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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1408 
To provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2011 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. 
SABLAN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOREN, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. 
LUJA´N, and Ms. HANABUSA introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the settlement of certain claims under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Southeast Alaska Na-
tive Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) SEALASKA.—The term ‘‘Sealaska’’ means 
the Sealaska Corporation, a Regional Native Cor-
poration created under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1)(A) in 1971, Congress enacted the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.) to recognize and settle the aboriginal claims of 
Alaska Natives to land historically used by Alaska 
Natives for traditional, cultural, and spiritual pur-
poses; and 
(B) that Act declared that the land settlement 
‘‘should be accomplished rapidly, with certainty, in 
conformity with the real economic and social needs 
of Natives’’; 
(2) the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)— 
(A) authorized the distribution of approxi-
mately $1,000,000,000 and 44,000,000 acres of 
land to Alaska Natives; and 
(B) provided for the establishment of Na-
tive Corporations to receive and manage the 
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funds and that land to meet the cultural, social, 
and economic needs of Native shareholders; 
(3) under section 12 of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611), each Re-
gional Corporation, other than Sealaska (the Re-
gional Corporation for southeast Alaska), was au-
thorized to receive a share of land based on the pro-
portion that the number of Alaska Native share-
holders residing in the region of the Regional Cor-
poration bore to the total number of Alaska Native 
shareholders, or the relative size of the area to which 
the Regional Corporation had an aboriginal land 
claim bore to the size of the area to which all Re-
gional Corporations had aboriginal land claims; 
(4)(A) Sealaska, the Regional Corporation for 
southeast Alaska, 1 of the Regional Corporations 
with the largest number of Alaska Native share-
holders, with more than 21 percent of all original 
Alaska Native shareholders, received less than 1 per-
cent of the lands set aside for Alaska Natives, and 
received no land under section 12 of the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611); 
(B) the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of 
Alaska was 1 of the entities representing the Alaska 
Natives of southeast Alaska before the date of enact-
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ment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); and 
(C) Sealaska did not receive land in proportion 
to the number of Alaska Native shareholders, or in 
proportion to the size of the area to which Sealaska 
had an aboriginal land claim, in part because of a 
United States Court of Claims cash settlement to 
the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska in 
1968 for land previously taken to create the Tongass 
National Forest and Glacier Bay National Monu-
ment; 
(5) the 1968 Court of Claims cash settlement 
of $7,500,000 did not— 
(A) adequately compensate the Alaska Na-
tives of southeast Alaska for the significant 
quantity of land and resources lost as a result 
of the creation of the Tongass National Forest 
and Glacier Bay National Monument or other 
losses of land and resources; or 
(B) justify the significant disparate treat-
ment of Sealaska under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611) in 
1971; 
(6)(A) while each other Regional Corporation 
received a significant quantity of land under sections 
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12 and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1611, 1613), Sealaska only received 
land under section 14(h) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)); 
(B) section 14(h) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)) authorized the 
Secretary to withdraw and convey 2,000,000-acres 
of ‘‘unreserved and unappropriated’’ public lands in 
Alaska from which Alaska Native selections could be 
made for historic sites, cemetery sites, Urban Cor-
poration land, Native group land, and Native Allot-
ments; 
(C) under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)), after 
selections are made under paragraphs (1) through 
(7) of that section, the land remaining in the 
2,000,000-acre land pool is allocated based on the 
proportion that the original Alaska Native share-
holder population of a Regional Corporation bore to 
the original Alaska Native shareholder population of 
all Regional Corporations; 
(D) the only Native land entitlement of 
Sealaska derives from a proportion of leftover land 
remaining from the 2,000,000-acre land pool, esti-
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mated as of the date of enactment of this Act at ap-
proximately 1,700,000 acres; 
(E) because at the time of enactment of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) all public land in the Tongass National 
Forest had been reserved for purposes of creating 
the national forest, the Secretary was not able to 
withdraw any public land in the Tongass National 
Forest for selection by and conveyance to Sealaska; 
(F) at the time of enactment of the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 
other public lands in southeast Alaska not located in 
the Tongass National Forest were not suitable for 
selection by and conveyance to Sealaska because 
such lands were located in Glacier Bay National 
Monument, were included in a withdrawal effected 
pursuant to section 17(d)(2) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1616(d)(2)) and slated to become part of the 
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, or essentially con-
sisted of mountain tops; 
(G) Sealaska in 1975 requested that Congress 
amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) to permit the Regional Cor-
poration to select lands inside of the withdrawal 
areas established for southeast Alaska Native vil-
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(ii) outside the 10 Alaska Native village 
withdrawal areas; and 
(B) 
unlike 
other 
Regional 
Corporations, 
Sealaska is not authorized to request land located 
outside the withdrawal areas described in subpara-
graph (A) if the withdrawal areas are insufficient to 
complete the land entitlement of Sealaska under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.); 
(9)(A) the deadline for applications for selection 
of cemetery sites and historic places on land outside 
withdrawal areas established under section 14 of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613) was July 1, 1976; 
(B)(i) as of that date, the Bureau of Land 
Management notified Sealaska that the total entitle-
ment of Sealaska would be approximately 200,000 
acres; and 
(ii) Sealaska made entitlement allocation deci-
sions for cultural sites and economic development 
sites based on that original estimate; 
(C) as a result of the Alaska Land Transfer Ac-
celeration Act (Public Law 108–452; 118 Stat. 
3575) and subsequent related determinations and 
actions of the Bureau of Land Management, it be-
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came clear within the last decade that Sealaska will 
receive significantly more than 200,000 acres pursu-
ant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 
(10) in light of the revised Bureau of Land 
Management estimate of the total number of acres 
that Sealaska will receive pursuant to the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.), and in consultation with Members of Alaska’s 
congressional delegation, Sealaska and its share-
holders believe that it is appropriate to allocate more 
of the entitlement of Sealaska to— 
(A) the acquisition of places of sacred, cul-
tural, traditional, and historical significance; 
(B) the acquisition of sites with traditional 
and recreational use value and sites suitable for 
renewable energy development; and 
(C) the acquisition of lands that are not 
within the watersheds of Native and non-Native 
communities and are suitable economically and 
environmentally for natural resource develop-
ment; 
(11)(A) pursuant to section 11(a)(1) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1610(a)(1)), Sealaska was not authorized to select 
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under section 14(h)(1) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(1)) any site within Glacier Bay National 
Park, despite the abundance of cultural sites within 
that Park; 
(B) Sealaska seeks cooperative agreements to 
ensure that cultural sites within Glacier Bay Na-
tional Park are subject to cooperative management 
by Sealaska, Village and Urban Corporations, and 
federally recognized tribes with ties to the cultural 
sites and history of the Park; and 
(C) Congress recognizes that there is an exist-
ing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between 
the Park Service and the Hoonah Indian Associa-
tion, and does not intend to circumvent the MOU; 
rather the intent is to ensure that this and similar 
mechanisms for cooperative management in Glacier 
Bay are required by law; 
(12)(A) the cemetery sites and historic places 
conveyed to Sealaska pursuant to section 14(h)(1) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(1)) are subject to a restrictive covenant not 
required by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that hinders the ability 
of Sealaska to use the sites for cultural, educational, 
or research purposes for Alaska Natives and others; 
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(B) historic sites managed by the Forest Serv-
ice are not subject to the limitations referred to in 
subparagraph (A); and 
(C) Alaska Natives of southeast Alaska should 
be permitted to use cemetery sites and historic 
places in a manner that is— 
(i) consistent with the sacred, cultural, tra-
ditional, or historic nature of the site; and 
(ii) not inconsistent with the management 
plans for adjacent public land; 
(13) 44 percent (820,000 acres) of the 10 Alas-
ka Native village withdrawal areas established under 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) described in paragraphs (7) and (8) 
are composed of salt water and not available for se-
lection; 
(14) of land subject to the selection rights of 
Sealaska, 110,000 acres are encumbered by guber-
natorial consent requirements under the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 
(15) in each withdrawal area, there exist factors 
that limit the ability of Sealaska to select sufficient 
land, and, in particular, economically viable land, to 
fulfill the land entitlement of Sealaska, including 
factors such as— 
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(A) with respect to the Yakutat withdrawal 
area— 
(i) 46 percent of the area is salt 
water; 
(ii) 10 sections (6,400 acres) around 
the Situk Lake were restricted from selec-
tion, with no consideration provided for the 
restriction; and 
(iii)(I) 70,000 acres are subject to a 
gubernatorial consent requirement before 
selection; and 
(II) Sealaska received no consider-
ation with respect to the consent restric-
tion; 
(B) with respect to the Hoonah withdrawal 
area, 51 percent of the area is salt water; 
(C) with respect to the Angoon withdrawal 
area— 
(i) 120,000 acres of the area is salt 
water; 
(ii) Sealaska received no consideration 
regarding the prohibition on selecting land 
from the 80,000 acres located within the 
Admiralty Island National Monument; and 
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(iii)(I) the Village Corporation for 
Angoon was allowed to select land located 
outside the withdrawal area on Prince of 
Wales Island, subject to the condition that 
the Village Corporation shall not select 
land located on Admiralty Island; but 
(II) no alternative land adjacent to 
the out-of-withdrawal land of the Village 
Corporation was made available for selec-
tion by Sealaska; 
(D) with respect to the Kake withdrawal 
area— 
(i) 64 percent of the area is salt 
water; and 
(ii) extensive timber harvesting by the 
Forest Service occurred in the area before 
1971 that significantly reduced the value 
of land available for selection by, and con-
veyance to, Sealaska; 
(E) with respect to the Kasaan withdrawal 
area— 
(i) 54 percent of the area is salt 
water; and 
(ii) the Forest Service previously har-
vested in the area; 
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(F) with respect to the Klawock with-
drawal area— 
(i) the area consists of only 5 town-
ships, as compared to the usual withdrawal 
area of 9 townships, because of the prox-
imity of the Klawock withdrawal area to 
the Village of Craig, which reduces the se-
lection area by 92,160 acres; and 
(ii) the Klawock and Craig withdrawal 
areas are 35 percent salt water; 
(G) with respect to the Craig withdrawal 
area, the withdrawal area consists of only 6 
townships, as compared to the usual withdrawal 
area of 9 townships, because of the proximity of 
the Craig withdrawal area to the Village of 
Klawock, which reduces the selection area by 
69,120 acres; 
(H) with respect to the Hydaburg with-
drawal area— 
(i) 36 percent of the area is salt 
water; and 
(ii) Sealaska received no consideration 
under the Haida Land Exchange Act of 
1986 (Public Law No. 99–664; 100 Stat. 
4303) for relinquishing selection rights to 
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land within the withdrawal area that the 
Haida Corporation exchanged to the For-
est Service; 
(I) with respect to the Klukwan withdrawal 
area— 
(i) 27 percent of the area is salt 
water; and 
(ii) the withdrawal area is only 70,000 
acres, as compared to the usual withdrawal 
area of 207,360 acres, which reduces the 
selection area by 137,360 acres; and 
(J) with respect to the Saxman withdrawal 
area— 
(i) 29 percent of the area is salt 
water; 
(ii) Sealaska received no consideration 
for the 50,576 acres within the withdrawal 
area adjacent to the first-class city of 
Ketchikan that were excluded from selec-
tion; 
(iii) Sealaska received no consider-
ation with respect to the 1977 amendment 
to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) requiring gu-
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bernatorial consent for selection of 58,000 
acres in that area; and 
(iv) 23,888 acres are located within 
the Annette Island Indian Reservation for 
the Metlakatla Indian Tribe and are not 
available for selection; 
(16) the selection limitations and guidelines ap-
plicable to Sealaska under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)— 
(A) are inequitable and inconsistent with 
the purposes of that Act because there is insuf-
ficient land remaining in the withdrawal areas 
to meet the traditional, cultural, and socio-
economic needs of the shareholders of Sealaska; 
and 
(B) make it difficult for Sealaska to se-
lect— 
(i) places of sacred, cultural, tradi-
tional, and historical significance; 
(ii) sites with traditional and recre-
ation use value and sites suitable for re-
newable energy development; and 
(iii) lands that meet the real economic 
needs of the shareholders of Sealaska; 
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(17) unless Sealaska is allowed to select land 
outside designated withdrawal areas in southeast 
Alaska, Sealaska will not be able to— 
(A) complete the land entitlement selec-
tions of Sealaska under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 
in a manner that meets the cultural, social, and 
economic needs of Native shareholders; 
(B) avoid land selections in watersheds 
that are the exclusive drinking water supply for 
regional communities, support world class salm-
on streams, have been identified as important 
habitat, or would otherwise be managed by the 
Forest Service as roadless and old growth forest 
reserves; 
(C) secure ownership of places of sacred, 
cultural, traditional, and historical importance 
to the Alaska Natives of southeast Alaska; and 
(D) continue to support forestry jobs and 
economic opportunities for Alaska Natives and 
other residents of rural southeast Alaska; 
(18)(A) the rate of unemployment in southeast 
Alaska exceeds the statewide rate of unemployment 
on a non-seasonally adjusted basis; 
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(B) in January 2011, the Alaska Department 
of Labor and Workforce Development reported the 
unemployment rate for the Prince of Wales—Outer 
Ketchikan census area at approximately 16.2 per-
cent; 
(C) in October 2007, the Alaska Department of 
Labor and Workforce Development projected popu-
lation losses between 1996 and 2030 for the Prince 
of Wales—Outer Ketchikan census area at 56.6 per-
cent; 
(D) official unemployment rates severely under-
report the actual level of regional unemployment, 
particularly in Native villages; and 
(E) additional job losses will exacerbate out-
migration from Native and non-Native communities 
in southeast Alaska; 
(19) Sealaska has played, and is expected to 
continue to play, a significant role in the health of 
the southeast Alaska economy; 
(20) despite the small land base of Sealaska as 
compared to other Regional Corporations (less than 
1 percent of the total quantity of land allocated pur-
suant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), Sealaska has— 
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(A) provided considerable benefits to Alas-
ka Native shareholders; 
(B) supported hundreds of jobs for Alaska 
Native shareholders and non-shareholders in 
southeast Alaska for more than 30 years; and 
(C) been a significant economic force in 
southeast Alaska; 
(21) pursuant to the revenue sharing provisions 
of section 7(i) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(i)), Sealaska has distrib-
uted more than $300,000,000 during the period be-
ginning on January 1, 1971, and ending on Decem-
ber 31, 2005, to Native Corporations throughout the 
State of Alaska from the development of natural re-
sources, which accounts for 42 percent of the total 
revenues shared under that section during that pe-
riod; 
(22) resource development operations main-
tained by Sealaska— 
(A) support hundreds of jobs in the south-
east Alaska region; 
(B) make timber available to local and do-
mestic sawmills and other wood products busi-
nesses such as guitar manufacturers; 
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(C) support firewood programs for local 
communities; 
(D) support maintenance of roads utilized 
by local communities for subsistence and recre-
ation uses; 
(E) support development of new biomass 
energy opportunities in southeast Alaska, re-
ducing dependence on high-cost diesel fuel for 
the generation of energy; 
(F) provide start-up capital for innovative 
business models in southeast Alaska that create 
new opportunities for non-timber economic de-
velopment in the region, including support for 
renewable biomass initiatives, Alaska Native ar-
tisans, and rural mariculture farming; and 
(G) support Native education and cultural 
and language preservation activities; 
(23) if the resource development operations of 
Sealaska cease on land appropriate for those oper-
ations, there will be a significant negative impact 
on— 
(A) southeast Alaska Native shareholders; 
(B) the cultural preservation activities of 
Sealaska; 
(C) the economy of southeast Alaska; and 
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(D) the Alaska Native community that 
benefits from the revenue-sharing requirements 
under the Alaska Native claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 
(24) it is critical that the remaining land enti-
tlement conveyances to Sealaska under the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.) are fulfilled to continue to meet the economic, 
social, and cultural needs of the Alaska Native 
shareholders of southeast Alaska and the Alaska Na-
tive community throughout Alaska; 
(25) in order to realize cultural preservation 
goals while also diversifying economic opportunities, 
Sealaska should be authorized to select and receive 
conveyance of— 
(A) sacred, cultural, traditional, and his-
toric sites and other places of traditional cul-
tural significance, including traditional and cus-
tomary trade and migration routes, to facilitate 
the perpetuation and preservation of Alaska 
Native culture and history; 
(B) other sites with traditional and recre-
ation use value and sites suitable for renewable 
energy development to facilitate appropriate 
tourism and outdoor recreation enterprises and 
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renewable energy development for rural south-
east Alaska communities; and 
(C) lands that are suitable economically 
and environmentally for natural resource devel-
opment; 
(26) on completion of the conveyances of land 
of Sealaska to fulfill the full land entitlement of 
Sealaska under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), the encumbrances on 
327,000 acres of Federal land created by the with-
drawal of land for selection by Native Corporations 
in southeast Alaska should be removed, which will 
facilitate thorough and complete planning and effi-
cient management relating to national forest land in 
southeast Alaska by the Forest Service; 
(27) although the Tribal Forest Protection Act 
(25 U.S.C. 3101 note; Public Law 108–278) defines 
the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ to include Indian tribes 
under section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b), a 
term which includes ‘‘any Alaska Native village or 
regional or village corporation as defined in or estab-
lished pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act . . .’’, the Tribal Forest Protection Act 
does not define the term ‘‘Indian forest land or 
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rangeland’’ to include lands owned by Alaska Native 
Corporations, including Sealaska, which are the pri-
mary Indian forest land owners in Alaska, and 
therefore, the Tribal Forest Protection Act should be 
amended in a manner that will— 
(A) permit Native Corporations, including 
Sealaska, as Indian forest land owners in Alas-
ka, to work with the Secretary of Agriculture 
under the Tribal Forest Protection Act to ad-
dress forest fire and insect infestation issues, 
including the spread of the spruce bark beetle 
in southeast and southcentral Alaska, which 
threaten the health of the Native forestlands; 
and 
(B) ensure that Native Corporations, in-
cluding Sealaska, can participate in programs 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture 
under the Tribal Forest Protection Act without 
including Native Corporations under the defini-
tion in that Act of ‘‘Indian forest land or range-
land’’ or otherwise amending that Act in a 
manner that validates, invalidates, or otherwise 
affects any claim regarding the existence of In-
dian country in the State of Alaska; 
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(28) the National Historic Preservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 470 et seq.) defines the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
to include any ‘‘Native village, Regional Corporation 
or Village Corporation, as those terms are defined in 
section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act’’ but does not define the term ‘‘Tribal lands’’ to 
include lands owned by Alaska Native Corporations, 
thereby excluding from the National Historic Preser-
vation Act cemetery sites and historical places trans-
ferred to Native Corporations, including Sealaska, 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, and therefore, the National Historic Preserva-
tion Act should be amended in a manner that will— 
(A) permit Native Corporations, including 
Sealaska, as owners of Indian cemetery sites 
and historical places in Alaska, to work with 
the Secretary of the Interior under the National 
Historic Preservation Act to secure grants and 
other support to manage their own historic sites 
and programs pursuant to that Act; and 
(B) ensure that Native Corporations, in-
cluding Sealaska, can participate in programs 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior 
under the National Historic Preservation Act 
without including Native Corporations under 
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the definition in that Act of ‘‘Tribal lands’’ or 
otherwise amending that Act in a manner that 
validates, invalidates, or otherwise affects any 
claim regarding the existence of Indian country 
in the State of Alaska. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to address 
the inequitable treatment of Sealaska by allowing Sealaska 
to select the remaining land entitlement of Sealaska under 
section 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1613) from designated Federal land in southeast 
Alaska located outside the 10 southeast Alaska Native vil-
lage withdrawal areas in a manner that meets the cultural, 
social, and economic needs of Native shareholders, includ-
ing the need to maintain jobs supported by Sealaska in 
rural southeast Alaska communities. 
SEC. 4. SELECTIONS IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA. 
(a) SELECTION BY SEALASKA.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)), Sealaska is authorized to 
select and receive conveyance of the remaining land 
entitlement of Sealaska under that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) from Federal land located in southeast 
Alaska from each category described in subsections 
(b) and (c). 
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(2) TREATMENT OF LAND CONVEYED.—Land 
conveyed pursuant to this Act are to be treated as 
land conveyed pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) subject to, 
but not limited to— 
(A) reservation of public easements across 
land pursuant to section 17(b) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1616(b)); 
(B) valid existing rights pursuant to sec-
tion 14(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(g)); and 
(C) the land bank protections of section 
907(d) of the Alaska National Interest and 
Lands Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 1636(d)). 
(3) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.—The National 
Park Service is authorized to enter into a coopera-
tive management agreement described in subsection 
(e)(2) for the purpose, in part, of recognizing and 
perpetuating the values of the National Park Serv-
ice, including those values associated with the 
Tlingit homeland and culture, wilderness, and eco-
logical preservation. 
(b) WITHDRAWAL OF LAND.—The following public 
land is withdrawn, subject to valid existing rights, from 
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all forms of appropriation under public land laws, includ-
ing the mining and mineral leasing laws, and from selec-
tion under the Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Alaska Statehood Act’’) (48 U.S.C. note prec. 21; 
Public Law 85–508), and shall be available for selection 
by and conveyance to Sealaska to complete the remaining 
land entitlement of Sealaska under section 14(h)(8) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(8)): 
(1) Land identified on the maps dated Feb-
ruary 1, 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attachment A (Maps 1 
through 8)’’. 
(2) Sites with traditional and recreational use 
value, as identified on the map entitled ‘‘Sites with 
Traditional and Recreational Use Value’’, dated 
February 1, 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attachment D’’, 
subject to the condition that not more than 5,000 
acres shall be selected for those purposes. 
(3) Sites identified on the map entitled ‘‘Tradi-
tional and Customary Trade and Migration Routes’’, 
dated February 1, 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attachment 
C’’, which includes an identification of— 
(A) a conveyance of land 25 feet in width, 
together with 1-acre sites at each terminus and 
at 8 locations along the route, with the route, 
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location, and boundaries of the conveyance de-
scribed on the map inset entitled ‘‘Yakutat to 
Dry Bay Trade and Migration Route’’ on the 
map entitled ‘‘Traditional and Customary 
Trade and Migration Routes’’, dated February 
1, 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attachment C’’; 
(B) a conveyance of land 25 feet in width, 
together with 1-acre sites at each terminus, 
with the route, location, and boundaries of the 
conveyance described on the map inset entitled 
‘‘Bay of Pillars to Port Camden Trade and Mi-
gration Route’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Tradi-
tional and Customary Trade and Migration 
Routes’’, dated February 1, 2011, and labeled 
‘‘Attachment C’’; and 
(C) a conveyance of land 25 feet in width, 
together with 1-acre sites at each terminus, 
with the route, location, and boundaries of the 
conveyance described on the map inset entitled 
‘‘Portage Bay to Duncan Canal Trade and Mi-
gration Route’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Tradi-
tional and Customary Trade and Migration 
Routes’’, dated February 1, 2011, and labeled 
‘‘Attachment C’’. 
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(c) SITES WITH SACRED, CULTURAL, TRADITIONAL, 
OR HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.—Subject to the criteria and 
procedures applicable to land selected pursuant to section 
14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1613(h)(1)) and set forth in the regulations pro-
mulgated at section 2653.5 of title 43, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act), except as otherwise provided in this Act— 
(1) Sealaska shall have a right to identify up to 
3,600 acres of sites with sacred, cultural, traditional, 
or historic significance, including archeological sites, 
cultural landscapes, and natural features having cul-
tural significance; and 
(2) on identification of the land by Sealaska 
under paragraph (1), the identified land shall be— 
(A) withdrawn, subject to valid existing 
rights, from all forms of appropriation under 
public land laws, including the mining and min-
eral leasing laws, and from selection under the 
Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Alaska Statehood Act’’) (48 U.S.C. note prec. 
21; Public Law 85–508); and 
(B) available for selection by and convey-
ance to Sealaska to complete the remaining 
land entitlement of Sealaska under section 
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14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) subject to the 
conditions that— 
(i) no sites with sacred, cultural, tra-
ditional, or historic significance may be se-
lected from within a unit of the National 
Park System; and 
(ii) beginning on the date that is 15 
years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, Sealaska shall be limited to identi-
fying not more than 360 acres of sites with 
sacred, cultural, traditional, or historic sig-
nificance under this subsection. 
(d) FOREST DEVELOPMENT ROADS.—Sealaska shall 
receive from the United States, subject to such reasonable 
terms and conditions as the Forest Service may impose, 
nonexclusive easements to Sealaska to allow— 
(1) access on the forest development road and 
use of the log transfer site identified in paragraphs 
(3)(b), (3)(c) and (3)(d) of the patent numbered 50– 
85–0112 and dated January 4, 1985; 
(2) access on the forest development road iden-
tified in paragraphs (2)(a) and (2)(b) of the patent 
numbered 50–92–0203 and dated February 24, 
1992; 
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(3) access on the forest development road iden-
tified in paragraph (2)(a) of the patent numbered 
50–94–0046 and dated December 17, 1993; 
(4) access on the forest development roads and 
use of the log transfer facilities identified on the 
maps dated February 1, 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attach-
ment A (Maps 1 through 8)’’; 
(5) a reservation of a right to construct a new 
road to connect to existing forest development roads 
as generally identified on the maps identified in 
paragraph (4); and 
(6) access to and reservation of a right to con-
struct a new log transfer facility and log storage 
area at the location identified on the maps identified 
in paragraph (4). 
(e) COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF SITES IN GLA-
CIER BAY NATIONAL PARK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 
Park Service shall offer to enter into a cooperative 
management agreement with Sealaska, other Village 
Corporations and Urban Corporations, and federally 
recognized Indian tribes with cultural and historical 
ties to Glacier Bay National Park, in accordance 
with the requirements of paragraph (2). 
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(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A cooperative manage-
ment agreement under this paragraph shall— 
(A) recognize the contributions of the Alas-
ka Natives of southeast Alaska to the history, 
culture, and ecology of Glacier Bay National 
Park and the surrounding area; and 
(B) ensure that the Alaska Native sacred 
and cultural sites located in Glacier Bay Na-
tional Park and identified on the map entitled 
‘‘Places of Sacred, Cultural, Traditional and 
Historic Significance’’, dated February 1, 2011, 
and labeled ‘‘Attachment B’’, are protected and 
enhanced by cooperative activities and partner-
ships among federally recognized Indian tribes, 
Village Corporations and Urban Corporations, 
Sealaska, and the National Park Service. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
National Park Service shall submit to Congress a re-
port describing each activity for cooperative manage-
ment of each site described in paragraph (2) and 
carried out under a cooperative management agree-
ment under this subsection. 
SEC. 5. CONVEYANCES TO SEALASKA. 
(a) TIMELINE FOR CONVEYANCE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2), 
(3), and (4), the Secretary shall work with Sealaska 
to develop a mutually agreeable schedule to complete 
the conveyance of land to Sealaska under this Act. 
(2) FINAL
PRIORITIES.—Consistent with the 
provisions of section 403 of the Alaska Land Trans-
fer Acceleration Act (43 U.S.C. 1611 note; Public 
Law 108–452), not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, Sealaska shall submit 
to the Secretary the final, irrevocable priorities for 
selection of land withdrawn under section 4(b)(1). 
(3) SUBSTANTIAL
COMPLETION
REQUIRED.— 
Not later than two years after the date of selection 
by Sealaska of land withdrawn under section 
4(b)(1), the Secretary shall substantially complete 
the conveyance of the land to Sealaska under this 
Act. 
(4) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act shall inter-
fere with or cause any delay in the duty of the Sec-
retary to convey land to the State of Alaska under 
section 6 of the Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Alaska Statehood Act’’) (48 U.S.C. 
note prec. 21; Public Law 85–508). 
(b) EXPIRATION OF WITHDRAWALS.—On completion 
of the selection by Sealaska and the conveyances to 
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Sealaska of land under subsection (a) in a manner that 
is sufficient to fulfill the land entitlement of Sealaska 
under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8))— 
(1) the right of Sealaska to receive any land 
under that Act from within a withdrawal area estab-
lished under subsections (a) and (d) of section 16 of 
that Act shall be terminated; 
(2) the withdrawal areas set aside for selection 
by Native Corporations in southeast Alaska under 
subsections (a) and (d) of section 16 of that Act 
shall be rescinded; and 
(3) land located within a withdrawal area that 
is not conveyed to Sealaska or to a southeast Alaska 
Village Corporation or Urban Corporation shall be 
returned to the unencumbered management of the 
Forest Service as part of the Tongass National For-
est. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Sealaska shall not select or receive 
under this Act any conveyance of land pursuant to para-
graphs (1) or (2) of section 4(b) located within— 
(1) any conservation system unit; 
(2) any federally designated wilderness area; or 
(3) any Land Use Designation I or II area. 
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(d) APPLICABLE
EASEMENTS
AND
PUBLIC
AC-
CESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The conveyance to Sealaska 
of land withdrawn pursuant to paragraphs (1) and 
(3) of section 4(b) that are located outside a with-
drawal area designated under section 16(a) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1615(a)) shall be subject to— 
(A) a reservation for easements for public 
access on the public roads depicted on the maps 
dated February 1, 2011, and labeled ‘‘Attach-
ment A (Maps 1 through 8)’’; 
(B) a reservation for easements along the 
temporary roads designated by the Forest Serv-
ice as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
for the public access trails depicted on the maps 
described in subparagraph (A); and 
(C) the right of noncommercial public ac-
cess for subsistence uses, consistent with title 
VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), and 
recreational 
access, 
without 
liability 
to 
Sealaska, subject to— 
(i) the right of Sealaska to regulate 
access to ensure public safety, to protect 
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cultural or scientific resources, and to pro-
vide environmental protection; and 
(ii) the condition that Sealaska shall 
post on any applicable property, in accord-
ance with State law, notices of the condi-
tions on use. 
(2) SACRED, CULTURAL, TRADITIONAL
AND 
HISTORIC
SITES.—The conveyance to Sealaska of 
land withdrawn pursuant to section 4(c) that is lo-
cated outside of a withdrawal area designated under 
section 16(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1615(a)) shall be subject to— 
(A) the right of public access across the 
conveyances where no reasonable alternative ac-
cess around the land is available without liabil-
ity to Sealaska; and 
(B) the right of Sealaska to regulate ac-
cess across the conveyances to ensure public 
safety, to protect cultural or scientific re-
sources, to provide environmental protection, or 
to prohibit activities incompatible with the use 
and enjoyment of the land by Sealaska, subject 
to the condition that Sealaska shall post on any 
applicable property, in accordance with State 
law, notices of any such condition. 
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(3) TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOMARY TRADE AND 
MIGRATION ROUTES.—The conveyance to Sealaska 
of land withdrawn pursuant to section 4(b)(3) that 
is located outside of a withdrawal area designated 
under section 16(a) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615(a)) shall be subject 
to a requirement that Sealaska provide public access 
across such linear conveyances if an adjacent land-
owner or the public has a legal right to use the adja-
cent private or public land. 
(4) CERTAIN NATIVE SITES.—The conveyance 
to Sealaska of land withdrawn pursuant to section 
4(b)(2) that is located outside of a withdrawal area 
designated under section 16(a) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615(a)) shall be 
subject to— 
(A) the right of public access across the 
land without liability to Sealaska; and 
(B) the condition that public access across 
the land would not be unreasonably restricted 
or impaired. 
(5) EFFECT.—No right of access provided to 
any individual or entity (other than Sealaska) by 
this subsection— 
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(A) creates any interest, other than an in-
terest retained by the United States, of such an 
individual or entity in the land conveyed to 
Sealaska in excess of that right of access; or 
(B) provides standing in any review of, or 
challenge to, any determination by Sealaska 
with respect to the management or development 
of the applicable land. 
(e) CONDITIONS ON SACRED, CULTURAL, AND HIS-
TORIC SITES AND TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOMARY TRADE 
AND MIGRATION ROUTES.—The conveyance to Sealaska 
of land withdrawn pursuant to sections 4(b)(3) and 4(c)— 
(1) shall be subject to a covenant prohibiting 
any commercial timber harvest or mineral develop-
ment on the land; 
(2) shall allow use of the land as described in 
subsection (f); and 
(3) shall not be subject to any additional re-
strictive covenant based on cultural or historic val-
ues, or any other restriction, encumbrance, or ease-
ment, except as provided in sections 14(g) and 17(b) 
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1613(g), 1616(b)). 
(f) USES
OF SACRED, CULTURAL, TRADITIONAL, 
AND HISTORIC SITES AND TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOMARY 
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TRADE AND MIGRATION ROUTES.—Any land conveyed to 
Sealaska from land withdrawn pursuant to sections 
4(b)(3) and 4(c) may be used for— 
(1) preservation of cultural knowledge and tra-
ditions associated with the site; 
(2) historical, cultural, and scientific research 
and education; 
(3) public interpretation and education regard-
ing the cultural significance of the site to Alaska 
Natives; 
(4) protection and management of the site to 
preserve the natural and cultural features of the 
site, including cultural traditions, values, songs, sto-
ries, names, crests, and clan usage, for the benefit 
of future generations; and 
(5) site improvement activities for any purpose 
described in paragraphs (1) through (4), subject to 
the condition that the activities— 
(A) are consistent with the sacred, cul-
tural, traditional, or historic nature of the site; 
and 
(B) are not inconsistent with the manage-
ment plans for adjacent public land. 
(g) TERMINATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Each restrictive covenant re-
garding cultural or historical values with respect to 
any interim conveyance or patent for a historic or 
cemetery site issued to Sealaska pursuant to the 
Federal regulations contained in sections 2653.5(a) 
and 2653.11 of title 43, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act), in accordance with section 14(h)(1) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(1)), terminates as a matter of law on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) REMAINING CONDITIONS.—Land subject to 
a covenant described in paragraph (1) on the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
subject to the conditions described in subsection (e). 
(3) RECORDS.—Sealaska shall be responsible 
for recording with the land title recorders office of 
the State of Alaska any modification to an existing 
conveyance of land under section 14(h)(1) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)(1)) as a result of this Act. 
(h) CONDITIONS ON CERTAIN NATIVE SITES.—Each 
conveyance of land to Sealaska from land withdrawn pur-
suant to section 4(b)(2) shall be subject to a covenant pro-
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hibiting any commercial timber harvest or mineral devel-
opment. 
(i) ESCROW FUNDS FOR WITHDRAWN LAND.—On 
the withdrawal by this Act of land identified for selection 
by Sealaska, the escrow requirements of section 2 of Pub-
lic Law 94–204 (43 U.S.C. 1613 note), shall thereafter 
apply to the withdrawn land. 
(j) GUIDING AND OUTFITTING SPECIAL USE PER-
MITS OR AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the provi-
sions of section 14(g) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(g)), except as modi-
fied herein, on land conveyed to Sealaska from land 
withdrawn pursuant to sections 4(b)(1) and 4(b)(2), 
an existing holder of a guiding or outfitting special 
use permit or authorization issued by the Forest 
Service shall be entitled to its rights and privileges 
on the land for the remaining term of the permit, as 
of the date of conveyance to Sealaska, and for 1 
subsequent 10-year renewal of the permit, subject to 
the condition that the rights shall be considered a 
valid existing right reserved pursuant to section 
14(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1613(g)), and shall be managed accord-
ingly. 
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(2) NOTICE
OF
COMMERCIAL
ACTIVITIES.— 
Sealaska, with respect to the holder of a guiding or 
outfitting special use permit or authorization under 
this subsection, and a permit holder referenced in 
this subsection, with respect to Sealaska, shall have 
an obligation to inform the other party of their re-
spective commercial activities before engaging in the 
activities on land, which has been conveyed to 
Sealaska under this Act, subject to the permit or au-
thorization. 
(3) NEGOTIATION OF NEW TERMS.—Nothing in 
this subsection precludes Sealaska and a permit 
holder under this subsection from negotiating new 
mutually agreeable permit terms that supersede the 
requirements of— 
(A) this subsection; 
(B) section 14(g) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(g)); or 
(C) any deed covenant. 
(4) LIABILITY.—Sealaska shall bear no liability 
regarding use and occupancy pursuant to special use 
permits or authorizations on land selected or con-
veyed pursuant to this Act. 
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SEC. 6. MISCELLANEOUS. 
(a) STATUS OF CONVEYED LAND.—Each conveyance 
of Federal land to Sealaska pursuant to this Act, and each 
Federal action carried out to achieve the purpose of this 
Act, shall be considered to be conveyed or acted on, as 
applicable, pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL
MITIGATION
AND
INCEN-
TIVES.—Notwithstanding subsection (e) and (h) of section 
5, all land conveyed to Sealaska pursuant to the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 
and this Act shall be considered to be qualified to receive 
or participate in, as applicable— 
(1) any federally authorized carbon sequestra-
tion program, ecological services program, or envi-
ronmental mitigation credit; and 
(2) any other federally authorized environ-
mental incentive credit or program. 
(c) NO MATERIAL EFFECT ON FOREST PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as required by para-
graph (2), implementation of this Act, including the 
conveyance of land to Sealaska, alone or in combina-
tion with any other factor, shall not require an 
amendment of, or revision to, the Tongass National 
Forest Land and Resources Management Plan be-
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fore the first revision of that Plan scheduled to 
occur after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary 
of Agriculture shall implement any land ownership 
boundary adjustments to the Tongass National For-
est Land and Resources Management Plan resulting 
from the implementation of this Act through a tech-
nical amendment to that Plan. 
(d) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 
(1) TRIBAL FOREST PROTECTION.—Section 2 of 
the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004, 25 U.S.C. 
3115a, is amended by adding a new subsection (h): 
‘‘(h)(1) Land owned by an Alaska Native Corporation 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that is forest land or formerly had 
a forest cover or vegetative cover that is capable of res-
toration shall be eligible for agreements and contracts au-
thorized under this Act and administered by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in this subsection validates, invalidates, 
or otherwise affects any claim regarding the existence of 
Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18, 
United States Code) in the State of Alaska.’’. 
(2) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION.—Sec-
tion 101(d) of the National Historic Preservation 
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Act, 16 U.S.C. 470a(d), is amended by adding a new 
paragraph (7): 
‘‘(7)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, an Alaska Native tribe, band, nation or other 
organized group or community, including a Native 
village, Regional Corporation, or Village Corpora-
tion, shall be eligible to participate in all programs 
administered by the Secretary under this Act on be-
half of Indian tribes, including, but not limited to, 
securing grants and other support to manage their 
own historic preservation sites and programs on 
lands held by the Alaska Native tribe, band, nation 
or other organized group or community, including a 
Native village, Regional Corporation, or Village Cor-
poration. 
‘‘(B) Nothing in this paragraph validates, in-
validates, or otherwise affects any claim regarding 
the existence of Indian country (as defined in section 
1151 of title 18, United States Code) in the State 
of Alaska.’’. 
(e) EFFECT ON ENTITLEMENT.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall have any effect upon the entitlement due to any 
Native Corporation, other than Sealaska, under— 
(1) the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); or 
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(2) the Alaska National Interest Lands Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). 
SEC. 7. MAPS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY.—Each map referred to in this Act 
shall be maintained on file in— 
(1) the office of the Chief of the Forest Service; 
and 
(2) the office of the Secretary. 
(b) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary or the Chief of 
the Forest Service may make any necessary correction to 
a clerical or typographical error in a map referred to in 
this Act. 
(c) TREATMENT.—No map referred to in this Act 
shall be considered to be an attempt by the Federal Gov-
ernment to convey any State or private land. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act. 
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