pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL
MITIGATION
AND
INCEN-
TIVES.—Notwithstanding subsection (e) and (h) of section 
4, all land conveyed to Sealaska pursuant to the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 
and this Act shall be considered to be qualified to receive 
or participate in, as applicable— 
(1) any federally authorized carbon sequestra-
tion program, ecological services program, or envi-
ronmental mitigation credit; and 
(2) any other federally authorized environ-
mental incentive credit or program. 
(c) NO MATERIAL EFFECT ON FOREST PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The implementation of this 
Act, including the conveyance of land to Sealaska, 
alone or in combination with any other factor, shall 
not require an amendment of, or revision to, the 
Tongass National Forest Land and Resources Man-
agement Plan before the first revision of that Plan 
scheduled to occur after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary 
of Agriculture shall implement any land ownership 
boundary adjustments to the Tongass National For-
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est Land and Resources Management Plan resulting 
from the implementation of this Act through a tech-
nical amendment to that Plan. 
(d) NO
EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
INSTRUMENTS, 
PROJECTS, OR ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act or the 
implementation of this Act revokes, suspends, or 
modifies any permit, contract, or other legal instru-
ment for the occupancy or use of Tongass National 
Forest land, or any determination relating to a 
project or activity that authorizes that occupancy or 
use, that is in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(2) TREATMENT.—The conveyance of land to 
Sealaska pursuant to this Act shall be subject to the 
instruments and determinations described in para-
graph (1) to the extent that those instruments and 
determinations authorize occupancy or use of the 
land so conveyed. 
(e) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 2(a)(2) of 
the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 
3115a(a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or is 
conveyed to an Alaska Native Corporation pursuant 
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to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)’’ before the semicolon; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) is owned by an Alaska Na-
tive Corporation established pursuant 
to the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 
and is forest land or formerly had a 
forest cover or vegetative cover that is 
capable of restoration; or’’. 
(f) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL HIS-
TORIC PRESERVATION ACT.—Section 301(14) of the Na-
tional Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470w(14)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) land held by incorporated Native 
groups, regional corporations, and village cor-
porations under the provisions of the Alaska 
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Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 
et seq.). 
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to vali-
date or invalidate or in any way affect any assertion 
that ‘Indian country’ (as defined by section 1151 of 
title 18, United States Code) exists or does not exist 
within the boundaries of the State of Alaska.’’. 
SEC. 6. MAPS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY.—Each map referred to in this Act 
shall be maintained on file in— 
(1) the office of the Chief of the Forest Service; 
and 
(2) the office of the Secretary. 
(b) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary or the Chief of 
the Forest Service may make any necessary correction to 
a clerical or typographical error in a map referred to in 
this Act. 
(c) TREATMENT.—No map referred to in this Act 
shall be considered to be an attempt by the Federal Gov-
ernment to convey any State or private land. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act. 
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