(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide 
an equitable distribution of land for the shareholders of 
the 13th Regional Corporation. 
SEC. 3. LAND ENTITLEMENT. 
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 43. THE 13TH REGIONAL CORPORATION LAND ENTI-
TLEMENT. 
‘‘(a) ENTITLEMENT.—Not later than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of the 13th Regional Corpora-
tion Land Entitlement Act, the 13th Regional Corporation 
may select, subject to subsections (b) and (c), not more 
than 1,453,388 acres from public lands which were with-
drawn by the Secretary for selection, or were otherwise 
available for selection, but which were not selected by, or 
if selected not conveyed to, the State of Alaska, another 
Regional Corporation, a Village Corporation, or a Group 
Corporation. Any withdrawal eligible for selection under 
this subsection which will expire prior to the end of the 
five-year selection period for the 13th Regional Corpora-
tion shall be extended to the end of the selection period 
provided by this subsection. Prior to making each selec-
tion, the 13th Regional Corporation shall consult with and 
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solicit the comments of the Regional Corporation for the 
geographical region within which the selection is located. 
‘‘(b) APPROVAL.—No selection may be made within 
the geographical region of any Regional Corporation under 
subsection (a) without the prior written approval of such 
Regional Corporation. 
‘‘(c) CONVEYANCES; LIMITATIONS; RESTRICTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) CONVEYANCES.—Subject to the limitations 
in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall con-
vey to the 13th Regional Corporation the surface 
and subsurface estate of no more than 1,162,710 
acres of the lands selected pursuant to subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS ON CONVEYANCES.— 
‘‘(A) PREVIOUSLY SELECTED LANDS.—The 
13th Regional Corporation may select any of 
the following, but the Secretary shall not convey 
the land selected unless the State of Alaska or 
any Regional Corporation, Village Corporation, 
or Group Corporation which made or has the 
right to make a selection has relinquished its 
selection or right to make its selection. 
‘‘(i) Lands validly selected by, but not 
yet conveyed to, the State of Alaska pursu-
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ant to the Alaska Statehood Act or any 
other provision of law. 
‘‘(ii) Lands validly selected by, but 
not yet conveyed to, another Regional Cor-
poration, a Village Corporation, or a Group 
Corporation. 
‘‘(B) CONDITIONS.—Any selections made 
by the 13th Regional Corporation that are sub-
ject to such valid selections shall be subordinate 
to those valid selections. Selections are valid if 
they are on file with the United States and 
have not been finally adjudicated or all appeal 
rights from any final adjudication have not 
lapsed or been exhausted, whether or not such 
selections are in compliance with all applicable 
standards, including without limitation time re-
strictions. Valid selections also include selec-
tions for land in excess of the amount of land 
to which the selecting entity may be entitled. 
‘‘(C) OTHER LIMITATIONS.—The 13th Re-
gional Corporation may not select the following: 
‘‘(i) Any land without the approval of 
any Native individual or Native owned or 
public entity that owns a partial interest in 
that land. 
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‘‘(ii) Any Land that the State of Alas-
ka, a Regional Corporation, a Village Cor-
poration or a Group Corporation could se-
lect or acquire through the exercise of stat-
utory or contractual rights of selection or 
acquisition, whether or not those rights 
have been exercised or are subject to dis-
cretionary actions by governmental enti-
ties, without the approval of the State of 
Alaska, Regional Corporation, Village Cor-
poration or Group Corporation. 
‘‘(iii) Any land within any area with-
drawn for selection pursuant to sections 11 
or 14 of this Act or otherwise withdrawn 
by the Secretary for selection if a Village 
Corporation or Regional Corporation has 
unexercised selection rights or rights to 
conveyance in that area without the ap-
proval of the Village Corporation and Re-
gional Corporation. 
‘‘(3) RESTRICTIONS.—Selected lands which are 
eligible for conveyance to the 13th Regional Cor-
poration shall be conveyed subject to valid existing 
rights, in the same manner and subject to the same 
reservations and restrictions that are applicable to 
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lands selected by and conveyed to other Regional 
Corporations pursuant to this Act. The lands con-
veyed to the 13th Regional Corporation shall remain 
available for traditional and customary subsistence 
uses unless safety considerations otherwise warrant. 
Additionally, until the lands conveyed to the 13th 
Regional Corporation are developed, as defined in 
section 907(d) of Public Law 96–487 (43 U.S.C. 
1636(d)), they shall be managed under policies con-
sistent with the land management policies applicable 
to any adjacent Native Corporation owned lands. 
‘‘(d) RESERVED LANDS.—The 13th Regional Cor-
poration may not select any of the following: 
‘‘(1) Lands within any conservation system unit 
as defined in section 102 of the Alaska National In-
terest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et 
seq.). 
‘‘(2) Acquired lands. 
‘‘(3) Lands immediately surrounding any build-
ing, permanent structure, or other development 
owned or controlled by the United States, another 
unit of government, or any person, including Native 
owned cabins or campsites on public lands or with-
out the permission of the public land owner. 
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‘‘(4) Lands withdrawn or reserved for national 
defense purposes. 
‘‘(5) Lands within the National Petroleum Re-
serve, Alaska. 
‘‘(6) Lands within the Tongass and Chugach 
National Forests. 
‘‘(e) RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.—The 13th Regional 
Corporation shall not transfer all or any portion of lands 
or interests therein that it acquires pursuant to this sec-
tion to a third party without first making a written offer 
to sell that same land or interest therein to the Regional 
Corporation for the geographical region within which the 
land or interest therein is located at the amount (or its 
cash equivalent) offered by the third party who desires to 
acquire the land or interest therein. The following terms 
shall govern such transfers and offers: 
‘‘(1) The offer shall be made to the Regional 
Corporation not less than 30 days before any pro-
posed transfer of such land and shall state the price 
and terms of the proposed transfer, and the name 
and address of both the offerer and offeree. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 20 days after the receipt of 
the offer, the Regional Corporation may exercise an 
option to purchase all, but not less than all, of the 
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