Title: Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act
This bill amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to require the Department of the Interior to convey to Kian Tr'ee Corporation, an Alaska Native village corporation, for the Native village of Canyon Village, the surface estate of up to 6,400 acres of public land selected by the corporation.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 231 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 231

  To fulfill the land conveyance requirements under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act for the Alaska Native Village of Canyon Village, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2017

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To fulfill the land conveyance requirements under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act for the Alaska Native Village of Canyon Village, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Canyon Village Land Conveyance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CANYON VILLAGE, ALASKA, LAND CONVEYANCE.

    Section 14(h) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613(h)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``and follows'' and inserting ``as follows'';
            (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of each of 
        paragraphs (2) through (5) and inserting a period;
            (3) in paragraph (6), by striking ``this Act;'' and 
        inserting ``this Act.'';
            (4) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and (5); and'' and 
        inserting ``(5), and (12).'';
            (5) in paragraph (9), in the first sentence, by striking 
        ``or (5)'' and inserting ``(5), or (12)'';
            (6) in paragraph (11), by striking ``and (6)'' and 
        inserting ``(6), and (12)''; and
            (7) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) Canyon village.--
                    ``(A) Conveyance.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall 
                        convey to Kian Tr'ee Corporation, for the 
                        Native Village of Canyon Village, the surface 
                        estate in the land selected by the Kian Tr'ee 
                        Corporation under paragraph (2).
                            ``(ii) Application.--For purposes of the 
                        conveyance under clause (i), sections 2650.2 
                        and 2653.2(c) of title 43 of the Code of 
                        Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) 
                        shall not apply.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--A conveyance under subparagraph 
                (A) shall not exceed 6,400 acres.
                    ``(C) Subsurface estate.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Unless Doyon Limited 
                        elects to make a selection under clause (ii), 
                        the Secretary shall convey to Doyon Limited the 
                        subsurface estate to the land conveyed under 
                        subparagraph (A).
                            ``(ii) Alternate selection.--At the option 
                        of Doyon Limited, instead of accepting the 
                        conveyance under clause (i)--
                                    ``(I) Doyon Limited may make a 
                                selection from existing selections on 
                                land withdrawn pursuant to section 
                                11(a)(3) that is equal in acreage to 
                                the subsurface estate that would 
                                otherwise be conveyed under clause (i); 
                                and
                                    ``(II) the Secretary shall convey 
                                to Doyon Limited the subsurface estate 
                                selected under subclause (I).''.
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