(c) LIMITATION.—Sealaska shall not select or receive 
under this Act any conveyance of land pursuant to para-
graph (1) or (3) of section 3(b) located within— 
(1) any conservation system unit; 
(2) any federally designated wilderness area; or 
(3) any land use designation I or II area. 
(d) APPLICABLE
EASEMENTS
AND
PUBLIC
AC-
CESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The conveyance to Sealaska 
of 
land 
pursuant 
to 
subsections 
(b)(1) 
and 
(b)(2)(A)(ii) of section 3 that is located outside a 
withdrawal area designated under section 16(a) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1615(a)) shall be subject to— 
(A) a reservation for easements for public 
access on the public roads depicted on the docu-
ment labeled ‘‘Attachment E’’ and dated March 
9, 2009; 
(B) a reservation for easements along the 
temporary roads designated by the Forest Serv-
ice as of the date of enactment of this Act for 
the public access trails depicted on the docu-
ment labeled ‘‘Attachment E’’ and dated March 
9, 2009; 
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(C) any valid preexisting right reserved 
pursuant to section 14(g) or 17(b) of the Alas-
ka Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(g), 1616(b)); and 
(D)(i) the right of noncommercial public 
access for subsistence uses, consistent with title 
VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), and 
recreational access without liability to Sealaska; 
and 
(ii) the right of Sealaska to regulate access 
for public safety, cultural, or scientific pur-
poses, environmental protection, and uses in-
compatible with natural resource development, 
subject to the condition that Sealaska shall post 
on any applicable property, in accordance with 
State law, notices of any such condition. 
(2) EFFECT.—No right of access provided to 
any individual or entity (other than Sealaska) by 
this subsection— 
(A) creates any interest of such an indi-
vidual or entity in the land conveyed to 
Sealaska in excess of that right of access; or 
(B) provides standing in any review of, or 
challenge to, any determination by Sealaska re-
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garding the management or development of the 
applicable land. 
(e) CONDITIONS ON SACRED, CULTURAL, AND HIS-
TORIC SITES.—The conveyance to Sealaska of land se-
lected pursuant to section 3(b)(2)— 
(1) shall be subject to a covenant prohibiting 
any commercial timber harvest or mineral develop-
ment on the land; 
(2) shall not be subject to any additional re-
strictive covenant based on cultural or historic val-
ues, or any other restriction, encumbrance, or ease-
ment, except as provided in sections 14(g) and 17(b) 
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1613(g), 1616(b)); and 
(3) shall allow use of the land as described in 
subsection (f). 
(f) USES
OF SACRED, CULTURAL, TRADITIONAL, 
AND HISTORIC SITES.—Any sacred, cultural, traditional, 
or historic site or trade or migration route conveyed pur-
suant to this Act may be used for— 
(1) preservation of cultural knowledge and tra-
ditions associated with such a site; 
(2) historical, cultural, and scientific research 
and education; 
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(3) public interpretation and education regard-
ing the cultural significance of those sites to Alaska 
Natives; 
(4) protection and management of the site to 
preserve the natural and cultural features of the 
site, including cultural traditions, values, songs, sto-
ries, names, crests, and clan usage, for the benefit 
of future generations; and 
(5) site improvement activities for any purpose 
described in paragraphs (1) through (4), subject to 
the condition that the activities are consistent with 
the sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic nature of 
the site. 
(g) TERMINATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each restrictive covenant re-
garding cultural or historical values with respect to 
any interim conveyance or patent for a historic or 
cemetery site issued to Sealaska pursuant to the reg-
ulations contained in sections 2653.3 and 2653.11 of 
title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act), in accordance 
with section 14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)), terminates on 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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(2) REMAINING CONDITIONS.—Land subject to 
a covenant described in paragraph (1) on the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
subject to the conditions described in subsection (e). 
(3) RECORDS.—Sealaska shall be responsible 
for recording with the land title recorders office of 
the State of Alaska any modification to an existing 
conveyance of land under section 14(h)(1) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(1)) as a result of this Act. 
(h) CONDITIONS
ON
ALASKA
NATIVE
FUTURES 
LAND.—Each conveyance of land to Sealaska selected 
under section 3(b)(3) shall be subject only to— 
(1) a covenant prohibiting any commercial tim-
ber harvest or mineral development; and 
(2) the restrictive covenants, encumbrances, or 
easements under sections 14(g) and 17(b) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(g), 1616(b)). 
SEC. 5. MISCELLANEOUS. 
(a) STATUS OF CONVEYED LAND.—Each conveyance 
of Federal land to Sealaska pursuant to this Act, and each 
action carried out to achieve the purpose of this Act, shall 
be considered to be conveyed or acted on, as applicable, 
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