I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4668 
To provide for the retention and future use of certain land on Point Spencer 
in Alaska, to support the statutory missions and duties of the Coast 
Guard, to convey certain land on Point Spencer to the Bering Straits 
Native Corporation, to convey certain land on Point Spencer to the 
State of Alaska, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2014 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. HUNTER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the retention and future use of certain land 
on Point Spencer in Alaska, to support the statutory 
missions and duties of the Coast Guard, to convey cer-
tain land on Point Spencer to the Bering Straits Native 
Corporation, to convey certain land on Point Spencer 
to the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Point Spencer Coast 
Guard and Public-Private Sector Infrastructure Develop-
ment Facilitation and Land Conveyance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) BSNC.—The term ‘‘BSNC’’ means the 
Bering Straits Native Corporation authorized under 
section 7 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1606) to represent and manage land 
and resources from the settlement of aboriginal 
claims of indigenous Alaska Natives in the Bering 
Strait region of the State, including Inupiat, Yup’ik, 
and Siberian Yupik peoples. 
(2) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
Governor of the State of Alaska. 
(3) POINT SPENCER MAP OR MAP.—The term 
‘‘Point Spencer Map’’ or ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled the ‘‘Point Spencer Land Conveyance Map’’ 
dated April 2014, and on file with the Department 
of Homeland Security (the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating) and the Department of 
the Interior. 
(4) POINT SPENCER PARCEL OR PARCEL.—The 
term ‘‘Point Spencer Parcel’’ or ‘‘Parcel’’ means the 
approximately 2,648 acres of land at Point Spencer 
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withdrawn by the Public Land Order. The Point 
Spencer Parcel is located in Townships 2, 3, and 4 
South, Range 40 West, Kateel River Meridian, Alas-
ka. 
(5) PUBLIC LAND ORDER.—The term ‘‘Public 
Land Order’’ means Public Land Order 2650 pub-
lished in the Federal Register on April 12, 1962. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Alaska. 
(8) PUBLIC AIRCRAFT.—The term ‘‘Public Air-
craft’’ means any aircraft owned by, operated by, or 
chartered by the United States, or owned, operated, 
or chartered by a contractor of the United States for 
the performance of a Federal contract on or from 
Point Spencer. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are: 
(1) To designate lands at Point Spencer that 
are to be— 
(A) retained by the Coast Guard; 
(B) conveyed to, or leased by, the State of 
Alaska; and 
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(C) conveyed to the BSNC. 
(2) To provide for a reasonable, pragmatic, eq-
uitable, and workable way to balance Federal, State, 
BSNC and other private sector interests in the de-
commissioned and vacated former LORAN station 
located on the Point Spencer Parcel. 
(3) To provide a means for future uses of Point 
Spencer by Federal, State, and private sector stake-
holders for a variety of tasks and missions, includ-
ing, but not limited to, search and rescue, shipping 
safety, economic development, oil spill prevention 
and response, protection of Alaska Native items of 
antiquity, port of refuge, arctic research, maritime 
law enforcement on the Bering Sea, the Chukchi 
Sea, and the Arctic Ocean, and related uses. 
(4) To require the development of a Joint Man-
agement Plan for the lands retained, conveyed, or 
leased under this Act by the Coast Guard, the State, 
and the BSNC. 
SEC. 4. RETENTION AND CONVEYANCE OF LAND. 
(a) LAND FOR USE BY THE COAST GUARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law and subject to valid existing rights, 
tracts 1, 3, and 4, as depicted on the Map, shall re-
main withdrawn pursuant to the Public Land Order 
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for use by and under the jurisdiction of the Coast 
Guard unless and until the Secretary determines 
that— 
(A) except as provided in paragraph (2), 
the Coast Guard no longer needs to retain ju-
risdiction over any portion of tract 1, 3, or 4; 
and 
(B) all land from tract 1, 3, or 4 as identi-
fied in subparagraph (A) has been remediated 
to meet the standards for industrial land devel-
oped by the Alaska Department of Environ-
mental Conservation. 
(2) POTENTIAL
CONVEYANCE
TO
BSNC
AND 
LEASE BACK TO THE COAST GUARD.— 
(A) The Secretary shall notify the Sec-
retary of the Interior of any determination 
made under paragraph (1). 
(B) Upon notification under subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary of the Interior shall then 
convey lands for which a determination has 
been made under paragraph (1) to the BSNC. 
(C) Lands conveyed to the BSNC under 
subparagraph (B), upon a request of the Sec-
retary, shall be leased to the Coast Guard at no 
cost under existing law and shall be charged 
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against the remaining entitlement of the BSNC 
under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) 
as set forth in section 4(d)(1)(B). 
(3) AIRSTRIP RIGHTS.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall retain an easement 
over all existing and future airstrips, runways, and 
taxiways, located on tract 2 authorizing the use of 
such airstrips, runways and taxiways by Public Air-
craft at no cost. 
(b) CONVEYANCE
OR LEASE
TO
THE STATE
OF 
TRACT 2 AND TRACT 6.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) The State may choose to receive con-
veyance of the surface and subsurface estates of 
tract 2 and tract 6, or, in lieu of a conveyance 
of such lands, may lease tract 2 and tract 6 at 
no cost from the BSNC after conveyance of 
tract 2 and tract 6 to the BSNC by the Sec-
retary of the Interior. 
(B) The State shall notify the Secretary of 
the Interior of its choice made under subpara-
graph (A) in writing. Such notification by the 
State shall be deemed to constitute relinquish-
ment of the State’s selection of lands in tract 
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then lease such lands to the State at no cost to 
the State. 
(E) The BSNC shall have the right to use 
all existing and future airstrips, runways or and 
taxiways located on tract 2 for access to and 
from the Parcel, provided, however, that the 
State may charge the BSNC and other private 
sector entities that use such airstrips usual and 
customary landing fees or related services for 
similar locations elsewhere in Alaska to help de-
fray maintenance and administrative costs asso-
ciated with the operation of the airstrip. 
(2) RIGHT-OF-WAY TO AND FROM AIRSTRIP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
conveyance made under this Act, if requested 
by the State, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
provide to the State over the lands to be con-
veyed to the BSNC and those retained by the 
Coast Guard, a right-of-way at no cost for a 
road from the airstrip in tract 2, as depicted on 
the Point Spencer Map, to the southern tip of 
the Parcel. 
(B) LOCATION.—If the State determines to 
exercise its right to the right-of-way in subpara-
graph (A), the location of such right-of-way 
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shall be determined by the State, in consulta-
tion with the Coast Guard and the BSNC so 
that the road will be compatible with other ex-
isting or planned infrastructure development on 
Point Spencer in accordance with the Joint 
Management Plan. 
(c) CONVEYANCE TO THE BSNC OF TRACT 5.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, and subject to valid existing rights 
and the provisions of paragraph (2), upon comple-
tion of all applicable conditions precedent required 
under subsection (d), and certification that any nec-
essary clean-up and remediation of tract 5 has been 
completed to the standards set out in subsection 
(e)(2), or that the BSNC has indicated by a resolu-
tion of its Board of Directors submitted to the Sec-
retary of the Interior before conveyance that it is 
willing to accept tract 5 as is at the time of such 
conveyance, the Secretary of the Interior shall con-
vey to the BSNC all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the surface and subsurface 
estates of tract 5, as depicted on the Point Spencer 
Map. The conveyance of tract 5 to the BSNC shall 
reserve to the United States the provisions set out 
in paragraph (4). 
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(2) AIRSPACE
EASEMENT.—The State, Coast 
Guard, and the BSNC shall negotiate an airspace 
easement bordering the airstrip over land retained 
by the Coast Guard and over land conveyed to the 
BSNC as reasonable and necessary for safety and 
air operations. The State, Coast Guard, and the 
BSNC shall notify the Secretary of the Interior 
upon completion of such negotiations regarding the 
land in tract 2 and tract 5 that shall be subject to 
the airspace easement. 
(3) PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT.—No public ac-
cess easements shall be reserved to the United 
States under section 17(b) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)) with re-
spect to the land conveyed under paragraph (1) or 
subsequent conveyances under section 4(a)(1) (A) 
and (B). 
(4) ARCHAEOLOGICAL
AND
CULTURAL
RE-
SOURCES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), with respect to any archae-
ological resources contained in the land con-
veyed under paragraph (1) (tract 5), the United 
States shall retain, until otherwise notified 
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under subparagraph (B), the authority and re-
sponsibility to enforce— 
(i) the Archaeological Resources Pro-
tection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et 
seq.); 
(ii) the National Historic Preservation 
Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.); and 
(iii) the Native American Graves Pro-
tection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 
3001 et seq.). 
(B) NOTIFICATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 
days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the BSNC shall submit to the 
Secretary of the Interior a map that indi-
cates the areas of tract 5 over which the 
Secretary of the Interior shall continue to 
retain the authority to enforce the Acts 
listed in subparagraph (A). 
(ii) ENFORCEMENT AFTER NOTIFICA-
TION.—On receipt of the map described in 
clause (i)— 
(I) the Secretary of the Interior 
shall cease enforcing any of the Acts 
listed in subparagraph (A) on land lo-
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cated in tract 5 but outside of the 
areas 
described 
in 
subparagraph 
(B)(i); and 
(II) any future enforcement out-
side of the areas described in subpara-
graph (B)(i) shall be conducted in ac-
cordance with the Acts listed in sub-
paragraph (A). 
(d) CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) BERING STRAITS NATIVE CORPORATION.— 
Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, with respect to any land leased under 
subsection (a)(2), (b) or conveyed under subsection 
(c) to BSNC, BSNC shall provide to the Secretary 
of the Interior, acting through the Alaska State Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management, a cor-
porate resolution adopted by the Board of Directors 
of the BSNC— 
(A) accepting the conveyance of any por-
tions of tract 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, as depicted on 
the Point Spencer Map, under this section; 
(B) agreeing that the conveyances made 
pursuant to this Act will be charged against the 
remaining entitlement of the BSNC under sec-
tion 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Set-
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