Union Calendar No. 434
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2505
[Report No. 104–797]
A BILL
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
to make certain clarifications to the land bank
protection provisions, and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1996
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 434
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2505
[Report No. 104–797]
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make certain
clarifications to the land bank protection provisions, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 18, 1995
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
SEPTEMBER 17, 1996
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 18, 1995]
A BILL
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make
certain clarifications to the land bank protection provi-
sions, 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. AUTOMATIC LAND BANK PROTECTION.
(a) LANDS RECEIVED IN EXCHANGE FROM CERTAIN
FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The matter preceding clause (i) of
section 907(d)(1)(A) of the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 1636(d)(1)(A)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘or conveyed to a Native Corporation pursuant
to an exchange authorized by section 22(f) of Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act or section 1302(h) of this Act or
other applicable law’’ after ‘‘Settlement Trust’’.
(b) LANDS EXCHANGED AMONG NATIVE CORPORA-
TIONS.—Section 907(d)(2)(B) of such Act (43 U.S.C.
1636(d)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end
of clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of clause
(iii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(iv) lands or interest in lands shall not be con-
sidered developed or leased or sold to a third party
as a result of an exchange or conveyance of such land
or interest in land between or among Native Corpora-
tions and trusts, partnerships, corporations, or joint
ventures, whose beneficiaries, partners, shareholders,
or joint venturers are Native Corporations.’’.
(c) ACTIONS
BY TRUSTEE SERVING PURSUANT
TO
AGREEMENT
OF
NATIVE
CORPORATIONS.—Section
907(d)(3)(B) of such Act (43 U.S.C. 1636(d)(3)(B)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i), by strik-
ing the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘;
or’’, and by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) to actions by any trustee whose right, title,
or interest in land or interests in land arises pursu-
ant to an agreement between or among Native Cor-
porations and trusts, partnerships, or joint ventures
whose beneficiaries, partners, shareholders, or joint
venturers are Native Corporations.’’.
SEC. 2. RETAINED MINERAL ESTATE.
Section 12(c)(4) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1611(c)(4)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D)
as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively, and by
inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(C) Where such public lands are surrounded by or
contiguous to subsurface lands obtained by a Regional Cor-
poration under subsection (a) or (b), the Corporation may,
upon request, have such public land conveyed to it.’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), by
striking ‘‘(A) or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A), (B), or
(C)’’.
SEC. 3. ELIM NATIVE CORPORATION LAND RESTORATION.
(a) WITHDRAWAL
AND AVAILABILITY FOR SELEC-
TION.—The lands described in subsection (b) are withdrawn
ant to this section, such revenues shall be calculated in ac-
cordance with paragraph (4) of the CCRD Addendum.’’.
SEC. 6. MINING CLAIMS.
Paragraph (3) of section 22(c) of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1621(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘regional corporation’’ each
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Re-
gional Corporation’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The pro-
visions of this section shall apply to Haida Corpora-
tion and the Haida Traditional Use Sites, which
shall be treated as a Regional Corporation for the
purposes of this paragraph, except that any revenues
remitted to Haida Corporation under this section
shall not be subject to distribution pursuant to section
7(i) of this Act.’’.
SEC. 7. SALE, DISPOSITION, OR OTHER USE OF COMMON
VARIETIES OF SAND, GRAVEL, STONE, PUM-
ICE, PEAT, CLAY, OR CINDER RESOURCES.
Subsection (i)(1) of section 7 of the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(i)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Seventy per centum’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B),
seventy percent’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: