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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2560
To provide for conveyances of certain lands in Alaska to Chickaloon-Moose
Creek Native Association, Inc., Ninilchik Native Association, Inc.,
Seldovia Native Association, Inc., Tyonek Native Corporation, and
Knikatnu, Inc. under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 30, 1995
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide for conveyances of certain lands in Alaska to
Chickaloon-Moose 
Creek 
Native 
Association, 
Inc.,
Ninilchik Native Association, Inc., Seldovia Native Asso-
ciation, Inc., Tyonek Native Corporation, and Knikatnu,
Inc. under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 4 of Public Law 94–456 (43 U.S.C. 1611
note) is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘subsection (a)’’ in sub-
section (c) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subsections
(a) and (d)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d)(1) Within 90 days after the date of enactment
of this subsection, the Secretary shall convey all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to the sur-
face estate of the lands described in paragraph (2) to the
Village Corporations within Cook Inlet Region named in
paragraph (2) in partial satisfaction of each Village Cor-
poration’s statutory entitlement under section 12(a) of the
Settlement Act. Conveyances shall be made pursuant to
sections 12(a) and 14(f) of the Settlement Act.
‘‘(2) The lands described in this paragraph are to be
conveyed to Village Corporations as follows:
To Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Association, Inc.:
SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA
Township 
North, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Sections 24, 25, and 36 (fractional).
To Knikatnu, Inc.:
SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA
Township 
South, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Section 1 (fractional).
Township 
South, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Section 3 (fractional);
Sections 4 and 9.
Township 
North, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Section 9 (fractional).
To Ninilchik Native Association, Inc.:
SEWARD MERIDIAN, ALASKA
Township 
South, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Sections 29 and 32 (fractional).
Township 
South, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Sections 6 and 18 (fractional).
Township 
South, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Section 1 (fractional);
Sections 6 and 14;
Sections 23, 24, and 26 (fractional);
Sections 32 and 33;
Sections 34 and 35 (fractional).
Township 
South, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Section 10 (fractional).
Township 
South, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Sections 13 and 19 through 24, inclusive;
Section 25 (fractional);
Sections 32 and 34 (fractional).
Township 
South, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Section 36.
Township 
South, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Section 12 (fractional);
Section 31.
Township 
South, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Sections 15, 21, and 30 (fractional).
Township 
South, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Section 26;
Sections 27 and 28 (fractional);
Sections 29 through 31 (fractional), inclu-
sive;
Sections 33, 35, and 36 (fractional).
Township 
North, 
Range 
West
(Unsurveyed)
Section 15 (fractional);
Section 35.
Aggregating approximately 29,900 acres, more or less.
‘‘(3) No later than 180 days following the completion
of the conveyance required by paragraph (1), Cook Inlet
Region, Inc., shall convey to each of the Village Corpora-
tions referred to in paragraph (2) the surface estate in
such lands described in Appendix A of that certain Agree-
ment dated August 31, 1976, known as the Deficiency
Conveyance Agreement, as the Village Corporations have
identified, and in the order they identified in their priority
selection rounds.
‘‘(4) If the Secretary does not convey the lands in
paragraph (2) within 90 days of the date of the enactment
of this subsection, then all right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to the surface estate of such lands
shall nevertheless pass immediately to the Village Corpora-
tions named in paragraph (2).’’.
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