Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate, a report addressing issues presented by the
presence of hazardous substances on lands conveyed or
prioritized for conveyance to such corporations pursuant
to this Act. Such report shall consist of—
‘‘(1) existing information concerning the nature
and types of contaminants present on such lands
prior to conveyance to Alaska Native corporations;
‘‘(2) existing information identifying the exist-
ence and availability of potentially responsible par-
ties for the removal or amelioration of the effects of
such contaminants;
‘‘(3) identification of existing remedies; and
‘‘(4) recommendations for any additional legis-
lation that the Secretary concludes is necessary to
remedy the problem of contaminants on such
lands.’’.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
PURPOSES OF IMPLEMENTING REQUIRED
RECONVEYANCES.
Section 14(c) of Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(43 U.S.C. 1613(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may
be necessary for the purpose of providing technical assist-
ance to Village Corporations established pursuant to this
Act in order that they may fulfill the reconveyance require-
ments of section 14(c) of this Act. The Secretary may
make funds available as grants to ANCSA or nonprofit
corporations that maintain in-house land planning and
management capabilities.’’.
SEC. 5. NATIVE ALLOTMENTS.
Section 1431(o) of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act (94 Stat. 2542) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) Following the exercise by Arctic Slope Regional
Corporation of its option under paragraph (1) to acquire
the subsurface estate beneath lands within the National
Petroleum Reserve—Alaska selected by Kuukpik Corpora-
tion, where such subsurface estate entirely surrounds
lands subject to a Native allotment application approved
under section 905 of this Act, and the oil and gas in such
lands have been reserved to the United States, Arctic
Slope Regional Corporation, at its further option, shall be
entitled to receive a conveyance of the reserved oil and
gas, including all rights and privileges therein reserved to
the United States, in such lands. Upon the receipt of a
conveyance of such oil and gas interests, the entitlement
of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation to in-lieu subsurface
lands under section 12(a)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611(a)(1)) shall be reduced
by the amount of acreage determined by the Secretary to
be conveyed to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursu-
ant to this paragraph.’’.
SEC. 6. REPORT CONCERNING OPEN SEASON FOR CERTAIN
NATIVE ALASKAN VETERANS FOR ALLOT-
MENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—No later than six months after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the
State of Alaska and appropriate Native corporations and
organizations, shall submit to the Committee on Resources
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, a report
which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) The number of Vietnam era veterans, as de-
fined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code,
who were eligible for but did not apply for an allot-
ment of not to exceed 160 acres under the Act of
May 17, 1906 (Chapter 2469; 34 Stat. 197), as
such Act was in effect before December 18, 1971;
(2) an assessment of the potential impacts of
additional allotments on conservation system units
as such term is defined in section 102(4) of the
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
(94 Stat. 2375); and
(3) recommendations for any additional legisla-
tion that the Secretary concludes is necessary.
(b) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall release to the Secretary of the Interior informa-
tion relevant to the report required under subsection (a).
SEC. 7. TRANSFER OF WRANGELL INSTITUTE.
(a) PROPERTY TRANSFER.—Cook Inlet Region, In-
corporated, is authorized to transfer to the United States
and the General Services Administration shall accept an
approximately 10-acre site of the Wrangell Institute in
Wrangell, Alaska, and the structures contained thereon.
(b) RESTORATION OF PROPERTY CREDITS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In exchange for the land
and structures transferred under subsection (a),
property bidding credits in the total amount of
$382,305, shall be restored to the Cook Inlet Re-
gion, Incorporated, property account in the Treasury
established under section 12(b) of the Act of Janu-
ary 2, 1976 (Public Law 94–204; 43 U.S.C. 1611
note), referred to in such section as the ‘‘Cook Inlet
Region, Incorporated, property account’’. Such prop-
erty bidding credits shall be used in the same fiscal
year as received by Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated.
(2) HOLD HARMLESS.—The United States shall
defend and hold harmless Cook Inlet Region, Incor-
porated, and its subsidiaries in any and all claims
arising from Federal or Cook Inlet Region, Incor-
porated, ownership of the land and structures prior
to their return to the United States.
SEC. 8. SHISHMAREF AIRPORT AMENDMENT.
The Shishmaref Airport, conveyed to the State of
Alaska on January 5, 1967, in Patent No. 1240529, is
subject to reversion to the United States, pursuant to the
terms of that patent for nonuse as an airport. The Sec-
retary is authorized to reacquire the interests originally
conveyed pursuant to Patent No. 1240529, and, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall
immediately thereafter transfer all right, title, and interest
of the United States in the subject lands to the
Shishmaref Native Corporation. Nothing in this section
shall relieve the State, the United States, or any other
potentially responsible party of liability, if any, under ex-
isting law for the clean up of hazardous or solid wastes
on the property, nor shall the United States or Shishmaref
Native Corporation become liable for the cleanup of the