An Act to provide, under or by amendment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, for the late enrollment of certain Natives, the establishment of an escrow account for the proceeds of certain lands, the treatment of certain payments and grants, and the consolidation of existing regional corporations, and for other purposes.
PL 94-204 (S.1469), enacted 01/02/1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-204—JAN. 2, 1976 
89 STAT. 1145 
Public Law 94-204 
94th Congress 
An Act 
To provide, under or by amendment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 
for the late enrollment of certain Natives, the establishment of an escrow 
account for the proceeds of certain lands, the treatment of certain payments 
and grants, and the consolidation of existing regional corporations, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Secre-
tary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Sec-
retary") is directed to review those applications submitted within 
one year from the date of enactment of this Act by applicants who 
failed to meet the March 30,1973, deadline for enrollment established 
by the Secretary pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (hereinafter m this Act referred to as the "Settlement Act"), 
and to enroll those Natives under the provisions of that Act who would 
have been qualified if the March 30, 1973, deadline had been met: 
Provided, That Natives enrolled under this Act shall be issued stock 
under the Settlement Act together with a pro rata share of all future 
distributions under the Settlement Act which shall commence begin-
ning with the next regularly scheduled distribution after the enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That land entitlement of any 
Native village, Native group. Village Corporation, or Regional Cor-
poration, all as defined in such Act, shall not be affected by any 
enrollment pursuant to this Act, and that no tribe, band, clan, group, 
village, community, or association not otherwise eligible for land 
or other benefits as a "Native village", as defined in such Act, shall 
become eligible for land or other benefits as a Native village because 
of any enrollment pursuant to this Act: Provided further, That no 
tribe, band, clan, village, community, or village association not other-
wise eligible for land or other benefits as a "Native group", as defined 
in such Act, shall become eligible for land or other benefits as a 
Native group because of any enrollment pursuant to this Act: And 
provided further, That any "Native group", as defined in such Act, 
shall not lose its status as a Native group because of any enrollment 
pursuant to this Act. 
(b) The Secretary is authorized to poll individual Natives properly 
enrolled to Native villages or Native groups which are not recognized 
as Village Corporations under section 11 of the Settlement Act and 
which are included within the boundaries of former reserves the Vil-
lage Corporation or Corporations of which elected to acquire title to 
the surface and subsurface estate of said reserves pursuant to subsec-
tion 19(b) of the Settlement Act. The Secretary may allow these 
individuals the option to enroll to a Village Corporation which elected 
the surface and subsurface title under section 19(b) or remain 
enrolled to the Regional Corporation in which the village or group is 
located on an at-large basis: Provided, That nothing in this subsection 
shall affect existing entitlement to land of any Regional Corporation 
pursuant to section 12(b) or 14(h) (8) of the Settlement Act. 
(c) In those instances where, on the roll prepared under section 5 
of the Settlement Act, there were enrolled as residents of a place on 
April 1, 1970, a sufficient number of Natives required for a Native 
Jan. 2, 1976 
[S. 1469] 
Alaska Nati\e 
Claims 
Settlement ^.ct, 
amendments. 
43 u s e 1604 
note. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
43 u s e 1610. 
43 u s e 1618. 
43 u s e 1611, 
1613. 
43 u s e 1604. 
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village or Native group, as the case may be, and it is subsequently 
and finally determined that such place is not eligible for land benefits 
under the Act on grounds which include a lack of sufficient number of 
residents, the Secretary shall, in accordance with the criteria for 
residence applied in the final determination of eligibility, redetermine 
the place of residence on April 1, 1970, of each Native enrolled to 
such place, and the place of residence as so redetermined shall be such 
Native's place of residence on April 1, 1970, for all purposes under 
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the Settlement Act: Provided^ That each Native whose place of resi-
note. 
dence on April 1, 1970, is changed by reason of this subsection shall 
be issued stock in the Native corporation or corporations in which such 
redetermination entitles him to membership and all stock issued to 
such Native by any Native Corporation in which he is no longer eligible 
for membership shall be deemed canceled: Provided further^ That no 
redistribution of funds made by any Native Corporation on the basis of 
prior places of residence shall be affected: Provided further^ That land 
entitlements of any Native village, Native group, Village Corporation, 
Regional Corporation, or corporations organized by Natives residing 
in Sitka, Kenai, Juneau, or Kodiak, all as defined in said Act, shall 
not be affected by any determination of residence made pursuant to 
this subsection, and no tribe, band, clan, group, village, community, 
or association not otherwise eligible for land or other benefits as a 
"Native group" as defined in said Act, shall become eligible for land 
or other benefits as a Native group because of any redetermination of 
residence pursuant to this subsection: Provided further^ That any dis-
tribution of funds from the Alaska Native Fund pursuant to subsec-
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tion (c) of section 6 of the Settlement Act made by the Secretary or 
his delegate prior to any redetermination of residency shall not be 
affected by the provisions of this subsection. Each Native whose place 
of residence is subject to redetermination as provided in this subsec-
tion shall be given notice and an opportunity for hearing in connection 
with such redetermination as shall any Native Corporation which it 
appears may gain or lose stockholders by reason of such redetermina-
tion of residence. 
Escrow account. 
SEC. 2. (a) From and after the date of enactment of this Act, or 
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January 1, 1976, whichever occurs first, any and all proceeds derived 
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from contracts, leases, permits, rights-of-way, or easements pertain-
ing to lands or resources of lands withdrawn for Native selection pur-
suant to the Settlement Act shall be deposited in an escrow account 
which shall be held by the Secretary until lands selected pursuant to 
that Act have been conveyed to the selecting corporation or individual 
entitled to receive benefits under such Act. As such withdrawn or for-
merly reserved lands are conveyed, the Secretary shall pay from such 
account the proceeds, together with interest which derive from con-
tracts, leases, permits, rights-of-way, or easements, pertaining to such 
lands or resources of such lands, to the appropriate corporation or 
individual entitled to receive benefits under the Settlement Act. The 
proceeds derived from contracts, leases, permits, rights-of-way, or 
easements, pertaining to lands withdrawn or reserved, but not selected 
or elected pursuant to such Act, shall, upon the expiration of the selec-
tion or election rights of the corporations and individuals for whose 
benefit such lands were withdrawn or reserved, be paid as would have 
been required by law were it not for the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The Secretary is authorized to deposit in the Treasury of the 
United States the escrow account proceeds referred to in subsection 
(a) of this section, and the United States shall pay interest thereon 
semiannually from the date of deposit to the date of payment with 
simple interest at the rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury 
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89 STAT. 1147 
to be the rate payable on short-term obligations of the United States 
prevailing at the time of payment: Provided, That the Secretary in his 
discretion may withdraw such proceeds from the United States Treas-
ury and reinvest such proceeds in the manner provided by the first sec-
tion of the Act of June 24, 1938 (52 U.S.C. 1037) : Provided 
further, 
52 Stat. 1037. 
That this section shall not be construed to create or terminate any 
25 USC 162a. 
trust relationship between the United States and any corporation or 
individual entitled to receive benefits under the Settlement Act. 
43 USC 1601 
(c) Any and all proceeds from public easements reserved pursuant 
"o^e. 
to section 17(b) (3) of the Settlement Act, from or after the date of 
43 USC 1616. 
enactment of this Act, shall be paid to the grantee of such conveyance 
in accordance with such grantee's proportionate share. 
(d) To the extent that there is a conflict between the provisions of 
this section and any other Federal laws applicable to Alaska, the pro-
visions of this section will govern. Any payment made to any corpora-
tion or any individual under authority of this section shall not be 
subject to any prior obligation under section 9(d) or 9(f) of the 
Settlement Act. 
43 USC 1608. 
SEC. 3. The Settlement Act is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new section: 
"TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN SECURITIES LAWS 
"SEC. 28. Any corporation organized pursuant to this Act shall be 43 USC 1625. 
exempt from the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 
(54 Stat. 789), the Securities Act of 1933 (48 Stat. 74), and the 
15 USC 80a-51 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (48 Stat. 881), as amended, through 
15 USC 77a. 
December 31,1991. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed 
^^ ^^^ '^^ 
to mean that any such corporation shall or shall not, after such date, 
be subject to the provisions of such Acts. Any such corporation which, 
but for this section, would be subject to the provisions of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 shall transmit to its stockholders each year a 
report containing substantially all the information required to be 
included in an annual report to stockholders by a corporation which is 
subject to the provisions of such Act.". 
SEC. 4. The Settlement Act is further amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new section: 
"RELATION TO OTHER PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 29. (a) The payments and grants authorized under this Act 
43 USC 1626. 
constitute compensation for the extinguishment of claims to land, and 
shall not be deemed to substitute for any governmental programs 
otherwise available to the Native people of Alaska as citizens of the 
United States and the State of Alaska. 
"(b) Notwithstanding section 5(a) and any other provision of the 
Food Stamp Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 703), as amended, in determining 
7 USC 2014. 
the eligibility of any household to participate in the food stamp pro-
gram, any compensation, remuneration, revenue, or other benefit 
received by any member of such household under the Settlement Act 
shall be disregarded.". 
SEC. 5. For purposes of the first section of the Act of February 12, 43 USC 1605 
1929 (45 Stat. 1164), as amended, and the first section of the Act of 
note. 
June 24, 1938 (52 Stat. 1037), the Alaska Native Fund shall, pending 
25 USC 161a. 
distributions under section 6 (c) of the Settlement Act, be considered 
^ H^p l^^^r' 
to consist of funds held in trust by the Government of the United 
States for the benefit of Indian tribes: Provided, That nothing in this 
section shall be construed to create or terminate any trust relationship 
89 STAT. 1148 
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between the United States and any corporation or individual entitled 
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to receive benefits under the Settlement Act. 
note. 
SEC. 6. The Settlement Act is further amended by adding a new sec-
tion 30 to read as follows: 
"MERGER o r NATIVE CORPORATIONS 
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"SEC. 30. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, any corpo-
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ration created pursuant to section 'r(d), 8(a), 14(h) (2), or 14(h) (3) 
1607, 1613. 
within any of the twelve regions of Alaska, as established by section 
7(a), may, at any time, merge or consolidate, pursuant to the appli-
cable provisions of the laws of the State of Alaska, with any other of 
such corporation or corporations created within or for the same region. 
Any corporations resulting from mergers or consolidations further 
may merge or consolidate with other such merged or consolidated cor-
porations within the same region or with other of the corporations 
created in said region pursuant to section 7(d), 8(a), 14(h) (2), or 
14(h)(3). 
"(b) Such mergers or consolidations shall be on such terms and con-
ditions as are approved by vote of the shareholders of the corporations 
participating therein, including, where appropriate, terms providing 
for the issuance of additional shares of Regional Corporation stock to 
persons already owning such stock, and may take place pursuant to 
votes of shareholders held either before or after the enactment of this 
section: Provided^ That the rights accorded under Alaska law to dis-
senting shareholders in a merger or consolidation may not be exercised 
in any merger or consolidation pursuant to this Act effected prior to 
December 19, 1991. Upon the effectiveness of any such mergers or con-
solidations the corporations resulting therefrom and the shareholders 
thereof shall succeed and be entitled to all the rights, privileges, 
and benefits of this Act, including but not limited to the receipt of lands 
and moneys and exemptions from various forms of Federal, State, and 
local taxation, and shall be subject to all the restrictions and obliga-
tions of this Act r.s are applicable to the corporations and shareholders 
which and who participated in said mergers or consolidations or as 
would have been applicable if the mergers or consolidations and trans-
fers of rights and titles thereto had not taken place: Provided^ That, 
where a Village Corporation organized pursuant to section 19(b) of 
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this Act merges or consolidates with the Regional Corporation of the 
region in which such village is located or wnth another Village Corpo-
ration of that region, no provision of such merger or consolidation 
shall be construed as increasing or otherwise changing regional enroll-
ments for purposes of distribution of the Alaska Native Fund; land 
selection eligibility; or revenue sharing pursuant to sections 6(c), 
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7(m), 12(b), 14(h) (8), and 7(i) of this Act. 
1611. 
"(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7 (j) or (m), in 
any merger or consolidation in which the class of stockholders of a 
Regional Corporation who are not residents of any of the villages in 
the region are entitled under Alaska law to vote as a class, the terms 
of the merger or consolidation may provide for the alteration or 
elimination of the right of said class to receive dividends pursuant to 
said section 7 (j) or (m). In the event that such dividend right is not 
expressly altered or eliminated by the terms of the merger or consoli-
dation, such class of stockholders shall continue to receive such divi-
dends pursuant to section 7 (j) or (m) as would have been applicable 
if the merger or consolidation had not taken place and all Village 
Corporations within the affected region continued to exist separately. 
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89 STAT. 1149 
"(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or of any 
other law, no corporation referred to in this section may merge or 
consolidate with any other such corporations unless that corporation's 
shareholders have approved such merger or consolidation. 
"(e) The plan of merger or consolidation shall provide that the 
right of any affected Village Corporation pursuant to section 14(f) to 
withhold consent to mineral exploration, development, or removal 
within the boundaries of the Native village shall be conveyed, as part 
of the merger or consolidation, to a separate entity composed of the 
Native residents of such Native village.". 
SEC. 7. Section 17(a) (10) of the Settlement Act is amended to read 
as follows: 
"(10) The Planning Commission shall submit, in accordance with 
this paragraph, comprehensive reports to the President of the United 
States, the Congress, and the Governor and legislature of the State 
with respect to its planning and other activities under this Act, 
together with its recommendations for programs or other actions which 
it determines should be implemented or taken by the United States 
and the State. An interim, comprehensive report covering the above 
matter shall be so submitted on or before May 30, 1976. A final and 
comprehensive report covering the above matter shall be so submitted 
on or before May 30,1979. The Commission shall cease to exist effective 
June 30, 1979.". 
SEC. 8. (a) Notwithstanding the October 6,1975, order of the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of 
Alaska Native Association of Oregon et al. against Rogers C. B. Morton 
et al., Civil Action Numbered 2133-73, and Alaska Federation of 
Natives International, Inc., et al. against Rogers C. B. Moiton, et al., 
Civil Action Numbered 2141-73 ( F. Supp. 
), changes in enroll-
ment of Natives which are necessitated or permitted by such order 
shall in no way affect land selection entitlements of any Alaska 
Regional or Village Corporation nor any Native village or group 
eligibility. 
(b) Stock previously issued by any of the twelve Regional Corpo-
rations in Alaska or by Village Corporations to any Native who is 
enrolled in the thirteenth region pursuant to said order shall, upon said 
enrollment, be canceled by the issuing corporation without liability 
to it or the Native whose stock is so canceled: Provided, That, in the 
event that a Native enrolled in the thirteenth region pursuant to said 
order shall elect to re-enroll in the appropriate Regional Corporation 
in Alaska pursuant to the sixth ordering paragraph of that order, 
stock of such Native may be canceled by the Thirteenth Regional Cor-
poration and stock may be issued to such Native by the appropriate 
Regional Corporation in Alaska without liability to either corporation 
or to the Native. 
(c) Whenever additional enrollment under the Settlement Act is 
permitted pursuant to this Act or any other provision of law, any 
Native enrolling under such authority who is determined not to be a 
permanent resident of the State of Alaska under criteria established 
pursuant to the Settlement Act shall, at the time of enrollment, elect 
whether to be enrolled in the thirteenth region or in the region deter-
mined pursuant to the provisions of section 5(b) of such Act and such 
election shall apply to all dependent members of such Native's house-
hold who are less than eighteen years of age on the date of such election. 
(d) No change in the final roll of Natives established by the Secre-
tary pursuant to section 5 of the Settlement Act resulting from any 
regulation promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior providing for 
43 u s e 1613. 
Report to 
President, 
Congress, 
Governor, and 
State legislature. 
43 u s e 1616. 
Interim report. 
Final report. 
Termination date. 
43 u s e 1604 
note. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
43 u s e 1604. 
89 STAT. 1150 
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the disenrollment of Natives shall affect land entitlements of any 
Regional or Village Corporation or any Native village or group 
eligibility. 
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SEC. 9. Section 16 of the Settlement Act is amended by inserting 
at the end thereof a new subsection (d) to read as follows: 
"(d) The lands enclosing and surrounding the village of Klukwan 
which were withdrawn by subsection (a) of this section are hereby 
rewithdrawn to the same extent and for the same purposes as provided 
by said subsection (a) for a period of one year from the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, during which period the Village Corporation 
for the village of Klukwan shall select an area equal to twenty-three 
thousand and forty acres in accordance with the provisions of subsec-
tion (b) of this section and such Corporation and the shareholders 
thereof shall otherwise participate fully in the benefits provided by 
this Act to the same extent as they would have participated had they 
not elected to acquire title to their former reserve as provided by sec-
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tion 19 (b) of this Act: Provided^ That nothing in this subsection shall 
affect the existing entitlement of any Regional Corporation to lands 
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pursuant to section 14(h) (8) of this Act: Provided further^ That the 
foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not become effective unless 
and until the Village Corporation for the village of Klukwan shall 
quitclaim to Chilkat Indian Village, organized under the provisions 
25 Stat. 461. 
of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended by the Act of 
25 Stat. 473a. 
May 1,1936 (49 Stat. 1250), all its right, title, and interest in the lands 
of the reservation defined in and vested by the Act of September 2, 
1957 (71 Stat. 596), which lands are hereby conveyed and confirmed 
to said Chilkat Indian Village in fee simple absolute, free of trust and 
all restrictions upon alienation, encumbrance, or otherwise: Provided 
further^ That the United States and the Village Corporation for the 
village of Klukwan shall also quitclaim to said Chilkat Indian Village 
any right or interest they may have in and to income derived from 
the reservation lands defined in and vested by the Act of September 2, 
71 Stat. 596. 
1957 (71 Stat. 597), after the date of enactment of this Act and prior 
to the date of enactment of this subsection.". 
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SEC. 10. Section 16(b) of the Settlement Act is amended bv adding 
at the end thereof the following: "Such allocation as the Regional 
Corporation for the southeastern Alaska region shall receive under 
section 14(h) (8) shall be select'^d and conveyed from lands not selected 
by puch Village Corporations that were withdraAvn by subsection (a) 
of this section, except lands on Admiralty Island in the Angoon with-
drawal area and, without the consent of the Governor of the State of 
Alaska or his delegate, lands in the Saxman and Yakutat withdrawal 
areas.". 
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SEC. 11. The boundary between the southeastern and Chugach 
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regions shall be the 141st meridian: Provided^ That the Regional Cor-
poration for the Chugach region shall accord to the Natives enrolled 
to the Village of Yakutat the same rights and privileges to use any 
lands which may be conveyed to the Regional Corporation in the 
vicinity of Icy Bay for such purposes as such Natives have tradi-
tionally made thereof, including, but not limited to, subsistence hunt-
ing, fishing and gathering, as the Regional Corporation accords to its 
own shareholders, and shall take no unreasonable or arbitrary action 
relative to such lands for the primary purpose and having the effect, of 
impairing or curtailing such rights and privileges. 
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SEC. 12. (a) The purpose of this section is to provide for the settle-
note, 
ment of certain claims, and in so doing to consolidate ownership among 
the United States, the Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated (hereinafter in 
this section referred to as the "Region"), and the State of Alaska, 
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89 STAT. 1151 
within the Cook Inlet area of Alaska in order to facilitate land man-
agement and to create land ownership patterns which encourage settle-
ment and development in appropriate areas. The provisions of this 
section shall take effect at such time as all of the following have taken 
place: 
(1) the State of Alaska has conveyed or irrevocably obligated 
itself to convey lands to the United States for exchange, hereby 
authorized, with the Region in accordance with the document 
referred to in subsection (b); 
(2) the Region and all plaintiffs/appellants have withdrawn 
from Cook Inlet against Kleppe, numbered 75-2232, ninth circuit, 
and such proceedings have been dismissed with prejudice; and 
(3) all Native village selections under section 12 of the Settle-
ment Act of the lands within Lake Clark, Lake Kontrashibuna, 
and Mulchatna River deficiency withdrawals have been irrev-
ocably withdrawn and waived. 
The conveyances described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall 
not be subject to the provisions of section 6 (i) of the Alaska Statehood 
Act (72 Stat. 339). 
48 USC prec. 
(b) The Secretary shall make the following conveyances to the 21 note. 
Region, in accordance with the specific terms, conditions, procedures, 
covenants, reservations, and other restrictions set forth in the docu-
ment entitled "Terms and Conditions for Land Consolidation and 
Management in Cook Inlet Area", which was submitted to the House 
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs on December 10, 1975, the 
terms of which are hereby ratified as to the duties and obligations of 
the United States and the Region, as a matter of Federal law: 
(1) title to approximately 10,240 acres of land within the Kenai 
National Moose Range; except that there shall be no conveyance 
of the bed of Lake Tustamena, or the mineral estate in the water-
front zone described in the document referred to in this subsection; 
(2) title to oil and gas and coal in not to exceed 9.5 +t>wnships 
within the Kenai National Moose Range; 
(3) title to Federal interests in township 10 south, range 9 west, 
F.M., and township 20 north, range 9 east, S.M.; 
(4) title to township 1 south, range 21 west, S.M.: sections 3 to 
10,15 to 22, 29, and 30; and rights to metalliferous minerals in the 
following sections in township 1 north, range 21 west, S.M.: 
sections 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36; 
(5) title to twenty-nine and sixty-six hundredths townships 
of land outside the boundaries of Cook Inlet Region: unless pur-
suant to the document referred to in this subsection a greater 
or lesser entitlement shall exist, in which case the Secretary 
shall convey such entitlement; 
(6) title to lands selected by the Region from a pool which 
shall be established by the Secretary and the Administrator of 
General Services: Provided^ That conveyances pursuant to this 
paragraph shall not be subject to the provisions of section 22 (1) of 
the Settlement Act: Provided further^ That conveyances pur- 43 USC 1621. 
suant to this paragraph shall be made in exchange for lands 
or rights to select lands outside the boundaries of Cook Inlet 
Region as described in paragraph (5) of this subsection and on 
the basis of values determined by agreement among the parties, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. Effective upon their 
conveyance, the lands referred to in paragraph (1) of this sub-
section are excluded from the Kenai National Moose Range, but 
they shall automatically become part of the range and subject 
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to the laws and regulations applicable thereto upon title there-
after vesting in the United States. The Secretary is authorized 
to acquire lands formerly within the range with the concurrence 
of the Region so long as the Region owns such lands. Section 22 (e) 
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of the Settlement Act, concerning refuge replacement, shall apply 
with respect to lands conveyed pursuant to paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of this subsection, except that the Secretary may designate 
for replacement land twice the amount of any land conveyed with-
out restriction to a native corporation. 
No lands outside the exterior boundaries of Cook Inlet Region shall be 
conveyed to the Region, unless, in the following circumstances, the 
consent of other Native Corporations is obtained: 
(i) Where the township to be nominated is located within an 
area withdrawn as of December 15,1975, pursuant to section 11(a) 
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(1) of the Settlement Act, the Region shall obtain the consent of 
the Regional Corporation and Village Corporation affected. 
(ii) Where the township to be nominated is located within an 
area withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a) (3) of the Settlement 
Act as of December 15, 1975, the Region shall obtain the consent 
of the Region in which the township is located. 
There shall be established a buffer zone outside the withdrawals 
described in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) which zone shall extend one 
township from any such section 11(a)(3) withdrawal and one and 
one-half townships from any section 11(a) (1) withdrawal. Any nomi-
nation of a township within such zone shall be subject to the consent 
of the Region, or of the Village Corporation if adjacent to a section 
11(a) (1) withdrawal: Provided^ however^ That the affected Regional 
Corporation may designate additional lands to be included by sub-
stitution in the buffer zone so long as the buffer zone location is no 
greater than two townships in width and the total acreage of the 
buffer zone is not enlarged. The affected Regional Corporation shall 
designate the enlarged buffer zone, if any, no later than six months 
following the passage of this Act. Any use or development by the 
Region of land conveyed under this paragraph shall give due protec-
tion to the existing subsistence uses of such lands by the residents of 
the area; and no easement across Village Corporation lands to lands 
conveyed under this paragraph shall be established without the con-
sent of the said Village Corporation or Corporations. 
(c) The lands and interests conveyed to the Region under the fore-
going subsections of this section and the lands provided by the State 
exchange under subsection (a) (1) of this section, shall be considered 
and treated as conveyances under the Settlement Act unless otherwise 
provided, and shall constitute the Region's full entitlement under 
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sections 12(c) and 14(h) (8) of the Settlement Act. Of such lands, 
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3.58 townships of oil and gas and coal in the Kenai National Moose 
Range shall constitute the full surface and subsurface entitlement of 
the Region under section 14(h) (8). The lands which would comprise 
the difference in acreage between the lands actually conveyed under 
and referred to in the foregoing subsections of this section, and any 
final determination of what the Region's acreage rights under sections 
12(c) and 14(h) (8) of the Settlement Act would have been, if the con-
veyances set forth in this section to the Region had not been executed, 
shall be retained by the United States and shall not be available for 
conveyance to any Regional Corporation or Village Corporation, not-
withstanding any provisions of the Settlement Act to the contrary. 
(d) (1) The Secretary shall convey to the State of Alaska all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to all of the following 
lands: 
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89 STAT. 1153 
(i) At least 22.8 townships and no more than 27 townships of 
land from those presently withdrawn under section 17(d) (2) of 
the Settlement Act in the Lake Iliamna area and within the 
43 USC 1616. 
Nushagak Eiver or Koksetna River drainages near lands hereto-
fore selected by the State, the amount and identities of which 
shall be determined pursuant to the document referred to in sub-
section (b); and 
(ii) 26 townships of lands in the Talkeetna Mountains, 
Kamishak Bay, and Tutna Lake areas, the identities of which 
are set forth in the document referred to in subsection (b). 
All lands granted to the State of Alaska pursuant to this subsection 
shall be regarded for all purposes as if conveyed to the State under 
and pursuant to section 6 of the Alaska Statehood Act: Provided^ 48 U
S
C prec. 
however^ That this grant of lands shall not constitute a charge against 
21 note, 
the total acreage to which the State is entitled under section 6(b) of 
the Alaska Statehood Act. 
(2) The Secretary is authorized and directed to convey to the State 
of Alaska, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to all of that tract generally known as the Camp-
bell tract and more particularly identified in the document referred 
to in subsection (b) except for one compact unit of land which he 
determines, after consultation with the State of Alaska, is actually 
needed by the Bureau of Land Management for its present operations: 
Provided^ That in no event shall the unit of land so excepted exceed 
1,000 acres in size. The land authorized to be conveyed pursuant to 
this paragraph shall be used for public parks and recreational pur-
poses and other compatible public purposes in accordance with the 
generalized land use plan outlined in the Greater Anchorage Area 
Borough's Far North Bicentennial Park Master Development Plan of 
September 1974. Except as provided otherwise in this paragraph, in 
making the conveyance authorized and required by this paragraph, 
the Secretary shall utilize the procedures of the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act (44 Stat. 741), as amended, and regulations developed 43 U
S
C 869. 
pursuant to that Act, and the conveyance of such lands shall also 
contain a provision that, if the lands cease to be used for the purposes 
for which they were conveyed; the lands and title thereto shall revert 
to the United States: Provided, however, That the acreage limitation 
provided by section 1(b) of that Act, as amended by the Act of 
June 4, 1954 (68 Stat. 173), shall not apply to this conveyance, nor 43 U
S
C 869. 
shall the lands conveyed pursuant to this paragraph be counted 
against that acreage limitation with respect to the State of Alaska 
or any subdivision thereof. 
(3) The Secretary is authorized and directed to make available for 
selection by the State, in its discretion, under section 6 of the Alaska 
Statehood Act, 12.4 townships of land to be selected from lands within 
the Talkeetna Mountains and Koksetna River areas as described in 
the document referred to in subsection (b). 
(e) The Secretary ma;^, notwithstanding any other provision of law 
to the contrary, convey title to lands and interests in lands selected by 
Native corporations within the exterior boundaries of Power Site 
Classification 443, February 13, 1958, to such corporations, subject to 
the reservations required by section 24 of the Federal Power Act. This 16 U
S
C 818. 
conveyance shall be considered and treated as a conveyance under the 
Settlement Act. 
43 USC 1601 
(f) All conveyances of lands made or to be made by the State of 
Alaska in satisfaction of the terms and conditions of the document 
referred to in subsection (b) of this section shall pass all of the State's 
right, title, and interest in such lands, including the minerals therein. 
note. 
89 STAT. 1154 
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Appropriation 
authorization. 
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Report to 
eongress. 
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2033. 
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note. 
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note. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
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note. 
43 eFR app. 
as if those conveyances were made pursuant to section 22(f) of the 
Settlement Act, except that dedicated or platted section line easements 
and highway and other rights-of-way may be reserved to the State. 
(g) The Secretary, through the National Park Service, shall provide 
financial assistance, not to exceed $25,000, hereby authorized to be 
appropriated, and technical assistance to the Region for the purpose of 
developing and implementing a land use plan for the west side of Cook 
Inlet, including an analysis of alternative uses of such lands. 
(h) Village Corporations within the Cook Inlet Region shall have 
until December 18, 1976, to file selections under section 12(b) of the 
Settlement Act, notwithstanding any provision of that Act to the 
contrary. 
(i) The Secretary shall report to the Congress by April 15,1976, on 
the implementation of this section. If the State fails to agree to engage 
in a transfer with the Federal Government, pursuant to subsection 
(a) (1), the Secretary shall prior to December 18, 1976, make no con-
veyance of the lands that were to be conveyed to the Region in this 
section, nor shall he convey prior to such date the Point Campbell, 
Point Woronzof, and Campbell tracts, so that the Congress is not pre-
cluded from fashioning an appropriate remedy. In the event that the 
State fails to agree as aforesaid, all rights of the Region that may have 
been extinguished by this section shall be restored. 
SEC. 13. Section 21 of the Settlement Act is amended by adding the 
following subsection at the end thereof: 
"(f) Until January 1, 1992, stock of any Regional Corporation 
organized pursuant to section 7, including the right to receive distribu-
tions under subsection 7(i), and stock of any Village Corporation 
organized pursuant to section 8 shall not be includable in the gross 
estate of a decedent under sections 2031 and 2033, or any successor 
provisions, of the Internal Revenue Code.". 
SEC. 14. (a) The Secretary shall pay, by grant, $250,000 to each of 
the corporations established pursuant to section 14(h) (3) of the 
Settlement Act. 
(b) The Secretary shall pay, by grant, $100,000 to each of the fol-
lowing Village Corporations: 
(1) Arctic Village; 
(2) Elim; 
h) Gambell; 
(4) Savoonga; 
(5) Tetlin;and 
(6) Venetie. _ 
(c) Funds authorized under this section may be used only for plan-
ning, development, and other purposes for which the corporations set 
forth in subsections (a) and (b) are organized under the Settlement 
Act. 
(d) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the 
purpose of this section a sum of $1,600,000 in fiscal year 1976. 
SEC. 15. (a) The Secretary shall convey under sections 12(a) (1) and 
14(f) of the Settlement Act to Koniag, Incorporated, a Regional 
Corporation established pursuant to section 7 of said Act, such of the 
subsurface estate, other than title to or the right to remove gravel 
and common varieties of minerals and materials, as is selected by said 
corporation from lands withdrawn by Public Land Order 5397 for 
identification for selection by it located in the following described 
area; Township 36 south, range 52 west ; 
Township 37 south, range 51 west; 
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89 STAT. 1155 
Township 37 south, range 52 west; 
Township 37 south, range 53 west, sections 1 ^ , 9-12, 13-16, 
21-24, north half of 25-28; 
Township 38 south, range 51 west, sections 1-5, 9,10,12,13,18, 
24,25; 
Township 38 south, range 52 west, sections 1-35; 
Township 38 south, range 53 west, sections 1,12, 13, 24, 25, 36; 
Township 39 south, range 51 west, sections 6, 7, 16-21, 28-33; 
Township 39 south, range 52 west, sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13-16, 
21-24; 
Township 39 south, range 53 west, sections 26,33-36; 
Township 40 south, range 52 west, sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 
18-21,27-36; 
Township 40 south, range 53 west, all except sections 20, 29-33; 
Township 40 south, range 54 west, all except sections 35 and 36; 
Township 41 south, range 52 west, sections 4,8-15; 
Township 41 south, range 54 west, section 3; 
Township 41 south, range 53 west, sections 1,2,11,12,13 S. M., 
Alaska, notwithstanding; 
The withdrawal of such lands by Public Land Order 5179, as 
amended, pursuant to section 17(d) (2) of the Settlement Act: Pro- 43 CFR app. 
vided, That notwithstanding the future designation by Congress as 43 USC 1616, 
part of the National Park System or other national land system 
referred to in section 17(d) (2) (A) of the Settlement Act of the sur-
face estate overlying any subsurface estate conveyed as provided in 
this section, and with or without such designation, Koniag, Incorpo-
rated, shall have such use of the surface estate, including such right 
of access thereto, as is reasonably necessary to the exploration for and 
the removal of oil and gas from said subsurface estate, subject to such 
regulations by the Secretary as are necessary to protect the ecology 
from permanent harm. 
The United States shall make available to Koniag, its successors and 
assigns, such sand and gravel as is reasonably necessary for the con-
struction of facilities and rights-of-way appurtenant to the exercise 
of the rights conveyed under this section, pursuant to the provisions 
of section 601 et seq., title 30, United States Code, and the regulations 
implementing that statute which are then in effect. 
(b) The subsurface estate in all lands other than those described in 
subsection (a) within the Koniag Region and withdrawn under section 
17 (d)(2)(E) of the Settlement Act, shall not be available for selection 
by Koniag Region, Incorporated. 
SEC. 16. Within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, 43 USC 1611 
the corporation created by the enrolled residents of the Village of note. 
Tatitlek may file selections upon any of the following described lands: 
Copper River Meridian 
Township 9 south, range 3 east, sections 23, 26, 31-35. 
Township 10 south, range 3 east, sections 2-27, 34-36. 
Township 11 south, range 4 east, sections 5, 6, 8, 9,16,17, 20-22, 
27-29, 33-35. 
Township 9 south, range 3 east, sections 3-6, 9-11. 
Township 9 south, range 3 east, sections 14-16, 21, 22, 27, 28. 
The Secretary shall receive and adjudicate such selections as though 
they were timely filed pursuant to section 12(a) or 12(b) of the Settle-
ment Act and were withdrawn pursuant to section 11 of that Act. 
43 USC 1611, 
1610. 
89 STAT. 1156 
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The Secretary shall convey such lands selected pursuant to this 
authorization which otherwise comply with the applicable statutes and 
regulations. This section shall not be construed to increase the entitle-
ment of the corporation of the enrolled residents of Tatitlek or to 
increase the amount of land that may be selected from the National 
Forest System. The subsurface of any land selected pursuant to this 
section shall be conveyed to the Regional Corporation for the Chu-
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gach Region pursuant to section 14(f) of the Settlement Act. 
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SEC. 17. Section 22(f) of the Settlement Act is amended to provide 
as follows: 
"(f) the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, and the State of Alaska are authorized to exchange lands or 
interests therein, including Native selection rights, with the corpora-
tions organized by Native groups. Village Corporations, Regional 
Corporations, and the corporations organized by Natives residing in 
Juneau, Sitka, Kodiak, and Kenai, all as defined in this Act, and other 
municipalities and corporations or individuals, the State (acting free 
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of the restrictions of section 6 (i) of the Alaska Statehood Act), or any 
21 note. 
Federal agency for the purpose of effecting land consolidations or to 
facilitate the management or development of the land, or for other 
public purposes. Exchanges shall be on the basis of equal value, and 
either party to the exchange may pay or accept cash in order to equal-
ize the value of the property exchanged: Provided, That when the 
parties agree to an exchange and the appropriate Secretary determines 
it is in the public interest, such exchanges may be made for other than 
equal value.". 
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SEC. 18. Except as specifically provided in this Act, (i) the provi-
A^^ikr 
sions of the Settlement Act are fully applicable to this Act, and (ii) 
nnt^ 
^^^^ 
nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter or amend any of such 
provisions. 
Approved January 2, 1976. 
note. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-729 accompanying H.R. 6644 (eomm. on Interior and Insular 
Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-361 (eomm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): 
Aug. 1, considered and passed Senate. 
Dec. 16, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 6644. 
Dec. 18, Senate concurred in House, amendment with amendments. 
Dec. 19, House concurred in Senate amendments.