SECTION 1. AUTOMATIC LAND BANK PROTECTION.
(a) LANDS RECEIVED IN EXCHANGE FROM CERTAIN
FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The matter preceding clause (i) of
section 907(d)(1)(A) of the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 1636(d)(1)(A)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘or conveyed to a Native Corpora-
tion pursuant to an exchange authorized by section 22(f)
of Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or section
1302(h) of this Act or other applicable law’’ after ‘‘Settle-
ment Trust’’.
(b) LANDS EXCHANGED AMONG NATIVE CORPORA-
TIONS.—Section 907(d)(2)(B) of such Act (43 U.S.C.
1636(d)(2)(B)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii);
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause
(iii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iv) lands or interest in lands shall not be con-
sidered developed or leased or sold to a third party
as a result of an exchange or conveyance of such
land or interest in land between or among Native
Corporations and trusts, partnerships, corporations,
or joint ventures, whose beneficiaries, partners,
shareholders, or joint venturers are Native Corpora-
tions.’’.
(c) ACTIONS BY TRUSTEE SERVING PURSUANT TO
AGREEMENT
OF
NATIVE
CORPORATIONS.—Section
907(d)(3)(B) of such Act (43 U.S.C. 1636(d)(3)(B)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i);
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause
(ii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) to actions by any trustee whose right,
title, or interest in land or interests in land arises
pursuant to an agreement between or among Native
Corporations and trusts, partnerships, or joint ven-
tures whose beneficiaries, partners, shareholders, or
joint venturers are Native Corporations.’’.
SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT BY THIRD-PARTY TRESPASSERS.
Section 907(d)(2)(A)(i) of the Alaska National Inter-
est Lands Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 1636(d)(2)(A)(i))
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘Any such modification shall be
performed by the Native individual or Native Cor-
poration.’’ after ‘‘substantial modification.’’;
(2) by inserting a period after ‘‘developed
state’’ the second place it appears; and
(3) by adding ‘‘Any lands previously developed
by third-party trespassers shall not be considered to
have been developed.’’.
SEC. 3. RETAINED MINERAL ESTATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12(c)(4) of the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611(c)(4)) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and
(D) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively, and
by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following
new subparagraphs:
‘‘(C) Where such public lands are surrounded
by or contiguous to subsurface lands obtained by a
Regional Corporation under subsections (a) or (b),
the Corporation may, upon request, have such public
land conveyed to it.
‘‘(D)(i) A Regional Corporation which elects to
obtain public lands under subparagraph (C) shall be
limited to a total of not more than 12,000 acres. Se-
lection by a Regional Corporation of in lieu surface
acres under subparagraph (E) pursuant to an elec-
tion under subparagraph (C) shall not be made from
any lands within a conservation system unit (as that
term is defined by section 102(4) of the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
3102(4)).
‘‘(ii) An election to obtain the public lands de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) shall in-
clude all available parcels within the township in
which the public lands are located.
‘‘(iii) For purposes of this subparagraph and
subparagraph (C), the term ‘Regional Corporation’
shall refer only to Doyon, Limited.’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated),
by striking ‘‘(A) or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A), (B), or
(C)’’.
(b) FAILURE TO APPEAL NOT PROHIBITIVE.—Sec-
tion 12(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43
U.S.C. 1611(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(5) Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of para-
graph (4) shall apply, notwithstanding the failure of
the Regional Corporation to have appealed the rejec-
tion of a selection during the conveyance of the rel-
evant surface estate.’’.
SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 102–415.
Section 20 of the Alaska Land Status Technical Cor-
rections Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 2129), is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(h) Establishment of the account under subsection
(b) and conveyance of land under subsection (c), if any,
shall be treated as though 3,520 acres of land had been
conveyed to Gold Creek under section 14(h)(2) of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for which rights to
subsurface estate are hereby provided to CIRI. Within 1
year from the date of the enactment of this subsection,
CIRI shall select 3,520 acres of subsurface estate in land
from the area designated for selection by paragraph
I.B.(2)(b) of the document identified in section 12(b) (re-
ferring to the Talkeetna Mountains) of the Act of January
2, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1611 note). Not more than five selec-
tions shall be made under this subsection, each of which
shall be reasonably compact and in whole sections, except
when separated by unavailable land or when the remaining
entitlement is less than a whole section.’’.
SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION ON TREATMENT OF BONDS FROM A
NATIVE CORPORATION.
Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act (43 U.S.C. 1626(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘and on
bonds received from a Native Corporation’’ after
‘‘from a Native Corporation’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting ‘‘or bonds
issued by a Native Corporation which bonds shall be
subject to the protection of section 7(h) until volun-
tarily and expressly sold or pledged by the share-
holder subsequent to the date of distribution’’ before
the semicolon.
SEC. 6. CALISTA NATIVE 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
without further delay;
(2) the Calista Corporation, the Native Re-
gional Corporation organized under the authority of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for the
Yupik Eskimos of Southwestern Alaska, which in-
cludes the majority of the Yukon Delta National
Wildlife Refuge—
(A) has responsibilities provided for by the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to help
address social, cultural, economic, health, sub-
sistence, and related issues within the region
and among its villages, including the viability of
the villages themselves, many of which are re-
mote and isolated; and
(B) has been unable to fully carry out such
responsibilities;