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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2388 
To reverse the designation by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture of certain communities in the State of Alaska as nonrural. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2015 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To reverse the designation by the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture of certain communities 
in the State of Alaska as nonrural. 
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 ‘‘Subsistence Access 
Management Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARIES. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretaries’’ means the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture. 
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SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION NOT AUTHORIZED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including any regulation, order, or policy, for 
purposes of administering the Federal Subsistence Man-
agement Program on public lands within the State of Alas-
ka pursuant to the Alaska National Interest Lands Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), with respect to 
a community or area designated as rural by the Secre-
taries by regulation effective on or before May 6, 2007, 
the Secretaries may not, except pursuant to Act of Con-
gress— 
(1) redesignate the community or area as 
nonrural; or 
(2) adjust the boundaries of a community or 
area to render some or all of that community or 
area nonrural. 
(b) REINSTATEMENT OF LIST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The list of communities and 
areas designated rural (including the boundaries of 
those communities and areas) in effect on May 6, 
2007, is reinstated. 
(2) EFFECT.—Except as modified by an Act of 
Congress, with respect to those communities and 
areas designated as rural, the list described in para-
graph (1) shall be in effect as if the final rule enti-
tled ‘‘Subsistence Management Regulations for Pub-
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lic Lands in Alaska, Subpart C; Nonrural Deter-
minations’’ (72 Fed. Reg. 25688 (May 7, 2007)) 
had not been issued. 
SEC. 4. EFFECT. 
Nothing in this Act prohibits the Secretaries from de-
termining that, in accordance with regulations duly pro-
mulgated by the Secretaries— 
(1) a community or area designated nonrural 
by the Secretaries should be redesignated as rural; 
or 
(2) the boundaries of a community or area des-
ignated nonrural should be adjusted by the Secre-
taries to render some or all of that community or 
area rural. 
SEC. 5. PUBLICATION OF INTERIM FINAL RULE, LIST. 
(a) PUBLICATION OF INTERIM FINAL RULE.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretaries shall publish an interim final rule amend-
ing any regulations inconsistent with this Act. 
(b) PUBLICATION OF LIST.—Once each year after the 
publication under subsection (a), the Secretaries shall 
publish in the Federal Register a list of communities and 
areas (including the boundaries of those communities and 
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areas) designated rural and nonrural in accordance with 
this Act. 
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