Title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in land in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to convey up to 6,400 acres of surface estate to Kian Tr'ee Corporation, an Alaska Native village corporation, for the village of Canyon Village. Further, Interior must convey equal acreage of subsurface estate to Doyon Limited, the Alaska Native regional corporation for Canyon Village.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8973 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8973

To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in 
          land in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 15, 2020

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in 
          land in the State of Alaska, 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. CANYON VILLAGE.

    (a) Conveyance.--Notwithstanding section 2653.3(c) of title 43, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), or the 
withdrawal made by section 303(2)(A) of the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487; 94 Stat. 2390), the 
Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as 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 pursuant to section 14(h)(2) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(2)).
    (b) Limitation.--The conveyance under subsection (a) shall not 
exceed 6,400 acres.
    (c) Subsurface Estate.--
            (1) In general.--Unless Doyon, Limited, elects to receive 
        conveyance under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall convey to 
        Doyon, Limited, the subsurface estate in the land conveyed 
        under subsection (a).
            (2) Alternate selection.--At the option of Doyon, Limited, 
        in lieu of accepting the conveyance under paragraph (1)--
                    (A) Doyon, Limited, may receive a conveyance from 
                existing selections on land withdrawn pursuant to 
                section 11(a)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
                Act (43 U.S.C. 1610(a)(3)) that is equal in acreage to 
                the subsurface that would otherwise be conveyed under 
                paragraph (1);
                    (B) Doyon, Limited, shall notify the Secretary 
                (acting through the Alaska State Office of the Bureau 
                of Land Management) of the preference of Doyon, 
                Limited, not later than 90 days after the date of 
                enactment of this Act; and
                    (C) the Secretary shall convey to Doyon, Limited, 
                the subsurface estate selected under subparagraph (A).
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