Southeast Alaska Native Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 113-hr-1306
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-20
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska

Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Indian claims

Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers

Land use and conservation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Southeast Alaska Native Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Sealaska, the regional Alaska Native Corporation for southeast Alaska, specified federal land as partial fulfillment of its remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).</p> <p>Identifies the lands to be conveyed as 2 parcels of federal land comprising approximately 3,380 acres that are generally depicted on certain Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization maps.</p> <p>Subjects that conveyance to valid existing rights and the Secretary's identification and reservation, within two years of this Act's enactment, of public easements under the ANCSA.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1306 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 20, 2013 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To provide for the partial settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Southeast Alaska Native Land Conveyance Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Maps The term maps means the maps entitled Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization , numbered 5 and 9 of 17, and dated October 17, 2012. (2) 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.). (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (4) State The term State means the State of Alaska. 3. Southeast Alaska partial native land conveyance (a) In general Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act and subject to valid existing rights and subsection (b), the Secretary shall convey to Sealaska the 2 parcels of Federal land comprising approximately 3,380 acres, as generally depicted on the maps, in partial fulfillment of 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) ). (b) Public easements The conveyance under subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that the Secretary identify and reserve, by the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, public easements under section 17(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1616(b) ; 85 Stat. 708) with respect to the Federal land conveyed under subsection (a). (c) Treatment of land conveyed The Federal land conveyed to Sealaska under subsection (a) shall be considered to be land conveyed by the Secretary under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)).