(c) AUTHORIZATION TO SELECT LANDS; RESERVATION
OF EASEMENT.—The Elim Native Corporation is author-
ized to select the lands described in subsection (b) to satisfy
its land entitlements under section 19(b) of the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1618(b)). The Sec-
retary is authorized to receive, adjudicate and convey the
lands to the Elim Native Corporation subject to (1) valid
existing rights, and (2) an easement reserved to the United
States for the benefit of the public. An easement in the lands
shall be reserved to the Iditarod National Historic Trail.
(d) WITHDRAWAL AND SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL
LANDS.—The Secretary is authorized to withdraw, and
Elim Native Corporation is authorized to select, within 18
months after the date of the enactment of this Act additional
lands adjacent to the lands withdrawn by subsection (a)
to fulfill Elim Native Corporation’s land entitlements equal
to the total acreage of the Norton Bay Reservation as with-
drawn by Executive Order No. 2508, dated January 3,
1917.
SEC. 4. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 102–415.
Section 20(f) of the Alaska Land Status Technical Cor-
rections Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 2129) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) The Region shall be deemed to have 3,520 acres
of subsurface entitlement pursuant to this section, which en-
titlement shall be satisfied in the manner prescribed for the
Region in section 14(h)(9) of the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(9)).’’.
SEC. 5. CALISTA CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—Congress finds and
declares that—
(1) the land exchange authorized by section 8126
of Public Law 102–172 should be implemented with-
out further delay;
(2) lands and interests in lands in the exchange
are within the boundaries of the Yukon Delta Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge established by the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA)
and include wetlands, grasslands, marshes, and
riverine and upland fish and wildlife habitat lands,
which represent the premier habitat area for water-
fowl and other birds in the Pacific and other
flyways—
(A) for nesting, breeding, and staging
grounds for countless thousands of migratory wa-
terfowl, including species such as Spectacled
Eider, Tundra Swan, White-fronted Goose, many
song birds and neotropical migrants, Harlequin
Duck, Canvasbacked Duck, Snow Goose, several
species of diving and dabbling ducks, Cackling
and other subspecies of Canada Geese, and Em-
peror Goose; and
(B) as habitat for other wildlife and fish
such as wolf, brown and black bear, moose, cari-
bou, otter, fox, mink, musk ox, salmon, grayling,
sheefish, rainbow trout, blackfish, pike, and dolly
varden;
the acquisition of which lands and interests in lands
would further the purposes for which the refuge was
established by ANILCA;
(3) the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region is bur-
dened by some of the most serious and distressing eco-
nomic, social, and health conditions existing any-
where in the United States, including high incidence
of infant mortality, teenage suicide, hepatitis, alcohol-
ism, meningitis, tuberculosis, and unemployment (60
to 90 percent);
(4) the Calista Corporation, the Native Regional
Corporation organized under the authority of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) for
the Yupik Eskimos of Southwestern Alaska, which in-
cludes the entire Yukon Delta National Wildlife Ref-
uge—
(A)(i) has responsibilities provided for by
the Settlement Act to help address social, cul-
tural, economic, health, subsistence, and related
issues within the Region and among its villages,
including the viability of the villages themselves,
many of which are remote and isolated; and
(ii) has been unable to fully carry out such
responsibilities; and
(B) the implementation of this exchange is
essential to helping Calista utilize its assets to
carry out those responsibilities to realize the ben-
efits of ANCSA;
(5) the parties to the exchange have been unable
to reach agreement on the valuation of the lands and
interests in lands to be conveyed to the United States
under section 8126 of Public Law 102–171; and
(6) in light of the foregoing, it is appropriate
and necessary in this unique situation that Congress
authorize and direct the implementation of this ex-
change as set forth in this section in furtherance of
the purposes and underlying goals of the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act.
(b) LAND
EXCHANGE
IMPLEMENTATION.—Section
8126(a) of Public Law 102–172 (105 Stat. 1206) is amend-
ed—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘October 28, 1991’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(hereinafter referred to as ‘CCRD’) and in
the document entitled, ‘The Calista Conveyance and
Relinquishment Document Addendum’, dated July 16,
1996 (hereinafter referred to as ‘CCRD Addendum’)’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘The value’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘Provided, That the’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
‘‘(2) Unless prior to October 1, 1996, the parties mutu-
ally agree on a value of the lands and interests in lands
to be exchanged as contained in the CCRD or the CCRD
Addendum, the Secretary of the Treasury shall credit the
property account to be established by subsection (c) with
an amount determined by paragraph (5) of the CCRD Ad-
dendum. The’’;
(4) in the last sentence, by inserting a period
after ‘‘1642’’ and striking all that follows in that sen-
tence; and
(5) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(3) The amount credited to the property account is
not subject to adjustment for minor changes in acreage re-
sulting from preparation or correction of the land descrip-
tions in the CCRD or CCRD Addendum or the exclusion
of any small tracts of land as a result of hazardous mate-
rials surveys.’’.
(c) EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATION.—Section 8126(c) of
Public Law 102–172 (105 Stat. 1207) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’;
(2) by inserting after ‘‘subsection (a) of this sec-
tion,’’ the following: ‘‘upon conveyance or relinquish-
ment of the remaining lands in the CCRD and the
CCRD Addendum,’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs:
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
Calista Corporation may assign, without restriction, any
or all of the account upon written notification to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Interior.
‘‘(3) Calista will provide to the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, Alaska State Office, appropriate documentation
to enable that office to perform the accounting required by
paragraph (1) and to forward such information, if re-
quested by Calista, to the Secretary of the Treasury as au-
thorized by such paragraph.
‘‘(4) For the purpose of the determination of the appli-
cability of section 7(i) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(i)) to revenues generated pursu-
‘‘(B) In the case of the sale, disposition, or other use
of common varieties of sand, gravel, stone, pumice, peat,
clay, or cinder resources made after the date of enactment
of this subparagraph, the revenues received by a Regional
Corporation shall not be subject to division under subpara-
graph (A). Nothing in this subparagraph is intended to or
shall be construed to alter the ownership of such sand, grav-
el, stone, pumice, peat, clay, or cinder resources.’’.
SEC. 8. ALASKA NATIVE ALLOTMENT APPLICATIONS.
Section 905(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 1634(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(7) Paragraph (1) of this subsection and section (d)
shall apply, and paragraph (5) of this subsection shall cease
to apply, to an application—
‘‘(A) that is open and pending on the date of en-
actment of this paragraph,
‘‘(B) if the lands described in the application are
in Federal ownership, and
‘‘(C) if all protests which were filed by the State
of Alaska pursuant to paragraph (5)(B) with respect
to the application have been withdrawn and not re-
asserted or are dismissed.’’.
SEC. 9. VISITOR SERVICES.
Paragraph (1) of section 1307(b) of the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
3197(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Native Corporation’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Native Corporations’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘is most directly affected’’ and
inserting ‘‘are most directly affected’’.
SEC. 10. REPORT.
Within nine months after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress
a report indicating the actions taken in carrying out sub-
section (b) of section 1308 of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3198). The report shall
also address the recruitment processes that may restrict em-
ployees hired under subsection (a) of such section from suc-
cessfully obtaining positions in the competitive service. The
Secretary of Agriculture shall cooperate with the Secretary
of the Interior in carrying out this section with respect to
the Forest Service.