Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 117-hr-436
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-21
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska

Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Indian claims

Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 436 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 2021 Mr. Young introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in land in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Canyon Village Land Conveyance Act . 2. 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the conveyance under paragraph (1)— (A) Doyon, Limited, may receive a conveyance from existing selections on land withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1610(a)(3) ) that is equal in acreage to the subsurface that would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).