(1) DEFINITION OF APPROVED CONVEYANCE.— 
The term ‘‘approved conveyance’’ means the convey-
ance of the 40 acres described as the SW1⁄4NE1⁄4 of 
sec. 10, T.74 S., R.90 E., Copper River Meridian, 
selected and approved for conveyance by the decision 
of the Bureau of Land Management dated May 3, 
2000. 
(2) TREATMENT AS FULL ENTITLEMENT.—The 
conveyance of land to Cape Fox and Sealaska Cor-
poration pursuant to subsection (a) and the ap-
proved conveyance shall be considered to fulfill the 
entitlement of— 
(A) Cape Fox under section 16 of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1615); and 
(B) Sealaska Corporation to any sub-
surface interest in the land under section 14(f) 
of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(f)). 
Æ 
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