Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 115-hr-231
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-03
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska

Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Indian claims

Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers
Latest action: action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act</b></p> <p>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.</p> Interior must convey an equal acreage of subsurface estate to Doyon Limited, an Alaska Native regional corporation.

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 231 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act . 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). .