I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 740 
To provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2013 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. 
BORDALLO, and Mr. SABLAN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the settlement of certain claims under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Southeast Alaska Na-
tive Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) MAPS.—The term ‘‘maps’’ means the maps 
entitled ‘‘Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization’’, 
numbered 1 through 25 and dated January 22, 
2013. 
(2) SEALASKA.—The term ‘‘Sealaska’’ means 
the Sealaska Corporation, a Regional Native Cor-
poration established under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Alaska. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1)(A) in 1971, Congress enacted the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.) to recognize and settle the aboriginal claims of 
Alaska Natives to land historically used by Alaska 
Natives for traditional, cultural, and spiritual pur-
poses; and 
(B) that Act declared that the land settlement 
‘‘should be accomplished rapidly, with certainty, in 
conformity with the real economic and social needs 
of Natives’’; 
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(2) the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)— 
(A) authorized the distribution of approxi-
mately $1,000,000,000 and 44,000,000 acres of 
land to Alaska Natives; and 
(B) provided for the establishment of Na-
tive Corporations to receive and manage the 
funds and that land to meet the cultural, social, 
and economic needs of Native shareholders; 
(3) under section 12 of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611), each Re-
gional Corporation, other than Sealaska (the Re-
gional Corporation for southeast Alaska), was au-
thorized to receive a share of land based on the pro-
portion that the number of Alaska Native share-
holders residing in the region of the Regional Cor-
poration bore to the total number of Alaska Native 
shareholders, or the relative size of the area to which 
the Regional Corporation had an aboriginal land 
claim bore to the size of the area to which all Re-
gional Corporations had aboriginal land claims; 
(4)(A) Sealaska, the Regional Corporation for 
southeast Alaska, 1 of the Regional Corporations 
with the largest number of Alaska Native share-
holders, with more than 21 percent of all original 
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Alaska Native shareholders, received less than 1 per-
cent of the lands set aside for Alaska Natives, and 
received no land under section 12 of the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611); 
(B) the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of 
Alaska was 1 of the entities representing the Alaska 
Natives of southeast Alaska before the date of enact-
ment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); and 
(C) Sealaska did not receive land in proportion 
to the number of Alaska Native shareholders, or in 
proportion to the size of the area to which Sealaska 
had an aboriginal land claim, in part because of a 
United States Court of Claims cash settlement to 
the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska in 
1968 for land previously taken to create the Tongass 
National Forest and Glacier Bay National Monu-
ment; 
(5) the 1968 Court of Claims cash settlement 
of $7,500,000 did not— 
(A) adequately compensate the Alaska Na-
tives of southeast Alaska for the significant 
quantity of land and resources lost as a result 
of the creation of the Tongass National Forest 
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and Glacier Bay National Monument or other 
losses of land and resources; or 
(B) justify the significant disparate treat-
ment of Sealaska under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611) in 
1971; 
(6)(A) while each other Regional Corporation 
received a significant quantity of land under sections 
12 and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1611, 1613), Sealaska only received 
land under section 14(h) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)); 
(B) section 14(h) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)) authorized the 
Secretary to withdraw and convey 2,000,000 acres 
of ‘‘unreserved and unappropriated’’ public lands in 
Alaska from which Alaska Native selections could be 
made for historic sites, cemetery sites, Urban Cor-
poration land, Native group land, and Native Allot-
ments; 
(C) under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)), after 
selections are made under paragraphs (1) through 
(7) of that section, the land remaining in the 
2,000,000-acre land pool is allocated based on the 
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gible for conveyance to Sealaska to the original with-
drawal areas surrounding 10 Alaska Native villages 
in southeast Alaska, which precludes Sealaska from 
selecting land located— 
(i) in any withdrawal area established for 
the Urban Corporations for Sitka and Juneau, 
Alaska; or 
(ii) outside the 10 Alaska Native village 
withdrawal areas; and 
(B) 
unlike 
other 
Regional 
Corporations, 
Sealaska is not authorized to request land located 
outside the withdrawal areas described in subpara-
graph (A) if the withdrawal areas are insufficient to 
complete the land entitlement of Sealaska under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.); 
(9)(A) the deadline for applications for selection 
of cemetery sites and historic places on land outside 
withdrawal areas established under section 14 of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613) was July 1, 1976; 
(B)(i) as of that date, the Bureau of Land 
Management notified Sealaska that the total entitle-
ment of Sealaska would be approximately 200,000 
acres; and 
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(ii) Sealaska made entitlement allocation deci-
sions for cultural sites and economic development 
sites based on that original estimate; 
(C) as a result of the Alaska Land Transfer Ac-
celeration Act (Public Law 108–452; 118 Stat. 
3575) and subsequent related determinations and 
actions of the Bureau of Land Management, it be-
came clear within the last decade that Sealaska 
would be entitled to receive a total of approximately 
365,000 acres pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 
(10) in light of the revised Bureau of Land 
Management estimate of the total number of acres 
that Sealaska will receive pursuant to the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.), and in consultation with Members of Alaska’s 
congressional delegation, Sealaska and its share-
holders believe that it is appropriate to allocate more 
of the entitlement of Sealaska to— 
(A) the acquisition of places of sacred, cul-
tural, traditional, and historical significance; 
(B) the acquisition of sites with traditional 
and recreational use value and sites suitable for 
renewable energy development; and 
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(C) the acquisition of lands that are not 
within the watersheds of Native and non-Native 
communities and are suitable economically and 
environmentally for natural resource develop-
ment; 
(11) 44 percent (820,000 acres) of the 10 Alas-
ka Native village withdrawal areas established under 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) described in paragraphs (7) and (8) 
are composed of salt water and not available for se-
lection; 
(12) of land subject to the selection rights of 
Sealaska, 110,000 acres are encumbered by guber-
natorial consent requirements under the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 
(13) in each withdrawal area, there exist other 
unique factors that limit the ability of Sealaska to 
select sufficient land to fulfill the land entitlement of 
Sealaska; 
(14) the selection limitations and guidelines ap-
plicable to Sealaska under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)— 
(A) are inequitable and inconsistent with 
the purposes of that Act because there is insuf-
ficient land remaining in the withdrawal areas 
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to meet the traditional, cultural, and socio-
economic needs of the shareholders of Sealaska; 
and 
(B) make it difficult for Sealaska to se-
lect— 
(i) places of sacred, cultural, tradi-
tional, and historical significance; 
(ii) sites with traditional and recre-
ation use value and sites suitable for re-
newable energy development; and 
(iii) lands that meet the real economic 
needs of the shareholders of Sealaska; 
(15) unless Sealaska is allowed to select land 
outside designated withdrawal areas in southeast 
Alaska, Sealaska will not be able to— 
(A) complete the land entitlement selec-
tions of Sealaska under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 
in a manner that meets the cultural, social, and 
economic needs of Native shareholders; 
(B) avoid land selections in watersheds 
that are the exclusive drinking water supply for 
regional communities, support world class salm-
on streams, have been identified as important 
habitat, or would otherwise be managed by the 
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Forest Service as roadless and old growth forest 
reserves; 
(C) secure ownership of places of sacred, 
cultural, traditional, and historical importance 
to the Alaska Natives of southeast Alaska; and 
(D) continue to support forestry jobs and 
economic opportunities for Alaska Natives and 
other residents of rural southeast Alaska; 
(16)(A) the rate of unemployment in southeast 
Alaska exceeds the statewide rate of unemployment 
on a non-seasonally adjusted basis; 
(B) in November 2012, the Alaska Department 
of Labor and Workforce Development reported the 
unemployment rate for the Prince of Wales—Hyder 
census area at approximately 12.1 percent; 
(C) in October 2007, the Alaska Department of 
Labor and Workforce Development projected popu-
lation losses between 1996 and 2030 for the Prince 
of Wales—Outer Ketchikan census area at 56.6 per-
cent; 
(D) official unemployment rates severely under-
report the actual level of regional unemployment, 
particularly in Native villages; and 
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(E) additional job losses will exacerbate out-
migration from Native and non-Native communities 
in southeast Alaska; 
(17) Sealaska has played, and is expected to 
continue to play, a significant role in the health of 
the southeast Alaska economy; 
(18) despite the small land base of Sealaska as 
compared to other Regional Corporations (less than 
1 percent of the total quantity of land allocated pur-
suant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), Sealaska has— 
(A) provided considerable benefits to Alas-
ka Native shareholders; 
(B) supported hundreds of jobs for Alaska 
Native shareholders and non-shareholders in 
southeast Alaska for more than 30 years; and 
(C) been a significant economic force in 
southeast Alaska; 
(19) pursuant to the revenue sharing provisions 
of section 7(i) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(i)), Sealaska has distrib-
uted more than $300,000,000 during the period be-
ginning on January 1, 1971, and ending on Decem-
ber 31, 2005, to Native Corporations throughout the 
State of Alaska from the development of natural re-
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sources, which accounts for 42 percent of the total 
revenues shared under that section during that pe-
riod; 
(20) resource development operations main-
tained by Sealaska— 
(A) support hundreds of jobs in the south-
east Alaska region; 
(B) make timber available to local and do-
mestic sawmills and other wood products busi-
nesses such as guitar manufacturers; 
(C) support firewood programs for local 
communities; 
(D) support maintenance of roads utilized 
by local communities for subsistence and recre-
ation uses; 
(E) support development of new biomass 
energy opportunities in southeast Alaska, re-
ducing dependence on high-cost diesel fuel for 
the generation of energy; 
(F) provide start-up capital for innovative 
business models in southeast Alaska that create 
new opportunities for non-timber economic de-
velopment in the region, including support for 
renewable biomass initiatives, Alaska Native ar-
tisans, and rural mariculture farming; and 
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(G) support Native education and cultural 
and language preservation activities; 
(21) if the resource development operations of 
Sealaska cease on land appropriate for those oper-
ations, there will be a significant negative impact 
on— 
(A) southeast Alaska Native shareholders; 
(B) the cultural preservation activities of 
Sealaska; 
(C) the economy of southeast Alaska; and 
(D) the Alaska Native community that 
benefits from the revenue-sharing requirements 
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 
(22) it is critical that the remaining land enti-
tlement conveyances to Sealaska under the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.) are fulfilled to continue to meet the economic, 
social, and cultural needs of the Alaska Native 
shareholders of southeast Alaska and the Alaska Na-
tive community throughout Alaska; 
(23) in order to realize cultural preservation 
goals while also diversifying economic opportunities, 
Sealaska should be authorized to select and receive 
conveyance of— 
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(A) sacred, cultural, traditional, and his-
toric sites and other places of traditional and 
cultural significance, to facilitate the perpetua-
tion and preservation of Alaska Native culture 
and history; 
(B) other sites with traditional and recre-
ation use value and sites suitable for renewable 
energy development to facilitate appropriate 
tourism and outdoor recreation enterprises and 
renewable energy development for rural south-
east Alaska communities; and 
(C) lands that are suitable economically 
and environmentally for natural resource devel-
opment; 
(24) on completion of the conveyances of land 
to Sealaska to fulfill the full land entitlement of 
Sealaska under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), the encumbrances on 
327,000 acres of Federal land created by the with-
drawal of land for selection by Native Corporations 
in southeast Alaska should be removed, which will 
facilitate thorough and complete planning and effi-
cient management relating to national forest land in 
southeast Alaska by the Forest Service; 
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(25) although the Tribal Forest Protection Act 
(25 U.S.C. 3101 note; Public Law 108–278) defines 
the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ to include Indian tribes 
under section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b), a 
term which includes ‘‘any Alaska Native village or 
regional or village corporation as defined in or estab-
lished pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act . . .’’, the Tribal Forest Protection Act 
does not define the term ‘‘Indian forest land or 
rangeland’’ to include lands owned by Alaska Native 
Corporations, including Sealaska, which are the pri-
mary Indian forest land owners in Alaska, and 
therefore, the Tribal Forest Protection Act should be 
amended in a manner that will— 
(A) permit Native Corporations, including 
Sealaska, as Indian forest land owners in Alas-
ka, to work with the Secretary of Agriculture 
under the Tribal Forest Protection Act to ad-
dress forest fire and insect infestation issues, 
including the spread of the spruce bark beetle 
in southeast and southcentral Alaska, which 
threaten the health of the Native forestlands; 
and 
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(B) ensure that Native Corporations, in-
cluding Sealaska, can participate in programs 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture 
under the Tribal Forest Protection Act without 
including Native Corporations under the defini-
tion in that Act of ‘‘Indian forest land or range-
land’’ or otherwise amending that Act in a 
manner that validates, invalidates, or otherwise 
affects any claim regarding the existence of In-
dian country in the State of Alaska; and 
(26) although the National Historic Preserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) defines the term 
‘‘Indian tribe’’ to include any ‘‘Native village, Re-
gional Corporation or Village Corporation, as those 
terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act’’, the National Historic Pres-
ervation Act does not define the term ‘‘Tribal lands’’ 
to include lands owned by Alaska Native Corpora-
tions, thereby excluding from the National Historic 
Preservation Act cemetery sites and historical places 
transferred 
to 
Native 
Corporations, 
including 
Sealaska, pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement Act, and therefore, the National Historic 
Preservation Act should be amended in a manner 
that will— 
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(A) permit Native Corporations, including 
Sealaska, as owners of Indian cemetery sites 
and historical places in Alaska, to work with 
the Secretary of the Interior under the National 
Historic Preservation Act to secure grants and 
other support to manage their own historic sites 
and programs pursuant to that Act; and 
(B) ensure that Native Corporations, in-
cluding Sealaska, can participate in programs 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior 
under the National Historic Preservation Act 
without including Native Corporations under 
the definition in that Act of ‘‘Tribal lands’’ or 
otherwise amending that Act in a manner that 
validates, invalidates, or otherwise affects any 
claim regarding the existence of Indian country 
in the State of Alaska. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to address 
the inequitable treatment of Sealaska by allowing Sealaska 
to select the remaining land entitlement of Sealaska under 
section 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1613) from designated Federal land in southeast 
Alaska located outside the 10 southeast Alaska Native vil-
lage withdrawal areas in a manner that meets the cultural, 
social, and economic needs of Alaska Native shareholders, 
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including the need to maintain jobs supported by Sealaska 
in rural southeast Alaska communities. 
SEC. 4. FINALIZATION OF ENTITLEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If, not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary receives 
a corporate resolution adopted by the board of directors 
of Sealaska agreeing to accept the conveyance of land de-
scribed in subsection (b) in accordance with this Act as 
full and final satisfaction of the remaining land entitle-
ment of Sealaska under section 14(h) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)), the Secretary 
shall— 
(1) implement the provisions of this Act; and 
(2) charge the entitlement pool under section 
14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) 70,075 acres, reduced by the 
number of acres deducted under subsection (b)(2), 
in fulfillment of the remaining land entitlement for 
Sealaska under that Act, notwithstanding whether 
the surveyed acreage of the 25 parcels of land gen-
erally depicted on the maps as ‘‘Sealaska Selections’’ 
and patented under section 5 is less than or more 
than 69,235 acres, reduced by the number of acres 
deducted under subsection (b)(2). 
(b) FINAL ENTITLEMENT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the land described in subsection (a) shall 
consist of— 
(A) the 25 parcels of Federal land com-
prising approximately 69,235 acres that is gen-
erally depicted as ‘‘Sealaska Selections’’ on the 
maps; and 
(B) a total of not more than 840 acres of 
Federal land for cemetery sites and historical 
places comprised of parcels that are applied for 
in accordance with section 6. 
(2) DEDUCTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall de-
duct from the number of acres of Federal land 
described in paragraph (1)(A) the number of 
acres of Federal land for which the Secretary 
has issued a conveyance during the period be-
ginning on August 1, 2012, and ending on the 
date of receipt of the resolution under sub-
section (a). 
(B) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, and Sealaska shall nego-
tiate in good faith to make a mutually agree-
able adjustment to the parcel of Federal land 
generally 
depicted 
on 
the 
maps 
entitled 
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‘‘Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization’’, 
numbered 1 of 25, and dated January 22, 
2013, to implement the deduction of acres re-
quired by subparagraph (A). 
(c) EFFECT OF ACCEPTANCE.—The resolution filed 
by Sealaska in accordance with subsection (a) shall— 
(1) be final and irrevocable; and 
(2) without any further administrative action by 
the Secretary, result in— 
(A) the relinquishment of all existing selec-
tions made by Sealaska under subsection 
14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)); and 
(B) the termination of all withdrawals by 
section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1615), except to the ex-
tent a selection by a Village Corporation under 
subsections (b) and (d) of section 16 of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1615) remains pending, until the date 
on which those selections are resolved. 
(d) FAILURE TO ACCEPT.—If Sealaska fails to file 
the resolution in accordance with subsection (a)— 
(1) the provisions of this Act shall cease to be 
effective; and 
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(2) the Secretary shall, not later than 27 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, com-
plete the interim conveyance of the remaining land 
entitlement to Sealaska under section 14(h)(8) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(8)) from prioritized selections on file with 
the Secretary on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(e) SCOPE OF LAW.—Except as provided in sub-
sections (d) and (f), this Act provides the exclusive author-
ity under which the remaining land entitlement of 
Sealaska under section 14(h) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)) may be fulfilled. 
(f) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act affects any land 
that is— 
(1) the subject of an application under sub-
section (h)(1) of section 14 of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613) that is 
pending on the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) conveyed in accordance with that sub-
section. 
SEC. 5. CONVEYANCES TO SEALASKA. 
(a) INTERIM CONVEYANCE.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, subsections (c), (d), and (e), section 4(b), and sec-
tion 7(a), the Secretary shall complete the interim convey-
ance of the 25 parcels of Federal land comprising approxi-
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mately 69,235 acres generally depicted on the maps by 
the date that is 60 days after the date of receipt of the 
resolution under section 4(a), subject to the Secretary 
identifying and reserving, by the date that is 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, any easement that could 
have been reserved in accordance with this Act prior to 
the interim conveyance. 
(b) WITHDRAWAL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Federal land described in subsection (a) 
is withdrawn from— 
(A) all forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws; 
(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; 
(C) disposition under laws relating to min-
eral or geothermal leasing; and 
(D) selection under the Act of July 7, 
1958 (commonly known as the ‘‘Alaska State-
hood Act’’) (48 U.S.C. note prec. 21; Public 
Law 85–508). 
(2) TERMINATION.—The withdrawal under 
paragraph (1) shall remain in effect until— 
(A) if Sealaska fails to file a resolution in 
accordance with section 4(a), the date that is 
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90 days after the date of enactment of this Act; 
or 
(B) the date on which the Federal land is 
conveyed under subsection (a). 
(c) TREATMENT OF LAND CONVEYED.—Except as 
otherwise provided in this Act, any land conveyed to 
Sealaska under subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) considered to be land conveyed by the Sec-
retary under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)); and 
(2) subject to all laws (including regulations) 
applicable to entitlements under section 14(h)(8) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(8)), including section 907(d) of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (43 
U.S.C. 1636(d)). 
(d) EASEMENTS.— 
(1) PUBLIC EASEMENTS.—The deeds of convey-
ance for the land under subsection (a) shall be sub-
ject to the reservation of public easements under 
section 17(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)). 
(2) RESEARCH EASEMENT.—In the deed of con-
veyance for the land generally depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization’’, 
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numbered 7 of 25, and dated January 22, 2013, the 
Secretary shall reserve an easement— 
(A) to access and continue Forest Service 
research activities on the study plots located on 
the land; and 
(B) that shall remain in effect for a 10- 
year period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(3) KOSCUISKO ISLAND ROAD EASEMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The deeds of convey-
ance for the land on Koscuisko Island under 
subsection (a) shall grant to Sealaska an ease-
ment providing access to and use by Sealaska 
of the log transfer facility at Shipley Bay on 
Koscuisko Island, subject to— 
(i) the agreement under subparagraph 
(C); and 
(ii) the agreement under section 7(b). 
(B) SCOPE OF THE EASEMENT.—The ease-
ment under subparagraph (A) shall enable 
Sealaska— 
(i) to construct, use, and maintain a 
road connecting the Forest Service Road 
known as ‘‘Cape Pole Road’’ to the Forest 
Service Road known as ‘‘South Shipley 
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Bay Road’’ within the corridor depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Sealaska Land Entitle-
ment Finalization’’, numbered 3 of 25, and 
dated January 22, 2013; 
(ii) to use, maintain, and if necessary, 
reconstruct the Forest Service Road known 
as ‘‘South Shipley Bay Road’’ referred to 
in clause (i) to access the log transfer facil-
ity at Shipley Bay; and 
(iii) to use, maintain, and expand the 
log transfer and sort yard facility at Ship-
ley Bay that is within the area depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Sealaska Land Entitle-
ment Finalization’’, numbered 3 of 25 and 
dated January 22, 2013. 
(C) ROADS AND FACILITIES USE AGREE-
MENT.—In addition to the agreement under 
section 7(b), the Secretary and Sealaska shall 
enter into an agreement relating to the access, 
use, maintenance, and improvement of the 
roads and facilities under this paragraph. 
(D) DETERMINATION OF LOCATION; LEGAL 
DESCRIPTION.—Sealaska shall— 
(i) in consultation with the Secretary, 
determine the location within the corridor 
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of the centerline of the road described in 
subparagraph (B)(i); and 
(ii) provide to the Secretary a legal 
description of the centerline acceptable for 
granting the easement described in sub-
paragraph (B)(i). 
(e) HUNTING, FISHING, AND RECREATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any land conveyed under 
subsection (a) 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 remain open and available to subsistence uses, 
as that term is defined in section 803 of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 3113), and noncommercial recreational hunt-
ing and fishing and other recreational uses by the 
public under applicable law— 
(A) without liability on the part of 
Sealaska, except for willful acts, to any user as 
a result of the use; and 
(B) subject to— 
(i) any reasonable restrictions that 
may be imposed by Sealaska on the public 
use— 
(I) to ensure public safety; 
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(II) to minimize conflicts between 
recreational and commercial uses; 
(III) to protect cultural re-
sources; 
(IV) to conduct scientific re-
search; or 
(V) to provide environmental pro-
tection; and 
(ii) the condition that Sealaska post 
on any applicable property, in accordance 
with State law, notices of the restrictions 
on use. 
(2) EFFECT.—Access provided to any individual 
or entity under paragraph (1) shall not— 
(A) create an interest in any third party in 
the land conveyed under subsection (a); or 
(B) provide standing to any third party in 
any review of, or challenge to, any determina-
tion by Sealaska with respect to the manage-
ment or development of the land conveyed 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 6. CEMETERY SITES AND HISTORICAL PLACES. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
section 
14(h)(1)(E) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(1)(E)), Sealaska may submit applica-
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tions for the conveyance under section 14(h)(1)(A) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(1)(A)) of not more than 127 cemetery sites and 
historical places— 
(1) that are listed in the document entitled 
‘‘Sealaska Cemetery Sites and Historical Places’’ 
and dated January 18, 2013; 
(2) that are cemetery sites and historical places 
included in the report by Wilsey and Ham, Inc., en-
titled ‘‘1975 Native Cemetery and Historic Sites of 
Southeast Alaska (Preliminary Report)’’ and dated 
October 1975; and 
(3) for which Sealaska has not previously sub-
mitted an application. 
(b) PROCEDURE FOR EVALUATING APPLICATIONS.— 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary 
shall consider all applications submitted under this section 
in accordance with the criteria and procedures set forth 
in applicable regulations in effect as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary may convey ceme-
tery sites and historical places under this section that re-
sult in the conveyance of a total of approximately 840 
acres of Federal land comprised of parcels that are— 
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(1) applied for in accordance with this section; 
and 
(2) subject to— 
(A) valid existing rights; 
(B) the public access provisions of sub-
section (f); 
(C) the condition that the conveyance of 
land for the site listed under subsection (a)(1) 
as ‘‘Bay of Pillars Portage’’ is limited to 25 
acres in T.60 S., R.72 E., Sec. 28, Copper 
River Meridian; and 
(D) the condition that any access to or use 
of the cemetery sites and historical places shall 
be consistent with the management plans for 
adjacent public land, if the management plans 
are more restrictive than the laws (including 
regulations) applicable under subsection (g). 
(d) TIMELINE.—No application for a cemetery site 
or historical place may be submitted under subsection (a) 
after the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(e) SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL CEMETERY SITES.— 
If Sealaska submits timely applications to the Secretary 
in accordance with subsections (a) and (d) for all 127 sites 
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listed under subsection (a)(1), and the Secretary rejects 
any of those applications in whole or in part— 
(1) not later than 2 years after the date on 
which the Secretary completes the conveyance of eli-
gible cemetery sites and historical places applied for 
under subsection (a), Sealaska may submit applica-
tions for the conveyance under section 14(h)(1)(A) 
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1613(h)(1)(A)) of additional cemetery sites, 
the total acreage of which, together with the ceme-
tery sites and historical places previously conveyed 
by the Secretary under subsection (c), shall not ex-
ceed 840 acres; and 
(2) the Secretary shall— 
(A) consider any applications for the con-
veyance of additional cemetery sites in accord-
ance with subsection (b); and 
(B) if the applications are approved, pro-
vide for the conveyance of the sites in accord-
ance with subsection (c). 
(f) PUBLIC ACCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
any land conveyed under this section shall be subject 
to— 
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(A) the reservation of public easements 
under section 17(b) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)); 
and 
(B) public access across the conveyed land 
in cases in which no reasonable alternative ac-
cess around the land is available, without liabil-
ity to Sealaska, except for willful acts, to any 
user by reason of the use. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—The public access and use 
under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) shall be 
subject to— 
(A) any reasonable restrictions that may 
be imposed by Sealaska on the public access 
and use— 
(i) to ensure public safety; 
(ii) to protect and conduct research on 
the historic, archaeological, and cultural 
resources of the conveyed land; or 
(iii) to provide environmental protec-
tion; 
(B) the condition that Sealaska post on 
any applicable property, in accordance with 
State law, notices of the restrictions on the 
public access and use; and 
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(C) the condition that the public access 
and use shall not be incompatible with or in 
derogation of the values of the area as a ceme-
tery site or historical place, as provided in sec-
tion 2653.11 of title 43, Code of Federal Regu-
lations (or a successor regulation). 
(3) EFFECT.—Access provided to any individual 
or entity by paragraph (1) shall not— 
(A) create an interest in any third party in 
the land conveyed under this section; or 
(B) provide standing to any third party in 
any review of, or challenge to, any determina-
tion by Sealaska with respect to the manage-
ment or development of the land conveyed 
under this section. 
(g) TREATMENT OF LAND CONVEYED.—Except as 
otherwise provided in this Act, any land conveyed to 
Sealaska under this section shall be— 
(1) considered land conveyed by the Secretary 
under section 14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(1)); and 
(2) subject to all laws (including regulations) 
applicable to conveyances under section 14(h)(1) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(1)), including section 907(d) of the Alaska 
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National Interest Lands Conservation Act (43 
U.S.C. 1636(d)). 
SEC. 7. MISCELLANEOUS. 
(a) SPECIAL USE AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On the conveyance of land 
to Sealaska under section 5(a)— 
(A) any guiding or outfitting special use 
authorization issued by the Forest Service for 
the use of the conveyed land shall terminate; 
and 
(B) as a condition of the conveyance and 
consistent with section 14(g) of the Alaska Na-
tive 
Claims 
Settlement 
Act 
(43 
U.S.C. 
1613(g)), Sealaska shall allow the holder of the 
special use authorization terminated under sub-
paragraph (A) to continue the authorized use, 
subject to the terms and conditions that were in 
the special use authorization issued by the For-
est Service, for— 
(i) the remainder of the term of the 
authorization; and 
(ii) 1 additional consecutive 10-year 
renewal period. 
(2) NOTICE
OF
COMMERCIAL
ACTIVITIES.— 
Sealaska and any holder of a guiding or outfitting 
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authorization under this subsection shall have a mu-
tual obligation, subject to the guiding or outfitting 
authorization, to inform the other party of any com-
mercial activities prior to engaging in the activities 
on the land conveyed to Sealaska under section 5(a). 
(3) NEGOTIATION OF NEW TERMS.—Nothing in 
this subsection precludes Sealaska and the holder of 
a guiding or outfitting authorization from negoti-
ating a new mutually agreeable guiding or outfitting 
authorization. 
(4) LIABILITY.—Neither Sealaska nor the 
United States shall bear any liability, except for will-
ful acts of Sealaska or the United States, regarding 
the use and occupancy of any land conveyed to 
Sealaska under this Act, as provided in any outfit-
ting or guiding authorization under this subsection. 
(b) ROADS AND FACILITIES.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture and Sealaska shall negotiate in good faith to 
develop a binding agreement— 
(1) for the use of National Forest System roads 
and related transportation facilities by Sealaska; and 
(2) the use of Sealaska roads and related trans-
portation facilities by the Forest Service. 
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(c) TRADITIONAL TRADE AND MIGRATION ROUTE 
DESIGNATIONS.— 
(1) DESIGNATIONS.— 
(A) THE
INSIDE
PASSAGE.—The route 
from Yakutat to Dry Bay, as generally depicted 
on the map entitled ‘‘Traditional Trade and Mi-
gration Route, Neix naax aan na´x—The Inside 
Passage’’ and dated October 17, 2012, is des-
ignated as ‘‘Neix naax aan na´x’’ (‘‘The Inside 
Passage’’). 
(B) CANOE
ROAD.—The route from the 
Bay of Pillars to Port Camden, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Traditional Trade 
and Migration Route, Yakwdeiyı´—Canoe Road’’ 
and dated October 17, 2012, is designated as 
‘‘Yakwdeiyı´’’ (‘‘Canoe Road’’). 
(C) THE PEOPLE’S ROAD.—The route from 
Portage Bay to Duncan Canal, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Traditional Trade 
and Migration Route, Lingı´t Deiyı´—The Peo-
ple’s Road’’ and dated October 17, 2012, is 
designated ‘‘Lingı´t Deiyı´’’ (‘‘The People’s 
Road’’). 
(2) ACCESS TO TRADITIONAL TRADE AND MI-
GRATION ROUTES.—The culturally and historically 
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