Kake Tribal Corporation Land Transfer Act
PL 106-283 (S.430), enacted 10/06/2000

PUBLIC LAW 106-283—OCT. 6, 2000 
114 STAT. 867 
Public Law 106-283 
106th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for a land exchange 
between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Kake Tribal Corporation, 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 "Kake Tribal Corporation Land 
Transfer Act". 
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the reallocation of 
lands and selection rights between the State of Alaska, Kake Tribal 
Corporation, and the City of Kake, Alaska, in order to provide 
for the protection and management of the municipal watershed. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT. 
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 
note) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
"KAKE TRIBAL CORPORATION LAND TRANSFER 
"SEC. 42. (a) IN GENERAL.—If— 
"(1) the State of Alaska relinquishes its selection rights 
under the Alaska Statehood Act (Public Law 85-508) to lands 
described in subsection (c)(2) of this section; and 
"(2) Kake Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Corporation 
convey all right, title, and interest to lands described in sub-
section (c)(1) to the City of Kake, Alaska, 
then the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as 'Sec-
retary*) shall, not later than 180 days thereafter, convey to Kake 
Tribal Corporation title to the surface estate in the land identified 
in subsection (c)(2) of this section, and convey to Sealaska Corpora-
tion title to the subsurface estate in such land. 
"(b) EFFECT ON SELECTION TOTALS.—<1) Of the lands to which 
the State of Alaska relinquishes selection rights and which are 
conveyed to the City of Kake pursuant to subsection (a), 694.5 
acres shall be charged against lands to be selected by the State 
of Alaska under section 6(a) of the Alaska Statehood Act and 
694.5 acres against lands to be selected by the State of Alaska 
under section 6(b) of the Alaska Statehood Act. 
"(2) The l£md conveyed to Kake Tribal Corporation and to 
Sealaska Corporation under this section is, for all purposes, consid-
ered to be land conveyed under this Act. However, the conveyance 
of such land to Kake Tribal Corporation shall not count against 
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Kake Tribal 
Corporation Land 
Transfer Act. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
43 u s e 1629h 
note. 
43 u s e 1629h. 
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or otherwise affect the Corporation's remaining entitlement under 
section 16(b). 
"(c) LANDS SUBJECT TO EXCHANGE.—(1) The lands to be trans-
ferred to the City of Kake under subsection (a) are the surface 
and subsurface estate to approximately 1,430 acres of land owned 
by Kake Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Corporation, and depicted 
as 'KTC Land to City of Kake' on the map entitled 'Kake Land 
Exchange-2000', dated May 2000. 
"(2) The lands subject to relinquishment by the State of Alaska 
and to conveyance to Kake Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Cor-
poration under subsection (a) are the surface and subsurface estate 
to approximately 1,389 acres of Federal lands depicted as 'Jenny 
Creek-Land Selected by the State of Alaska to KTTC on the map 
entitled'Kake Land Exchange-2000', dated May 2000. 
"(3) In addition to the transfers authorized under subsection 
(a), the Secretary may acquire from Sealaska Corporation the sub-
surface estate to approximately 1,127 acres of land depicted as 
'KTC Land-Conservation Easement to SEAL Trust' on the map 
entitled 'Kake Land Exchange-2000', dated May 2000, through a 
land exchange for the subsurface estate to approximately 1,168 
acres of Federal land in southeast Alaska that is under the adminis-
trative jurisdiction of the Secretary. Any exchange under this para-
graph shall be subject to the mutual consent of the United States 
Forest Service and Sealaska Corporation. 
"(d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, the lands 
described in subsection (c)(2) are withdrawn from all forms of loca-
tion, entry, and selection under the mining and public land laws 
of the United States and from leasing under the mineral and 
Expiration date. 
geothermal leasing laws. This withdrawal expires 18 months after 
the effective date of this section. 
"(e) MAPS.—^The maps referred to in this Act shall be main-
tained on file in the Office of the Chief, United States Forest 
Service, the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, and the Office 
of the Petersburg Ranger District, Alaska. 
"(f) WATERSHED MANAGEMENT.—^The United States Forest 
Service may cooperate with Kake Tribal Corporation and the City 
of Kake in developing a watershed management plan that provides 
for the protection of the watershed in the public interest. Grants 
may be made, and contracts and cooperative agreements may be 
entered into, to the extent necessary to assist the City of Kake 
and Kake Tribal Corporation in the preparation and implementation 
of a watershed management plan for the land within the City 
of Kake's municipal watershed. 
"(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section is effective upon the execu-
tion of one or more conservation easements that, subject to valid 
existing rights of third parties— 
"(1) encumber all lands depicted as 'KTC Land to City 
of Kake' and 'KTC Land-Conservation Easement to SEAL Trust' 
on a map entitled 'Kake Land Exchange-2000' dated May 2000; 
"(2) provide for the relinquishment by Kake Tribal Corpora-
tion of the Corporation's development rights on lands described 
in paragraph (1); and 
"(3) provide for perpetual protection and management of 
lands depicted as 'KTC Land to City of Kake' and 'KTC Land-
Conservation Easement to SEAL Trust' on the map described 
in pargigraph (1) as— 
"(A) a watershed; 
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"(B) a municipal drinking water source in accordance 
with the laws of the State of Alaska; 
"(C) a source of fresh water for the Gunnuk Creek 
Hatchery; and 
"(D) habitat for black bear, deer, birds, and other wild-
life. 
"(h) TIMBER MANUFACTURING; EXPORT RESTRICTION.—^Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, timber harvested from lands 
conveyed to Kake TVibal Corporation under this section shall not 
be available for export as unprocessed logs from Alaska, nor may 
Kake Tribal Corporation sell, trade, exchange, substitute, or other-
wise convey such timber to any person for the purpose of exporting 
that timber from the State of Alaska. 
"(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—^There are authorized 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act, including 
to compensate Kake Tribal Corporation for relinquishing its 
development rights pursuant to subsection (g)(2) and to provide 
assistance to Kake Tribal Corporation to meet the requirements 
of subsection (h). No funds authorized under this section may be 
paid to Kake Tribal Corporation unless Kake Tribal Corporation 
is a party to the conservation easements described in subsection 
(g).". 
Approved October 6, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 430: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-489 (Comm. on Resources). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-31 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 145 (1999): Apr. 19, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 146 (2000): May 22, considered and passed House, amended. 
Sept. 22, Senate concurred in House amendment.