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’’) (Public Law 85–508; 72 Stat. 339), 
has selected land in the Salmon Lake area under 
section 6(b) of that Act (72 Stat. 340); 
(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 
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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 (on behalf of 
the United States), the State, and the Bering 
Straits Native Corporation have concluded that it is 
in the interest of all three parties— 
(A) to protect and preserve the historical, 
cultural, and natural resources of the Salmon 
Lake area; 
(B) to equitably resolve the conflicting land 
selections made by the State under the Alaska 
Statehood Act and those made by the Bering 
Straits Native Corporation in the Salmon Lake 
area under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Na-
tive 
Claims 
Settlement 
Act 
(43 
U.S.C. 
1613(h)(8)) without further administrative ap-
peals or litigation; and 
(C) to provide simultaneously for— 
(i) continued public ownership, man-
agement, use, and access to certain land in 
the Salmon Lake area; 
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(ii) conveyance to the State of certain 
land in the Salmon Lake area in partial 
satisfaction of the entitlement of the State 
under section 6(a) of the Act of July 7, 
1958 (Public Law 85–508; 72 Stat. 340); 
and 
(iii) conveyance to the Bering Straits 
Native Corporation of certain land in the 
Salmon Lake area and other areas of the 
Bering Straits Region in partial satisfac-
tion of the land allocation of the Corpora-
tion under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(8)); and 
(8) legislation is required to ratify the Agree-
ment among the Secretary of the Interior, the State, 
and the Bering Straits Native Corporation to resolve 
the conflicting land selections made by the State and 
the Bering Straits Native Corporation. 
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to ratify 
the ‘‘Salmon Lake Area Land Ownership and Consolida-
tion Agreement’’ as entered into by the Department of the 
Interior, the State, and the Bering Straits Native Cor-
poration. 
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SEC. 3. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT AMONG THE BU-
REAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, THE STATE OF 
ALASKA, AND THE BERING STRAITS NATIVE 
CORPORATION. 
(a) RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms, conditions, cov-
enants, and procedures set forth in the document 
entitled ‘‘Salmon Lake Area Land Ownership and 
Consolidation Agreement’’, which was executed by 
the Department of the Interior, the State of Alaska, 
and the Bering Straits Native Corporation, effective 
July 18, 2007, and which is on file with the Depart-
ment of the Interior, the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Representa-
tives, are hereby incorporated in this section and are 
ratified as to the duties and obligations of the 
United States, the State of Alaska, and the Bering 
Straits Native Corporation as a matter of Federal 
law. 
(2) CONFLICT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
if any of the terms of the Agreement conflict with 
any other provision of law, the terms of the Agree-
ment shall be controlling. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF ACTIONS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior is authorized to take all actions permitted or 
required under the Agreement. 
Æ 
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