Title: ANCSA Admiralty Island Land Exchange Finalization Act of 2017
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
ANCSA Admiralty Island Land Exchange Finalization Act of 2017

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1484 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1484

    To provide for a land exchange relating to the Admiralty Island 
               National Monument, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 2017

 Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for a land exchange relating to the Admiralty Island 
               National Monument, 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 ``ANCSA Admiralty Island Land Exchange 
Finalization Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ADMIRALTY ISLAND NATIONAL MONUMENT LAND EXCHANGE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Sealaska.--The term ``Sealaska'' means the Sealaska 
        Corporation, a Regional Native Corporation established under 
        the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
        seq.).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
    (b) Land Exchange.--If Sealaska relinquishes to the United States 
all right, title, and interest in and to the land described in 
subsection (c)(1), the Secretary, not later than 90 days after the date 
of the relinquishment, shall convey to Sealaska all right, title, and 
interest in and to the land described in subsection (c)(2).
    (c) Land Described.--
            (1) Sealaska land.--The land to be relinquished by Sealaska 
        to the United States under subsection (b) is the subsurface 
        estate to the approximately 23,000 acres of subsurface land 
        depicted as ``Sealaska Lands to U.S. Forest Service'' on the 
        map entitled ``Sealaska Land Exchange--Sealaska Admiralty 
        Island National Monument Lands'' and dated March 10, 2016.
            (2) Federal land.--The Federal land to be conveyed to 
        Sealaska under subsection (b) is the surface and subsurface 
        estate to the approximately 8,872.5 acres of Federal land and 
        the surface estate to approximately 5,145 acres of Federal land 
        depicted as ``U.S. Forest Service Land to Sealaska'' on the map 
        entitled ``Sealaska Land Exchange--U.S. Forest Service Lands'' 
        and dated March 10, 2016.
    (d) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid rights in existence on the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Federal land described in subsection 
(c)(2) is withdrawn from--
            (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under 
        the public land laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
        geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
    (e) Maps.--The maps described in subsection (c) shall be maintained 
on file in--
            (1) the office of the Chief of the Forest Service;
            (2) the office of the Secretary of the Interior; and
            (3) the Alaska Regional Office of the Forest Service.
    (f) Effect.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Federal land conveyed to Sealaska under subsection (b) shall be 
considered to be a conveyance made under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on the date of enactment of 
that Act.
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