Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
PL 96-487 (H.R.39), enacted 12/02/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2371 
Public Law 96-487 
96th Congress 
An Act 
To provide for the designation and conservation of certain public lands in the State 
Dec. 2, 1980 
of Alaska, including the designation of units of the National Park, National 
[H.R. 39] 
Wildlife Refuge, National Forest, National Wild and Scenic Rivers, and National 
Wilderness Preservation Systems, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of 
America in Congress assembled, 
Alaska National 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Alaska National Interest conJSvatfon 
Lands Conservation Act". 
Act. 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
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TITLE I-PURPOSES, DEFINITIONS, AND MAPS 
Sec. 101. Purposes. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Maps. 
TITLE II-NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
Sec. 201. Establishment of new areas. 
Sec. 202. Additions to existing areas. 
Sec. 203. General administration. 
Sec. 204. Native selections. 
Sec. 205. Commercial fishing. 
Sec. 206. Withdrawal from mining. 
TITLE ni—NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM 
Sec. 301. Definitions. 
Sec. 302. Establishment of new refuges. 
Sec. 303. Additions to existing refuges. 
Sec. 304. Administration of refuges. 
Sec. 305. Prior authorities. 
Sec. 306. Special study. 
TITLE IV-NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA AND NATIONAL RECREATION 
AREA 
Sec. 401. Establishment of Steese National Conservation Area. 
Sec. 402. Administrative provisions. 
Sec. 403. Establishment of White Mountains National Recreation Area. 
Sec. 404. Rights of holders of unperfected mining claims. 
TITLE V—NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
Sec. 501. Additions to existing national forests. 
Sec. 502. Mining and mineral leasing on certain national forest lands. 
Sec. 503. Misty Fjords and Admiralty Island National Monuments. 
Sec. 504. Unperfected mining claims in Misty Fjords and Admiralty Island National 
Monuments. 
Sec. 505. Fisheries on national forest lands in Alaska. 
Sec. 506. Admiralty Island land exchanges. 
Sec. 507. Cooperative fisheries planning. 
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TITLE VI-NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM 
PART A—WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS WITHIN NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
Sec. 601. Additions. 
PART B—WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS WITHIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM 
Sec. 602. Additions. 
PART C—ADDITION TO NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM LOCATED OUTSIDE 
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM UNITS AND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES 
Sec. 603. Additions. 
Sec. 604. Designation for study. 
Sec. 605. Administrative provisions. 
Sec. 606. Other amendments to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. 
TITLE VII—NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM 
Sec. 701. Designation of wilderness within National Park System. 
Sec. 702. Designation of wilderness within National Wildlife Refuge System. 
Sec. 703. Designation of wilderness within National Forest System. 
Sec. 704. Designation of wilderness study area within National Forest System. 
Sec. 705. National forest timber utilization program. 
Sec. 706. Reports. 
Sec. 707. Administration. 
Sec. 708. RARE II release. 
TITLE VIII-SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT AND USE 
Sec. 801. Findings. 
Sec. 802. Policy. 
Sec. 803. Definitions. 
Sec. 804. Preference for subsistence uses. 
Sec. 805. Local and regional participation. 
Sec. 806. Federal monitoring. 
Sec. 807. Judicial enforcement. 
Sec. 808. Park and park monument subsistence resource commissions. 
Sec. 809. Cooperative agreements. 
Sec. 810. Subsistence and land use decisions. 
Sec. 811. Access. 
Sec. 812. Research. 
Sec. 813. Periodic reports. 
Sec. 814. Regulations. 
Sec. 815. Limitations, savings clauses. 
Sec. 816. Closure to subsistence uses. 
TITLE IX-IMPLEMENTATION OF ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT 
ACT AND ALASKA STATEHOOD ACT 
Sec. 901. Submerged lands statute of limitations. 
Sec. 902. Statute of limitations. 
Sec. 903. Administrative provisions. 
Sec. 904. Tax moratorium extension. 
Sec. 905. Alaska Native allotments. 
Sec. 906. State selections and conveyances. 
Sec. 907. Alaska Land Bank. 
Sec. 908. Protection of Native lands in contingency areas under timber sales. 
Sec. 909. Use of protraction diagrams. 
Sec. 910. National Environmental Policy Act. 
Sec. 911. Technical amendment to Public Law 94-204. 
TITLE X—FEDERAL NORTH SLOPE LANDS STUDIES, OIL AND GAS LEASING 
PROGRAM AND MINERAL ASSESSMENTS 
Sec. 1001. Overall study program. 
Sec. 1002. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain resource assessment. 
Sec. 1003. Prohibition on development. 
Sec. 1004. Wilderness portion of study. 
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Sec. 1005. Wildlife resources portion of study. 
Sec. 1006. Transportation alternatives portion of study. 
Sec. 1007. Arctic research study. 
Sec. 1008. Oil and gas leasing program for non-North Slope Federal lands. 
Sec. 1009. Oil and gas lease applications. 
Sec. 1010. Alaska mineral resource assessment program. 
Sec. 1011. Presidential transmittal. 
TITLE XI—TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY SYSTEMS IN AND ACROSS, AND 
ACCESS INTO, CONSERVATION SYSTEM UNITS 
Sec. 1101. Findings. 
Sec. 1102. Definitions. 
Sec. 1103. Effect of title. 
Sec. 1104. Procedural requirements. 
Sec. 1105. Standards for granting certain authorizations. 
Sec. 1106. Agency, Presidential, and congressional actions. 
Sec. 1107. Rights-of-way terms and conditions. 
Sec. 1108. Expedited judicial review. 
Sec. 1109. Valid existing rights. 
Sec. 1110. Special access and access to inholdings. 
Sec. 1111. Temporary access. 
Sec. 1112. North Slope Haul Road. 
Sec. 1113. Stikine River region. 
TITLE XII—FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATION 
Sec. 1201. Alaska Land Use Council. 
Sec. 1202. Federal Coordination Committee. 
Sec. 1203. Bristol Bay cooperative region. 
TITLE XIII-ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Sec. 1301. Management plans. 
Sec. 1302. Land acquisition authority. 
Sec. 1303. Use of cabins and other sites of occupancy on conservation system units. 
Sec. 1304. Archeological and paleontological sites. 
Sec. 1305. Cooperative information/education centers. 
Sec. 1306. Administrative sites and visitor facilities. 
Sec. 1307. Revenue-producing visitor services. 
Sec. 1308. Local hire. 
Sec. 1309. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. 
Sec. 1310. Navigation aids and other facilities. 
Sec. 1311. Scenic highway study. 
Sec. 1312. Administration of the White Mountains National Recreation Area. 
Sec. 1313. Administration of national preserves. 
Sec. 1314. Taking of fish and wildlife. 
Sec. 1315. Wilderness management. 
Sec. 1316. Allowed uses. 
Sec. 1317. General wilderness review provision. 
Sec. 1318. Statewide cultural assistance program. 
Sec. 1319. Effect on existing rights. 
Sec. 1320. Bureau of Land Management land reviews. 
Sec. 1321. Authorization for appropriation. 
Sec. 1322. Effect on prior withdrawals. 
Sec. 1323. Access. 
Sec. 1324. Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge agricultural use. 
Sec. 1325. Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project in Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. 
Sec. 1326. Future Executive actions. 
Sec. 1327. Alaska gas pipeline. 
Sec. 1328. Public land entries in Alaska. 
TITLE XIV—AMENDMENTS TO THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT 
ACT AND RELATED PROVISIONS 
PART A—AMENDMENTS TO THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT Ac?r 
Sec. 1401. Stock alienation. 
Sec. 1402. Selection requirements. 
Sec. 1403. Retained mineral estate. 
Sec. 1404. Vesting date for reconveyances. 
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Sec. 1405. Reconveyance to municipal corporations. 
Sec. 1406. Conveyance of partial estates. 
Sec. 1407. Shareholder homesites. 
Sec. 1408. Basis in the land. 
Sec. 1409. Fire protection. 
Sec. 1410. Interim conveyances and underselections. 
Sec. 1411. Escrow account. 
Sec. 1412. Limitations. 
PART B—OTHER RELATED PROVISIONS 
Sec. 1413. Supplemental appropriation for Native Groups. 
Sec. 1414. Fiscal Year Adjustment Act. 
Sec. 1415. Relinquishment of selections partly within conservation units. 
Sec. 1416. Bristol Bay Group Corporation lands. 
Sec. 1417. Pribilof Islands acquisition authority. 
Sec. 1418. NANA/Cook Inlet Regional Corporations lands. 
Sec. 1419. Doyon Regional Corporation lands. 
Sec. 1420. Hodzana River study area. 
Sec. 1421. Conveyance to the State of Alaska. 
Sec. 1422. Doyon and Fortymile River. 
Sec. 1423. Ahtna Regional Corporation lands. 
Sec. 1424. Bering Straits Regional Corporation lands. 
Sec. 1425. Eklutna Village Corporation lands. 
Sec. 1426. Eklutna-State Anchorage agreement. 
Sec. 1427. Koniag Village and Regional Corporation lands. 
Sec. 1428. Chugach Village Corporation lands. 
Sec. 1429. Chugach Regional Corporation lands. 
Sec. 1430. Chugach region study. 
Sec. 1431. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation lands. 
Sec. 1432. Cook Inlet Village settlement. 
Sec. 1433. Bristol Bay Native Corporation lands. 
Sec. 1434. Shee Atika-Charcoal and Alice Island conveyance. 
Sec. 1435. Amendment to Public Law 94-204. 
Sec. 1436. Inalik Native Corporation lands. 
Sec. 1437. Conveyances to Village Corporations. 
TITLE XV—NATIONAL NEED MINERAL ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATION 
PROCESS 
Sec. 1501. Areas subject to the national need recommendation process. 
Sec. 1502. Recommendations of the President to Congress. 
Sec. 1503. Expedited congressional review. 
TITLE I—PURPOSES, DEFINITIONS, AND MAPS 
PURPOSES 
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SEC. 101. (a) In order to preserve for the benefit, use, education, and 
inspiration of present and future generations certain lands and 
waters in the State of Alaska that contain nationally significant 
natural, scenic, historic, archeological, geological, scientific, wilder-
ness, cultural, recreational, and wildlife values, the units described in 
the following titles are hereby established. 
0)) It is the intent of Congress in this Act to preserve unrivaled 
scenic and geological values associated with natural landscapes; to 
provide for the maintenance of sound populations of, and habitat for, 
wildlife species of inestimable value to the citizens of Alaska and the 
Nation, including those species dependent on vast relatively undevel-
oped areas; to preserve in their natural state extensive unaltered 
arctic tundra, boreal forest, and coastal rainforest ecosystems; to 
protect the resources related to subsistence needs; to protect and 
preserve historic and archeological sites, rivers, and lands, and to 
preserve wilderness resource values and related recreational oppor-
tunities including but not limited to hiking, canoeing, fishing, and 
sport hunting, within large arctic and subarctic wildlands and on 
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freeflowing rivers; and to maintain opportunities for scientific 
research and undisturbed ecosystems. 
(c) It is further the intent and purpose of this Act consistent with 
management of fish and wildUfe in accordance with recognized 
scientific principles and the purposes for which each conservation 
system unit is established, designated, or expanded by or pursuant to 
this Act, to provide the opportunity for rural residents engaged in a 
subsistence way of life to continue to do so. 
(d) This Act provides sufficient protection for the national interest 
in the scenic, natural, cultural and environmental values on the 
public lands in Alaska, and at the same time provides adequate 
opportunity for satisfaction of the economic and social needs of the 
State of Alaska and its people; accordingly, the designation and 
disposition of the public lands in Alaska pursuant to this Act are 
found to represent a proper balance between the reservation of 
national conservation system units and those public lands necessary 
and appropriate for more intensive use and disposition, and thus 
Congress believes that the need for future legislation designating new 
conservation system units, new national conservation areas, or new 
national recreation areas, has been obviated thereby. 
DEFINITIONS 
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(2) The term "Federal land" means lands the title to which is in 
the United States after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) The term "public lands" means land situated in Alaska 
which, after the date of enactment of this Act, are Federal lands, 
except— 
(A) land selections of the State of Alaska which have been 
tentatively approved or validly selected under the Alaska 
Statehood Act and lands which have been confirmed to, 
validly selected by, or granted to the Territory of Alaska or 
the State under any other provision of Federal law; 
(B) land selections of a Native Corporation made under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act which have not been 
conveyed to a Native Corporation, unless any such selection 
is determined to be invalid or is relinquished; and 
(C) lands referred to in section 19(b) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act. 
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(4) The term "conservation system unit" means any unit in 
Alaska of the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge 
System, National Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems, National 
Trails System, National Wilderness Preservation System, or a 
National Forest Monument including existing units, units estab-
lished, designated, or expanded by or under the provisions of this 
Act, additions to such units, and any such unit established, 
designated, or expanded hereafter. 
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"An Act to provide for the settlement of certain land claims of ^°^^-
Alaska Natives, and for other purposes", approved December 18, 
1971 (85 Stat. 688), as amended. 
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(6) The term "Native Corporation" means any Regional Corpo-
ration, any Village Corporation, any Urban Corporation, and 
any Native Group. 
(7) The term "Regional Corporation" has the same meaning as 
such term has under section 3(g) of the Alaska Native Claims 
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Settlement Act. 
(8) The term "Village Corporation" has the same meaning as 
such term has under section 3(j) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act. 
(9) The term "Urban Corporation" means those Native entities 
which have incorporated pursuant to section 14(h)(3) of the 
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(10) The term "Native Group" has the same meaning as such 
term has under sections 3(d) and 14(h)(2) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act. 
(11) The term "Native land" means land owned by a Native 
Corporation or any Native Group and includes land which, as of 
the date of enactment of this Act, had been selected under the 
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by a Native Corporation or 
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Native Group and had not been conveyed by the Secretary 
(except to the extent such selection is determined to be invalid or 
has been relinquished) and land referred to in section 19(b) of the 
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(12) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior, 
except that when such term is used with respect to any unit of 
the National Forest System, such term means the Secretary of 
Agriculture. 
(13) The terms "wilderness" and "National Wilderness Preser-
vation System" have the same meaning as when used in the 
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Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890). 
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(14) The term "Alaska Statehood Act" means the Act entitled 
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"An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Alaska into 
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the Union", approved July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 339), as amended. 
(15) The term "State" means the State of Alaska. 
(16) The term "Alaska Native" or "Native" has the same 
meaning as the term "Native" has in section 3(b) of the Alaska 
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Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(17) The term "fish and wildlife" means any member of the 
animal kingdom, including without limitation any mammal, 
fish, bird (including any migratory, nonmigratory or endangered 
bird for which protection is also afforded by treaty or other 
international agreement), amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crusta-
cean, arthropod or other invertebrate, and includes any part, 
product, egg, or offspring thereof, or the dead body or part 
thereof. 
(18) The term "take" or "taking" as used with respect to fish or 
wildlife, means to pursue, hunt, shoot, trap, net, capture, collect, 
kill, harm, or attempt to engage in any such conduct. 
MAPS 
Public 
SEC. 103. (a) The boundary maps described in this Act shall be on 
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the Secretary of Agriculture with regard to the National Forest 
System. In the event of discrepancies between the acreages specified 
in this Act and those depicted on such maps, the maps shall be 
controlling, but the boundaries of areas added to the National Park, 
Wildlife Refuge and National Forest Systems shall, in coastal areas 
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not extend seaward beyond the mean high tide line to include lands 
owned by the State of Alaska unless the State shall have concurred in 
such boundary extension and such extension is accomplished under 
the notice and reporting requirements of this Act. 
(b) As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, a map and 
legal description of each change in land management status effected 
by this Act, including the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
shall be published in the Federal Register and filed with the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, and 
each such description shall have the same force and effect as if 
included in this Act: Provided, however. That correction of clerical 
and typographical errors in each such legal description and map may 
be made. Each such map and legal description shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the office of the Secretary. When-
ever possible boundaries shall follow hydrographic divides or em-
brace other topographic or natural features. Following reasonable 
notice in writing to the Congress of his intention to do so the 
Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture may make minor adjust-
ments in the boundaries of the areas added to or established by this 
Act as units of National Park, Wildlife Refuge, Wild and Scenic 
Rivers, National Wilderness Preservation, and National Forest Sys-
tems and as national conservation areas and national recreation 
areas. For the purposes of this subsection, a minor boundary adjust-
ment shall not increase or decrease the amount of land within any 
such area by more than 23,000 acres. 
(c) Only those lands within the boundaries of any conservation 
system unit which are public lands (as such term is defined in this 
Act) shall be deemed to be included as a portion of such unit. No lands 
which, before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, are 
conveyed to the State, to any Native Corporation, or to any private 
party shall be subject to the regulations applicable solely to public 
lands within such units. If the State, a Native Corporation, or other 
owner desires to convey any such lands, the Secretary may acquire 
such lands in accordance with applicable law (including this Act), and 
any such lands shall become part of the unit, and be administered 
accordingly. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
Filing with 
Speaker of 
House and 
President of 
Senate. 
Minor boundary 
adjustments, 
notification to 
Congress. 
ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW AREAS 
SEC. 201. The following areas are hereby established as units of the 
National Park System and shall be administered by the Secretary 
under the laws governing the administration of such lands and under 
the provisions of this Act: 
(1) Aniakchak National Monument, containing approximately 
one hundred and thirty-eight thousand acres of public lands, and 
Aniakchak National Preserve, containing approximately three 
hundred and seventy-six thousand acres of public lands, as 
generally depicted on map numbered ANIA-90,005, and dated 
October 1978. The monument and preserve shall be managed for 
the following purposes, among others: To maintain the caldera 
and its associated volcanic features and landscape, including the 
Aniakchak River and other lakes and streams, in their natural 
state; to study, interpret, and assure continuation of the natural 
process of biological succession; to protect habitat for, and popu-
lations of, fish and wildlife, including, but not limited to, brown/ 
grizzly bears, moose, caribou, sea lions, seals, and other marine 
Administration 
by Interior 
Secretary. 
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Aniakchak 
National 
Monument. 
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Bering Land 
Bridge National 
Preserve. 
Cape 
Krusenstern 
National 
Monument. 
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Gates of the 
Arctic National 
Park. 
mammals, geese, swans, and other waterfowl and in a manner 
consistent with the foregoing, to interpret geological and biologi-
cal processes for visitors. Subsistence uses by local residents shall 
be permitted in the monument where such uses are traditional in 
accordance with the provisions of title VIIL 
(2) Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, containing approxi-
mately two million four hundred and fifty-seven thousand acres 
of public land, as generally depicted on map numbered 
BELA-90,005, and dated October 1978. The preserve shall be 
managed for the following purposes, among others: To protect 
and interpret examples of arctic plant communities, volcanic 
lava flows, ash explosions, coastal formations, and other geologic 
processes; to protect habitat for internationally significant popu-
lations of migratory birds; to provide for archeological and 
paleontological study, in cooperation with Native Alaskans, of 
the process of plant and animal migration, including man, 
between North America and the Asian Continent; to protect 
habitat for, and populations of, fish and wildlife including, but 
not limited to, marine mammals, brown/grizzly bears, moose, 
and wolves; subject to such reasonable regulatioixs as the Secre-
tary may prescribe, to continue reindeer grazing use, including 
necessary facilities and equipment, within the areas which on 
January 1, 1976, were subject to reindeer grazing permits, in 
accordance with sound range management practices; to protect 
the viability of subsistence resources; and in a manner consistent 
with the foregoing, to provide for outdoor recreation and environ-
mental education activities including public access for recre-
ational purposes to the Serpentine Hot Springs area. The 
Secretary shall permit the continuation of customary patterns 
and modes of travel during periods of adequate snow cover 
within a one-hundred-foot right-of-way along either side of an 
existing route from Deering to the Taylor Highway, subject to 
such reasonable regulations as the Secretary may promulgate to 
assure that such travel is consistent with the foregoing purposes. 
(3) Cape Krusenstern National Monument, containing approxi-
mately five hundred and sixty thousand acres of public lands, as 
generally depicted on map numbered CAKR-90,007, and dated 
October 1979. The monument shall be managed for the following 
purposes, among others: To protect and interpret a series of 
archeological sites depicting every known cultural period in 
arctic Alaska; to provide for scientific study of the process of 
human population of the area from the Asian Continent; in 
cooperation with Native Alaskans, to preserve and interpret 
evidence of prehistoric and historic Native cultures; to protect 
habitat for seals and other marine mamm£ils; to protect habitat 
for and populations of, birds, and other wildlife, and fish 
resources; and to protect the viability of subsistence resources. 
Subsistence uses by local residents shall be permitted in the 
monument in accordance with the provisions of title VIIL 
(4)(a) Gates of the Arctic National Park, containing approxi-
mately seven million fifty-two thousand acres of public lands. 
Gates of the Arctic National Preserve, containing approximately 
nine hundred thousand acres of Federal lands, as generally 
depicted on map numbered GAAR-90,011, and dated July 1980. 
The park and preserve shall be managed for the following 
purposes, among others: To maintain the wild and undeveloped 
character of the area, including opportunities for visitors to 
experience solitude, and the natural environmental integrity 
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and scenic beauty of the mountains, forelands, rivers, lakes, and 
other natural features; to provide continued opportunities, 
including reasonable access, for mountain climbing, mountain-
eering, and other wilderness recreational activities; and to 
protect habitat for and the populations of, fish and wildlife, 
including, but not limited to, caribou, grizzly bears, Dall sheep, 
moose, wolves, and raptorial birds. Subsistence uses by local 
residents shall be permitted in the park, where such uses are 
traditional, in accordance with the provisions of title VIII. 
(b) Congress finds that there is a need for access for surface 
transportation purposes across the Western (Kobuk River) unit 
of the Gates of the Arctic National Preserve (from the Ambler 
Mining District to the Alaska Pipeline Haul Road) and the 
Secretary shall permit such access in accordance with the provi-
sions of this subsection. 
(c) Upon the filing of an application pursuant to section 1104 
(b), and (c) of this Act for a right-of-way across the Western 
(Kobuk River) unit of the presen/e, including the Kobuk Wild 
and Scenic River, the Secretary shall give notice in the Federal 
Register of a thirty-day period for other applicants to apply for 
access. 
(d) The Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation shall 
jointly prepare an environmental and economic analysis solely 
for the purpose of determining the most desirable route for the 
right-of-way and terms and conditions which may be required for 
the issuance of that right-of-way. This analysis shall be com-
pleted within one year and the draft thereof within nine months 
of the receipt of the application and shall be prepared in lieu of 
an environmental impact statement which would otherwise be 
required under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act. Such analysis shall be deemed to satisfy all require-
ments of that Act and shall not be subject to judicial review. Such 
environmental and economic analysis shall be prepared in 
accordance with the procedural requirements of section 1104(e). 
The Secretaries in preparing the analysis shall consider the 
following— 
(i) Alternative routes including the consideration of eco-
nomically feasible and prudent alternative routes across the 
preserve which would result in fewer or less severe adverse 
impacts upon the preserve. 
(ii) The environmental and social and economic impact of 
the right-of-way including impact upon wildlife, fish, and 
their habitat, and rural and traditional lifestyles including 
subsistence activities, and measures which should be insti-
tuted to avoid or minimize negative impacts and enhance 
positive impacts. 
(e) Within 60 days of the completion of the environmental and 
economic analysis, the Secretaries shall jointly agree upon a 
route for issuance of the right-of-way across the preserve. Such 
right-of-way shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of 
section 1107 of this Act. 
(5) Kenai Fjords National Park, containing approximately five 
hundred and sixty-seven thousand acres of public lands, as 
generally depicted on map numbered KEFJ-90,007, and dated 
October 1978. The park shall be managed for the following 
purposes, among others: To maintain unimpaired the scenic and 
environmental integrity of the Harding Icefield, its outflowing 
glaciers, and coastal fjords and islands in their natural state; and 
Post, p. 2422. 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
Environmental 
and economic 
analysis. 
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Kenai Fjords 
National Park. 
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Kobuk Valley 
National Park. 
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Lake Clark 
National Park. 
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Noatak National 
Preserve. 
to protect seals, sea lions, other marine mammals, and marine 
and other birds and to maintain their hauling and breeding areas 
in their natural state, free of human activity which is disruptive 
to their natural processes. In a manner consistent with the 
foregoing, the Secretary is authorized to develop access to the 
Harding Icefield and to allow use of mechanized equipment on 
the icefield for recreation. 
(6) Kobuk Valley National Park, containing approximately one 
million seven hundred and ten thousand acres of public lands as 
generally depicted on map numbered KOVA-90,009, and dated 
October 1979. The park shall be managed for the following 
purposes, among others: To maintain the environmental integ-
rity of the natural features of the Kobuk River Valley, including 
the Kobuk, Salmon, and other rivers, the boreal forest, and the 
Great Kobuk Sand Dunes, in an undeveloped state; to protect 
and interpret, in cooperation with Native Alaskans, archeologi-
cal sites associated with Native cultures; to protect migration 
routes for the Arctic caribou herd; to protect habitat for, and 
populations of, fish and wildlife including but not limited to 
caribou, moose, black and grizzly bears, wolves, and waterfowl; 
and to protect the viability of subsistence resources. Subsistence 
uses by local residents shall be permitted in the park in accord-
ance with the provisions of title VIII. Except at such times when, 
and locations where, to do so would be inconsistent with the 
purposes of the park, the Secretary shall permit aircraft to 
continue to land at sites in the upper Salmon River watershed. 
(7)(a) Lake Clark National Park, containing approximately two 
million four hundred thirty-nine thousand acres of public lands, 
and Lake Clark National Preserve, containing approximately 
one million two hundred and fourteen thousand acres of public 
lands, as generally depicted on map numbered LACL-90,008, and 
dated October 1978. The park and preserve shall be managed for 
the following purposes, among others: To protect the watershed 
necessary for perpetuation of the red salmon fishery in Bristol 
Bay; to maintain unimpaired the scenic beauty and quality of 
portions of the Alaska Range and the Aleutian Range, including 
active volcanoes, glaciers, wild rivers, lakes, waterfalls, and 
alpine meadows in their natural state; and to protect habitat for 
and populations of fish and wildlife including but not limited to 
caribou, Dall sheep, brown/grizzly bears, bald eagles, and per-
egrine falcons. 
(b) No lands conveyed to the Nondalton Village Corporation 
shall be considered to be within the boundaries of the park or 
preserve; if the corporation desires to convey any such lands, the 
Secretary may acquire such lands with the consent of the owner, 
and any such lands so acquired shall become part of the park or 
preserve, as appropriate. Subsistence uses by local residents shall 
be permitted in the park where such uses are traditional in 
accordance with the provisions of title VIII. 
(8)(a) Noatak National Preserve, containing approximately six 
million four hundred and sixty thousand acres of public lands, as 
generally depicted on map numbered NOAT-90,004, and dated 
July 1980. The preserve shall be managed for the following 
purposes, among others: To maintain the environmental integ-
rity of the Noatak River and adjacent uplands within the 
preserve in such a manner as to assure the continuation of 
geological and biological processes unimpaired by adverse 
human activity; to protect habitat for, and populations of, fish 
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and wildlife, including but not limited to caribou, grizzly bears, 
Dall sheep, moose, wolves, and for waterfowl, raptors, and other 
species of birds; to protect archeological resources; and in a 
manner consistent with the foregoing, to provide opportunities 
for scientific research. The Secretary may establish a board 
consisting of scientists and other experts in the field of arctic 
research in order to assist him in the encouragement and 
administration of research efforts within the preserve. 
(b) All lands located east of centerline of the main channel of 
the Noatak River which are— 
(1) within 
(A) any area withdrawn under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act for selection by the village of 
Noatak, and 
(B) any village deficiency withdrawal under section 
11(a)(3)(A) of such Act which is adjacent to the area 
described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, 
(2) adjacent to public lands within a unit of the National 
Park System as designated under this Act, and 
(3) not conveyed to such Village or other Native Corpora-
tion before the final conveyance date, shall, on such final 
conveyance date, be added to and included within, the 
adjacent unit of the National Park System (notwithstanding 
the applicable acreage specified in this paragraph) and 
managed in the manner provided in the foregoing provisions 
of this paragraph. For purposes of the preceding sentence 
the term "final conveyance date" means the date of the 
conveyance of lands under the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act, or by operation of this Act, to the Village of 
Noatak, or to any other Native Corporation which completes 
the entitlement of such Village or other Corporation to 
conveyance of lands from the withdrawals referred to in 
subparagraph (1). 
(9) Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park, containing approxi-
mately eight million one hundred and forty-seven thousand acres 
of public lands, and Wrangell-Saint Elias National Preserve, 
containing approximately four million one hundred and seventy-
one thousand acres of public lands, as generally depicted on map 
numbered WRST-90,007, and dated August 1980. The park and 
preserve shall be managed for the following purposes, among 
others: To maintain unimpaired the scenic beauty and quality of 
high mountain peaks, foothills, glacial systems, lakes, and 
streams, valleys, and coastal landscapes in their natural state; to 
protect habitat for, and populations of, fish and wildlife including 
but not limited to caribou, brown/grizzly bears, Dall sheep, 
moose, wolves, trumpeter swans and other waterfowl, and 
marine mammals; and to provide continued opportunities, 
including reasonable access for mountain climbing, mountain-
eering, and other wilderness recreational activities. Subsistence 
uses by local residents shall be permitted in the park, where 
such uses are traditional, in accordance with the provisions of 
title VIII. 
(10) Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, containing 
approximately one million seven hundred and thirteen thousand 
acres of public lands, as generally depicted on map numbered 
YUCH-90,008, and dated October 1978. The preserve shall be 
managed for the following purposes, among others; To maintain 
the environmental integrity of the entire Charley River basin. 
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43 u s e 1610. 
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Elias National 
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including streams, lakes and other natural features, in its 
undeveloped natural condition for public benefit and scientific 
study; to protect habitat for, and populations of, fish and wildlife, 
including but not limited to the peregrine falcons and other 
raptorial birds, caribou, moose, Dall sheep, grizzly bears, and 
wolves; and in a manner consistent with the foregoing, to protect 
and interpret historical sites and events associated with the gold 
rush on the Yukon River and the geological and paleontological 
history and cultural prehistory of the area. Except at such times 
when and locations where to do so would be inconsistent with the 
purposes of the preserve, the Secretary shall permit aircraft to 
continue to land at sites in the Upper Charley River watershed. 
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National 
Monument. 
Katmai National 
Monument. 
Mount McKinley 
National Park. 
ADDITIONS TO EXISTING AREAS 
SEC. 202. The following units of the National Park System are 
hereby expanded: 
(1) Glacier Bay National Monument, by the addition of an area 
containing approximately five hundred and twenty-three thou-
sand acres of Federal land. Approximately fifty-seven thousand 
acres of additional public land is hereby established as Glacier 
Bay National Preserve, both as generally depicted on map 
numbered GLBA-90,004, and dated October 1978; furthermore, 
the monument is hereby redesignated as "Glacier Bay National 
Park". The monument addition and preserve shall be managed 
for the following purposes, among others: To protect a segment of 
the Alsek River, fish and wildlife habitats and migration routes, 
and a portion of the Fairweather Range including the northwest 
slope of Mount Fairweather. Lands, waters, and interests therein 
within the boundary of the park and preserve which were within 
the boundary of any national forest are hereby excluded from 
such national forest and the boundary of such national forest is 
hereby revised accordingly. 
(2) katmai National Monument, by the addition of an area 
containing approximately one million and thirty-seven thousand 
acres of public land. Approximately three hundred and eight 
thousand acres of additional public land is hereby established as 
Katmai National Preserve, both as generally depicted on map 
numbered 90,007, and dated July 1980; furthermore, the monu-
ment is hereby redesignated as "Katmai National Park". The 
monument addition and preserve shall be managed for the 
following purposes, among others: To protect habitats for, and 
populations of, fish and wildlife including, but not limited to, 
high concentrations of brown/grizzly bears and their denning 
areas; to maintain unimpaired the water habitat for significant 
salmon populations; and to protect scenic, geological, cultural 
and recreational features. 
(3)(a) Mount McKinley National Park, by the addition of an 
area containing approximately two million four hundred and 
twenty-six thousand acres of public land, and approximately one 
million three hundred and thirty thousand acres of additional 
public land is hereby established as Denali National Preserve, 
both as generally depicted on map numbered DENA-90,007, and 
dated July 1980 and the whole is hereby redesignated as Denali 
National Park and Preserve. The park additions and preserve 
shall be managed for the following purposes, among others: To 
protect and interpret the entire mountain massif, and additional 
scenic mountain peaks and formations; and to protect habitat 
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Study. 
Report to 
Congress. 
for, and populations offish and wildlife including, but not limited 
to, brown/grizzly bears, moose, caribou, Dall sheep, wolves, 
swans and other waterfowl; and to provide continued opportuni-
ties, including reasonable access, for mountain climbing, moun-
taineering and other wildnerness recreational activities. That 
portion of the Alaska Railroad right-of-way within the park shall 
be subject to such laws and regulations applicable to the protec-
tion of fish and wildlife and other park values as the Secretary, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of Transportation, may 
determine. Subsistence uses by local residents shall be permitted 
in the additions to the park where such uses are traditional in 
accordance with the provisions in title VIIL 
(b) The Alaska Land Use Council shall, in cooperation with the 
Secretary, conduct a study of the Kantishna Hills and Dunkle 
Mine areas of the park as generally depicted on a map entitled 
"Kantishna Hills/Dunkle Mine Study Area", dated October 
1979, and report thereon to the Congress not later than three 
years from the date of enactment of this Act. The study and 
report shall evaluate the resources of the area, including but not 
limited to, fish and wildlife, public recreation opportunities, 
wilderness potential, historic resources, and minerals, and shall 
include those recommendations respecting resources and other 
relevant matters which the Council determines are necessary. In 
conjunction with the study required by this section, the Council, 
in consultation with the Secretary, shall compile information 
relating to the mineral potential of the areas encompassed 
within the study, the estimated cost of acquiring mining proper-
ties, and the environmental consequences of further mineral 
development. 
(c) During the period of the study, no acquisition of privately 
owned land shall be permitted within the study area, except with 
the consent of the owner, and the holders of valid mining claims 
shall be permitted to operate on their claims, subject to reason-
able regulations designed to minimize damage to the environ-
ment: Provided, however. That such lands or claims shall be 
subject to acquisition without the consent of the owner or holder 
if the Secretary determines, after notice and opportunity for 
hearing, if such notice and hearing are not otherwise required by 
applicable law or regulation, that activities on such lands or 
claims will significantly impair important scenic, wildlife, or 
recreational values of the public lands which are the subject of 
the study. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
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administer the lands, waters, and interests therein added to existing 
areas or established by the foregoing sections of this title as new areas 
of the National Park System, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of 
August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented (16 
U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and, as appropriate, under section 1313 and the other Post, p. 2483. 
applicable provisions of this Act: Provided, however. That hunting 
shall be permitted in areas designated as national preserves under 
the provisions of this Act. Subsistence uses by local residents shall be 
allowed in national preserves and, where specifically permitted by 
this Act, in national monuments and parks. Lands, waters, and 
interests therein withdrawn or reserved for the former Katmai and 
Glacier Bay National Monuments are hereby incorporated within 
and made a part of Katmai National Park or Glacier Bay National 
Land 
acquisition, 
notice and 
hearing. 
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Park, as appropriate. Any funds available for the purposes of such 
monuments are hereby made available for the purposes of Katmai 
National Park and Preserve or Glacier Bay National Park and 
Preserve, as appropriate. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no fees shall be charged for entrance or admission to any unit of 
the National Park System located in Alaska. 
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43 u s e 1616. 
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note. 
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NATIVE SELECTIONS 
SEC. 204. Valid Native Corporation selections, or lands identified 
for selection by Regional Corporations pursuant to section 17(d)(2)(E) 
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, within the boundaries of 
the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve as established 
under this Act, are hereby recognized and shall be honored and 
conveyed by the Secretary in accordance with the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act and this Act. 
COMMERCIAL PISHING 
SEC. 205. With respect to the Cape Krusenstern National Monu-
ment, the Malaspina Glacier Forelands area of Wrangell-Saint Elias 
National Preserve and the Dry Bay area of Glacier Bay National 
Preserve, the Secretary may take no action to restrict unreasonably 
the exercise of valid commercial fishing rights or privileges obtained 
pursuant to existing law, including the use of public lands for 
campsites, cabins, motorized vehicles, and aircraft landings on exist-
ing airstrips, directly incident to the exercise of such rights or 
privileges, except that this prohibition shall not apply to activities 
which the Secretary, after conducting a public hearing in the affected 
locality, finds constitute a significant expansion of the use of park 
lands beyond the level of such use during 1979. 
WITHDRAWAL FROM MINING 
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SEC. 206. Subject to valid existing rights, and except as explicitly 
provided otherwise in this Act, the Federal lands within units of the 
National Park System established or expanded by or pursuant to this 
Act are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation or disposal 
under the public land laws, including location, entry, and patent 
under the United States mining laws, disposition under the mineral 
leasing laws, and from future selections by the State of Alaska and 
Native Corporations. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM 
43 u s e 1601 
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43 u s e 1611 
note. 
Post, p. 2543. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 301. For purposes of this title— 
(1) The term "existing", if used in referring to any unit of the 
National Wildlife Refuge System in the State, means the unit as 
it existed on the day before the date of enactment of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act except as specifically modified by 
section 12(b)(1) of Public Law 94-204 and section 1432(c) of this 
Act. 
(2) The term "refuge" means— 
(A) any unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System 
established by section 302 or 303 of this Act; 
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(B) any existing unit of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System in Alaska not included within any unit referred to in 
subparagraph (A); 
(C) any unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System 
established in Alaska after the date of the enactment of this 
Act; or 
(D) any addition to any unit described in subparagraphs 
(A), (B), or (C) above. 
ESTABUSHMENT OF NEW REFUGES 
SEC. 302. The following are established as units of the National 
Wildlife Refuge System: 
(1) ALASKA PENINSULA NATIONAL WILDUFE REFUGE.—(A) The 1
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Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the ^°^^-
approximately three million five hundred thousand acres of 
public lands as generally depicted on the map entitled "Alaska 
Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge", dated October 1979 and 
shall include the lands on the Alsiska Peninsula transferred to 
and made part of the refuge pursuant to section 1427 of this Act. 
(B) The purposes for which the Alaska Peninsula National 
Wildlife Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, brown 
bears, the Alaska Peninsula caribou herd, moose, sea otters 
and other marine mammals, shorebirds and other migratory 
birds, raptors, including bald eagles and peregrine felcons, 
and salmonoids and other fish; 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above, the opportunity 
for continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
(2) BECHAROF NATIONAL WILDUFE REFUGE.—(A) The Becharof 1
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National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the approximately one 
million two hundred thousand acres of public lands generally 
depicted on the map entitled "Becharof National Wildlife 
Refuge", dated July 1980. 
(B) The purposes for which the Becharof National Wildlife 
Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, brown 
bears, salmon, migratory birds, the Alaskan Peninsula cari-
bou herd and marine birds and mammals; 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wilcUife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
note. 
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(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
(3) INNOKO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.—(A) The Innoko 
National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the approximately 
three million eight hundred and fifty thousand acres of public 
lands generally depicted on the map entitled "Innoko National 
Wildlife Refuge", dated October 1978. 
(B) The purposes for which the Innoko National Wildlife 
Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, water-
fowl, peregrine falcons, other migratory birds, black bear, 
moose, furbearers, and other mammals and salmon; 
(ii) to fulfill international treaty obligations of the United 
States with respect to fish and wildlife and their habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
(4) KANUTI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.—(A) The Kanuti 
National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the approximately one 
million four hundred and thirty thousand acres of public lands 
generally depicted on the map entitled "Kanuti National Wild-
life Refuge", dated Julv 1980. 
(B) The purposes for which the Kanuti National Wildlife 
Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, white-
fronted geese and other waterfowl and migratory birds, 
moose, caribou (including participation in coordinated eco-
logical studies and management of the Western Arctic 
caribou herd), and furbearers; 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
(5) KoYUKUK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.—(A) The Koyukuk 
National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the approximately 
three million five hundred and fifty thousand acres of public 
lands generally depicted on the map entitled "Koyukuk National 
Wildlife Refuge", dated July 1980. 
(B) The purposes for which the Koyukuk National Wildlife 
Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve the fish and wildlife populations and habi-
tats in their natural diversity including, but not limited to, 
waterfowl and other migratory birds, moose, caribou (includ-
ing participation in coordinated ecological studies and man-
agement of the Western Arctic caribou herd), furbearers, 
and salmon; 
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94 STAT. 2387 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
(6) NOWITNA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.—(A) The Nowitna 
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million five hundred and sixty thousand acres of public lands 
generally depicted on a map entitled "Nowitna National Wildlife 
Refuge", dated July 1980. 
(B) The purposes for which the Nowitna National Wildlife 
Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, trum-
peter swans, white-fronted geese, canvasbacks and other 
waterfowl and migratory birds, moose, caribou, martens, 
wolverines and other furbearers, salmon, sheefish, and 
northern pike; 
(ii) to fulfill international treaty obligations of the United 
States with respect to fish and wildlife and their habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
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National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the approximately two ^°^^-
million one hundred and fifty thousand acres of public land 
generally depicted on the map entitled "Selawik National Wild-
life Refuge", dated July 1980. No lands conveyed to any Native 
Corporation shall be considered to be within the boundaries of 
the refuge; except that if any such corporation desires to convey 
any such lands, the Secretary may acquire such lands with the 
consent of the owner and any such acquired lands shall become 
public lands of the refuge. 
(B) The purposes for which the Selawik National Wildlife 
Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve the fish and wildlife populations and habi-
tats in their natural diversity including, but not limited to, 
the Western Arctic caribou herd (including participation in 
coordinated ecological studies and management of these 
caribou), waterfowl, shorebirds and other migratory birds, 
and salmon and sheefish; 
(ii) to fulfill international treaty obligations of the United 
States with respect to fish and wildlife and their habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
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(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
(C) The Secretary shall administer the refuge in such a manner 
as will permit reindeer grazing uses, including the construction 
and maintenance of necessary facilities and equipment within 
the areas, which on January 1, 1976, were subject to reindeer 
grazing permits. 
(8) TETLIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.—(A) The Tetlin 
National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the approximately 
seven hundred thousand acres of public land as generally 
depicted on a map entitled "Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge , 
dated July 1980. The northern boundary of the refuge shall be a 
line parallel to, and three hundred feet south, of the centerline of 
the Alaska Highway. 
(B) The purposes for which the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge 
is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, water-
fowl, raptors and other migratory birds, furbearers, moose, 
caribou (including participation in coordinated ecological 
studies and management of the Chisana caribou herd), 
salmon and Dolly Varden; 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge; and 
(v) to provide, in a manner consistent with subparagraphs 
(i) and (ii), opportunities for interpretation and environmen-
tal education, particularly in conjunction with any adjacent 
State visitor facilities. 
(9) YUKON FLATS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.—(A) The Yukon 
Flats National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of approximately 
eight million six hundred and thirty thousand acres of public 
lands as generally depicted on the map entitled "Yukon Flats 
National Wildlife Refuge", dated July 1980. 
(B) The purposes for which the Yukon Flats National Wildlife 
Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, canvas-
backs and other migratory birds, Dall sheep, bears, moose, 
wolves, wolverines and other furbearers, caribou (including 
participation in coordinated ecological studies and manage-
ment of the Porcupine and Fortymile caribou herds) and 
salmon; 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
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Chukchi Sea 
Unit. 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
ADDITIONS TO EXISTING REFUGES 
SEC. 303. The following areas, consisting of existing refuges and the 
additions made thereto, are established or redesignated as units of 
the National Wildlife Refuge System: 
(1) ALASKA MARITIME NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.—(A) The 
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of eleven 
existing refuges, including all lands (including submerged lands), 
waters and interests therein which were a part of such refuges 
and are hereby redesignated as subunits of the Alaska Maritime 
National Wildlife Refuge; approximately four hundred and sixty 
thousand acres of additional public lands on islands, islets, rocks, 
reefs, spires and designated capes and headlands in the coastal 
areas and adjacent seas of Alaska, and an undetermined quan-
tity of submerged lands, if any, retained in Federal ownership at 
the time of statehood around Kodiak and Afognak Islands, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled "Alaska Maritime 
National Wildlife Refuge", dated October 1979, including the— 
(i) Chukchi Sea Unit—including Cape Lisburne, Cape 
Thompson, the existing Chamisso National Wildlife Refuge, 
and all other public lands on islands, islets, rocks, reefs, 
spires, and designated capes and headlands in the Chukchi 
Sea, but excluding such other offshore public lands within 
the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. That portion of 
the public lands on Cape Lisburne shall be named and 
appropriately identified as the "Ann Stevens-Cape Lis-
burne ' subunit of the Chukchi Sea Unit; 
(ii) Bering Sea Unit—including the existing Bering Sea Bering Sea Unit 
and Pribilof (Walrus and Otter Islands) National Wildlife 
Refuges, Hagemeister Island, Fairway Rock, Sledge Island, 
Bluff Unit, Besboro Island, Punuk Islands, Egg Island, King 
Island, and all other public lands on islands, islets, rocks, 
reefs, spires and designated capes and headlands in the 
Bering Sea; 
(iii) Aleutian Islands Unit—including the existing Aleu-
tian Islands and Bogoslof National Wildlife Refuges, and all 
other public lands in the Aleutian Islands; 
(iv) Alaska Peninsula Unit—including the existing 
Simeonof and Semidi National Wildlife Refuges, the Shuma-
gin Islands, Sutwik Island, the islands and headlands of 
Puale Bay, and all other public lands on islands, islets, rocks, 
reefs, spires and designated capes and headlands south of the 
Alaska Peninsula from Katmai National Park to False Pass 
including such offshore lands incorporated in this unit under 
section 1427; and 
(v) Gulf of Alaska Unit—including the existing Forrester 
Island, Hazy Islands, Saint Lazaria and Tuxedni National 
Wildlife Refuges, the Barren Islands, Latax Rocks, Harbor 
Island, Pye and Chiswell Islands, Ragged, Natoa, Chat, 
Chevel, Granite and Middleton Islands, the Trinity Islands, 
all named and unnamed islands, islets, rocks, reefs, spires, 
and whatever submerged lands, if any, were retained in 
Federal ownership at the time of statehood surrounding 
Kodiak and Afognak Islands and all other such public lands 
on islands, islets, rocks, reefs, spires and designated capes 
and headlands within the Gulf of Alaska, but excluding such 
Aleutian Islands 
Unit. 
Alaska 
Peninsula Unit. 
Gulf of Alaska 
Unit. 
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lands within existing units of the National Park System, 
Nuka Island and lands within the National Forest System 
except as provided in section 1427 of this Act. 
(B) The purposes for which the Alaska Maritime National 
Wildlife Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to marine 
mammals, marine birds and other migratory birds, the 
marine resources upon which they rely, bears, caribou and 
other mammals; 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; 
(iv) to provide, in a manner consistent with subparagraphs 
(i) and (ii), a program of national and international scientific 
research on marine resources; and 
(v) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
(C) Any lands acquired pursuant to section 1417 of this Act 
shall be included as public lands of the Alaska Maritime 
National Wildlife Refuge. 
(2) ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.—(A) The Arctic 
National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the existing Arctic 
National Wildlife Range including lands, waters, interests, and 
whatever submerged lands, if any, were retained in Federal 
ownership at the time of statehood and an addition of approxi-
mately nine million one hundred and sixty thousand acres of 
public lands, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Arctic 
National Wildlife Refuge', dated August 1980. 
(B) The purposes for which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 
is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, the 
Porcupine caribou herd (including participation in coordi-
nated ecological studies and management of this herd and 
the Western Arctic caribou herd), polar bears, grizzly bears, 
muskox, Dall sheep, wolves, wolverines, snow geese, per-
egrine falcons and other migratory birds and Arctic char and 
grayling; 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
(3) IzEMBEK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.—(A) The existing 
Izembek National Wildlife Range including the lands, waters 
and interests of that unit which shall be redesignated as the 
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. 
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94 STAT. 2391 
(B) The purposes for which the Izembek National Wildlife 
Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, water-
fowl, shorebirds and other migratory birds, brown bears and 
salmonoids; 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
(4) KENAI 
NATIONAL WILDUFE 
REFUGE.—(A) The Kenai 16 use 668dd 
National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the existing Kenai ^°^^-
National Moose Range, including lands, waters, interests, and 
whatever submerged lands, if any, were retained in Federal 
ownership at the time of statehood, which shall be redesignated 
as the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, and an addition of 
approximately two hundred and forty thousand acres of public 
lands as generally depicted on the map entitled "Kenai National 
Wildlife Refuge", dated October 1978, excluding lands described 
in P.L.O. 3953, March 21, 1966, and P.L.O. 4056, July 22, 1966, 
withdrawing lands for the Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project. 
(B) The purposes for which the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge 
is established and shall be managed, include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, moose, 
bears, mountain goats, Dall sheep, wolves and other fur-
bearers, salmonoids and other fish, waterfowl and other 
migratory and nonmigratory birds; 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge; 
(iv) to provide in a manner consistent with subparagraphs 
(i) and (ii), opportunities for scientific research, interpreta^ 
tion, environmental education, and land management 
training; and 
(v) to provide, in a manner compatible with these pur-
poses, opportunities for fish and wildlife-oriented recreation. 
(5) KODIAK NATIONAL WILDUFE REFUGE.—(A) The Kodiak 
16 USC 668dd 
National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the existing Kodiak "°*® 
National Wildlife Refuge, including lands, waters, interests, and 
whatever submerged lands, if any, were retained in Federal 
ownership at the time of statehood, which is redesignated as the 
Kodiak Island Unit of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, and 
the addition of all public lands on Afognak and Ban Islands of 
approximately fifty thousand acres as generally depicted on the 
map entitled "Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge", dated October 
1978. The described public lands on Afognak Island are those 
incorporated in this refuge from section 1427 of this Act. 
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(B) The purposes for which the Kodiak National Wildlife 
Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, Kodiak 
brown bears, salmonoids, sea otters, sea lions and other 
marine mammals and migratory birds; 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
(6) TOGIAK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.—(A) The 
Togiak 
National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the existing Cape 
Newenham National Wildlife Refuge, including lands, waters, 
and interests therein, which shall be redesignated as a unit of the 
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, and an addition of approxi-
mately three million eight hundred and forty thousand acres of 
public lands, as generally depicted on the map entitled "Togiak 
National Wildlife Refuge", dated April 1980. 
(B) The purposes for which the Togiak National Wildlife 
Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, salmon-
oids, marine birds and mammals, migratory birds and large 
mammals (including their restoration to historic levels); 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
(7) YUKON DELTA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.—(A) The Yukon 
Delta National Wildlife Refuge shall consist of the existing 
Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Range, Hazen Bay National 
Wildlife Refuge, and Nunivak National Wildlife Refuge, includ-
ing lands, waters, interests, and whatever submerged lands, if 
any, were retained in Federal ownership at the time of statehood, 
which shall be redesignated as units of the Yukon Delta National 
Wildlife Refuge and the addition of approximately thirteen 
million four hundred thousand acres of public lands, as generally 
depicted on the map entitled "Yukon Delta National Wildlife 
Refuge", dated April 1980. 
(B) The purposes for which the Yukon Delta National Wildlife 
Refuge is established and shall be managed include— 
(i) to conserve fish and wildlife populations and habitats in 
their natural diversity including, but not limited to, shore-
birds, seabirds, whistling swans, emperor, white-fronted and 
Canada geese, black brant and other migratory birds, 
salmon, muskox, and marine mammals; 
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94 STAT. 2393 
(ii) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the 
United States with respect to fish and wildlife and their 
habitats; 
(iii) to provide, in a manner consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), the opportunity for 
continued subsistence uses by local residents; and 
(iv) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable and in a 
manner consistent with the purposes set forth in paragraph 
(i), water quality and necessary water quantity within the 
refuge. 
(C) Subject to such reasonable regulations as the Secretary 
may prescribe, reindeer grazing, including necessary facilities 
and equipment, shall be permitted within areas where such use 
is, and in a manner which is, compatible with the purposes of this 
refuge. 
(D) Subject to reasonable regulation, the Secretary shall 
administer the refuge so as to not impede the passage of naviga-
tion and access by boat on the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers. 
Refuge use or 
easements. 
ADMINISTRATION OF REFUGES 
SEC. 304. (a) Each refuge shall be administered by the Secretary, 
subject to valid existing rights, in accordance with the laws governing 
the administration of units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, 
and this Act. 
(b) In applying section 4(d) of the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd) with respect to each 
refuge, the Secretary may not permit any use, or grant easements for 
any purpose described in such section 4(d) unless such use (including 
but not limited to any oil and gas leasing permitted under paragraph 
(2)) or purpose is compatible with the purposes of the refuge. The Regulations. 
Secretary shall prescribe such regulations and impose such terms 
and conditions as may be necessary and appropriate to ensure that 
activities carried out under any use or easement granted under any 
authority are so compatible. 
(c) All public lands (including whatever submerged lands, if any, 
beneath navigable waters of the United States (as that term is 
defined in section 1301(a) of title 43, United States Code) were 
retained in Federal ownership at the time of statehood) in each 
National Wildlife Refuge and any other National Wildlife Refuge 
System unit in Alaska are hereby withdrawn, subject to valid 
existing rights, from future selections by the State of Alaska and 
Native Corporations, from all forms of appropriation or disposal 
under the public land laws, including location, entry and patent 
under the mining laws but not from operation of mineral leasing 
laws. 
(d) The Secretary shall permit within units of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System designated, established, or enlarged by this Act, the 
exercise of valid commercial fishing rights or privileges obtained 
pursuant to existing law and the use of Federal lands, subject to 
reasonable regulation, for campsites, cabins, motorized vehicles, and 
aircraft landings directly incident to the exercise of such rights or 
privileges: Provided, That nothing in this section shall require the 
Secretary to permit the exercise of rights or privileges or uses of the 
Federal lands directly incident to such exercise, which he determines, 
after conducting a public hearing in the affected locality, to be 
inconsistent with the purposes of a unit of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System as described in this section and to be a significant 
Commercial 
fishing rights or 
privileges. 
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Cooperative 
management 
agreements. 
Comprehensive 
conservation 
plan. 
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expansion of commercial fishing activities within such unit beyond 
the level of such activities during 1979. 
(e) Where compatible with the purposes of the refuge unit, the 
Secretary may permit, subject to reasonable regulations and in 
accord with sound fisheries management principles, scientifically 
acceptable means of maintaining, enhancing, and rehabilitating fish 
stock. 
(f)(1) The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative manage-
ment agreements with any Native Corporation, the State, any politi-
cal subdivision of the State, or any other person owning or occupying 
land which is located within, or adjacent or near to, any national 
wildlife refuge. Each cooperative management agreement (herein-
after in this section referred to as an "agreement") shall provide that 
the land subject to the agreement shall be managed by the owner or 
occupant in a manner compatible with the major purposes of the 
refuge to which such land pertains including the opportunity for 
continuation of subsistence uses by local rural residents. 
(2) Each agreement shall— 
(A) set forth such uses of the land subject to the agreement 
which are compatible with the management goals set forth in 
subsection (f)(1); 
(B) permit the Secretary reasonable access to such land for 
purposes relating to the administration of the refuge and to carry 
out the obligations of the Secretary under the agreement; 
(C) permit reasonable access to such land by officers of the 
State for purposesLof conserving fish and wildlife; 
(D) set forth those services or other consideration which the 
Secretary agrees to provide the owner or occupant in return for 
the owner or occupant entering into the agreement, which 
services may include technical and other assistance with respect 
to fire control, trespass control, law enforcement, resource and 
land use planning, the conserving of fish and wildlife and the 
protection, maintenance and enhancement of any special values 
of the land subject to the agreement; 
(E) set forth such additional terms and conditions as the 
Secretary and the owner or occupant may agree to as being 
necessary and appropriate to carry out the management goals as 
set forth in subsection (f)(1); and 
(F) specify the effective period of the agreement. 
(g)(1) The Secretary shall prepare, and from time to time, revise, a 
comprehensive conservation plan (hereinafter in this subsection 
referred to as the "plan") for each refuge. 
(2) Before developing a plan for each refuge, the Secretary shall 
identify and describe— 
(A) the populations and habitats of the fish and wildlife 
resources of the refuge; 
(B) the special values of the refuge, as well as any other 
archeological, cultural, ecological, geological, historical, paleon-
tological, scenic, or wilderness value of the refuge; 
(C) areas within the refuge that are suitable for use as 
administrative sites or visitor facilities, or for visitor services, as 
provided for in sections 1305 and 1306 of this Act; 
(D) present and potential requirements for access with respect 
to the refuge, as provided for in title XI; and 
(E) significant problems which may adversely affect the popu-
lations and habitats of fish and wildlife identified and described 
under subparagraph (A). 
(3) Each plan shall— 
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94 STAT. 2395 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
(A) be based upon the identifications and the descriptions 
required to be made under paragraph (2)— 
(i) designate areas within the refuge according to their 
respective resources and values; 
(ii) specify the programs for conserving fish and wildhfe 
and the programs relating to maintaining the values 
referred to in paragraph (2)(B), proposed to be implemented 
within each such area; and 
(iii) specify the uses within each such area which may be 
compatible with the major purposes of the refuge; and 
(B) set forth those opportunities which will be provided within 
the refuge for fish and wildlife-oriented recreation, ecological 
research, environmental education and interpretation of refuge 
resources and values, if such recreation, research, education, and 
interpretation is compatible with the purposes of the refuge. 
(4) In preparing each plan and revisions thereto, the Secretary Public hearings 
shall consult with the appropriate State agencies and Native Corpo-
rations, and shall hold public hearings in such locations in the State 
as may be appropriate to insure that residents of local villages and 
political subdivisions of the State which will be primarily affected by 
the administration of the refuge concerned have opportunity to 
present their views with respect to the plan or revisions. 
(5) Before adopting a plan for any refuge, the Secretary shall issue 
public notice of the proposed plan in the Federal Register, make 
copies of the plan available at each regional office of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service and provide opportunity for public 
views and comment on the plem. 
(6) With respect to refuges established, redesignated, or expanded 
by section 302 or 303 the Secretary shall prepare plans for— 
(A) not less than five refuges within three years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act; 
(B) not less than ten refuges within five years after such date; 
(C) all refuges within seven years after such date. With respect 
to any refuge established in the State after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a plan for the 
refuge within two years after the date of its establishment; and 
(D) in the case of any refuge established, redesignated, or 
expanded by this title with respect to which a wilderness review 
is required under this Act, at the same time the President 
submits his recommendation concerning such unit under such 
section to the Congress, the Secretary shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of the Congress the conservation plan 
for that unit. 
PRIOR AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 305. All proclamations, Executive orders, public land orders, 
and other administrative actions in effect on the day before the date 
of the enactment of this Act with respect to units of the National 
Wildlife Refuge System in the State shall remain in force and effect 
except to the extent that they are inconsistent with this Act or the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and, in any such case, the 
provisions of such Acts shall prevail. All land within the boundaries 
described or depicted in any such action shall, if the unit of the 
National Wildlife Refuge System concerned is incorporated within 
any refuge established or redesignated by or described in section 302 
or 303, be included within such refuge. All funds available on such 
date of enactment for administration of any refuge shall remain 
available for the administration of such refuge. 
Conservation 
plan, submittal 
to congressional 
committees. 
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Caribou. 
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note. 
Review. 
C!ontracts. 
SPECIAL STUDY 
SEC. 306. (a) The Congress finds that the barren-ground caribou are 
a migratory species deserving of careful study and special protection, 
and that the Western Arctic and the Porcupine herds of such caribou 
are of national and international significance. 
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) The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct, and the Governor of 
Alaska is urged to cooperate with the Secretary in conducting, an 
ecological study of the barren-ground caribou herds north of the 
Yukon River and the herds that have been known to migrate between 
the United States and Canada, including, but not limited to, a 
determination of the seasonal migration patterns, reproduction and 
mortality rates, composition and age structure, behavioral character-
istics, habitats (including but not limited to calving, feeding, summer-
ing and wintering areas, and key migration routes) that are critical to 
their natural stability and productivity and the effects on the herds of 
development by man, predation, and disease. In conducting this study 
the Secretary shall review the experience of other Arctic circumpolar 
countries with caribou and is authorized to enter into such contracts 
as he deems necessary to carry out portions or all of this study. 
TITLE IV—NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA AND NATIONAL 
RECREATION AREA 
ESTABLISHMENT OF STEESE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 
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SEC. 401. (a) In order to provide for the immediate and future 
protection of the lands in Federal ownership within the framework of 
a program of multiple use and sustained yield and for the mainte-
nance of environmental quality, the Steese National Conservation 
Area is hereby established. 
(h) The Steese National Conservation Area shall include approxi-
mately one million two hundred twenty thousand acres of public 
lands, as generally depicted on the map entitled "Steese National 
Conservation Area—proposed", and dated October 1978. Special 
values to be considered in planning and management of the area are: 
caribou range and Birch Creek. 
Land use plan, 
development. 
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43 u s e 1701 
note. 
43 u s e 1716. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 402. (a) Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary, through 
the Bureau of Land Management, shall administer the Steese 
National Conservation Area established in section 401 pursuant to 
the applicable provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 dealing with the management and use of land in 
Federal ownership, and shall, within five years of the date of 
enactment of this Act, develop a land use plan for each such area, 
and for the area established in section 403. 
(b) No public lands within the national conservation area shall be 
transferred out of Federal ownership except by exchange pursuant to 
section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. Where 
consistent with the land use plans for the area, mineral development 
may be permitted pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 
amended, and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181-287) or the Materials Act 
of 1947, as amended (30 U.S.C. 601-603). Subject to valid existing 
rights, the minerals in Federal lands within national conservation 
areas are hereby withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under 
the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. 22-54). Where consistent 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2397 
with the land use plan for the area, the Secretary may classify lands 
within national conservation areas as suitable for locatable mineral 
exploration and development and open such lands to entry, location, 
and patent under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. 22-54). 
(c) Subject to valid existing rights, all mining claims located within 
any such unit shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the 
Secretary may prescribe to assure that mining will, to the maximum 
extent practicable, be consistent with protection of the scenic, scien-
tific, cultural, and other resources of the area and any patent issued 
after the date of enactment of this Act shall convey title only to the 
minerals together with the right to use the surface of lands for 
mining purposes subject to such reasonable regulations as the Secre-
tary may prescribe as aforesaid. 
ESTABLISHMENT OF WHITE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA 
SEC. 403. There is hereby established the White Mountains 
National Recreation Area containing approximately one million 
acres of public lands, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
"White Mountains National Recreation Area—proposed", and dated 
October 1978. Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall 
administer the area in accordance with the provisions of section 1312 
and other applicable provisions of this Act, the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, and other applicable law. In planning 
for the recreational use and management of this area, the Secretary 
shall work closely with the State of Alaska. 
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43 u s e 1701 
note. 
RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF UNPERFECTED MINING CLAIMS 
SEC. 404. (a) The term "unperfected mining claim" as used in this 
section, means a mining claim which is located on lands within the 
boundaries of the White Mountains National Recreation Area or 
Steese National Conservation Area established pursuant to this title 
with respect to which a valid mineral discovery within the meaning 
of the mining laws of the United States, was not made as of the date of 
the withdrawal of such area from further appropriation under the 
mining laws of the United States. 
(b) MORATORIUM ON CONTEST PROCEEDINGS.—Any holder of an 
unperfected mining claim seeking to protect such claim pursuant to 
this section must have maintained and must continue to maintain 
such claim in compliance with applicable Federal and State laws, and 
where applicable, must have obtained and complied with any mining 
access permit requirements imposed by the Department of the 
Interior during the 1979 mining season. Prior to September 30,1982, 
no unperfected mining claim which has been maintained in accord-
ance with this subsection shall be contested by the United States for 
failure to have made a valid mineral discovery within the meaning of 
the mining laws of the United States: Provided, That such claim shall 
be diligently prosecuted during this moratorium on contest proceed-
ings as a condition for the moratorium. Any mining operation 
undertaken pursuant to this subsection, including but not limited to 
exploration, development, and extraction, shall be subject to such 
reasonable regulations as the Secretary may prescribe to assure that 
such operations will, to the maximum extent practicable, be consist-
ent with protection of the scenic, scientific, cultural, and other 
resources of the Steese National Conservation Area or the White 
Mountains National Recreation Area or any affected conservation 
system units established or expanded by this Act. 
"Unperfected 
mining claim.' 
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(c) VALID MINERAL DISCOVERY.—If the holder of an unperfected 
mining claim notifies the Secretary by filing an application for a 
patent that, as a result of mining operations in compliance with the 
requirements of subsection (b), he has made a valid mineral discovery 
on such claim within the meaning of the mining laws of the United 
States, and if the Secretary determines that such claim contains a 
valid mineral discovery, the holder of such claim shall be entitled to 
the issuance of a patent only to the minerals in such claim pursuant 
to the mining laws of the United States. The holder of such a patent 
shall also be entitled to the use of so much of the surface estate of the 
lands comprising the claim as may be necessary for mining purposes: 
Provided, That all mining operations conducted upon a claim after 
such a valid mineral discovery has been made, shall be in accordance 
with such reasonable regulations as may be issued by the Secretary 
pursuant to the authority granted in subsection (b) of this section. 
(d) VALIDITY DETERMINATION.—If an application for a patent is filed 
by the holder of an unperfected mining claim pursuant to subsection 
(c) or if a contest proceeding is initiated by the United States after 
September 30,1982, the validity of each claim shall be determined as 
of the date of the patent application or September 30,1982, whichever 
is earlier. The holder of an unperfected mining claim not subject to a 
patent application filed prior to September 30, 1982, shall submit to 
the Secretary within one hundred and eighty days after such date all 
mineral data compiled during the contest proceeding moratorium 
which would support a valid mineral discovery within the meaning of 
the mining laws of the United States. Failure to submit such data 
within the one-hundred-and-eighty-day period shall preclude its con-
sideration in a subsequent determination of the validity of each 
affected claim. Except as specifically provided for in this section, 
nothing shall alter the criteria applied under the general mining 
laws of the United States to adjudicate the validity of unperfected 
mining claims. 
(e) ACCESS TO CLAIMS.—Pursuant to the provisions of this section 
and section 1110 of this Act, reasonable access shall be granted to an 
unperfected mining claim for purposes of making a valid discovery of 
mineral until September 30,1982. 
(f) PREFERENCE RIGHTS.—The holder of any unperfected mining 
claim which was, prior to November 16, 1978, located, recorded, and 
maintained in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws on 
lands located within the boundaries of the Steese National Conserva-
tion Area, or the White Mountains National Recreation Area estab-
lished by this title, shall be entitled during a two-year period after the 
date that the Secretary exercises his authority under section 402 or 
Post, p. 2483. 
1312 to open an area containing such claim to mining, (1) to a 
preference right to rerecord his claim under applicable law and to 
develop such claim under section 402 or (2) to obtain a lease to remove 
nonleasable minerals from the claim under section 1312. 
TITLE V—NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
ADDITIONS TO EXISTING NATIONAL FORESTS 
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SEC. 501. (a) The following units of the National Forest System are 
hereby expanded: 
Chugach 
(1) Chugach National Forest by the addition of four areas, 
National Forest. 
Nellie Juan, College Fjord, Copper/Rude River, and Controller 
Bay, containing approximately one million nine hundred thou-
sand acres of public land, as generally depicted on the map 
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94 STAT. 2399 
entitled "Chugach National Forest additions—proposed", and 
dated October 1978; and 
(2) Tongass National Forest by the addition of three areas, 
Kates Needle, Juneau Icefield, and Brabazon Range, containing 
approximately one million four hundred and fifty thousand acres 
of public lands, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
"Tongass National Forest additions—proposed", and dated Octo-
ber 1978. 
(b) Subject to valid existing rights, lands added to the Tongass and 
Chugach National Forests by this section shall be administered by 
the Secretary in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Act 
and the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national forest 
system: Provided, That the conservation of fish and wildlife and their 
habitat shall be the primary purpose for the management of the 
Copper/Rude River addition and the Copper River-Bering River 
portion of the existing Chugach National Forest, as generally 
depicted on the map appropriately referenced and dated October 
1978: Provided, That the taking of fish and wildlife shall be permit-
ted within zones established by this subsection pursuant to the 
provisions of this Act and other applicable State and Federal law. 
Multiple use activities shall be permitted in a manner consistent 
with the conservation of fish and wildlife and their habitat as set 
forth in special regulations which shall be promulgated by the 
Secretary. 
Tongass 
National Forest. 
Special 
regulations. 
MINING AND MINERAL LEASING ON CERTAIN NATIONAL FOREST LANDS 
SEC. 502. Subject to valid exisiting rights, the minerals in public 
lands within the Copper River addition to the Chugach National 
Forest, are hereby withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under 
the United States mining laws. With respect to such areas, the 
Secretary, under such reasonable regulations as he deems appropri-
ate, may permit the removal of nonleasable minerals from the lands 
in the manner prescribed by Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 
1946 and the Act of March 4, 1917 (39 Stat. 1150; 16 U.S.C. 520), and 
the removal of leasable minerals from such lands in accordance with 
the mineral leasing laws, if the Secretary finds that such disposition 
would not have significant adverse effects on the administration of 
the area. All receipts derived from disposal of nonleasable minerals 
under this section shall be paid into the same funds or accounts in the 
Treasury of the United States and shall be distributed in the same 
manner as provided for receipts from national forests. 
16 u s e 539a. 
5 u s e app. 
MISTY FJORDS AND ADMIRALTY ISLAND NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 503. (a) There is hereby established within the Tongass 
National Forest, the Misty Fjords National Monument, containing 
approximately two million two hundred and eighty-five thousand 
acres of public lands as generally depicted on a map entitled "Misty 
Fjords National Monument—Proposed", dated July 1980. 
(b) There is hereby established within the Tongass National Forest, 
the Admiralty Island National Monument, containing approximately 
nine hundred and twenty-one thousand acres of public lands as 
generally depicted on a map entitled "Admiralty Island National 
Monument—Proposed", dated July 1980. 
(c) Subject to valid existing rights and except as provided in this 
section, the National Forest Monuments (hereinafter in this section 
referred to as the "Monuments") shall be managed by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as units of the National Forest System to protect 
16 u s e 431 note. 
16 u s e 431 note. 
Management by 
Agriculture 
Secretary. 
79-194 O—81—pt. 2 
71: QL3 
94 STAT. 2400 
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Post, 2457. 
Valid mining 
claims. 
90 Stat. 1342. 
Mining 
development 
analysis 
document. 
Public 
availability. 
Environmental 
impact 
statement. 
42 u s e 4321 
note. 
objects of ecological, cultural, geological, historical, prehistorical, and 
scientific interest. 
(d) Within the Monuments, the Secretary shall not permit the sale 
of harvesting of timber: Provided, That nothing in this subsection 
shall prevent the Secretary from taking measures as may be neces-
sary in the control of fire, insects, and disease. 
(e) For the purposes of granting rights-of-way to occupy, use or 
traverse public land within the Monuments pursuant to title XI, the 
provisions of section 1106(b) of this Act shall apply. 
(f)(1) Subject to valid existing rights and the provisions of this Act, 
the lands within the Monuments are hereby withdrawn from all 
forms of entry or appropriation or disposal under the public land 
laws, including location, entry, and patent under United States 
mining laws, disposition under the mineral leasing laws, and from 
future selections by the State of Alaska and Native Corporations; 
(2)(A) After the date of enactment of this Act, any person who is the 
holder of any valid mining claim on public lands located within the 
boundaries of the Monuments, shall be permitted to carry out 
activities related to the exercise of rights under such claim in 
accordance with reasonable regulations promulgated by the Secre-
tary to assure that such activities are compatible, to the maximum 
extent feasible, with the purposes for which the Monuments were 
established. 
(B) For purposes of determining the validity of a mining claim 
containing a sufficient quantity and quality of mineral as of Novem-
ber 30,1978, to establish a valuable deposit within the meaning of the 
mining laws of the United States within the Monuments, the require-
ments of the mining laws of the United States shall be construed as if 
access and mill site rights associated with such claim allow the 
present use of the Monuments' land as such land could have been 
used on November 30,1978. 
(g) MINING IN THE PARKS ACT.—The Act of September 28, 
1976 
(Public Law 94-249), shall not apply to the Monuments. 
(h)(1) Any special use permit for a surface access road for' bulk 
sampling of the mineral deposit at Quartz Hill in the Tongass 
National Forest shall be issued in accordance with this subsection. 
(2) The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretar-
ies of Commerce and the Interior and the State of Alaska, shall 
prepare a document which analyzes mine development, concepts 
prepared by United States Borax and Chemical Corporation on the 
proposed development of a molybdenum mine in the Quartz Hill area 
of the Tongass National Forest. The draft of such document shall be 
completed within six months after the date of enactment of this Act 
and be made available for public comment. The analysis shall be 
completed within nine months after the date of enactment and the 
results made available to the public. This analysis shall include 
detailed discussions of but not necessarily be limited to— 
(A) the concepts which are under consideration for mine 
development; 
(B) the general foreseeable potential environmental impacts of 
each mine development concept and the studies which are likely 
to be needed to evaluate and otherwise address those impacts; 
and 
(C) the likely surface access needs and routes for each mine 
development concept. 
(3) The Secretary shall prepare an environmental impact state-
ment (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
which covers an access road for bulk sampling purposes and the bulk 
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94 STAT. 2401 
sampling phase proposed by United States Borax and Chemical 
Corporation in the Quartz Hill area. A draft of such EIS shall be 
completed within twelve months after the date of enactment of this 
Act. This EIS shall incorporate all relevant data and other informa-
tion included in the EIS previously prepared by the Secretary on 
access to the Quartz Hill area. Such EIS shall also include but not 
necessarily be limited to— 
(A) an evaluation of alternative surface access routes which 
may minimize the overall impact on fisheries of both access for 
bulk sampling and mine development access; 
(B) an evaluation of the impacts of the alternatives on fish, 
wildlife, and their habitats, and measures which may be 
instituted to avoid or minimize negative impacts and to enhance 
positive impacts; 
(C) an evaluation of the extent to which the alternatives can be 
used for, and the likelihood of each alternative being used as a 
mine development road, including the impacts of widening a 
road, realinements and other design and placement options; and 
(D) plans to evaluate the water quality and water quantity, 
fishery habitat, and other fishery values of the affected area, and 
to evaluate, to the maximum extent feasible and relevant, the 
sensitivity to environmental degradation from activities carried 
out under a plan of operations of the fishery habitat as it affects 
the various life stages of anadromous fish and other foodflsh and 
their major food chain components. 
(4)(A) Within four months after the publication of the final environ-
mental impact statement required in subsection (h)(3), the Secretary 
shall complete any administrative review of a decision on the 
proposal covered by the EIS and shall issue to the applicant a special 
use permit for a surface access road for bulk sampling unless he shall 
determine that construction or use of such a road would cause an 
unreasonable risk of significant irreparable damage to the habitats of 
viable populations of fish management indicator species and the 
continued productivity of such habitats. If the applicant should seek 
judicial review of any denial of the permit for a surface access road, 
the burden of proof on the issue of denying the permit shall be on the 
Secretary. 
(B) The Secretary shall not issue a special use permit until after he 
has determined that the full field season of work for gathering base 
line data during 1981 has ended. 
(5) It is the intent of Congress that any judicial review of any 
administrative action pursuant to this section, including compliance 
with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, shall be 
expedited to the maximum extent possible. Any proceeding before a 
Federal court in which an administrative action pursuant to this 
section, including compliance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, is challenged shall be assigned for hearing and 
completed at the earliest possible date, and shall be expedited in 
every way by such court, and such court shall render its final decision 
relative to any challenge within one hundred and twenty days after 
the date the response to such challenge is filed unless such court 
determines that a longer period of time is required to satisfy the 
requirements of the United States Constitution. 
(6) Upon application of the United States Borax and Chemical 
Corporation or its successors in interest, the Secretary shall permit 
the use by such applicant of such limited areas within the Misty 
Fjords National Monument Wilderness as the Secretary determines 
to be necessary for activities, including but not limited to the 
Administrative 
review 
Judicial review. 
42 u s e 4321 
note. 
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Mineral 
deposits, mining 
or milling leases. 
Lease 
termination. 
installation, maintenance, and use of navigation aids, docking facili-
ties, and staging and transfer facilities, associated with the develop-
ment of the mineral deposit at Quartz Hill. Such activities shall not 
include mineral extraction, milling, or processing. Such activities 
shall be subject to reasonable regulations issued by the Secretary to 
protect the values of the monument wilderness. 
(7) Within the Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the extent he finds necessary, allow 
salvage, cleanup, or other activity related to the development of the 
mineral deposit at Quartz Hill, including activities necessary due to 
emergency conditions. 
(8) Designation by section 703 of this Act of the Misty Fjords 
National Monument Wilderness shall not be deemed to enlarge, 
diminish, add, or waive any substantive or procedural requirements 
otherwise applicable to the use of offshore waters adjacent to the 
Monument Wilderness for activities related to the development of the 
mineral deposit at Quartz Hill, including, but not limited to, naviga-
tion, access, and the disposal of mine tailings produced in connection 
with such development. 
(i)(l) With respect to the mineral deposits at Quartz Hill and 
Greens Creek in the Tongass National Forest, the holders of valid 
mining claims under subsection (f)(2)(B) shall be entitled to a lease 
(and necessary associated permits) on lands under the Secretary's 
jurisdiction (including lands within any conservation system unit) at 
fair market value for use for mining or milling purposes in connec-
tion with the milling of minerals from such claims situated within 
the Monuments only if the Secretary determines— 
(A) that milling activities necessary to develop such claims 
cannot be feasibly carried out on such claims or on other land 
owned by such holder; 
(B) that the use of the site to be leased will not cause 
irreparable harm to the Misty Fjords or the Admiralty Island 
National Monument; and 
(C) that the use of such leased area for such purposes will cause 
less environmental harm than the use of any other reasonably 
available location. 
With respect to any lease issued under this subsection, the Secretary 
shall limit the size of the area covered by such lease to an area he 
determines to be adequate to carry out the milling process for the 
mineral bearing material on such claims. 
(2) A lease under this subsection shall be subject to such reasonable 
terms and conditions as the Secretary deems necessary. 
(3) A lease under this subsection shall terminate— 
(A) at such time as the mineral deposit is exhausted; or 
(B) upon failure of the lessee to use the leased site for two 
consecutive years unless such nonuse is waived annually by the 
Secretary. 
(j) SPECIAL USE PERMITS AND FACILITIES.—The Special Use Permit 
for Thayer Lake Lodge shall be renewed as necessary for the longest 
of either— 
(1) fifteen years after the date of enactment of this Act, or 
(2) the lifetime of the permittee, as designated in such permit 
as of January 1, 1979, or the surviving spouse or child of such 
permittee, whoever lives longer, 
so long as the management of the lodge remains consistent with the 
purposes of the Admiralty Island National Monument. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2403 
UNPERFECTED MINING CLAIMS IN MISTY FJORDS AND ADMIRALTY ISLAND 
NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 504. (a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) The term "unperfected claim" means a mining claim: 
(A) which is within the Misty Fjords or Admiralty Island 
National Monuments; 
(B) with respect to which a valid mineral discovery, within 
the meaning of the mining laws of the United States, was not 
made as of November 30,1978; and 
(C) which was, as of such date, properly located, recorded, 
and maintained. 
(2) The term "core claim" means— 
(A) a patented mining claim; or 
(B) an unpatented mining claim which— 
(i) contained a valid mineral discovery within the 
meaning of the mining laws of the United States as of 
November 30,1978, and 
(ii) w£is, as of such date, properly located, recorded, 
and maintained. 
0?) ENTITLEMENT.—Any holder of an unperfected mining claim who 
meets the requirements of this section shall be entitled as provided in 
this section— 
(1) to receive an exploration permit with respect to such claim, 
and 
(2) to receive a patent only to the minerals upon making a valid 
mineral discovery on such claim within the meaning of the 
mining laws of the United States. 
(c) EXPLORATION PERMITS.— 
(1) Permits authorizing the exploration of an unperfected 
mining claim shall be issued by the Secretary under this section 
upon application under subsection (d) if the Secretary determines 
that— 
(A) an application for such permit has been submitted 
within two-hundred-seventy days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and such application meets the require-
ments of subsection (d); 
(B) the unperfected claim is within three-quarters of a mile 
of the exterior boundary of one or more core claims, and both 
the unperfected claim and core claim were held by the 
applicant as of May 1, 1979 (or were acquired by such 
applicant after such date by inheritance or devise); and 
(C) the core claim and the unperfected claim which is 
within the area referred to in subsection (B) are properly 
located, recorded, and maintained, to the extent required by 
law, as of the date of the Secretary's determination under 
this subsection. 
(2)(A) Each exploration permit issued under this section shall Termination. 
terminate on the date five years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, or where applicable, the date provided under subpara-
graph (c)(2)(B). 
(B) For any permit applicant, with respect to which the 
Secretary fails to meet the eighteen-month deadline under sub-
section (d) for any reason (including delays caused by administra-
tive or judicial proceedings) beyond the control of the applicant, 
the exploration permit issued under this section shall terminate 
at the end of the period (after expiration of the five-years 
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referred to in subparagraph (c)(2)(A)) as is equal to the time 
during which the Secretary failed to meet such deadline. 
(3) Any permit under this section shall include such reasonable 
conditions and stipulations as may be required by the Secretary. 
(d) APPLICATIONS FOR EXPLORATION PERMITS.—An application 
under subsection (b) shall contain— 
(1) the applicant's name, address, and telephone number; 
(2) the name of the claim, the date of location of the claim, the 
date of recordation of the claim, and the serial number assigned 
to such claim under the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976; and 
(3) evidence that the requirements of subparagraphs (B) and (C) 
of subsection (c)(1) are met. 
Upon the Secretary's determination that the requirements of subsec-
tion (c) are met with respect to any claim, the Secretary shall issue an 
exploration permit for such claim not later than eighteen months 
after the date on which he receives the application under this 
subsection concerning such claim. 
(e) VALID MINERAL DISCOVERY.— 
(1) If the holder of an unperfected mining claim for which an 
exploration permit was issued under this section notifies the 
Secretary before the expiration of such permit, that he has made 
a valid mineral discovery within the meaning of the mining laws 
of the United States on such claim, and if it is determined that 
such claim contains a valid mineral discovery, the holder of such 
claim shall be entitled to the issuance of a patent only to the 
minerals in such claim pursuant to the mining laws of the United 
States, together with a right to use so much of the surface of the 
lands on such claim as may be necessary for mining and milling 
purposes, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Secretary 
may prescribe for general application to mining and milling 
activities within the National Forest System. 
(2) Any unperfected claim for which an exploration permit 
under this section was issued shall be conclusively presumed to 
be abandoned and shall be void upon expiration of such permit 
unless the owner of such claim has notified the Secretary in 
writing as provided in paragraph (eXD. 
(f) LEASES FOR MILLING PURPOSES.— 
(1) The Secretary may issue leases (and necessary associated 
permits) on lands under the jurisdiction (including lands within 
any conservation system unit) at fair market value for use for 
mining or milling purposes in connection with the milling of 
minerals from any valid mining claim situated within the Misty 
Fjords or Admiralty Island National Monuments. 
(2) A lease may be issued under this subsection if the Secretary 
determines— 
(A) that the use of the site to be leased will not cause 
irreparable harm to the Monument; and 
(B) that the use of such leased area for such purposes will 
cause less environmental harm than the use of any other 
reasonably available location. 
(3) A lease under this subsection shall be subject to such 
reasonable terms and conditions as the Secretary deems neces-
sary. 
Termination. 
(4) A lease Under this subsection shall terminate— 
(A) at such time as the mineral deposit is exhausted; or 
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94 STAT. 2405 
(B) upon failure of the lessee to use the leased site for two 
consecutive years unless such nonuse is waived annually by 
the Secretary. 
(g) ACCESS TO MINING CLAIMS.—The holder of an unperfected 
mining claim with respect to which a valid mineral discovery is made 
under an exploration permit under this section shall be entitled to 
the same access rights as the holder of a valid mining claim is entitled 
to under section 1110. The holder of the unperfected claim with Post, p. 2464. 
respect to which an exploration permit is in effect under this section 
shall be entitled to such adequate access, as described in section 1110 
as may be necessary to carry out exploration under such permit. 
(h) PUBLIC NOTICE.—The Secretary shall provide public notice of 
the requirements of this section not later than ninety days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(i) SAVINGS PROVISION.— 
(1) Nothing in this section shall impair any valid existing right. 
(2) Nothing in this section diminishes authorities of the Secre-
tary under any other provision of law to regulate mining 
activities. 
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect, in any 
way, any other provision of Federal law outside the State of 
Alaska. 
(j) This section shall not apply to any unperfected mining claim 
which is located within one mile of the center line of the Blossom 
River from its headwaters to its confluence with the Wilson Arm. 
FISHERIES ON NATIONAL FOREST LANDS IN ALASKA 
SEC. 505. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall, in consultation 
with the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior, and with the 
State of Alaska, pursuant to his existing authority to manage surface 
resources, promulgate such reasonable regulations as he determines 
necessary after consideration of existing laws and regulations to 
maintain the habitats, to the maximum extent feasible, of anadro-
mous fish and other foodfish, and to maintain the preseiit and 
continued productivity of such habitat when such habitats are 
affected by mining activities on national forest lands in Alaska. The 
Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the State, shall assess 
the effects on the populations of such fish in determinations made 
pursuant to this subsection. 
0>) Because of the large scale of contemplated mining operations 
and the proximity of such operations to important fishery resources, 
with respect to mining operations in the Quartz Hill area of the 
Tongass National Forest, the regulations of the Secretary shall, 
pursuant to this subsection, include a requirement that all mining 
operations involving significant surface disturbance shall be in 
accordance with an approved plan of operations. Before approving 
any proposed plan or distinct stages of such plan of operations for any 
such claims when any fishery habitat or fishery value may be 
affected, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Secretaries of 
Commerce and the Interior and the State of Alaska, determine— 
(1) that such plan or stages of such plan are based upon and 
shall include studies or information which he determines are 
adequate for— 
(A) evaluating the water quality and water quantity, 
fishery habitat, and other fishery values of the affected area; 
and 
Regulations. 
16 u s e 539b. 
Assessment. 
Approved plan of 
operations, 
requirement. 
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Risk and benefit 
identification. 
Review. 
Activity 
suspension. 
(B) evaluating to the maximum extent feasible and rele-
vant, the sensitivity to environmental degradation from 
activities carried out under such plan of the fishery habitat 
as it affects the various life stages of anadromous fish and 
other foodfish and their major food chain components; 
(2) that such plan adequately identifies the risks the operations 
under such plan or such stages might pose to and the benefits the 
operations under such plan might provide to— 
(A) the natural stability and the present and continued 
productivity of anadromous fish and other foodfish; 
(B) fishery habitat, including but not limited to water 
quality and water quantity; and 
(C) other fishery values; 
(3) that such plan includes provisions which he determines are 
adequate for the purposes of— 
(A) preventing significant adverse environmental impacts 
to the 'fishery habitat (including but not limited to water 
quality and water quantity) or other fishery values; and 
(B) maintaining present and continued productivity of the 
habitat of anadromous fish and other foodfish which might 
be affected by the mining and other activities proposed to be 
conducted in accordance with such plan or such stages of the 
plan of operations; 
(4)(A) the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent 
feasible, that the cumulative effects of activities carried out 
under the operating plan will not interfere with the ability to 
collect baseline information needed by the Secretary to evaluate 
the effects of various stages of the operating plan on the fishery 
habitat and productivity of such habitats; 
(B) the Secretary shall review such plan and mining activities 
on at least an annual basis. With respect to any mining or 
associated activities, the Secretary, if he determines upon notice 
and hearing, that the activities are harmful to the continued 
productivity of anadromous fish, or other foodfish populations or 
fishery habitat, shall require a modification of the plan to 
eliminate or mitigate, if necessary, the harmful effects of such 
activities; and 
(5) upon a finding by the Secretary that a mining activity 
conducted as a part of a mining operation exists which consti-
tutes a threat of irreparable harm to anadromous fish, or other 
foodfish populations or their habitat, and that immediate correc-
tion is required to prevent such harm, he may require such 
activity to be suspended for not to exceed seven days, provided 
the activity may be resumed at the end of said seven-day period 
unless otherwise required by a United States district court. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall enlarge or diminish the responsibil-
ity and authority of the State of Alaska to manage fish and wildlife or 
to exercise its other responsibilities under applicable law. 
(d) Except as specifically provided in subsection (b)(5), nothing in 
this section shall enlarge or diminish the responsibilities and authori-
ties of the Secretary of Agriculture to manage the national forests. 
ADMIRALTY ISLAND LAND EXCHANGES 
SEC. 506. (aXD Congress hereby recognizes the necessity to recon-
cile the national need to preserve the natural and recreational values 
of the Admiralty Island National Monument with the economic and 
cultural needs and expectations of Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, and 
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94 STAT. 2407 
Sealaska, Incorporated, as provided by the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act and this Act. 
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(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the continuation of the "°*®-
opportunity for subsistence uses by residents of Admiralty Island, 
consistent with title VIII of this Act. 
(3) Subject to valid existing rights, there is hereby granted to Kootznoowoo, 
Kootznoowoo, Incorporated— 
^'^'^ 
(A) all right, title, and interest in and to the following described 
lands, rocks, pinnacles, islands, and islets above mean high tide: 
Copper River Base and Meridian 
Township 50 south, range 67 east, sections 25, 26, 35, 36; 
Township 50 south, range 68 east, sections 30, 31, and that 
portion of section 32 south of Favorite Bay; 
Township 51 south, range 67 east, sections 1, 2, 11, 12, and 13; 
Township 51 south, range 68 east, that portion of section 5 
south of Favorite Bay, sections 6, 7, and 8, west half of section 9, 
northwest quarter of section 16; and north half of section 17; 
subject to those subsurface interests granted to Sealaska, Incor-
porated, in paragraph 7 herein, and subject to any valid existing 
Federal administrative sites within the area. 
(B) The right to develop hydroelectric resources on Admiralty 
Island within township 49 south, range 67 east, and township 50 
south, range 67 east. Copper River Base and Meridian, subject to 
such conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe 
for the protection of water, fishery, wildlife, recreational, and 
scenic values of Admiralty Island. 
(C) All rights, title, and interest in and to the rocks, pinnacles, 
islands, and islets, and all the land from the mean high tide mark 
to a point six hundred and sixty feet inland of all shorelands, 
excluding the shores of lakes, in and adjacent to the inland 
waters from Kootznahoo Inlet to the rangeline separating range 
68 east and range 69 east. Copper River Base and Meridian, and 
including those parts of Mitchell, Kanalku, and Favorite Bay 
west of that line, subject to the following reserved rights of the 
United States: 
(i) All timber rights are reserved subject to subsistence 
uses consistent with title VIII of this Act. 
(ii) The right of public access and use within such area, 
subject to regulation by the Secretary of Agriculture to 
insure protection of the resources, and to protect the rights 
of quiet enjoyment of Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, granted 
by law, including subsistence uses consistent with title VIII 
of this Act. 
(iii) The subsurface estate. 
(iv) The development rights, except that the Secretary of 
Agriculture is authorized to permit construction, mainte-
nance, and use of structures and facilities on said land which 
he determines to be consistent with the management of the 
Admiralty Island National Monument: Provided, That all 
structures and facilities so permitted shall be constructed of 
materials which blend and are compatible with the immedi-
ate and surrounding landscape. 
(D) Any right or interest in land granted or reserved in 
paragraphs (3) (A, B, and C) shall not be subject to the provisions 
of the Wilderness Act. 
16 USC 1131 
note. 
94 STAT. 2408 
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(E) The Secretary of Agriculture shall consult and cooperate 
with Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, in the management of Mitchell, 
Kanalku, and Favorite Bays, and their immediate environs, and 
the Secretary is authorized to enter into such cooperative 
arrangements as may further the purposes of this Act and other 
provisions of law, concerning, but not limited to: permits for any 
structures and facilities, and the allocation of revenues there-
from; regulation of public uses; and management of the recre-
ational and natural values of the area. 
(4) Subject to valid existing rights, Kootznoowoo, Incorporated is 
granted all right, title, and interest to the surface estate of twenty 
acres to be selected in one reasonably compact contiguous block in 
Basket Bay, township 48 south, range 65 east, sections 29, 30, 31, 32, 
and 33. Upon selection, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue an 
appropriate instrument of conveyance, subject to any trail easement 
which the Secretary of Agriculture may designate. 
(5) Subject to valid existing rights, there is hereby withdrawn for 
the herein provided selection by Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, the 
following lands described by Value Comparison Units (VCU's) in the 
Tongass National Forest Land Management Plan: VCU's 677, 678, 
680, 681, 682, and that portion of VCU 679 outside the area of the 
Lancaster Cove-Kitkun Bay Timber Sale, as such sale has been 
delineated by the United States Forest Service. 
(A) Within one year of this Act, Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, 
shall select the surface estate to twenty-one thousand four 
hundred and forty acres from the lands withdrawn. The selection 
of such lands will be in compact tracts described in aliquot parts 
43 use 1601 
in accordance with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
^°^- 
land selection regulations of the Bureau of Land Management: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may reserve for the 
benefit of the United States such easements as he deems neces-
sary for access to and utilization of adjacent Federal or State 
lands. All timber within the confines of such easements shall be 
the property of Kootznoowoo, Incorporated; all rock, sand, and 
gravel within such easements shall be available to the Secretary 
of Agriculture without charge. The Secretary of the Interior 
shall issue appropriate documents of conveyance subject to and 
incorporating any easements designated by the Secretary of 
Agriculture. After conveyance to Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, of 
the twenty-one thousand four hundred and forty acres, with any 
designated easements, the herein provided withdrawal on the 
remaining public lands shall terminate. 
(B) Subject to valid existing rights, the subsurface estate in the 
lands conveyed to Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, pursuant to para-
graph (5) shall be granted to Sealaska, Incorporated. 
(6) Nothing in this Act shall restrict the authority of the Secretary 
of Agriculture to exchange lands or interests therein with Kootz-
noowoo, Incorporated, pursuant to section 22(f) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, or other land acquisition or exchange author-
ity applicable to the National Forest System. 
Sealaska, Inc. 
(7) Subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest to the 
subsurface estate to the following described lands shall be granted to 
Sealaska, Incorporated: 
Copper River Base and Meridian 
Township 50 south, range 67 east, sections 25, 26, 35, and 36; 
Township 50 south, range 68 east, sections 30,31; 
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94 STAT. 2409 
43 use 1615. 
43 use 1601 
note. 
Township 51 south, range 67 east, sections 1, 2, 11, 12, and 13; 
and 
Township 51 south, range 68 east, sections 6 and 7; comprising 
one thousand six hundred acres, more or less. 
(8)(A) The provisions of this section shall take effect upon ratifica-
tion by appropriate resolution of all its terms by Kootznoowoo, 
Incorporated, or by its failure to take any action, within one hundred 
and eighty days of enactment of this Act. In the event that Kootz-
noowoo, Incorporated, disapproves by appropriate resolution the 
provisions of this section, this section shall be of no force and effect 
and Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, shall be entitled to its previous land 
selections on Admiralty Island pursuant to section 16 of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(B) In the event that the provisions of this section are duly ratified 
by Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, the lands, interests therein, and 
rights conveyed by this section shall constitute full satisfaction of the 
land entitlement rights of Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, and Sealaska, 
Incorporated, and be deemed to have been conveyed pursuant to the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and shall supersede and void 
all previous land selections of Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, pursuant 
to section 16 of that Act, and any previous subsurface rights of 
Sealaska, Incorporated on Admiralty Island not otherwise conveyed 
by this Act. 
(C) Prior to the issuance of any instruments of conveyance, the 
Secretary of Agriculture and Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, may, by 
mutual agreement, modify the legal descriptions herein to correct 
clerical errors. 
(b) The Secretary is authorized and directed to convey to Goldbelt, 
Incorporated, representing the Natives of Juneau with respect to 
their land entitlements under section 14(h)(3) of the Alaska Natives 
Claims Settlement Act, and to Sealaska, Incorporated, the lands and 
interests in lands described in paragraphs A and C of the Exchange 
Agreement, dated April 11,1979, between those Corporations and the 
Departments of Agriculture and of the Interior on the terms of and 
conditions set forth in such agreement. Such conveyances shall not be 
subject to the provisions of the National Environment Policy Act of 
1969 (83 Stat. 852), as amended. The terms of the Exchange Agree-
ment, as filed with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of 
the House of Representatives, are hereby ratified as to the duties and 
obligations of the United States and its agencies, Goldbelt, Incorpo-
rated, and Sealaska, Incorporated, as a matter of Federal law: 
Provided, That the agreement may be modified or amended, upon the 
written agreement of all parties thereto and appropriate notification 
in writing to the appropriate committees of the Congress, without 
further action by the Congress. 
(c)(1) In satisfaction of the rights of the Natives of Sitka, as provided Shee Atika, Inc. 
in section 14(h)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior, upon passage of this Act, shall convey 
subject to valid existing rights and any easements designated by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, the surface estate in the following described 
lands on Admiralty Island to Shee Atika, Incorporated: 
43 use 1613. 
42 use 4821 
note. 
Notification of 
eongress. 
Copper River Meridian, Alaska 
Township 45 south, range 66 east, 
Sections 21, south half of the southeast quarter; 22, east 
half of the southwest quarter and southwest quarter of the 
southwest quarter; 26, southwest quarter of the southwest 
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quarter; 27, south half of the south half, and northwest 
quarter of the southwest quarter, and the west half of the 
northwest quarter; 28, all; 29, south half and the south half 
of the north half; 33, east half and east half of the west half 
and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter; 34, all, 
excluding Peanut Lake; 35, west half of the west half; 
Township 46 south, range 66 east, 
Sections 1, southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, and 
the south half of the northwest quarter, and the north half of 
the southeast quarter, and the southwest quarter excluding 
Lake Kathleen; 2, south half excluding Lake Kathleen, and 
the south half of the north half excluding Lake Kathleen, 
and the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter; 3, all 
excluding Peanut Lake and Lake Kathleen; 4, west half, and 
the west half of the east half, and southeast quarter of the 
southeast quarter, and the east half of the northeast quarter, 
excluding Peanut Lake; 10, east half, excluding Lake Kath-
leen; 11, northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, exclud-
ing Lake Kathleen, and the northeast quarter of the 
northeast quarter, and south half of the southwest quarter; 
12, north half excluding Lake Kathleen; 14, west half and 
southwest quarter of the southeast quarter; 15, north half of 
the northeast quarter and southeast quarter of the northeast 
quarter; 22, east half of the northeast quarter and northeast 
quarter of the southeast quarter; 23, west half and southeast 
quarter, and south half of the northeast quarter and north-
west quarter of the northeast quarter; 24, southwest quarter 
of the southwest quarter; 25, all; 26, northeast quarter; 35, 
east half and east half of the southwest quarter, and south-
east quarter of the northwest quarter; 36, north half, and 
north half of the south half; 
Township 47 south, range 66 east, 
Sections 2, east half and the east half of the west half; 11, 
south half excluding Lake Florence, and northeast quarter, 
and east half of the northwest quarter; 12, south half 
excluding Lake Florence, and the south half of the northwest 
quarter; 13, south half and the south half of the northeast 
quarter, and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, 
and the north half of the northwest quarter, excluding Lake 
Florence, and the northeast quarter of the northeast quar-
ter, excluding Lake Florence; 14, north half of the north half 
excluding Lake Florence, and the east half of the southeast 
quarter; 23, northeast quarter of the northeast quarter; 24, 
north half of the north half; 
Township 45 south, range 67 east. 
Sections 21, southeast quarter of the southeast quarter; 22, 
south half of the southwest quarter; 27, west half of the west 
half, and east half of the northwest quarter, and the north-
east quarter of the southwest quarter; 28, southeast quarter, 
and the south half of the northeast quarter, and the north-
east quarter of the northeast quarter; 31, south half of the 
southeast quarter; 32, south half; 33, southwest quarter, and 
the south half of the northwest quarter, and the northeast 
quarter, and the north half of the southeast quarter, and the 
southwest quarter of the southeast quarter; 34, northwest 
quarter of the northwest quarter; 
Township 46 south, range 67 east. 
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94 STAT. 2411 
Sections 4, northwest quarter, and the west half of the 
northeast quarter; 5, north half and the north half of the 
south half, and the southwest quarter of the southwest 
quarter; 6, south half, and the northeast quarter, and the 
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter; 7, north half of 
the north half; 8, northwest quarter of the northwest quar-
ter; 11, south half of the south half, and the north half of the 
southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the north-
east quarter; 12, north half of the south half, and the south 
half of the north half; 14, west half, and the northeast 
quarter, and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter; 
15, southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the 
northeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the south-
west quarter; 19, south half of the south half, and the north 
half of the southeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of 
the southwest quarter; 20, south half; 21, south half, and 
south half of the north half; 22, west half, and the west half 
of the east half, and the east half of the northeast quarter, 
and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter; 23, west 
half, and the southeast quarter, and the southwest quarter of 
the northeast quarter; 26, north half of the northeast quar-
ter; 27, north half of the northwest quarter, and the north-
west quarter of the northeast quarter; 28, north half, and the 
north half of the southwest quarter, and the northwest 
quarter of the southeast quarter, and the southwest quarter 
of the southwest quarter; 29, all; 30, all; 31, northwest 
quarter and the west half of the northeast quarter; 
Township 47 south, range 67 east. 
Sections 1, northwest quarter, and the west half of the 
northeast quarter; 2, north half of the south half, and the 
south half of the north half; 3, south half, and the southeast 
quarter of the northeast quarter; 7, north half of the north-
east quarter, and the northeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter, and the south half excluding Lake Florence, and the 
south half of the north half excluding Lake Florence; 8, all, 
excluding Lake Florence; 9, southwest quarter excluding 
Lake Florence, and the west half of the northwest quarter 
excluding Lake Florence, and the northeast quarter of the 
northwest quarter excluding Lake Florence, and the west 
half of the east half, and the east half of the northeast 
quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter; 
10, north half of the northwest quarter; 15, west half of the 
southwest quarter; 16, west half, and the west half of the 
northeast quarter, and the north half of the southeast 
quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter; 
17, all; 18, all. 
Concurrently with this conveyance, the Secretary shall convey the 
subsurface estate in the above described lands to Sealaska, Incorpo-
rated. As a condition to such conveyances, Shee Atika, Incorporated, 
shall release any claim to land selections on Admiralty Island other 
than those lands described in this subsection, and Sealaska, Incorpo-
rated, shall release any claim to subsurface rights on Admiralty 
Island which correspond to the land selection rights released by Shee 
Atika. 
(2) In the instrument of conveyance provided for in paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of the Interior shall reserve such easements as are 
described in section 17(b)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
94 STAT. 2412 
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43 u s e 1616. 
Land selection 
costs, reimburse-
ment. 
43 u s e 1613. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Act, as the Secretary of Agriculture may designate for public access 
to and utilization of the adjacent Federal lands. 
(d) In recognition of the considerable land selection costs incurred 
by Shee Atika, Incorporated, Goldbelt, Incorporated, and Kootz-
noowoo, Incorporated, in determining the validity of land with-
drawals on Admiralty Island under section 14(h)(3) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, and in identifying suitable lands for 
exchange outside Admiralty Island, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall reimburse those corporations for such reasonable and neces-
sary land selection costs, including all costs for negotiating land 
exchanges, court costs, and reasonable attorney's and consultant's 
fees, incurred prior to the date of conveyance of land to such Native 
Corporations. Authorization for payment of such land selection costs 
shall begin in the fiscal year 1981, but shall include earlier costs. 
There is authorized to be appropriated an amount not to exceed 
$2,000,000, for the purposes of this subsection. 
16 u s e 539c. 
16 u s e 1600 
note. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
COOPERATIVE FISHERIES PLANNING 
SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is directed to implement 
a cooperative planning process for the enhancement of fisheries 
resources through fish hatchery and aquaculture facilities and activi-
ties in the Tongass National Forest. Participation in this process 
shall include but not be limited to the State of Alaska and appropri-
ate nonprofit aquaculture corporations. The Secretary may contract 
with private, nonprofit associations for services in such planning. 
(b) Each subsequent revision of National Forest management plans 
under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 and the National Forest Management Act of 1976 shall 
contain a report on the status of the planning process undertaken 
under this paragraph, including, but not limited to, a description of 
current hatchery and aquaculture projects, an analysis of the success 
of these projects, and a prioritized list of projects anticipated for the 
duration of the management plan. The report shall be submitted by 
the Secretary to the Congress with recommendations for any legisla-
tive action which the Secretary may deem necessary to implement 
the proposed hatchery and aquaculture projects. 
TITLE VI—NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM 
PART A—WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS WITHIN NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
ADDITIONS 
SEC. 601. DESIGNATION.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)), is further amended by adding the 
following new paragraphs: 
"(25) ALAGNAK, ALASKA.—That segment of the main stem and the 
major tributary to the Alagnak, the Nonvianuk River, within Katmai 
National Preserve; to be administered by the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
"(26) ALATNA, ALASKA.—The main stem within the Gates of the 
Arctic National Park; to be administered by the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
"(27) ANIAKCHAK, ALASKA.—That portion of the river, including its 
major tributaries. Hidden Creek, Mystery Creek, Albert Johnson 
Creek, and North Fork Aniakchak River, within the Aniakchak 
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94 STAT. 2413 
National Monument and National Preserve; to be administered by 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(28) CHARLEY, ALASKA.—The entire river, including its major 
tributaries, Copper Creek, Bonanza Creek, Hosford Creek, Derwent 
Creek, Flat-Orthmer Creek, Crescent Creek, and Moraine Creek, 
within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve; to be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(29) CHILIKADROTNA, ALASKA.—That portion of the river within 
the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve; to be administered by 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(30) JOHN, ALASKA.—That portion of the river within the Gates of 
the Arctic National Park; to be administered by the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
"(31) KOBUK, ALASKA.—That portion within the Gates of the Arctic 
National Park and Preserve; to be administered by the Secretary of 
the Interior. 
"(32) MULCHATNA, ALASKA.—That portion within the Lake Clark 
National Park and Preserve; to be administered by the Secretary of 
the Interior. 
"(33) NOATAK, ALASKA.—The river from its source in the Gates of 
the Arctic National Park to its confluence with the Kelly River in the 
Noatak National Preserve; to be administered by the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
"(34) NORTH FORK OF THE KOYUKUK, ALASKA.—That portion within 
the Gates of the Arctic National Park; to be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
"(35) SALMON, ALASKA.—That portion within the Kobuk Valley 
National Park; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(36) TINAYGUK, ALASKA.—That portion within the Gates of the 
Arctic National Park; to be administered by the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
"(37) TLIKAKILA, ALASKA.—That portion within the Lake Clark 
National Park; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.". 
PART B—WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS WITHIN NATIONAL WILDUFE 
REFUGE SYSTEM 
ADDITIONS 
SEC. 602. DESIGNATION.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)), is further amended by adding the 
following new paragraphs: 
"(38) ANDREAFSKY, ALASKA.—That portion from its source, includ-
ing all headwaters, and the East Fork, within the boundary of the 
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; to be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
"(39) IviSHAK, ALASKA.—That portion from its source, including all 
headwaters and an unnamed tributary from Porcupine Lake within 
the boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Range; to be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(40) NowiTNA, ALASKA.—That portion from the point where the 
river crosses the west limit of township 18 south, range 22 east, 
Kateel River meridian, to its confluence with the Yukon River within 
the boundaries of the Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge; to be 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(41) SELAWIK, ALASKA.—That portion from a fork of the headwa-
ters in township 12 north, range 10 east, Kateel River meridian to the 
94 STAT. 2414 
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confluence of the Kugarak River; within the Selawik National 
Wildlife Refuge to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(42) SHEENJEK, ALASKA.—The segment within the Arctic National 
Wildlife Refuge; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(43) WIND, ALASKA.—That portion from its source, including all 
headwaters and one unnamed tributary in township 13 south, within 
the boundaries of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; to be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of the Interior.". 
PART C—ADDITION TO NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM 
LOCATED OUTSIDE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM UNITS AND NATIONAL 
WILDLIFE REFUGES 
ADDITIONS 
SEC. 603. DESIGNATION.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is further amended by adding the 
following paragraphs: 
"(44) ALAGNAK, ALASKA.—Those segments or portions of the main 
stem and Nonvianuk tributary lying outside and westward of the 
Katmai National Park/Preserve and running to the west boundary of 
township 13 south, range 43 west; to be administered by the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
"(45) BEAVER CREEK, ALASKA.—The segment of the main stem from 
the vicinity of the confluence of the Bear and Champion Creeks 
downstream to its exit from the northeast corner of township 12 
north, range 6 east, Fairbanks meridian within the White Mountains 
National Recreation Area, and the Yukon Flats National Wildlife 
Refuge, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(46) BIRCH CREEK, ALASKA.—The segment of the main stem from 
the south side of Steese Highway in township 7 north, range 10 east, 
Fairbanks meridian, downstream to the south side of the Steese 
Highway in township 10 north, range 16 east; to be administered by 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(47) DELTA, ALASKA.—The segment from and including all of the 
Tangle Lakes to a point one-half mile north of Black Rapids; to be 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(48) FORTYMILE, ALASKA.—The main stem within the State of 
Alaska; O'Brien Creek; South Fork; Napoleon Creek, Franklin Creek, 
Uhler Creek, Walker Fork downstream from the confluence of 
Liberty Creek; Wade Creek; Mosquito Fork downstream from the 
vicinity of Kechumstuk; West Fork Dennison Fork downstream from 
the confluence of Logging Cabin Creek; Dennison Fork downstream 
from the confluence of West Fork Dennison Fork; Logging Cabin 
Creek; North Fork; Hutchison Creek; Champion Creek; the Middle 
Fork downstream from the confluence of Joseph Creek; and Joseph 
Creek; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(49) GuLKANA, ALASKA.—The main stem from the outlet of Paxson 
Lake in township 12 north, range 2 west, Copper River meridian to 
the confluence with Sourdough Creek; the south branch of the west 
fork from the outlet of an unnamed lake in sections 10 and 15, 
township 10 north, range 7 west. Copper River meridian to the 
confluence with the west fork; the north branch from the outlet of 
two unnamed lakes, one in sections 24 and 25, the second in sections 9 
and 10, township 11 north, range 8 west. Copper River meridian to the 
confluence with the west fork; the west fork from its confluence with 
the north and south branches downstream to its confluence with the 
main stem; the middle fork from the outlet of Dickey Lake in 
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94 STAT. 2415 
township 13 north, range 5 west, Copper River meridian to the 
confluence with the main stem; to be classified as a wild river area 
and to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(50) UNALAKLEET, ALASKA.—The segment of the main stem from 
the headwaters in township 12 south, range 3 west, Kateel River 
meridian extending downstream approximately 65 miles to the 
western boundary of township 18 south, range 8 west; to be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of the Interior.". 
DESIGNATION FOR STUDY 
SEC. 604. Section 5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, as amended 16 use 1276. 
(16 U.S.C. 1271), is further amended as follows: 
(a) After paragraph (76) insert the following new paragraphs: ^"^^' P- 68-
"(77) Colville, Alaska. 
"(78) Etivluk-Nigu, Alaska. 
"(79) Utukok, Alaska. 
"(80) Kanektok, Alaska. 
"(81) Kisaralik, Alaska. 
"(82) Melozitna, Alaska. 
"(88) Sheenjek (lower segment), Alaska. 
"(84) Situk, Alaska. 
"(85) Porcupine, Alaska. 
"(86) Yukon (Ramparts section), Alaska. 
"(87) Squirrel, Alaska. 
"(88) Koyuk, Alaska.". 
(b) Section 5(b) of such Act is amended by adding the following 
paragraphs: 
"(4) The studies of the rivers in paragraphs (77) through (88) shall 
be completed and reports transmitted thereon not later than three 
full fiscal years from date of enactment of this paragraph. For the 
rivers listed in paragraphs (77), (78), and (79) the studies prepared and 
transmitted to the Congress pursuant to section 105(c) of the Naval 
Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-258) shall 42 USC 6505. 
satisfy the requirements of this section. 
"(5) Studies of rivers listed in paragraphs (80) and (81) shall be River studies, 
completed, and reports submitted within and not later than the time submittal to 
when the Bristol Bay Cooperative Region Plan is submitted to 
''"S'"®^^ 
Congress in accordance with section 1204 of the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act.". 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 605. (a) Rivers in paragraphs (25) through (37) in units of the 16 USC 1274 
National Park System, and (38) through (43) in units of the National ^^^- 
2412 
Wildlife Refuge System are hereby classified and designated and ^"^^ p' 2413' 
shall be administered as wild rivers pursuant to the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act. 
16 USC 1271 
(b) The Alagnak, Beaver Creek, Birch Creek, Gulkana, and Unalak- ^°^^-
leet components as well as the segment of the Delta component from 
the lower lakes area to a point opposite milepost 212 on the Richard-
son Highway; the Mosquito Fork downstream from the vicinity of 
Kechemstuk to Ingle Creek, North Fork, Champion Creek, Middle 
Fork downstream from the confluence of Joseph Creek, and Joseph 
Creek segments of the Fortymile component, are hereby classified 
and designated and shall be administered as wild river areas pursu-
ant to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The classification as wild river 
areas of certain segments of the Fortymile by this subsection shall 
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94 STAT. 2416 
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16 u s e 1274. 
Ante, p. 2412, 
2413. 
Cooperative 
agreements. 
not preclude such access across those river segments as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary to permit commercial development in an 
environmentally sound manner, of asbestos deposits in the North 
Fork drainage. 
(c) The following segments of the Fortymile River component are 
hereby classified and shall be administered as scenic river areas 
pursuant to such Act: the main stem within the State of Alaska; 
O'Brien Creek, South Fork; Napoleon Creek; Franklin Creek; Uhler 
Creek; Walker Fork downstream from the confluence of Liberty 
Creek; West Fork Dennison Fork downstream from the confluence of 
Logging Cabin Creek; Dennison Fork downstream from the conflu-
ence of West Fork Dennison Fork; Logging Cabin Creek; and Hutch-
inson Creek. The Wade Creek unit of the Fortymile component and 
the segment of the Delta River from opposite milepost 212 on the 
Richardson Highway to a point one-half mile north of Black Rapids 
are classified and shall be administered as recreational river areas 
pursuant to such Act. 
(d) The Secretary of the Interior shall take such action as is 
provided for under section 3(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
establish detailed boundaries and formulate detailed development 
and management plans within three years after the date of enact-
ment of this title with respect to the Alagnak, Beaver Creek, Birch 
Creek, the Delta, Fortymile, Gulkana, and Unalakleet components. 
With respect to the river components designated in parts A and B of 
this title, the Secretary shall take such action under said section 3(b) 
at the same time as, and in coordination with, the submission of the 
applicable conservation and management plans for the conservation 
system units in which such components are located. 
(e) The Secretary may seek cooperative agreements with the 
owners of non-public lands adjoining the wild and scenic rivers 
established by this title to assure that the purpose of designating such 
rivers as wild and scenic rivers is served to the greatest extent 
feasible. 
16 u s e 1286, 
1287. 
16 u s e 1285b. 
16 u s e 1274, 
1280. 
Ante, p. 2413. 
Ante, p. 2371. 
16 u s e 1280. 
OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT 
SEC. 606. (a) The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, as amended, is further 
amended by inserting the following after section 14 and redesignat-
ing sections 15 and 16 as sections 16 and 17, respectively: 
SEC. 15. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in 
sections 3 and 9 of this Act, with respect to components of the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in Alaska designated by 
paragraphs (38) through (50) of section 3(a) of this Act— 
"(1) the boundary of each such river shall include an average of 
not more than six hundred and forty acres per mile on both sides 
of the river. Such boundary shall not include any lands owned by 
the State or a political subdivision of the State nor shall such 
boundary extend around any private lands adjoining the river in 
such manner as to surround or effectively surround such private 
lands; and 
"(2) the withdrawal made by paragraph (iii) of section 9(a) shall 
apply to the minerals in Federal lands which constitute the bed 
or bank or are situated within one-half mile of the bank of any 
river designated a wild river by the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act.". 
(b) Section 9(b) of such Act is amended by adding the following at 
the end thereof: "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this 
subsection or any other provision of this Act, all public lands which 
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94 STAT. 2417 
constitute the bed or bank, or are within an area extending two miles 
from the bank of the river channel on both sides of the river segments 
referred to in paragraphs (77) through (88) of section 5(a), are hereby ^nte, p. 2415. 
withdrawn, subject to valid existing rights, from all forms of appro-
priation under the mining laws and from operation of the mineral 
leasing laws including, in both cases, amendments thereto, during 
the periods specified in section 7(b) of this Act.". 
16 USC 1278. 
(c) Section 8(b) of such Act is amended by adding the following at 
16 USC 1279. 
the end thereof: "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this 
subsection or any other provision of this Act, subject only to valid 
existing rights, including valid Native selection rights under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, all public lands which consti- 43 USC 1601 
tute the bed or bank, or are within an area extending two miles from "
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the bank of the river channel on both sides of the river segments 
referred to in paragraphs (77) through (88) of section 5(a) are hereby 
withdrawn from entry, sale. State selection or other disposition under 
the public land laws of the United States for the periods specified in 
section 7(b) of this Act.". 
TITLE VII—NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM 
DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS WITHIN NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
SEC. 701. In accordance with subsection 3(c) of the Wilderness Act 16 USC 1132. 
(78 Stat. 892), the public lands within the boundaries depicted as 
"Proposed Wilderness" on the maps referred to in sections 201 and 
202 of this Act are hereby designated as wilderness, with the 
nomenclature and approximate acreage as indicated below: 
(1) Denali Wilderness of approximately one million nine hun- 16 USC 1132 
dred thousand acres; 
^°^-
(2) Gates of the Arctic Wilderness of approximately seven 16 USC 1132 
million and fifty-two thousand acres; 
note. 
(3) Glacier Bay Wilderness of approximately two million seven 16 USC 1132 
hundred and seventy thousand acres; 
^°^^-
(4) Katmai Wilderness of approximately three million four 
16 USC 1132 
hundred and seventy-three thousand acres; 
^ 
(5) Kobuk Valley Wilderness of approximately one hundred 
16 USC 1132 
and ninety thousand acres; 
^°^' 
(6) Lake Clark Wilderness of approximately two million four 
16 USC 1132 
hundred and seventy thousand acres; 
^°^-
(7) Noatak Wilderness of approximately five million eight 
16 USC 1132 
hundred thousand acres; and 
"°*^-
(8) Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness of approximately eight 16 USC 1132 
million seven hundred thousand acres. 
^°^-
DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS WITHIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 
SYSTEM 
SEC. 702. In accordance with subsection 3(c) of the Wilderness Act 16 USC 1132. 
(78 Stat. 892), the public lands within the boundaries depicted as 
"Proposed Wilderness" on the maps referred to in sections 302 and 
303 of this Act or the maps specified below are hereby designated as 
wildernesSj with the nomenclature and approximate acreage as 
indicated below: 
(1) Aleutian Islands Wilderness of approximately one million 16 USC 1132 
three hundred thousand acres as generally depicted on a map "°*'®-
entitled "Aleutian Islands Wilderness", dated October 1978; 
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16 use 1132 
(2) Andreafsky Wilderness of approximately one million three 
^°^- 
hundred thousand acres as generally depicted on a map entitled 
"Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge" dated April 1980; 
16 use 1132 
(3) Arctic Wildlife Refuge Wilderness of approximately eight 
"°*^® 
million acres as generally depicted on a map entitled 
Arctic 
National Wildlife Refuge" dated August 1980; 
16 use 1132 
(4) Becharof Wilderness of approximately four hundred thou-
^°^^- 
sand acres as generally depicted on a map entitled "Becharof 
National Wildlife Refuge" dated July 1980; 
16 use 1132 
(5) Innoko Wilderness of approximately one million two hun-
"°*® 
dred and forty thousand acres as generally depicted on a map 
entitled "Innoko National Wildlife Refuge", dated October 1978; 
16 use 1132 
(6) Izembek Wilderness of approximately three hundred thou-
^°^^- 
sand acres as generally depicted on a map entitled "Izembek 
Wilderness", dated October 1978; 
16 use 1132 
(7) Kenai Wilderness of approximately one million three hun-
^°^- 
dred and fifty thousand acres as generally depicted on a map 
entitled "Kenai National Wildlife Refuge", dated October 1978; 
16 use 1132 
(8) Koyukuk Wilderness of approximately four hundred thou-
"°*®- 
sand acres as generally depicted on a map entitled "Koyukuk 
National Wildlife Refuge", dated July 1980; 
16 use 1132 
(9) Nunivak Wilderness of approximately six hundred thou-
^°^^- 
sand acres as generally depicted on a map entitled "Yukon Delta 
National Wildlife Refuge", dated July 1980; 
16 use 1132 
(10) Togiak Wilderness of approximately two million two 
"°*®- 
hundred and seventy thousand acres as generally depicted on a 
map entitled "Togiak National Wildlife Refuge", dated July 
1980; 
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(11) Semidi Wilderness of approximately two hundred and fifty 
^°^^- 
thousand acres as generally depicted on a map entitled "Semidi 
Wilderness", dated October 1978; 
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(12) Selawik Wilderness of approximately two hundred and 
note. 
forty thousand acres as generally depicted on a map entitled 
"Selawik Wildlife Refuge , dated July 1980; and 
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(13) Unimak Wilderness of approximately nine hundred and 
^°^^- 
ten thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
"Unimak Wilderness", dated October 1978. 
DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS WITHIN NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
SEC. 703. (a) In accordance with subsection 3(c), of the Wilderness 
16 use 1132. 
Act (78 Stat. 892), the public lands within the Tongass National 
Forest within the boundaries depicted as "Proposed Wilderness" on 
the maps referred to in the following paragraphs are hereby desig-
nated as wilderness, with the nomenclature and approximate acre-
age as indicated below: 
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(1) Admiralty Island National Monument Wilderness of 
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approximately nine hundred thousand acres, as generally 
depicted on a map entitled "Admiralty Island Wilderness", dated 
July 1980; 
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(2) Coronation Island Wilderness of approximately nineteen 
^°^- 
thousand one hundred and twenty-two acres, as generally 
depicted on a map entitled "Coronation-Warren-Maurille Islands 
Wilderness", dated October 1978; 
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(3) Endicott River Wilderness of approximately ninety-four 
^°^- 
thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Endi-
cott River Wilderness", dated October 1978; 
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94 STAT. 2419 
(4) Maurille Islands Wilderness of approximately four thou-
sand four hundred and twenty-four acres, as generally depicted 
on a map entitled "Coronation-Warren-Maurille Islands Wilder-
ness", dated October 1978; 
(5) Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness of approxi-
mately two million one hundred and thirty-six thousand acres, as 
generally depicted on a map entitled "Misty Fjords Wilderness", 
dated July 1980; 
(6) Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness of 
approximately fifty thousand acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled "Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilder-
ness", dated October 1978; 
(7) Russell Fjord Wilderness of approximately three hundred 
and seven thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map 
entitled "Russell Fjord Wilderness", dated July 1980; 
(8) South Baranof Wilderness of approximately three hundred 
and fourteen thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map 
entitled "South Baranof Wilderness", dated October 1978; 
(9) South Prince of Wales Wilderness of approximately ninety-
seven thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
"South Prince of Wales Wilderness", dated October 1978; 
(10) Stikine-LeConte Wilderness of approximately four hun-
dred and forty-three thousand acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled "Stikine-LeConte Wilderness", dated October 1978; 
(11) Tebenkof Bay Wilderness of approximately sixty-five thou-
sand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Tebenkof 
Bay Wilderness", dated October 1978; 
(12) Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness of approximately six 
hundred and fifty-six thousand acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled "Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness", dated 
January 1979; 
(13) Warren Island Wilderness of approximately eleven thou-
sand three hundred and fifty-three acres, as generally depicted 
on a map entitled "Coronation-Warren-Maurelle Islands Wilder-
ness", dated October 1978; and 
(14) West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness of approximately two 
hundred and sixty-five thousand acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled "West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness", dated Octo-
ber 1978. 
(b) Existing mechanized portage equipment located at the head of 
Semour Canal on Admiralty Island may continue to be used. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREA WITHIN NATIONAL FOREST 
SYSTEM 
SEC. 704. In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall review the public lands depicted as 
"Wilderness Study" on the following described map and within three 
years report to the President and the Congress in accordance with 
section 3 (c) and (d) of the Wilderness Act, his recommendations as to 
the suitability or nonsuitability of all areas within such wilderness 
study boundaries for preservation of wilderness: Nellie Juan-College 
Fiord, Chugach National Forest as generally depicted on a map 
entitled "Nellie Juan-College Fiord Study Area", dated October 1978. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1132. 
94 STAT. 2420 
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31 u s e 1401 
note. 
Forest materials 
purchasers, loan 
program. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER UTILIZATION PROGRAM 
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SEC. 705. (a) The Congress authorizes and directs that the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall make available to the Secretary of Agriculture 
the sum of at least $40,000,000 annually or as much as the Secretary 
of Agriculture finds is necessary to maintain the timber supply from 
the Tongass National Forest to dependent industry at a rate of four 
billion five hundred million foot board measure per decade. Such 
sums will be drawn from receipts from oil, gas, timber, coal, and other 
natural resources collected by the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior notwithstanding any other law providing for 
the distribution of such receipts: Provided, That such funds shall not 
be subject to deferral or rescission under the Budget Impoundment 
and Control Act of 1974, and such funds shall not be subject to annual 
appropriation. 
(b)(1) The Secretary is authorized and directed to establish a special 
program of insured or guaranteed loans to purchasers of national 
forest materials in Alaska to assist such purchasers in the acquisition 
of equipment and the implementation of new technologies which lead 
to the utilization of wood products which might otherwise not be 
utilized. The Secretary is authorized to promulgate such regulations 
as he deems appropriate to define eligibility requirements for the 
participation in the loan program and the terms and conditions 
applicable to loans made under the program. Except as otherwise 
provided in this section or regulations promulgated specifically for 
this loan program, such program shall be carried out in a manner 
which is consistent with other authorities available to the Secretary. 
(2) To carry out the special loan program established by this 
section, there are hereby authorized beginning after the fiscal year 
1980 to be appropriated $5,000,000 from National Forest Fund 
receipts, to be deposited in a special fund in the Treasury of the 
United States to remain available until expended. Repayments of 
principal and interest and other recoveries on loans authorized by 
this section shall be credited to this fund and shall remain available 
until expended in order to carry out the purposes of this section. 
(c) Within three years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the Senate and House of 
Representatives a study of opportunities (consistent with the laws 
and regulations applicable to the management of the National Forest 
System) to increase timber yields on national forest lands in Alaska. 
(d) The provisions of this section shall apply notwithstanding the 
provisions of section 6(k) of the National Forest Management Act of 
1976 (90 Stat. 2949). 
REPORTS 
SEC. 706. (a) The Secretary is directed to monitor timber supply and 
demand in southeastern Alaska and report annually thereon to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Repre-
sentatives. If, at any time after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary finds that the available land base in the Tongass National 
Forest is inadequate to maintain the timber supply from the Tongass 
National Forest to dependent industry at the rate of four billion five 
hundred million foot board measure per decade, he shall include such 
information in his report. 
Review and re- 
(b) Within five years from the date of enactment of this Act and 
port to Congress, every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall review and report to 
Congress on the status of the Tongass National Forest in southeast-
Study, transmit-
tal to Congress. 
16 u s e 1604. 
Transmittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
16 u s e 539e. 
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94 STAT. 2421 
ern Alaska. This report shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the 
timber harvest levels in the forest since the enactment of this Act; (2) 
the impact of wilderness designation on the timber, fishing, and 
tourism industry in southeast Alaska; (3) measures instituted by the 
Forest Service to protect fish and wildlife in the forest; and (4) the 
status of the small business set aside program in the Tongass Forest, 
(c) The study required by this section shall be conducted in 
cooperation and consultation with the State, affected Native Corpora-
tions, the southeast Alaska timber industry, the Southeast Alaska 
Conservation Council, and the Alaska Land Use Council. 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 707. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Act 
wilderness designated by this Act shall be administered in accord-
ance with applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act governing 16 USC 1132 
areas designated by that Act as wilderness, except that any reference "°*®-
in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act, and any 
reference to the Secretary of Agriculture for areas designated in 
sections 701 and 702 shall, as applicable, be deemed to be a reference 
to the Secretary of the Interior. 
RARE II RELEASE 
SEC. 708. (a) The Congress finds that— 
(1) the Department of Agriculture has completed the second 
roadless area review and evaluation program (RARE II); and 
(2) the Congress has made its own review and examination of 
national forest system roadless areas in Alaska and of the 
environmental impacts associated with alternative allocations of 
such areas. 
(b) On the basis of such review, the Congress hereby determines and 
directs that— 
(1) without passing on the question of the legal and factual 
sufficiency of the RARE II Final Environmental Statement 
(dated January 1979) with respect to national forest lands in 
States other than Alaska, such statement shall not be subject to 
judicial review with respect to National Forest System lands in 
the State of Alaska; 
(2) with respect to the National Forest lands in the State of 
Alaska which were reviewed by the Department of Agriculture 
in the second roadless area review and evaluation (RARE II), 
except those lands remaining in further planning upon enact-
ment of this Act or the area listed in section 704 of this Act, that 
review and evaluation shall be deemed for the purposes of the 
initial land management plans required for such lands by the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
1974 as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 16 USC 1600 
1976 to be an adequate consideration of the suitability of such note, 
lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation ]:^^Y ^ 
System and the Department of Agriculture shall not be required 
to review the wilderness option prior to the revision of the initial 
plans and in no case prior to the date established by law for 
completion of the initial planning cycle; 
(3) areas reviewed in such Final Environmental Statement and 
not designated as wilderness or for study by this Act or remain-
ing in further planning upon enactment of this Act need not be 
note. 
94 STAT. 2422 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
managed for the purpose of protecting their suitability for 
wilderness designation pending revision of the initial plans; and 
(4) unless expressly authorized by Congress the Department of 
Agriculture shall not conduct any further statewide roadless 
area review and evaluation of National Forest System lands in 
the State of Alaska for the purpose of determining their suitabil-
ity for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation 
System. 
TITLE VIII—SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT AND USE 
FINDINGS 
16 use 3111. 
SEC. SOL The Congress finds and declares that— 
(1) the continuation of the opportunity for subsistence uses by 
rural residents of Alaska, including both Natives and non-
Natives, on the public lands and by Alaska Natives on Native 
lands is essential to Native physical, economic, traditional, and 
cultural existence and to non-Native physical, economic, tradi-
tional, and social existence; 
(2) the situation in Alaska is unique in that, in most cases, no 
practical alternative means are available to replace the food 
supplies and other items gathered from fish and wildlife which 
supply rural residents dependent on subsistence uses; 
(3) continuation of the opportunity for subsistence uses of 
resources on public and other lands in Alaska is threatened by 
the increasing population of Alaska, with resultant pressure on 
subsistence resources, by sudden decline in the populations of 
some wildlife species which are crucial subsistence resources, by 
increased accessibility of remote areas containing subsistence 
resources, and by taking of fish and wildlife in a manner 
inconsistent with recognized principles of fish and wildlife 
management; 
(4) in order to fulfill the policies and purposes of the Alaska 
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Native Claims Settlement Act and as a matter of equity, it is 
^°^^- 
necessary for the Congress to invoke its constitutional authority 
over Native affairs and its constitutional authority under the 
property clause and the commerce clause to protect and provide 
the opportunity for continued subsistence uses on the public 
lands by Native and non-Native rural residents; and 
(5) the national interest in the proper regulation, protection, 
and conservation of fish and wildlife on the public lands in 
Alaska and the continuation of the opportunity for a subsistence 
way of life by residents of rural Alaska require that an adminis-
trative structure be established for the purpose of enabling rural 
residents who have personal knowledge of local conditions and 
requirements to have a meaningful role in the management of 
fish and wildlife and of subsistence uses on the public lands in 
Alaska. 
POLICY 
16 use 3112. 
SEC. 802. It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress that— 
(1) consistent with sound management principles, and the 
conservation of healthy populations of fish and wildlife, the 
utilization of the public lands in Alaska is to cause the least 
adverse impact possible on rural residents who depend upon 
subsistence uses of the resources of such lands; consistent with 
management of fish and wildlife in accordance with recognized 
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94 STAT. 2423 
scientific principles and the purposes for each unit established, 
designated, or expanded by or pursuant to titles II through VII of ^"^e. P 2377. 
this Act, the purpose of this title is to provide the opportunity for 
rural residents engaged in a subsistence way of life to do so; 
(2) nonwasteful subsistence uses of fish and wildlife and other 
renewable resources shall be the priority consumptive uses of all 
such resources on the public lands of Alaska when it is necessary 
to restrict taking in order to assure the continued viability of a 
fish or wildlife population or the continuation of subsistence uses 
of such population, the taking of such population for nonwasteful 
subsistence uses shall be given preference on the public lands 
over other consumptive uses; and 
(3) except as otherwise provided by this Act or other Federal 
laws. Federal land managing agencies, in managing subsistence 
activities on the public lands and in protecting the continued 
viability of all wild renewable resources in Alaska, shall cooper-
ate with adjacent landowners and land managers, including 
Native Corporations, appropriate State and Federal agencies, 
and other nations. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 803. As used in this Act, the term "subsistence uses" means 16 use 3ii3. 
the customary and traditional uses by rural Alaska residents of wild, 
renewable resources for direct personal or family consumption as 
food, shelter, fuel, clothing, tools, or transportation; for the making 
and selling of handicraft articles out of nonedible byproducts of fish 
and wildlife resources taken for personal or family consumption; for 
barter, or sharing for personal or family consumption; and for 
customary trade. For the purposes of this section, the term— 
(1) "family" means all persons related by blood, marriage, or 
adoption, or any person living within the household on a perma-
nent basis; and 
(2) "barter" means the exchange of fish or wildlife or their 
parts, taken for subsistence uses— 
(A) for other fish or game or their parts; or 
(B) for other food or for nonedible items other than money 
if the exchange is of a limited and noncommercial nature. 
PREFERENCE FOR SUBSISTENCE USES 
SEC. 804. Except as otherwise provided in this Act and other 16 use 3114. 
Federal laws, the taking on public lands of fish and wildlife for 
nonwasteful subsistence uses shall be accorded priority over the 
taking on such lands of fish and wildlife for other purposes. When- Priority criteria. 
ever it is necessary to restrict the taking of populations of fish and 
wildlife on such lands for subsistence uses in order to protect the 
continued viability of such populations, or to continue such uses, such 
priority shall be implemented through appropriate limitations based 
on the application of the following criteria: 
(1) customary and direct dependence upon the populations as 
the mainstay of livelihood; 
(2) local residency; and 
(3) the availability of alternative resources. 
94 STAT. 2424 
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Regional adviso-
ry council, au-
thority. 
LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTICIPATION 
16 use 3115. 
SEC. 805. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this 
section, one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary in consultation with the State shall establish— 
(1) at least six Alaska subsistence resource regions which, 
taken together, include all public lands. The number and bound-
aries of the regions shall be sufficient to assure that regional 
differences in subsistence uses are adequately accommodated; 
(2) such local advisory committees within each region as he 
finds necessary at such time as he may determine, after notice 
and hearing, that the existing State fish and game advisory 
committees do not adequately perform the functions of the local 
committee system set forth in paragraph (3)(D)(iv) of this subsec-
tion; and 
(3) a regional advisory council in each subsistence resource 
region. 
Each regional advisory council shall be composed of residents of the 
region and shall have the following authority: 
(A) the review and evaluation of proposals for regulations, 
policies, management plans, and other matters relating to sub-
sistence uses offish and wildlife within the region; 
(B) the provision of a forum for the expression of opinions and 
recommendations by persons interested in any matter related to 
the subsistence uses of fish and wildlife within the region; 
(C) the encouragement of local and regional participation 
pursuant to the provisions of this title in the decisionmaking 
process affecting the taking of fish and wildlife on the public 
lands within the region for subsistence uses; 
Annual report to 
(D) the preparation of an annual report to the Secretary which 
Secretary. 
ghall contain— 
(i) an identification of current and anticipated subsistence 
uses of fish and wildlife populations within the region; 
(ii) an evaluation of current and anticipated subsistence 
needs for fish and wildlife populations within the region; 
(iii) a recommended strategy for the management of fish 
and wildlife populations within the region to accommodate 
such subsistence uses and needs; and 
(iv) recommendations concerning policies, standards, 
guidelines, and regulations to implement the strategy. The 
State fish and game advisory committees or such local 
advisory committees as the Secretary may establish pursu-
ant to paragraph (2) of this subsection may provide advice to, 
and assist, the regional advisory councils in carrying out the 
functions set forth in this paragraph. 
(b) The Secretary shall assign adequate qualified staff to the 
regional advisory councils and make timely distribution of all availa-
ble relevant technical and scientific support data to the regional 
advisory councils and the State fish and game advisory committees or 
such local advisory committees as the Secretary may establish 
pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (a). 
(c) The Secretary, in performing his monitoring responsibility 
pursuant to section 806 and in the exercise of his closure and other 
administrative authority over the public lands, shall consider the 
report and recommendations of the regional advisory councils con-
cerning the taking offish and wildlife on the public lands within their 
respective regions for subsistence uses. The Secretary may choose not 
to follow any recommendation which he determines is not supported 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2425 
by substantial evidence, violates recognized principles of fish and 
wildlife conservation, or would be detrimental to the satisfaction of 
subsistence needs. If a recommendation is not adopted by the Secre-
tary, he shall set forth the factual basis and the reasons for his 
decision. 
(d) The Secretary shall not implement subsections (a), (b), and (c) of Implementation 
this section if within one year from the date of enactment of this Act, 
the State enacts and implements laws of general applicability which 
are consistent with, and which provide for the definition, preference, 
and participation specified in, sections 803, 804, and 805, such laws, 
unless and until repealed, shall supersede such sections insofar as 
such sections govern State responsibility pursuant to this title for the 
taking of fish and wildlife on the public lands for subsistence uses. 
Laws establishing a system of local advisory committees and regional 
advisory councils consistent with section 805 shall provide that the 
State rulemaking authority shall consider the advice and recommen-
dations of the regional councils concerning the taking of fish and 
wildlife populations on public lands within their respective regions 
for subsistence uses. The regional councils may present recommenda-
tions, and the evidence upon which such recommendations are based, 
to the State rulemaking authority during the course of the adminis-
trative proceedings of such authority. The State rulemaking 
authority may choose not to follow any recommendation which it 
determines is not supported by substantial evidence presented during 
the course of its administrative proceedings, violates recognized 
principles offish and wildlife conservation or would be detrimental to 
the satisfaction of rural subsistence needs. If a recommendation is not 
adopted by the State rulemaking authority, such authority shall set 
forth the factual basis and the reasons for its decision. 
(e)(1) The Secretary shall reimburse the State, from funds appropri-
ated to the Department of the Interior for such purposes, for reason-
able costs relating to the establishment and operation of the regional 
advisory councils established by the State in accordance with subsec-
tion (d) and the operation of the State fish and game advisory 
committees so long as such committees are not superseded by the 
Secretary pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (a). Such reim-
bursement may not exceed 50 per centum of such costs in any fiscal 
year. Such costs shall be verified in a statement which the Secretary 
determines to be adequate and accurate. Sums paid under this 
subsection shall be in addition to any grants, payments, or other sums 
to which the State is entitled from appropriations to the Department 
of the Interior. 
(2) Total payments to the State under this subsection shall not 
exceed the sum of $5,000,000 in any one fiscal year. The Secretary 
shall advise the Congress at least once in every five years as to 
whether or not the maximum payments specified in this subsection 
are adequate to ensure the effectiveness of the program established 
by the State to provide the preference for subsistence uses of fish and 
wildlife set forth in section 804. 
Reimbursement 
to States. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
FEDERAL MONITORING 
SEC. 806. The Secretary shall monitor the provisions by the State of 
the subsistence preference set forth in section 804 and shall advise 
the State and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and on 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and 
the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate annually and at such other times as 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
16 u s e 3116. 
94 STAT. 2426 
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he deems necessary of his views on the effectiveness of the implemen-
tation of this title including the State's provision of such preference, 
any exercise of his closure or other administrative authority to 
protect subsistence resources or uses, the views of the State, and any 
recommendations he may have. 
Civil actions. 
16 u s e 3117. 
Hearing. 
16 u s e 3118. 
Subsistence 
hunting pro-
gram. 
JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 807. (a) Local residents and other persons and organizations 
aggrieved by a failure of the State or the Federal Government to 
provide for the priority for subsistence uses set forth in section 804 (or 
with respect to the State as set forth in a State law of general 
applicability if the State has fulfilled the requirements of section 
805(d)) may, upon exhaustion of any State or Federal (as appropriate) 
administrative remedies which may be available, file a civil action in 
the United States District Court for the District of Alaska to require 
such actions to be taken as are necessary to provide for the priority. 
In a civil action filed against the State, the Secretary may be joined as 
a party to such action. The court may grant preliminary injunctive 
relief in any civil action if the granting of such relief is appropriate 
under the facts upon which the action is based. No order granting 
preliminary relief shall be issued until after an opportunity for 
hearing. In a civil action filed against the State, the court shall 
provide relief, other than preliminary relief, by directing the State to 
submit regulations which satisfy the requirements of section 804; 
when approved by the court, such regulations shall be incorporated 
as part of the final judicial order, and such order shall be valid only 
for such period of time as normally provided by State law for the 
regulations at issue. Local residents and other persons and organiza-
tions who are prevailing parties in an action filed pursuant to this 
section shall be awarded their costs and attorney's fees. 
(b) A civil action filed pursuant to this section shall be assigned for 
hearing at the earliest possible date, shall take precedence over other 
matters pending on the docket of the United States district court at 
that time, and shall be expedited in every way by such court and any 
appellate court. 
(c) This section is the sole Federal judicial remedy created by this 
title for local residents and other residents who, and organizations 
which, are aggrieved by a failure of the State to provide for the 
priority of subsistence uses set forth in section 804. 
PARK AND PARK MONUMENT SUBSISTENCE RESOURCE COMMISSIONS 
SEC. 808. (a) Within one year from the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary and the Governor shall each appoint three members to 
a subsistence resources commission for each national park or park 
monument within which subsistence uses are permitted by this Act. 
The regional advisory council established pursuant to section 805 
which has jurisdiction within the area in which the park or park 
monument is located shall appoint three members to the commission 
each of whom is a member of either the regional advisory council or a 
local advisory committee within the region and also engages in 
subsistence uses within the park or park monument. Within eighteen 
months from the date of enactment of this Act, each commission shall 
devise and recommend to the Secretary and the Governor a program 
for subsistence hunting within the park or park monument. Such 
program shall be prepared using technical information and other 
pertinent data assembled or produced by necessary field studies or 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2427 
investigations conducted jointly or separately by the technical and 
administrative personnel of the State and the Department of the 
Interior, information submitted by, and after consultation with the 
appropriate local advisory committees and regional advisory coun-
cils, and any testimony received in a public hearing or hearings held 
by the commission prior to preparation of the plan at a convenient 
location or locations in the vicinity of the park or park monument. 
Each year thereafter, the commission, after consultation with the 
appropriate local committees and regional councils, considering all 
relevant data and holding one or more additional hearings in the 
vicinity of the park or park monument, shall make recommendations 
to the Secretary and the Governor for any changes in the program or 
its implementation which the commission deems necessary. 
(b) The Secretary shall promptly implement the program and 
recommendations submitted to him by each commission unless he 
finds in writing that such program or recommendations violates 
recognized principles of wildlife conservation, threatens the conser-
vation of healthy populations of wildlife in the park or park monu-
ment, is contrary to the purposes for which the park or park 
monument is established, or would be detrimental to the satisfaction 
of subsistence needs of local residents. Upon notification by the 
Governor, the Secretary shall take no action on a submission of a 
commission for sixty days during which period he shall consider any 
proposed changes in the program or recommendations submitted by 
the commission which the Governor provides him. 
(c) Pending the implementation of a program under subsection (a) 
of this section, the Secretary shall permit subsistence uses by local 
residents in accordance with the provisions of this title and other 
applicable Federal and State law. 
Program and 
recommendation 
implementation. 
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS 
SEC. 809. The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements or 16 USC 3119. 
otherwise cooperate with other Federal agencies, the State, Native 
Corporations, other appropriate persons and organizations, and, 
acting through the Secretary of State, other nations to effectuate the 
purposes and policies of this title. 
SUBSISTENCE AND LAND USE DECISIONS 
SEC. 810. (a) In determining whether to withdraw, reserve, lease, or 16 USC 3120. 
otherwise permit the use, occupancy, or disposition of public lands 
under any provision of law authorizing such actions, the head of the 
Federal agency having primary jurisdiction over such lands or his 
designee shall evaluate the effect of such use, occupancy, or disposi-
tion on subsistence uses and needs, the availability of other lands for 
the purposes sought to be achieved, and other alternatives which 
would reduce or eliminate the use, occupancy, or disposition of public 
lands needed for subsistence purposes. No such withdrawal, reserva-
tion, lease, permit, or other use, occupancy or disposition of such 
lands which would significantly restrict subsistence uses shall be 
effected until the head of such Federal agency— 
(1) gives notice to the appropriate State agency and the 
appropriate local committees and regional councils established 
pursuant to section 805; 
(2) gives notice of, and holds, a hearing in the vicinity of the Hearing, 
area involved; and 
94 STAT. 2428 
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Notice and hear-
ings. 
42 use 4332. 
48 use note 
prec. 21. 
43 use 1601 
note. 
16 use 3121. 
(3) determines that (A) such a significant restriction of subsist-
ence uses is necessary, consistent with sound management prin-
ciples for the utilization of the public lands, (B) the proposed 
activity will involve the minimal amount of public lands neces-
sary to accomplish the purposes of such use, occupancy, or other 
disposition, and (C) reasonable steps will be taken to minimize 
adverse impacts upon subsistence uses and resources resulting 
from such actions. 
(b) If the Secretary is required to prepare an environmental impact 
statement pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmen-
tal Policy Act, he shall provide the notice and hearing and include the 
findings required by subsection (a) as part of such environmental 
impact statement. 
(c) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit or impair the 
ability of the State or any Native Corporation to make land selections 
and receive land conveyances pursuant to the Alaska Statehood Act 
or the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(d) After compliance with the procedural requirements of this 
section and other applicable law, the head of the appropriate Federal 
agency may manage or dispose of public lands under his primary 
jurisdiction for any of those uses or purposes authorized by this Act or 
other law. 
ACCESS 
SEC. 811. (a) The Secretary shall ensure that rural residents 
engaged in subsistence uses shall have reasonable access to subsist-
ence resources on the public lands. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or other law, 
the Secretary shall permit on the public lands appropriate use for 
subsistence purposes of snowmobiles, motorboats, and other means of 
surface transportation traditionally employed for such purposes by 
local residents, subject to reasonable regulation. 
RESEARCH 
16 use 3122. 
SEC. 812. The Secretary, in cooperation with the State and other 
appropriate Federal agencies, shall undertake research on fish and 
wildlife and subsistence uses on the public lands; seek data from, 
consult with and make use of, the special knowledge of local residents 
engaged in subsistence uses; and make the results of such research 
available to the State, the local and regional councils established by 
the Secretary or State pursuant to section 805, and other appropriate 
persons and organizations. 
Submittal to 
Speaker of 
House and Presi-
dent of Senate. 
16 use 3123. 
PERIODIC REPORTS 
SEC. 813. Within four years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and within every three-year period thereafter, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall prepare and 
submit a report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives on the implementation of this title. The 
report shall include— 
(1) an evaluation of the results of the monitoring undertaken 
by the Secretary as required by section 806; 
(2) the status of fish and wildlife populations on public lands 
that are subject to subsistence uses; 
(3) a description of the nature and extent of subsistence uses 
and other uses offish and wildlife on the public lands; 
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94 STAT. 2429 
(4) the role of subsistence uses in the economy and culture of 
rural Alaska; 
(5) comments on the Secretary's report by the State, the local 
advisory councils and regional advisory councils established by 
the Secretary or the State pursuant to section 805, and other 
appropriate persons and organizations; 
(6) a description of those actions taken, or which may need to 
be taken in the future, to permit the opportunity for continu-
ation of activities relating to subsistence uses on the public lands; 
and 
(7) such other recommendations the Secretary deems appropri-
ate. 
A notice of the report shall be published in the Federal Register and Publication in 
the report shall be made available to the public. 
Federal Regis-
ter. 
REGULATIONS 
SEC. 814. The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as are 16 USC 3124. 
necessary and appropriate to carry out his responsibilities under this 
title. 
LIMITATIONS, SAVINGS CLAUSES 
SEC. 815. Nothing in this title shall be construed as— 
16 USC 3125. 
(1) granting any property right in any fish or wildlife or other 
resource of the public lands or as permitting the level of subsist-
ence uses offish and wildlife within a conservation system unit to 
be inconsistent with the conservation of healthy populations, and 
within a national park or monument to be inconsistent with the 
conservation of natural and healthy populations, of fish and 
wildlife. No privilege which may be granted by the State to any 
individual with respect to subsistence uses may be assigned to 
any other individual; 
(2) permitting any subsistence use of fish and wildlife on any 
portion of the public lands (whether or not within any conserva-
tion system unit) which was permanently closed to such uses on 
January 1, 1978, or enlarging or diminishing the Secretary's 
authority to manipulate habitat on any portion of the public 
lands; 
(3) authorizing a restriction on the taking of fish and wildlife 
for nonsubsistence uses on the public lands (other than national 
parks and park monuments) unless necessary for the conserva-
tion of healthy populations offish and wildlife, for the reasons set 
forth in section 816, to continue subsistence uses of such popula-
tions, or pursuant to other applicable law; or 
(4) modifying or repealing the provisions of any Federal law 
governing the conservation or protection of fish and wildlife, 
including the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration 
Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 927; 16 U.S.C. 668dd-jj), the National Park 
Service Organic Act (39 Stat. 535,16 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3, 4), the Fur Seal 
Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1091; 16 U.S.C. 1187), the Endangered 16 USC 1151 
Species Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 884; 16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), the Marine i^ote. 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 1027; 16 U.S.C. 
1361-1407), the Act entitled "An Act for the Protection of the 
Bald Eagle", approved June 8, 1940 (54 Stat. 250; 16 U.S.C. 
742a-754), the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (40 Stat. 755; 16 U.S.C. 16 USC 
703-711), the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (50 Stat. 668-668d. 
917; 16 U.S.C. 669-6691), the Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 331; 16 U.S.C. 1801-1882), the Federal Post, p. 3300. 
94 STAT. 2430 
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Aid in Fish Restoration Act (64 Stat. 430; 16 U.S.C. 777-777K), or 
any amendments to any one or more of such Acts. 
CLOSURE TO SUBSISTENCE USES 
16 use 3126. 
SEC. 816. (a) All national parks and park monuments in Alaska 
shall be closed to the taking of wildlife except for subsistence uses to 
the extent specifically permitted by this Act. Subsistence uses and 
sport fishing shall be authorized in such areas by the Secretary and 
carried out in accordance with the requirements of this title and 
other applicable laws of the United States and the State of Alaska, 
(b) Except as specifically provided otherwise by this section, noth-
ing in this title is intended to enlarge or diminish the authority of the 
Secretary to designate areas where, and establish periods when, no 
taking of fish and wildlife shall be permitted on the public lands for 
reasons of public safety, administration, or to assure the continued 
viability of a particular fish or wildlife population. Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this Act or other law, the Secretary, after 
consultation with the State and adequate notice and public hearing, 
may temporarily close any public lands (including those within any 
conservation system unit), or any portion thereof, to subsistence uses 
of a particular fish or wildlife population only if necessary for reasons 
of public safety, administration, or to assure the continued viability 
Publication in 
of such population. If the Secretary determines that an emergency 
Federal Regis- 
situation exists and that extraordinary measures must be taken for 
public safety or to assure the continued viability of a particular fish 
or wildlife population, the Secretary may immediately close the 
public lands, or any portion thereof, to the subsistence uses of such 
population and shall publish the reasons justifying the closure in the 
Federal Register. Such emergency closure shall be effective when 
made, shall not extend for a period exceeding sixty days, and may not 
subsequently be extended unless the Secretary affirmatively estab-
lishes, after notice and public hearing, that such closure should be 
extended. 
TITLE IX—IMPLEMENTATION OF ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS 
SETTLEMENT ACT AND ALASKA STATEHOOD ACT 
SUBMERGED LANDS STATUTE OF LIMITATION 
43 use 1631. 
SEC. 901. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
ownership by a Native Corporation or Native Group of a parcel of 
submerged land conveyed to such Corporation or Group pursuant to 
43 use 1601 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or this Act, or a decision by 
^°^- 
the Secretary of the Interior that the water covering such parcel is 
not navigable, shall not be subject to judicial determination unless a 
civil action is filed in the United States District Court within five 
years after the date of execution of the interim conveyance if the 
interim conveyance was executed after the date of enactment of this 
Act, or within seven years after the date of enactment of this Act if 
the interim conveyance was executed on or before the date of 
enactment of this Act. If a parcel of submerged land was conveyed by 
a patent rather than an interim conveyance, the civil action 
described in the preceding sentence shall be filed within five years 
after the date of execution of the patent if the patent was executed 
after the date of enactment of this Act, or within seven years after the 
date of enactment of this Act if the patent was executed on or before 
the date of enactment of this Act. The civil action described in this 
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94 STAT. 2431 
subsection shall be a de novo determination of the ownership of the 
parcel which is the subject of the action. 
(b) No agency or board of the Department of the Interior other than 
the Bureau of Land Management shall have authority to determine 
the navigability of water covering a parcel of submerged land selected 
by a Native Corporation or Native Group pursuant to the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act unless a determination by the Bureau 
of Land Management that the water covering a parcel of submerged 
land is not navigable was validly appealed to such agency or board 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act. The execution of an interim 
conveyance or patent (whichever is executed first) by the Bureau of 
Land Management conveying a parcel of submerged land to a Native 
Corporation or Native Group shall be the final agency action with 
respect to a decision by the Secretary of the Interior that the water 
covering such parcel is not navigable, unless such decision was 
validly appealed prior to the date of enactment of this Act to an 
agency or board of the Department of the Interior other than the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
(c) If the court determines that a parcel of submerged land which is 
the subject of a civil action described in subsection (a) is owned by the 
Native Corporation or Native Group to which it was conveyed 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or this Act, 
each defendant Native Corporation and Native Group shall be 
awarded a money judgment against the plaintiffs in an amount equal 
to its costs and attorney's fees, including costs and attorney's fees 
incurred on appeal. 
(d) No Native Corporation or Native Group shall be determined to 
have been conveyed its acreage entitlement under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act until— 
(1) the statutes of limitation set forth in subsection (a) have 
expired with respect to every parcel of submerged land conveyed 
to such Corporation or Group; and 
(2) a final judgment or order not subject to an appeal has been 
obtained in every civil action filed pursuant to subsection (a). 
(e)(1) Whenever a parcel of submerged land to be conveyed to a 
Native Corporation or Native Group is located outside the boundaries 
of a conservation system unit such Corporation or Group and the 
State of Alaska may mutually agree that such parcel may be selected 
by and conveyed to the State under the provisions of section 6(b) of 
the Alaska Statehood Act. 
(2) In any instance in which the State could have selected a parcel 
of submerged land pursuant to an agreement between the State and a 
Native Corporation or Native Group pursuant to paragraph (1) if 
such parcel had not previously been conveyed to such Corporation or 
Group, such Corporation or Group is authorized to reconvey such 
parcel to the Secretary, and the Secretary shall accept such recon-
veyance. If the surface estate and subsurface estate of such parcel are 
owned by different Native Corporations or Native Groups, every 
Corporation and Group with an interest in such parcel shall reconvey 
its entire interest in such parcel to the Secretary. 
(3) In any agreement made between a Native Corporation or Native 
Group and the State of Alaska pursuant to paragraph (1), and in any 
reconveyance executed by a Native Corporation or Native Group 
pursuant to paragraph (2), each affected Corporation or Group shall 
disclaim its interest in the parcel which is the subject of the 
agreement or reconveyance. If such parcel underlies a lake having a 
surface area of fifty acres or greater or a stream having a width of 
three chains or greater, the Secretary shall determine the acreage 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
Costs and 
attorney fees. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
Agreements or 
reconveyances 
with State. 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
79-194 
O—81—pt. 2 
73 : QL3 
94 STAT. 2432 
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48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
43 u s e 1612. 
Replacement 
acreage. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
Post, p. 2496. 
43 u s e 1610. 
43 u s e 1611, 
1613, 1615, 1616, 
1621. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
contained in the parcel. If such parcel underlies a lake having a 
surface area of less than fifty acres or a stream having a width of less 
than three chains, the Secretary, the State, and the affected Native 
Corporation or Native Group shall determine the acreage contained 
in the parcel by mutual agreement. The affected Native Corporation 
or Native Group shall receive replacement lands in an amount equal 
to the acreage of the parcel as determined by the processes set forth 
in this paragraph. 
(4) Upon receipt by the Secretary of an agreement executed 
pursuant to paragraph (1) or a reconveyance executed pursuant to 
paragraph (2), the parcel which is the subject of the agreement or 
reconveyance shall be deemed vacant, unappropriated, and unre-
served public land available for selection by the State pursuant to 
section 6 of the Alaska Statehood Act, and the State is authorized to 
file a land selection application for such parcel pursuant to section 
6(b) of the Alaska Statehood Act. The acreage within such parcel 
shall be charged against the State's land entitlement. If the water 
covering a parcel of submerged land selected by or conveyed to the 
State pursuant to this subsection is later determined (without regard 
to the statutes of limitation contained in this section) by a court of 
competent jurisdiction to be navigable and title to such parcel to be 
vested in the State pursuant to section 6(m) of the Alaska Statehood 
Act, such selection or conveyance shall not diminish the State's land 
entitlement under section 6(b) of the Alaska Statehood Act, nor shall 
such judicial determination of navigability affect the land entitle-
ment of any Native Corporation or Native Group pursuant to the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Land selections made by the 
State pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to the size 
limitations of section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood Act or this Act. 
Notwithstanding the survey requirements of section 6(g) of the 
Alaska Statehood Act and section 13 of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, no ground survey or monumentation shall be 
required on any parcel selected by and conveyed to the State or 
excluded from a conveyance to any Native Corporation or Native 
Group pursuant to this subsection. 
(5) Any Native Corporation or Native Group which is entitled to 
receive conveyance of replacement acreage in lieu of acreage within a 
parcel of submerged land relinquished or reconveyed pursuant to this 
subsection shall receive conveyance of such replacement acreage 
from among existing selections made by such Corporation or Group 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or this Act. If 
such selections are insufficient to fulfill the acreage entitlement of 
such Corporation or Group pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, the provisions of section 1410 shall apply to such 
Corporation or Group, but no land within the boundaries of a 
conservation system unit shall be withdrawn for such Corporation or 
Group pursuant to section 1410 unless such land was withdrawn 
under section 11(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Any 
replacement acreage conveyed to a Native Corporation or Native 
Group from lands withdrawn pursuant to section 1410 shall be 
subject to the provisions of sections 12,14,16,17, and 22 of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(f) The procedures and statutes of limitation set forth in this section 
shall not apply to administrative or judicial determinations of the 
navigability of water covering a parcel of submerged land other than 
a parcel conveyed to a Native Corporation or Native Group pursuant 
to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or this Act. 
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94 STAT. 2433 
(g) As used in this section, the terms "navigable" and "navigabil-
ity" mean navigable for the purpose of determining title to lands 
beneath navigable waters, as between the United States and the 
several States, pursuant to the Submerged Lands Act of 1953 (67 Stat. 
29), and section 6(m) of the Alaska Statehood Act. 
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any civil action 
contesting the legality or authority of the United States to legislate 
on the subject matter of this section shall be barred unless the 
complaint is filed within one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act. The purpose of this limitation on suits is to ensure that, after the 
expiration of a reasonable period of time, the right, title, and interest 
of Native Corporations and Native Groups in submerged lands 
conveyed to them under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
and this Act will vest with certainty and finality and may be relied 
upon by such Corporations and Groups and all other persons in their 
relations among themselves and with the State and the United 
States. 
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS 
"Navigable." 
"Navigability.' 
43 u s e 1301 
note. 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
43 u s e 1632. 
43 u s e 1301 
note. 
SEC. 902. (a) Except for administrative determinations of navigabil-
ity for purposes of determining ownership of submerged lands under 
the Submerged Lands Act, a decision of the Secretary under this title 
or the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall not be subject to 
judicial review unless such action is initiated before a court of 
competent jurisdiction within two years after the day the Secretary's 
decision becomes final or the date of enactment of this Act, whichever 
is later: Provided, That the party seeking such review shall first 
exhaust any administrative appeal rights. 
OJ) Decisions made by a Village Corporation to reconvey land under 
section 14(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall not be 43 use 1613. 
subject to judicial review unless such action is initiated before a court 
of competent jurisdiction within one year after the date of the filing 
of the map of boundaries as provided for in regulations promulgated 
by the Secretary. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 903. (a) LIMITATIONS CONCERNING EASEMENTS.—With respect 
43 use 1633. 
to lands conveyed to Native Corporations or Native Groups the 
Secretary shall reserve only those easements which are described in 
section 17(b)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and shall 43 use 1616. 
be guided Ijy the following principles: 
(1) all easements should be designed so as to minimize their 
impact on Native life styles, and on subsistence uses; and 
(2) each easement should be specifically located and described 
and should include only such areas as are necessary for the 
purpose or purposes for which the easement is reserved. 
(b) ACQUISITION OF FUTURE EASEMENTS.—Whenever, after a convey-
ance has been made by this Act or under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, the Secretary determines that an easement not 
reserved at the time of conveyance or by operation of subsection (a) of 
this section is required for any purpose specified in section 17(b)(1) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, he is authorized to acquire 
such easement by purchase or otherwise. The acquisition of such an 
easement shall be deemed a public purpose for which the Secretary 
may exercise his exchange authority pursuant to section 22(f) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
43 use 1621. 
(c) STATUS OF CERTAIN LEASE OFFERS.—Offers for noncompetitive 
oil and gas leases under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 which were 30 use 181 note. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
94 STAT. 2434 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
filed but which did not result in the issuance of a lease on or before 
December 18, 1971, on lands selected by, and conveyed before, on, or 
after the date of enactment of this Act to, Native Corporations or to 
43 use 1613. 
individual Natives under paragraph (5) or (6) of section 14(h) as part 
of the entitlement to receive land under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act shall not constitute valid existing rights under 
section 14(g) of such Act or under this Act. 
(d) LIMITATION.—This Act is not intended to modify, repeal, or 
otherwise affect any provision of the Act of January 2,1976 (89 Stat. 
43 use 1604, 
1145), as amended or supplemented by Public Laws 94-456 and 
note, 1605 note, 
95-178, and shall not be construed as imposing any additional 
and note^'l6l5 
restriction on the use or management of those lands described in 
1616 1618 note 
section 22(k) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
1620, 1621, 1625 
?nd note, 1626, 
TAX MORATORIUM EXTENSION 
1627, 1D2O. 
43 use 1621. 
gg^, 9Q4 Subsection (d) of section 21 of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1601, 1620(d)), is amended to 
read: 
"(d)(1) Real property interests conveyed, pursuant to this Act, to a 
Native individual, Native Group, Village or Regional Corporation or 
43 use 1613. 
corporation established pursuant to section 14(h)(3) which are not 
developed or leased to third parties or which are used solely for the 
purposes of exploration shall be exempt from State and local real 
property taxes for a period of twenty years from the vesting of title 
Ante, p. 2371. 
pursuant to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act or 
the date of issuance of an interim conveyance or patent, whichever is 
earlier, for those interests to such individual, group, or corporation: 
Provided, That municipal taxes, local real property taxes, or local 
assessments may be imposed upon any portion of such interest within 
the jurisdiction of any governmental unit under the laws of the State 
which is leased or developed for purposes other than exploration for 
so long as such portion is leased or being developed: Provided further. 
That easements, rights-of-way, leaseholds, and similar interests in 
such real property may be taxed in accordance with State or local 
law. All rents, royalties, profits, and other revenues or proceeds 
derived from such property interests shall be taxable to the same 
extent as such revenues or proceeds are taxable when received by a 
non-Native individual or corporation. 
"(2) Any real property interest, not developed or leased to third 
parties, acquired by a Native individual. Native Group, Village or 
Regional Corporation, or corporation established pursuant to section 
14(h)(3) in exchange for real property interests which are exempt 
from taxation pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be 
deemed to be a property interest conveyed pursuant to this Act and 
shall be exempt from taxation as if conveyed pursuant to this Act, 
when such an exchange is made with the Federal Government, the 
State government, a municipal government, or another Native Cor-
poration, or, if neither party to the exchange receives a cash value 
greater than 25 per centum of the value of the land exchanged, a 
private party. In the event that a Native Corporation simultaneously 
exchanges two or more tracts of land having different periods of tax 
exemption pursuant to subsection (d), the periods of tax exemption 
for the exchanged lands received by such Native Corporation shall be 
determined (A) by calculating the percentage that the acreage of each 
tract given up bears to the total acreage given up, and (B) by applying 
such percentages and the related periods of tax exemption to the 
acreage received in exchange.". 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2435 
ALASKA NATIVE ALLOTMENTS 
SEC. 905. (a)(1) Subject to valid existing rights, all Alaska Native 
allotment applications made pursuant to the Act of May 17,1906 (34 
Stat. 197, as amended) which were pending before the Department of 
the Interior on or before December 18, 1971, and which describe 
either land that was unreserved on December 13,1968, or land within 
the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska (then identified as Naval 
Petroleum Reserve No. 4) are hereby approved on the one hundred 
and eightieth day following the effective date of this Act, except 
where provided otherwise by paragraph (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this 
subsection, or where the land description of the allotment must be 
adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, in which cases 
approval pursuant to the terms of this subsection shall be effective at 
the time the adjustment becomes final. The Secretary shall cause 
allotments approved pursuant to this section to be surveyed and shall 
issue trust certificates therefor. 
(2) All applications approved pursuant to this section shall be 
subject to the provisions of the Act of March 8, 1922 (43 U.S.C. 
270-11). 
(3) When on or before the one hundred and eightieth day following 
the effective date of this Act the Secretary determines by notice or 
decision that the land described in an allotment application may be 
valuable for minerals, excluding oil, gas, or coal, the allotment 
application shall be adjudicated pursuant to the provision of the Act 
of May 17, 1906, as amended, requiring that land allotted under said 
Act be nonmineral: Provided, That "nonmineral", as that term is 
used in such Act, is defined to include land valuable for deposits of 
sand or gravel. 
(4) Where an allotment application describes land within the 
boundaries of a unit of the National Park System established on or 
before the effective date of this Act and the described land was not 
withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, or where an allotment application describes, land 
which has been patented or deeded to the State of Alaska or which on 
or before December 18, 1971, was validly selected by or tentatively 
approved or confirmed to the State of Alaska pursuant to the Alaska 
Statehood Act and was not withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a)(1)(A) 
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act from those lands made 
available for selection by section 11(a)(2) of the Act by any Native 
Village certified as eligible pursuant to section 11(b) of such Act, 
paragraph (1) of this subsection and subsection (d) of this section shall 
not apply and the application shall be adjudicated pursuant to the 
requirements of the Act of May 17, 1906, as amended, the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, and other applicable law. 
(5) Paragraph (1) of this subsection and subsection (d) shall not 
apply and the Native allotment application shall be adjudicated 
pursuant to the requirements of the Act of May 17,1906, as amended, 
if on or before the one hundred and eightieth day following the 
effective date of this Act— 
(A) A Native Corporation files a protest with the Secretary 
stating that the applicant is not entitled to the land described in 
the allotment application, and said land is withdrawn for selec-
tion by the Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act; or 
(B) The State of Alaska files a protest with the Secretary 
stating that the land described in the allotment application is 
necessary for access to lands owned by the United States, the 
43 use 1634. 
43 use 270-1-
270-3. 
Applications. 
"Nonmineral.' 
43 use 1610. 
43 use 270-1-
270-3. 
43 use 1601 
note. 
94 STAT. 2436 
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Conflicting 
allotment 
applications. 
Amended land 
descriptions. 
State of Alaska, or a political subdivision of the State of Alaska, 
to resources located thereon, or to a public body of water 
regularly employed for transportation purposes, and the protest 
states with specificity the facts upon which the conclusions 
concerning access are based and that no reasonable alternatives 
for access exist; or 
(C) A person or entity files a protest with the Secretary stating 
that the applicant is not entitled to the land described in the 
allotment application and that said land is the situs of improve-
ments claimed by the person or entity. 
(6) Paragraph (1) of this subsection and subsection (d) shall not 
apply to any application pending before the Department of the 
Interior on or before December 18, 1971, which was knowingly and 
voluntarily relinquished by the applicant thereafter. 
GJ) Where a conflict between two or more allotment applications 
exists due to overlapping land descriptions, the Secretary shall adjust 
the descriptions to eliminate conflicts, and in so doing, consistent 
with other existing rights, if any, may expand or alter the applied-for 
allotment boundaries or increase or decrease acreage in one or more 
of the allotment applications to achieve an adjustment which, to the 
extent practicable, is consistent with prior use of the allotted land 
and is beneficial to the affected parties: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall, to the extent feasible, implement an adjustment proposed by 
the affected parties: Provided further, That the Secretary's decision 
concerning adjustment of conflicting land descriptions shall be final 
and unreviewable in all cases in which the reduction, if any, of the 
affected allottee's claim is less than 30 percent of the acreage 
contained in the parcel originally described and the adjustment does 
not exclude from the allotment improvements claimed by the allot-
tee: Provided further. That where an allotment application describes 
more than one hundred and sixty acres, the Secretary shall at any 
time prior to or during survey reduce the acreage to one hundred and 
sixty acres and shall attempt to accomplish said reduction in the 
manner least detrimental to the applicant. 
(c) An allotment applicant may amend the land description con-
tained in his or her application if said description designates land 
other than that which the applicant intended to claim at the time of 
application and if the description as amended describes the land 
originally intended to be claimed. If the allotment application is 
amended, this section shall operate to approve the application or to 
require its adjudication, as the case may be, with reference to the 
amended land description only: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
notify the State of Alaska and all interested parties, as shown by the 
records of the Department of the Interior, of the intended correction 
of the allotment's location, and any such party shall have until the 
one hundred and eightieth day following the effective date of this Act 
or sixty days following mailing of the notice, whichever is later, to file 
with the Department of the Interior a protest as provided in subsec-
tion (a)(5) of this section, which protest, if timely, shall be deemed 
filed within one hundred and eighty days of the effective date of this 
Act notwithstanding the actual date of filing: Provided further. That 
the Secretary may require that all allotment applications designating 
land in a specified area be amended, if at all, prior to a date certain, 
which date shall be calculated to allow for orderly adoption of a plan 
of survey for the specified area, and the Secretary shall mail notifica-
tion of the final date for amendment to each affected allotment 
applicant, and shall provide such other notice as the Secretary deems 
appropriate, at least sixty days prior to said date: Provided further. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2437 
That no allotment application may be amended for location following 
adoption of a final plan of survey which includes the location of the 
allotment as described in the application or its location as desired by 
amendment. 
(d) Where the land described in an allotment application pending 
before the Department of the Interior on or before December 18,1971 
(or such an application as adjusted or amended pursuant to subsec-
tion (b) or (c) of this section), was on that date withdrawn, reserved, or 
classified for powersite or power-project purposes, notwithstanding 
such withdrawal, reservation, or classification the described land 
shall be deemed vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved within the 
meaning of the Act of May 17,1906, as amended, and, as such, shall be 43 USC 270-1— 
subject to adjudication or approval pursuant to the terms of this 270-3. 
section: Provided, however, That if the described land is included as 
part of a project licensed under part I of the Federal Power Act of 
June 10, 1920 (41 Stat. 24), as amended, or is presently utilized for ,41 Stat. 1063. 
purposes of generating or transmitting electrical power or for any ^^ ^°^ ^^^^• 
other project authorized by Act of Congress, the foregoing provision 
shall not apply and the allotment application shall be adjudicated 
pursuant to the Act of May 17, 1906, as amended: Provided further, 
That where the allotment applicant commenced use of the land after 
its withdrawal or classification for powersite purposes, the allotment 
shall be made subject to the right of reentry provided the United 
States by section 24 of the Federal Power Act, as amended: Provided 16 USC 818. 
further. That any right of reentry reserved in a certificate of allot-
ment pursuant to this section shall expire twenty years after the 
effective date of this Act if at that time the allotted land is not subject 
to a license or an application for a license under part I of the Federal 
Power Act, as amended, or actually utilized or being developed for a 16 USC 791a. 
purpose authorized by that Act, as amended, or other Act of Congress. 
(e) Prior to issuing a certificate for an allotment subject to this 
section, the Secretary shall identify and adjudicate any record entry 
or application for title made under an Act other than the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, the Alaska Statehood Act, or the Act 
of May 17, 1906, as amended, which entry or application claims land 43 USC 1601 
also described in the allotment application, and shall determine '^^J®' ^^ U|^ ,„ 
whether such entry or application represents a valid existing right to ^gQ 270-1—' 
which the allotment application is subject. Nothing in this section 270-3. 
shall be construed to affect rights, if any, acquired by actual use of the 
described land prior to its withdrawal or classification, or as affecting 
national forest lands. 
STATE SELECTIONS AND CONVEYANCES 
SEC. 906. (a) EXTENSION OF SELECTION PERIOD.—(1) In furtherance 
48 USC note 
and confirmation of the State of Alaska's entitlement to certain P''^'^- ^^• 
national forest and other public lands in Alaska for community 
development and expansion purposes, section 6(a) of the Alaska 
Statehood Act is amended by substituting "thirty-five years" for 48 USC note 
"twenty-five years". 
prec. 21. 
(2) EXTENSION OF SELECTION PERIOD.—In furtherance and confirma-
tion of the State of Alaska's entitlement to certain public lands in 
Alaska, section 6(b) of the Alaska Statehood Act is amended by 
substituting "thirty-five years" for "twenty-five years". 
(b) SCHOOL LANDS SETTLEMENT.—(1) In full and final settlement of 43 USC 1635. 
any and all claims by the State of Alaska arising under the Act of 
March 4,1915 (38 Stat. 1214), as confirmed and transferred in section 
6(k) of the Alaska Statehood Act, the State is hereby granted seventy-
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five thousand acres which it shall be entitled to select until January 
4,1994, from vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved public lands. In 
exercising the selection rights granted herein, the State shall be 
deemed to have relinquished all claims to any right, title, or interest 
to any school lands which failed to vest under the above statutes at 
the time Alaska became a State (January 3, 1959), including lands 
unsurveyed on that date or surveyed lands which were within 
Federal reservations or withdrawals on that date. 
(2) Except as provided herein, such selections shall be made in 
conformance with the provisions for selections under section 60)) of 
48 use note 
the Alaska Statehood Act. Selections made under this subsection 
prec. 21. 
shall be in units of whole sections as shown on the official survey 
plats of the Bureau of Land Management, including protraction 
diagrams, unless part of the section is unavailable or the land is 
otherwise surveyed, or unless the Secretary waives the whole section 
requirement. 
(3) Lands selected and conveyed to the State under this subsection 
shall be subject to the provisions of subsections (j) and (k) of section 6 
of the Alaska Statehood Act. 
(c) PRIOR TENTATIVE APPROVALS.—(1) All tentative approvals of 
State of Alaska land selections pursuant to the Alaska Statehood Act 
are hereby confirmed, subject only to valid existing rights and Native 
43 use 1601 
selection rights under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and 
^°^- 
the United States hereby confirms that all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to such lands is deemed to have vested in the 
State of Alaska as of the date of tentative approval; except that this 
subsection shall not apply to tentative approvals which, prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act, have been relinquished by the State, or 
have been finally revoked by the United States under authority other 
than authority under section 11(a)(2), 12(a), or 12(b) of the Alaska 
43 use 1610, 
Native Claims Settlement Act. 
1^11- 
(2) Upon approval of a land survey by the Secretary, such lands 
shall be patented to the State of Alaska. 
Land patents. 
(3) If the State elects to receive patent to any of the lands which are 
the subject of this subsection on the basis of protraction surveys in 
lieu of field surveys, the Secretary shall issue patent to the State on 
that basis within six months after notice of such election. For 
townships having such adverse claims of record, patent on the basis of 
protraction surveys shall be issued as soon as practicable after such 
election. 
(4) Future tentative approvals of State land selections, when issued, 
shall have the same force and effect as those existing tentative 
approvals which are confirmed by this subsection and shall be 
processed for patent by the same administrative procedures as 
specified in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection. 
(d) PRIOR STATE SELECTIONS.—(1) In furtherance of the State's 
48 use note 
entitlement to lands under section 6(b) of the Alaska Statehood Act, 
prec. 21. 
^jje United States hereby conveys to the State of Alaska, subject only 
to valid existing rights and Native selection rights under the Alaska 
43 use 1601 
Native Claims Settlement Act, all right, title and interest of the 
^°^- 
United States in and to all vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved 
lands, including lands subject to subsection (1) of this section, which 
are specified in the list entitled "Prior State of Alaska Selections to be 
Conveyed by Congress", dated July 24,1978, submitted by the State of 
Alaska and on file in the Office of the Secretary except those Federal 
lands which are specified in a list dated October 19, 1979, submitted 
by the State of Alaska and on file with the Office of the Secretary. If 
any of those townships listed above contain lands within the bound-
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94 STAT. 2439 
aries of any conservation system unit, national conservation area, 
national recreation area, new national forest or forest addition, 
established, designated, or expanded by this Act, then only those 
lands within such townships which have been previously selected by 
the State of Alaska shall be conveyed pursuant to this subsection. 
(2) In furtherance of the State's entitlement to lands under section 
6(a) of the Alaska Statehood Act, the United States hereby conveys to 
the State of Alaska, subject only to valid existing rights and Native 
selection rights under the Alsiska Native Claims Settlement Act, all 
right, title and interest of the United States in sind to all valid land 
selections made from the national forests under authority of said 
section 6(a) which have been approved by the Secretary of Agricul-
ture prior to July 1,1979. 
(3) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall issue tentative approvals to such State selections 
as required by the Alaska Statehood Act and pursuant to subsection 
(i) of this section. The sequence of issuance of such tentative 
approvals shall be on the basis of priorities determined by the State. 
(4) Upon approval of a land survey by the Secretary, such lands 
shall be patented to the State of Alaska. 
(5) If the State elects to receive patent to any of the lands which are 
the subject of this subsection on the basis of protraction surveys in 
lieu of field surveys, the Secretary shall issue patent to the State on 
that basis within six months after notice of such election for town-
ships having no adverse claims on the public land records. For 
townships having such adverse cleiims of record, patent on the basis of 
protraction surveys shall be issued as soon as practicable after such 
election. 
(6) Future valid State land selections shall be subject only to valid 
existing rights and Native selection rights under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act. 
(e) FUTURE "TOP FIUNGS".—SuWect to valid existing rights and 
Native selection rights under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, the State, at its option, may file future selection applications and 
amendments thereto, pursuant to section 6 (a) or (b) of the Alaska 
Statehood Act or subsection (b) of this section, for lands which are 
not, on the date of filing of such applications, available within the 
meaning of section 6 (a) or (b) of the Alaska Statehood Act, other than 
lands within any conservation system unit or the National Petroleum 
Reserve—Alaska. Each such selection application, if otherwise valid, 
shall become an effective selection without further action by the 
State upon the date the lands included in such application become 
available within the meaning of subsection (a) or (b) of section 6 
regardless of whether such date occurs before or after expiration of 
the State's land selection rights. Selection applications heretofore 
filed by the State may be refiled so as to become subject to the 
provisions of this subsection; except that no such refiling shall 
prejudice any claim of validity which may be asserted regarding the 
original filing of such application. Nothing contained in this subsec-
tion shall be construed to prevent the United States from transfer-
ring a Federal reservation or appropriation from one Federal agency 
to another Federal agency for the use and benefit of the Federal 
Government. 
(f) RIGHT TO OVERSELECT.—(1) The State of Alaska may select lands 
exceeding by not more than 25 per centum in total area the amount of 
State entitlement which has not been patented or tentatively 
approved under each grant or confirmation of lands to the State 
contained in the Alaska Statehood Act or other law. If its selections 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
Tentative 
approvals. 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
Land patents. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
94 STAT. 2440 
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under a particular grant exceed such remaining entitlement, the 
State shall thereupon list all selections for that grant which have not 
been tentatively approved in desired priority order of conveyance, in 
blocks no larger than one township in size; except that the State may 
alter such priorities prior to receipt of tentative approval. Upon 
receipt by the State of subsequent tentative approvals, such excess 
selections shall be reduced by the Secretary pro rata by rejecting the 
lowest prioritized selection blocks necessary to maintain a maximum 
excess selection of 25 per centum of the entitlement which has not yet 
been tentatively approved or patented to the State under each grant. 
Relinquishments. 
(2) The State of Alaska may, by written notification to the Secre-
tary, relinquish any selections of land filed under the Alaska State-
48 use note 
hood Act or subsection (b) of this section prior to receipt by the State 
prec. 21. 
Qf tentative approval, except that lands conveyed pursuant to subsec-
tion (g) of this section may not be relinquished pursuant to this 
paragraph. 
48 use note 
(3) Section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood Act is amended by adding at 
prec. 21. 
^Yie end thereof the following new sentence: "As to all selections made 
by the State after January 1,1979, pursuant to section 6(b) of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may waive the 
minimum tract selection size where he determines that such a 
reduced selection size would be in the national interest and would 
result in a better land ownership pattern.". 
(g) CONVEYANCE OF SPECIFIED LANDS.—In furtherance of the State's 
entitlement to lands under section 6(b) of the Alaska Statehood Act, 
the United States hereby conveys to the State of Alaska all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to all vacant, unappro-
priated, and unreserved lands, including lands subject to subsection 
(e) of this section but which lie within those townships outside the 
boundaries of conservation system units, National Conservation 
Areas, National Recreation Areas, new national forests and forest 
additions, established, designated, or expanded by this Act, which are 
specified in the list entitled "State Selection Lands May 15, 1978", 
dated July 24, 1978, submitted by the State of Alaska and on file in 
the office of the Secretary of the Interior. The denomination of lands 
in such list which are not, on the date of enactment of this Act, 
available lands within the meaning of section 6(b) of the Alaska 
Statehood Act and this Act shall be treated as a future selection 
application pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, to the extent 
such an application could have been filed under such subsection (e). 
(h) LIMITATION OF CONVEYANCES OF SPECIFIED LANDS TENTATIVE 
APPROVALS; SURVEYS.—(1) Lands identified in subsection (g) are 
conveyed to the State subject to valid existing rights and Native 
43 use 1601 
selection rights under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. All 
^°^- 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to such lands 
shall vest in the State of Alaska as of the date of enactment of this 
Act, subject to those reservations specified in subsection (1) of this 
section. 
(2) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall issue to the State tentative approvals to such 
lands as required by the Alaska Statehood Act and pursuant to 
subsection (i) of this section. The sequence of issuance of such 
tentative approvals shall be on the basis of priorities determined by 
the State. 
(3) Upon approval of a land survey by the Secretary, those lands 
identified in subsection (g) shall be patented to the State of Alaska. 
(4) If the State elects to receive patent to any of the lands which are 
identified in subsection (g) on the basis of protraction surveys in lieu 
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94 STAT. 2441 
of field surveys, the Secretary shall issue patent to the State on that 
basis within six months after notice of such election for townships 
having no adverse claims on the public land records. For townships 
having such adverse claims of record, patent on the basis of protrac-
tion surveys shall be issued as soon as practicable after such election. 
(i) ADJUDICATION.—Nothing contained in this section shall relieve 
the Secretary of the duty to adjudicate conflicting claims regarding 
the lands specified in subsection (g) of this section, or otherwise 
selected under authority of the Alaska Statehood Act, subsection (b) 48 USC note 
of this section, or other law, prior to the issuance of tentative ^^^^- ^^^ 
approval. 
Q) CLARIFICATION OF LAND STATUS OUTSIDE UNITS.—As to lands 
outside the boundaries of a conservation system unit, National 
Recreation Areas, National Conservation Areas, new national forests 
and forest additions, the following withdrawals, classifications, or 
designations shall not, of themselves, remove the lands involved from 
the status of vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved lands for the 
purposes of subsection (d) or (g) of this section and future State 
selections pursuant to the Alaska Statehood Act or subsection (b) of 
this section: 
(1) withdrawals for classification pursuant to section 17(d)(1) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; except that, in accord- 43 USC 1616. 
ance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the 
United States and the State of Alaska dated September 2, 1972, 
to the extent that Public Land Orders Numbered 5150, 5151, 
5181, 5182, 5184, 5187, 5190, 5194, and 5388 by their terms 
continue to prohibit State selections of certain lands, such lands 
shall remain unavailable for future State selection except as 
provided by subsection (e) of this Act; 
(2) withdrawals pursuant to section 11 of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, which are not finally conveyed pursuant 
43 USC 1610. 
to section 12,14, or 19 of such Act; 
43 USC 1611, 
(3) classifications pursuant to the Classification and Multiple ^^^^' ^^^^• 
Use Act (78 Stat. 987); 
(4) classifications or designations pursuant to the National 
Forest Management Act (90 Stat. 2949) as amended; and 
16 USC 1600 
(5) classifications, withdrawals exceeding 5,000 acres (except ^°^^-
withdrawals exceeding 5,000 acres which the Congress, by con-
current resolution, approves within 180 days of the withdrawal 
or the effective date of this Act, whichever occurs later), or 
designations pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act (90 Stat. 2743). 
43 USC 1701 
(k) INTERIM PROVISIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of ^°^^-
law, on lands selected by, or granted or conveyed to, the State of 
Alaska under section 6 of the Alaska Statehood Act or this Act, but 
48 USC note 
not yet tentatively approved to the State: 
P""®*^- ^ l -
(1) The Secretary is authorized to make contracts and grant Contracts, 
leases, licenses, permits, rights-of-way, or easements, and any 
tentative approval or patent shall be subject to such contract, 
lease, license, permit, right-of-way, or easement; except that (A) 
the authority granted the Secretary by this subsection is that 
authority the Secretary otherwise would have had under existing 
laws and regulations had the lands not been selected by the 
State, and (B) the State has concurred prior to such action by the 
Secretary. 
(2) On and after the date of enactment of this Act, 90 per 
centum of any and all proceeds derived from contracts, leases, 
licenses, permits, rights-of-way, or easements or from trespasses 
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originating after the date of selection by the State shall be held 
by the Secretary until such lands have been tentatively approved 
to the State. As such lands are tentatively approved, the Secre-
tary shall pay to the State from such account the proceeds 
allocable to such lands which are derived from contracts, leases, 
licenses, permits, rights-of-way, easements, or trespasses. The 
proceeds derived from contracts, leases, licenses, permits, rights-
of-way, easements or trespasses and deposited to the account 
pertaining to lands selected by the State but not tentatively 
approved due to rejection or relinquishment shall be paid as 
would have been required by law were it not for the provisions of 
this Act. In the event that the tentative approval does not cover 
all of the land embraced within any contract, lease, license, 
permit, right-of-way, easement, or trespass, the State shall only 
be entitled to the proportionate amount of the proceeds derived 
from such contract, lease, license, permit, right-of-way, or ease-
ment, which results from multiplying the total of such proceeds 
by a fraction in which the numerator is the acreage of such 
contract, lease, license, permit, right-of-way, or easement which 
is included in the tentative approval and the denominator is the 
total acreage contained in such contract, lease, license, permit, 
right-of-way, or easement; in the case of trespass, the State shall 
be entitled to the proportionate share of the proceeds in relation 
to the damages occurring on the respective lands. 
(3) Nothing in this subsection shall relieve the State or the 
United States of any obligations under section 9 of the Alaska 
43 use 1608. 
Native Claims Settlement Act or the fourth sentence of section 
48 use note 
6(h) of the Alaska Statehood Act. 
P"*®^- 2^ 
(1) EXISTING RIGHTS.—(1) All conveyances to the State under section 
6 of the Alaska Statehood Act, this Act, or any other law, shall be 
subject to valid existing rights, to Native selection rights under the 
43 use 1601 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and to any right-of-way or 
"°*®- 
easement reserved for or appropriated by the United States prior to 
selection of the underlying lands by the State of Alaska. 
(2) Where, prior to a conveyance to the State, a right-of-way or 
easement has been reserved for or appropriated by the United States 
or a contract, lease, permit, right-of-way, or easement has been issued 
for the lands, the conveyance shall contain provisions making it 
subject to the right-of-way or easement reserved or appropriated and 
to the contract, lease, license, permit, right-of-way, or easement 
issued or granted, and also subject to the right of the United States, 
contractee, lessee, licensee, permittee, or grantee to the complete 
enjoyment of all rights, privileges, and benefits previously granted, 
issued, reserved, or appropriated. Upon issuance of tentative 
approval, the State shall succeed and become entitled to any and all 
interests of the United States as contractor, lessor, licensor, permit-
tor, or grantor, in any such contracts, leases, licenses, permits, rights-
of-way, or easements, except those reserved to the United States in 
the tentative approval. 
Administration. 
(3) The administration of rights-of-way or easements reserved to 
the United States in the tentative approval shall be in the United 
States, including the right to grant an interest in such right-of-way or 
easement in whole or in part. 
(4) Where the lands tentatively approved do not include all of the 
land involved with any contract, lease, license, permit, right-of-way, 
or easement issued or granted, the administration of such contract, 
lease, license, permit, right-of-way, or easement shall remain in the 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2443 
United States unless the agency responsible for administration 
waives such administration. 
(5) Nothing in this subsection shall relieve the State or the United 
States of any obligations under section 9 of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act or the fourth sentence of section 6(h) of the Alaska 43 USC 1608. 
Statehood Act. 
48 USC note 
(m) EXTINGUISHMENT OF CERTAIN TIME EXTENSIONS.—Any exten- ^^^^- '^^• 
sions of time periods granted to the State pursuant to section 
17(d)(2)(E) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act are hereby 43 USC 1616. 
extinguished, and the time periods specified in subsections (a) and (b) 
of this section shall hereafter be applicable to State selections. 
(n) EFFECT ON THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS.—(1) Nothing in this section 
shall alter the rights or obligations of any party with regard to 
section 12 of the Act of January 2,1976 (Public Law 94-204), sections 4 43 USC 1611 
and 5 of the Act of October 4,1976 (Public Law 94-456), or section 3 of .not%„ ..,, 
the Act of November 15,1977 (Public Law 94-178). 
note. 
(2) Any conveyance of land to or confirmation of prior selections of 43 use I6II 
the State made by this Act or selections allowed under this Act shall note. 
be subject to the rights of Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, to 
nominate lands outside of its region with such nominations to be 
superior to any selection made by the State after July 18, 1975, 
including any lands conveyed to the State pursuant to subsection (g) 
of this section, and to the duty of the Secretary, with consent of the 
State, to make certain lands within the Cook Inlet Region available to 
the Corporation, both in accordance with the provisions of section 
12(b) of the Act of January 2,1976 (Public Law 94-204), as amended. 
(3) Nothing in this title shall prejudice a claim of validity or 
invalidity regarding any third-party interest created by the State of 
Alaska prior to December 18, 1971, under authority of section 6(g) of 
the Alaska Statehood Act or otherwise. 
48 USC note 
(4) Nothing in this Act shall affect any right of the United States or prec. 21. 
Alaska Natives to seek and receive damages against any party for 
trespass against, or other interference with, aboriginal interests if 
any, occurring prior to December 18,1971. 
(o) STATUS OF LANDS WITHIN UNITS.—(1) Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, subject to valid existing rights any land 
withdrawn pursuant to section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act and within the boundaries of any conservation 43 USC 1616. 
system unit. National Recreation Area, National Conservation Area, 
new national forest or forest addition, shall be added to such unit and 
administered accordingly unless, before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, such land has been validly selected by and 
conveyed to a Native Corporation, or unless before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, such land has been validly selected by, and 
after the date of enactment of this Act is conveyed to the State. At 
such time as the entitlement of any Native Corporation to land under 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act is satisfied, any land within 43 USC 1601 
a conservation system unit selected by such Native Corporation shall, ^°^-
to the extent that such land is in excess of its entitlement, become 
part of such unit and administered accordingly: Provided, That 
nothing in this subsection shall necessarily preclude the future 
conveyance to the State of those Federal lands which are specified in 
a list dated October 19,1979, submitted by the State of Alaska and on 
file with the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That nothing 
in this subsection shall affect any conveyance to the State pursuant 
to subsections (b), (c), (d), or (g) of this section. 
(2) Until conveyed, all Federal lands within the boundaries of a 
conservation system unit. National Recreation Area, National Con-
94 STAT. 2444 
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servation Area, new national forest or forest addition, shall be 
administered in accordance with the laws applicable to such unit. 
(p) PYK LINE.—The second proviso of section 6(b) of the Alaska 
48 use note 
Statehood Act regarding Presidential approval of land selection 
48TTqr 
north and west of the line described in section 10 of such Act shall not 
pr^ 21 ^°^ 
siPPly to ^^y conveyance of land to the State pursuant to subsections 
(c), (d), and (g) of this section but shall apply to future State selections. 
ALASKA LAND BANK 
43 use 1636. 
SEC. 907. (a) ESTABLISHMENT: AGREEMENTS.—(1) In order to enhance 
the quantity and quality of Alaska's renewable resources and to 
facilitate the coordinated management and protection of Federal, 
State, and Native and other private lands, there is hereby established 
the Alaska Land Bank Program. Any private landowner is author-
ized as provided in this section to enter into a written agreement with 
the Secretary if his lands adjoin, or his use of such lands would 
directly affect. Federal land. Federal and State land, or State land if 
the State is not participating in the program. Any private landowner 
described in subsection (c)(2) whose lands do not adjoin, or whose use 
of such lands would not directly affect either Federal or State lands 
also is entitled to enter into an agreement with the Secretary. Any 
private landowner whose lands adjoin, or whose use of such lands 
would directly affect, only State, or State and private lands, is 
authorized as provided in this section to enter into an agreement with 
the State of Alaska if the State is participating in the program. If the 
Secretary is the contracting party with the private landowner, he 
shall afford the State an opportunity to participate in negotiations 
and become a party to the agreement. An agreement may include all 
or part of the lands of any private landowner: Provided, That lands 
not owned by landowners described in subsection (c)(2) shall not be 
included in the agreement unless the Secretary, or the State, deter-
mines that the purposes of the program will be promoted by their 
inclusion. 
(2) If a private landowner consents to the inclusion in an agreement 
of the stipulations provided in subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(4), (b)(5), 
and (b)(7), and if such owner does not insist on any additional terms 
which are unacceptable to the Secretary or the State, as appropriate, 
the owner shall be entitled to enter into an agreement pursuant to 
this section. If an agreement is not executed within one hundred and 
twenty days of the date on which a private landowner communicates 
in writing his consent to the stipulations referred to in the preceding 
sentence, the appropriate Secretary or State agency head shall 
execute an agreement. Upon such execution, the private owner shall 
receive the benefits provided in subsection (c) hereof. 
(3) No agreement under this section shall be construed as affecting 
any land, or any right or interest in land, of any owner not a party to 
such agreement. 
(b) TERMS OF AGREEMENT.—Each agreement referred to in subsec-
tion (a) shall have an initial term often years, with provisions, if any, 
for renewal for additional periods of five years. Such agreement shall 
contain the following terms: 
(1) The landowner shall not alienate, transfer, assign, mort-
gage, or pledge the lands subject to the agreement except as 
provided in section 14(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
43 use 1613. 
Act, or permit development or improvement on such lands except 
as provided in the agreement. For the purposes of this section 
only, each agreement entered into with a landowner described in 
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94 STAT. 2445 
subsection (cX2) shall constitute a restriction against alienation 
imposed by the United States upon the lands subject to the 
agreement. 
(2) Lands subject to the agreement shall be managed by the 
owner in a manner compatible with the management plan, if 
any, for the adjoining Federal or State lands, and with the 
requirements of this subsection. If lands subject to the agreement 
do not adjoin either Federal or State lands, they shall be 
managed in a manner compatible with the management plan, if 
any, of Federal or State lands which would be directly affected by 
the use of such private lands. If no such plan has been adopted, or 
if the use of such private lands would not directly affect either 
Federal or State lands, the owner shall manage such lands in 
accordance with the provisions in paragraph (1) of this subsec-
tion. Except as provided in (3) of this subsection, nothing in this 
section or the management plan of any Federal or State agency 
shall be construed to require a private landowner to grant public 
access on or across his lands. 
(3) If the surface landowner so consents, such lands may be 
made available for local or other recreational use: Provided, That 
the refusal of a private landowner to permit the uses referred to 
in this subsection shall not be grounds for the refusal of the 
Secretary or the State to enter into an agreement with the 
landowner under this section. 
(4) Appropriate Federal and/or State agency heads shall have 
reasonable access to such privately owned land for purposes 
relating to the administration of the adjoining Federal or State 
lands, and to carry out their obligations under the ^reement. 
(5) Reasonable access to such land by officers of the State shall 
be permitted for purposes of conserving Hsh and wildlife. 
(6) Those services or other consideration which the appropriate 
Secretary or the State shall provide to the owner pursuant to 
subsection (cXD shall be set forth. 
(7) All or part of the lands subject to the agreement may be 
withdrawn from the Alaska land bank program not earlier than 
ninety days after the landowner— 
(A) submits written notice thereof to the other parties 
which are signatory to the agreement; and 
(B) pays all Federal, State and local property taxes and 
assessments which, during the particular term then in 
effect, would have been incurred except for the agreement, 
together with interest on such taxes and assessments in an 
amount to be determined at the highest rate of interest 
charged with respect to delinquent property taxes by the 
Federal, State or local taxing authority, if any. 
(8) The agreement may contain such additional terms, which 
are consistent with the provisions of this section, as seem 
desirable to the parties entering into the agreement: Provided, 
That the refusal of the landowner to agree to any additional 
terms shall not be grounds for the refusal of the Secretary or the 
State to enter into an agreement with the landowner under this 
section. 
(c) BENEFITS TO PRIVATE LANDOWNERS.—So long as the landowner 
is in compliance with the agreement, he shall, as to lands encom-
passed by the agreement, be entitled to the benefits set forth below: 
(1) In addition to any requirement of applicable law, the 
appropriate Secretary is authorized to provide technical and 
other assistance with respect to fire control, trespass control. 
Land 
management. 
Program 
withdrawal. 
94 STAT. 2446 
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resource and land use planning, the management of fish and 
wildlife, and the protection, maintenance, and enhancement of 
any special values of the land subject to the agreement, all with 
or without reimbursement as agreed upon by the parties. 
(2) As to Native Corporations and all other persons or groups 
that have received or will receive lands or interests therein 
43 use 1601 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or sections 
'^ote. 
901 and 902 of this title, immunity from— 
(A) adverse possession; 
(B) real property taxes and assessments by the United 
States, the State, or any political subdivision of the State: 
Provided, That such immunity shall cease if the lands 
involved are leased or developed, as such terms are used in 
Ante, p. 2434. 
section 21(d) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; 
(C) judgment in any action at law or equity to recover sums 
owed or penalties incurred by any Native Corporation or 
Native Group or any officer, director, or stockholder of any 
Publication in 
such Corporation or Group. On or before January 31 of each 
Federal 
yg^j. beginning the fourth year after the date of enactment of 
®
^
® ^' 
this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register 
and in at least three newspapers of general circulation in the 
State the percentage of conveyed land entitlement which 
each Native Corporation or Group has elected to include in 
the Alaska Land Bank Program as of the end of the preced-
ing year. 
(3) If the State enacts laws of general applicability which are 
consistent with this section and which offer any or all of the 
benefits provided in subsection (c)(2) hereof, as to private land-
owners who enter into an agreement referred to in subsection (a) 
to which agreement the State is a party, such laws, unless and 
until repealed, shall supersede the relevant subparagraph of 
subsection (c)(2) and shall govern the grant of the benefit so 
provided: Provided, That the enactment of such State laws shall 
not be construed as repealing, modifying, or otherwise affecting 
the applicability of the immunity from Federal real property 
taxes and assessments provided in subsection (c)(2)(B) or the 
immunity from judgments in any Federal action at law or equity 
provided in subsections (c)(2)(C). 
(4)(A) Except as provided in subsection (c)(2), nothing in this 
section shall be construed as affecting the civil or criminal 
jurisdiction of the State of Alaska. 
(B) Privately owned lands included in the Alaska Land Bank 
Program shall be subject to condemnation for public purposes in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act and other applicable 
law. 
(d) INTERIM GRANT OF BENEFITS.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this section, unless the landowner decides otherwise, the 
benefits specified in subsection (c)(2) shall apply to lands conveyed 
43 use 1601 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, or sections 901 
note. 
and 902 of this title for a period of three years from the date of 
conveyance or the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later: 
Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to any lands which on 
the date of enactment of this Act are the subject of a mortgage, pledge 
or other encumbrance. 
(e) REVENUE-SHARING, FIRE PROTECTION, ETC.—The provisions of 
43 use 1620. 
section 21(e) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall apply 
to all lands which are subject to an agreement under this section so 
long as the parties to the agreement are in compliance therewith. 
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94 STAT. 2447 
(f) EXISTING CONTRACTS.—Nothing in this section shall be con-
strued as impairing, or otherwise affecting in any manner, any 
contract or other obligation which was entered into prior to the 
enactment of this Act or which (1) applies to any land which is subject 
to an agreement, and (2) was entered into before the agreement 
becomes effective. 
PROTECTION OF NATIVE LANDS IN CONTINGENCY AREAS UNDER TIMBER 
SALES 
SEC. 908. Section 15 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act is 43 use 1614. 
amended by inserting "(a)" after "SEC. 15." and by adding at the end 
of such section the following new subsection: 
"(b) No land conveyed to a Native Corporation pursuant to this Act 
or by operation of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 
Act which is within a contingency area designated in a timber sale -^"^«. P- 2371. 
contract let by the United States shall thereafter be subject to such 
contract or to entry or timbering by the contractor. Until a Native 
Corporation has received conveyances to all of the land to which it is 
entitled to receive under the appropriate section or subsection of this 
Act, for which the land was withdrawn or selected, no land in such a 
contingency area that has been withdrawn and selected, or selected, 
by such Corporation under this Act shall be entered by the timber 
contractor and no timber shall be cut thereon, except by agreement 
with such Corporation. For purposes of this subsection, the term 
'contingency area' means any area specified in a timber sale contract 
as an area from which the timber contractor may harvest timber if 
the volume of timber specified in the contract cannot be obtained 
from one or more areas definitely designated for timbering in the 
contract.". 
USE OF PROTRACTION DIAGRAMS 
SEC. 909. With the agreement of the party to whom a patent is to be 
issued under this title, or the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 
the Secretary, in his discretion, may base such patent on protraction 
diagrams in lieu of field surveys. Any person or corporation receiving 
a patent under this title or the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
on the basis of a protraction diagram shall receive any gain or bear 
any loss of acreage due to errors, if any, in such protraction diagram. 
"Contingency 
area." 
43 u s e 1637. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POUCY ACT 
SEC. 910. The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (83 Stat. 
852) shall not be construed, in whole or in part, as requiring the 
preparation or submission of an environmental impact statement for 
withdrawals, conveyances, regulations, orders, easement determina-
tions, or other actions which lead to the issuance of conveyances to 
Natives or Native Corporations, pursuant to the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, or this Act. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as affirming or denying the validity of any withdrawals by 
the Secretary under section 14(h)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act. 
43 u s e 1638. 
42 u s e 4321 
note. 
43 u s e 1613. 
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO PUBUC LAW 94-204 
SEC. 911. Section 15(a) of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 
94-204,89 Stat. 1154-1155), is amended— 
43 use I6ii 
(1) by striking out the description beginning with "Township 
"°^-
36 south, range 52 west;" and all that follows through "Township 
79-194 O—81—pt. 2 
74 : QL3 
94 STAT. 2448 
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41 south, range 53 west, sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13 S. M., Alaska, 
notwithstanding;" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"Township 36 south, range 52 west, all; 
"Township 37 south, range 51 west, all; 
"Township 37 south, range 52 west, all; 
"Township 37 south, range 53 west, sections 1 through 4, 9 
through 16, 21 through 24, and the north half of sections 25 
through 28; 
"Township 38 south, range 51 west, sections 1 through 5,9,10, 
12,13,18,24, and 25; 
"Township 38 south, range 52 west, sections 1 through 35; 
"Township 38 south, range 53 west, sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, 
and 26; 
"Township 39 south, range 51 west, sections 1,6,7,16 through 
21,28 through 33, and 36; 
"Township 39 south, range 52 west, sections 1,2,11 through 15, 
and 22 through 24; 
"Township 89 south, range 53 west, sections 33 through 36, and 
the south half of section 26; 
"Township 40 south, range 51 west, sections 2 and 6; 
"Township 40 south, range 52 west, sections 6 through 10, 15 
through 21, and 27 through 36; 
"Township 40 south, range 53 west, sections 1 through 19, 21 
through 28, and 34 through 36; 
"Township 40 south, range 54 west, sections 1 through 34; 
"Township 41 south, range 52 west, sections 7, 8, 9,16,17, and 
18; 
"Township 41 south, range 53 west, sections 1,4, 5,8,9,11,12, 
and 16; 
"Township 41 south, range 54 west, section 6, S. M., Alaska;"; 
and 
(2) by striking out "The" in the undesignated paragraph 
immediately following such description and inserting in lieu 
thereof "Notwithstanding the". 
TITLE X-FEDERAL NORTH SLOPE LANDS STUDIES, OIL 
AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM AND MINERAL ASSESS-
MENTS 
OVERALL 
STUDY PROGRAM 
16 use 3141. 
SEC. 1001. (a) The Secretary shall initiate and carry out a study of 
all Federal lands (other than submerged lands on the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf) in Alaska north of 68 degrees north latitude and east of 
the western boundary of the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska, 
other than lands included in the National Petroleum Reserve— 
Alaska and in conservation system units established by this Act. 
(b) The study shall utilize a systematic interdisciplinary approach 
to— 
(1) assess the potential oil and gas resources of these lands and 
make recommendations concerning future use and management 
of those resources including an evaluation of alternative trans-
portation routes needed for oil and gas development; 
(2) review the wilderness characteristics, and make recommen-
dations for wilderness designation, of these lands; and 
(3) study, and make recommendations for protection of, the 
wildlife resources of these lands. 
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94 STAT. 2449 
(c) After completion of the study, the Secretary shall make findings 
on— 
(1) the potential oil and gas resources of these lands; 
(2) the impact of oil and gas development on the wildlife 
resources on these lands, particularly the Arctic and Porcupine 
caribou herds and the polar bear; 
(3) the national need for development of the oil and gas 
resources of all or any portion of these lands; 
(4) the national interest in preservation of the wilderness 
characteristics of these lands; and 
(5) the national interest in protection of the wildlife resources 
of these lands. 
(d) In the course of the study, the Secretary shall consult with the 
Secretary of Energy and other Federal agencies, the State of Alaska, 
Native Village and Regional Corporations, the North Slope Borough, 
the Alaska Land Use Council and the Government of Canada. The 
Secretary shall provide an opportunity for public review and com-
ment on a draft study and proposed findings prior to their final 
approval. 
(e) The Secretary shall submit the study and his findings to the 
President and the Congress no later than eight years after the date of 
enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall submit annual reports to 
Congress on the progress in carrying out this title. 
(f) Nothing in this title shall be construed as impeding, delaying, or 
otherwise affecting the selection and conveyance of land to the State 
pursuant to the Alaska Statehood Act, or any other Federal law 
referred to in section 102(3)(A) of this Act, and to the Natives 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and this Act. 
ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COASTAL PLAIN RESOURCE 
ASSESSMENT 
Public review 
and comment. 
Report to 
President and 
Congress. 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
SEC. 1002. (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to provide for 16 use 3142. 
a comprehensive and continuing inventory and assessment of the fish 
and wildlife resources of the coastal plain of the Arctic National 
Wildlife Refuge; an analysis of the impacts of oil and gas exploration, 
development, and production, and to authorize exploratory activity 
within the coastal plain in a manner that avoids significant adverse 
effects on the fish and wildlife and other resources. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
(1) The term "coastal plain" means that area identified as such 
in the map entitled "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge", dated 
August 1980. 
(2) The term "exploratory activity" means surface geological 
exploration or seismic exploration, or both, for oil and gas within 
the coastal plain. 
(c) BASELINE STUDY.—The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Governor of the State, Native Village and Regional Corporations, and 
the North Slope Borough within the study area and interested 
persons, shall conduct a continuing study of the fish and wildlife 
(with special emphasis on caribou, wolves, wolverines, grizzly bears, 
migratory waterfowl, musk oxen, and polar bears) of the coastal plain 
and their habitat. In conducting the study, the Secretary shall— 
(A) assess the size, range, and distribution of the populations of 
the fish and wildlife; 
(B) determine the extent, location and carrying capacity of the 
habitats of the fish and wildlife; 
94 STAT. 2450 
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Results and 
revisions, 
publication. 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
(C) assess the impacts of human activities and natural proc-
esses on the fish and wildlife and their habitats; 
(D) analyze the potential impacts of oil and gas exploration, 
development, and production on such wildlife and habitats; and 
(E) analyze the potential effects of such activities on the 
culture and lifestyle (including subsistence) of affected Native 
and other people. 
Within eighteen months after the enactment date of this Act, the 
Secretary shall publish the results of the study as of that date and 
shall thereafter publish such revisions thereto as are appropriate as 
new information is obtained. 
(d) GuiDEUNES.—(1) Within two years after the enactment date of 
this Act, the Secretary shall by regulation establish initial guidelines 
governing the carrying out of exploratory activities. The guidelines 
shall be based upon the results of the study required under subsection 
(c) and such other information as may be available to the Secretary. 
The guidelines shall include such prohibitions, restrictions, and 
conditions on the canying out of exploratory activities as the Secre-
tary deems necessaiy or appropriate to ensure that exploratory 
activities do not significantly adversely affect the fish and wildlife, 
their habitats, or the environment, including, but not limited to— 
(A) a prohibition on the carrying out of exploratory activity 
during caribou calving and immediate post-calving seasons or 
during any other period in which human activity may have 
adverse effects; 
(B) temporary or permanent closing of appropriate areas to 
such activity; 
(C) specification of the support facilities, equipment and 
related manpower that is appropriate in connection with explor-
atory activity; and 
(D) requirements that exploratory activities be coordinated in 
such a manner as to avoid unnecessary duplication. 
(2) The initial guidelines prescribed by the Secretary to implement 
this subsection shall be accompanied by an environmental impact 
statement on exploratory activities. The initial guidelines shall 
thereafter be revised to reflect changes made in the baseline study 
and other appropriate information made available to the Secretary. 
(e) EXPLORATION PLANS.—(1) After the initial guidelines are pre-
scribed under subsection (d), any person including the United States 
Geological Survey may submit one or more plans for exploratory 
activity (hereinafter in this section referred to as "exploration plans") 
to the Secretary for approval. An exploration plan must set forth 
such information as the Secretary may require in order to determine 
whether the plan is consistent with the guidelines, including, but not 
limited to— 
(A) a description and schedule of the exploratory activity 
proposed to be undertaken; 
(B) a description of the equipment, facilities,^ and related 
manpower that would be used in carrying out the activity; 
(C) the area in which the activity would be undertaken; and 
(D) a statement of the anticipated effects that the activity may 
have on fish and wildlife, their habitats and the environment. 
(2) Upon receiving any exploration plan for approval, the Secretary 
shall promptly publish notice of the application and the text of the 
plan in the Federal Register and newspapers of general circulation in 
the State. The Secretary shall determine, within one hundred and 
twenty days after any plan is submitted for approval, if the plan is 
consistent with the guidelines established under subsection (d). If the 
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94 STAT. 2451 
Approval 
condition. 
Secretary determines that the plan is so consistent, he shall approve 
the plan: except that no plan shall be approved during the two-year 
period following the date of enactment of this Act. Before making the 
determination, the Secretary shall hold at least one public hearing in 
the State for purposes of receiving the comments and views of the 
public on the plan. The Secretary shall not approve of any plan 
submitted by the United States Geological Survey unless he deter-
mines that (1) no other person has submitted a plan for the area 
involved which meets established guidelines and (2) the information 
which would be obtained is needed to make an adequate report under 
subsection (h). The Secretary, as a condition of approval of any plan 
under this section— 
(A) may require that such modifications be made to the plan as 
he considers necessary and appropriate to make it consistent 
with the guidelines; 
(B) shall require that all data and information (including 
processed, analyzed and interpreted information) obtained as a 
result of carrying out the plan shall be submitted to the Secre-
tary; and 
(C) shall make such data and information available to the 
public except that any processed, analyzed and interpreted data 
or information shall be held confidential by the Secretary for a 
period of not less than two years following any lease sale 
including the area from which the information was obtained. 
(f) MODIFICATION TO EXPLORATION PLANS.—If at any time while 
exploratory activity is being carried out under an exploration plan 
approved under subsection (e), the Secretary, on the basis of informa-
tion available to him, determines that continuation of further activi-
ties under the plan or permit will significantly adversely affect fish or 
wildlfe, their habitat, or the environment, the Secretary may suspend 
the carrying out of activities under the plan or permit for such time, 
make such modifications to the plan or to the terms and conditions of 
the permit (or both suspend and so modify) as he determines neces-
sary and appropriate. 
(g) CIVIL PENALTIES.—(1) Any person who is found by the Secretary, 
after notice and an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with 
section 554 of title 5, United States Code, to have violated any 
provision of a plan approved under subsection (e) or any term or 
condition of a permit issued under subsection (f), or to have commit-
ted any act prohibited under subsection (d) shall be liable to the 
United States for a civil penalty. The amount of the civil penalty 
shall not exceed $10,000 for each violation. Each day of a continuing 
violation shall constitute a separate offense. The amount of such civil 
penalty shall be assessed by the Secretary by written notice. In 
determining the amount of such penalty, the Secretary shall take 
into account the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the 
prohibited act committed, and, with respect to the violator, the 
history of any prior offenses, his demonstrated good faith in attempt-
ing to achieve timely compliance after being cited for the violation, 
and such other matters as justice may require. 
(2) Any person against whom a civil penalty is assessed under Review, 
paragraph (1) may obtain review thereof in the appropriate district 
court of the United States by filing a notice of appeal in such court 
within thirty days from the date of such order and by simultaneously 
sending a copy of such notice by certified mail to the Secretary. The 
Secretary shall promptly file in such court a certified copy of the 
record upon which such violation was found or such penalty imposed, 
as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code. The 
Public hearing. 
94 STAT. 2452 
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findings and order of the Secretary shall be set aside by such court if 
they are not found to be supported by substantial evidence, as 
provided in section 706(2)(E) of title 5, United States Code. 
(3) If any person fails to pay an assessment of a civil penalty against 
him under paragraph (1) after it has become final, or after the 
appropriate court has entered final judgment in favor of the Secre-
tary, the Secretary shall refer the matter to the Attorney General of 
the United States, who shall recover the amount assessed in any 
appropriate district court of the United States. In such action, the 
validity and appropriateness of the final order imposing the civil 
penalty shall not be subject to review. 
(4) The Secretary may compromise, modify, or remit, with or 
without conditions, any civil penalty which is subject to imposition or 
which has been imposed under this subsection unless the matter is 
pending in court for judicial review or recovery of assessment. 
(h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not earlier than five years after the 
enactment date of this Act and not later than five years and nine 
months after such date, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to 
Congress a report containing— 
(1) the identification by means other than drilling of explora-
tory wells of those areas within the coastal plain that have oil 
and gas production potential and estimate of the volume of the 
oil and gas concerned; 
(2) the description of the fish and wildlife, their habitats, and 
other resources that are within the areas identified under 
paragraph (1); 
(3) an evaluation of the adverse effects that the carrying out of 
further exploration for, and the development and production of, 
oil and gas within such areas will have on the resources referred 
to in paragraph (2); 
(4) a description of how such oil and gas, if produced within 
such area, may be transported to processing facilities; 
(5) an evaluation of how such oil and gas relates to the national 
need for additional domestic sources of oil and gas; and 
(6) the recommendations of the Secretary with respect to 
whether further exploration for, and the development and pro-
duction of, oil and gas within the coastal plain should be 
permitted and, if so, what additional legal authority is necessary 
to ensure that the adverse effects of such activities on fish and 
wildlife, their habitats, and other resources are avoided or 
minimized. 
(i) EFFECT OF OTHER LAWS.—Until otherwise provided for in law 
enacted after the enactment date of this Act, all public lands within 
the coastal plain are withdrawn from all forms of entry or appropri-
ation under the mining laws, and from operation of the mineral 
leasing laws, of the United States. 
PROHIBITION ON DEVELOPMENT 
16 use 3143. 
SEC. 1003. Production of oil and gas from the Arctic National 
Wildlife Refuge is prohibited and no leasing or other development 
leading to production of oil and gas from the range shall be under-
taken until authorized by an Act of Congress. 
WILDERNESS PORTION OF STUDY 
Report to 
SEC, 1004. (a) As part of the study, the Secretary shall review the 
fJT/c^^Q^/iyi 
suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness of the 
lb UbO ol44. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2453 
Federal lands described in section 1001 and report his findings to the 
President. 
(b) The President shall advise the Senate and the House of 
Representatives of his recommendations with respect to the designa-
tion of the area or any part thereof as wilderness together with a map 
thereof and a definition of its boundaries. 
(c) Subject to valid existing rights and the provisions of section 1002 
of this Act, the wilderness study area designated by this section shall, 
until Congress determines otherwise, be administered by the Secre-
tary so as to maintain presently existing wilderness character and 
potential for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation 
System. Already established uses may be permitted to continue, 
subject to such restrictions as the Secretary deems desirable, in the 
manner and degree in which the same were being conducted on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
Presidential 
recommendations 
to Congress. 
WILDLIFE RESOURCES PORTION OF STUDY 
SEC. 1005. The Secretary shall work closely with the State of Alaska 16 USC 3145. 
and Native Village and Regional Corporations in evaluating the 
impact of oil and gas exploration, development, production, and 
transportation and other human activities on the wildlife resources 
of these lands, including impacts on the Arctic and Porcupine caribou 
herds, polar bear, muskox, grizzly bear, wolf, wolverine, seabirds, 
shore birds, and migratory waterfowl. In addition the Secretary shall 
consult with the appropriate agencies of the Government of Canada 
in evaluating such impacts particularly with respect to the Porcupine 
caribou herd. 
Consultation 
with Canadian 
Government. 
TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PORTION OF STUDY 
SEC. 1006. In studying oil and gas alternative transportation 16 USC 3146. 
systems, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation and shall consider— 
(1) the extent to which environmentally and economically 
feasible alternative routes could be established; 
(2) the prospective oil and gas production potential of this area 
of Alaska for each alternative transportation route; and 
(3) the environmental and economic costs and other values 
associated with such alternative routes. 
ARCTIC RESEARCH STUDY 
SEC. 1007. (a) The Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, and the 16 USC 3147 
Secretary of Energy shall initiate and carry out a study of the 
mission, facilities and administration of the Naval Arctic Research 
Laboratory (NARL), at Point Barrow, Alaska. The study shall review 
the historical responsibilities carried out at NARL and their contri-
bution to applied and basic Arctic research. The study shall specifi-
cally address and the Secretary shall make recommendations on the 
need for redirecting the United States Arctic research policy and the 
role of the NARL facilities in developing and implementing that 
policy, 
(b) The Secretaries shall assess the future use of NARL in— 
(1) developing relevant scientific information on the Arctic 
environment and utilizing applied research to (A) deal with the 
unique problems the Arctic presents in providing public services; 
(B) minimize the impact of resource development on the environ-
Naval Arctic 
Research 
Laboratory, 
assessment. 
94 STAT. 2454 
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Consultation. 
Public review 
and comment. 
Study submittal 
to Congress. 
ment and the culture of the Native people; and (C) promote 
international cooperation among the Nations which share 
responsibility for the Arctic environment; 
(2) assessing the impact of oil and gas exploration, develop-
ment, and transportation on the Arctic environment, including 
impact on fish, marine and land mammals, and migratory 
waterfowl; 
(3) developing advanced design technologies, operational prac-
tices, and transportation systems to improve the environmental 
safety and efficiency of oil and gas exploration and production in 
the Arctic, including offshore activities; 
(4) enlarging the body of knowledge on Arctic ice conditions 
and developing practical and efficient means of dealing with 
potential oil spills and other hazards associated with resource 
development in Alaska's Arctic; and 
(5) developing a comprehensive Arctic policy for the Federal 
Government that will accommodate the need for development 
and use of Arctic resources with appropriate recognition and 
consideration given to the unique nature of the Arctic environ-
ment and the needs of its Native residents. 
(c) After completion of the study, the Secretaries shall make 
recommendations on— 
(1) changes in the mission and management of NARL neces-
sary to accomplish the research and policy goals addressed in the 
study; 
(2) the appropriate Federal agency or agencies that should 
have primary responsibility for management of NARL; 
(3) changes in the organizational structure of NARL that 
would allow greater involvement by State and private organiza-
tions in the use, management and/or funding of NARL; and 
(4) the appropriate level of Federal funding for scientific and 
technological research on the Arctic environment and its uses. 
(d) In the course of the study, the Secretaries shall consult with 
representatives of the Department of Navy, the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, the 
Smithsonian Institution, the State of Alaska, local governments, 
representatives of public and private institutions conducting Arctic 
research, and Native Village and Regional Corporations in the areas 
now affected by the activities of NARL. The Secretaries shall provide 
an opportunity for public review and comment on the draft report 
and proposed recommendations prior to final approval, and shall 
include any recommendations of the local community in the final 
study. 
(e) The Secretaries shall submit the study and their recommenda-
tions to the Congress no later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(f) Pending submission of the study to the Congress, the President is 
directed to continue the operation of NARL at the level of funding 
provided for in fiscal year 1979. 
OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM FOR NON-NORTH SLOPE FEDERAL LANDS 
16 use 3148. 
SEC. 1008. (a) The Secretary shall establish, pursuant to the 
30 use 181 note. Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, an oil and gas leasing 
program on the Federal lands of Alaska not subject to the study 
required by section 1001 of this Act, other than lands included in the 
National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska. Such program shall not be 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2455 
undertaken by the Secretary on those lands where applicable law 
prohibits such leasing or on those units of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System where the Secretary determines, after having consid-
ered the national interest in producing oil and gas from such lands, 
that the exploration for and development of oil or gas would be 
incompatible with the purpose for which such unit was established. 
(bXlXA) In such areas as the Secretary deems favorable for the Study. 
discovery of oil or gas, he shall conduct a study, or studies, or collect 
and analyze information obtained by permittees authorized to con-
duct studies under this section, of the oil and gas potential of such 
lands and those environmental characteristics and wildlife resources 
which would be affected by the exploration for and development of 
such oil and gas. 
(B) The Secretary is authorized to issue permits for study, including Permits. 
geological, geophysical, and other assessment activities, if such activi-
ties can be conducted in a manner which is consistent with the 
purposes for which each affected area is managed under applicable 
law. 
(2) The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Energy Consultation. 
regarding the national interest involved in exploring for and develop-
ing oil and gas from such lands and shall seek the views of the 
Governor of the State of Alaska, Alaskan local governments, Native 
Regional and Village Corporations, the Alaska Land Use Council, 
representatives of the oil and gas industry, conservation groups, and 
other interested groups and individuals in determining which land 
should be studied and/or leased for the exploration and development 
ofoilandgas. 
(3) The Secretary shall encourage the State to undertake similar 
studies on lands associated, either through geological or other land 
values or because of possible transportation needs, with Federal 
lands. The Secretary shall integrate these studies, to the maximum 
extent practicable, with studies on Federal lands so that needs for 
cooperation between the Federal Government and the State of 
Alaska in managing energy and other natural resources, including 
fish and wildlife, can be established early in the program. 
(4) The Secretary shall report to the Congress by October 1, 1981, Report to 
and yearly thereafter, on his efforts pursuant to this Act regarding Congress. 
the leasing of, and exploration and development activities on, such 
lands. 
(c) At such time as the studies requested in subsection (b)(4) are 
completed by the Secretary, or at such time as the Secretary deter-
mines that sufficient interest has been indicated in exploring an area 
for oil or gas, and leasing should be commenced, he shall identify 
those areas which he determines to be favorable for the discovery of 
oil or gas (hereinafter referred to as "favorable petroleum geological 
provinces"). In making such determination, the Secretary shall 
utilize all information obtained in studies conducted under subsec-
tion (b) of this section as well as any other information he may 
develop or require by regulation to be transmitted. 
(d) Pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the 30 USC181 note. 
Secretary is authorized to issue leases, on the Federal lands described 
in this section, under such terms and conditions as he may, by 
regulation, prescribe. Areas which are determined by the Secretary 
to be within favorable petroleum geological provinces shall be leased 
only by competitive bidding. 
(e) At such time as paying quantities of oil or gas are discovered 
under a noncompetitive lease issued pursuant to the Mineral Leasing 
Act of 1920, the Secretary shall suspend all further noncompetitive 
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Exploration 
plan. 
Operation 
suspension and 
cancellation. 
leasing in the area and shall determine the favorable petroleum 
geological province in proximity to such discovery. All further leasing 
in such area shall be in accordance with the requirements of subsec-
tion (d) of this section. 
(f) Prior to any exploration activities on a lease issued pursuant to 
this section, the Secretary shall require the lessee to describe explora-
tion activities in an exploration plan. He shall approve such plan if 
such activities can be conducted in conformity with such require-
ments as may be made by the Secretary for the protection and use of 
the land for the purpose for which it is managed under applicable 
law. 
(g) Subsequent to a discovery of oil or gas in paying quantities, and 
prior to developing and producing such oil and gas, the Secretary 
shall require the lessee to describe development and production 
activities in a development and production plan. He shall approve 
such plan if such activities may be conducted in conformity with such 
requirements as may be made by the Secretary for the protection and 
use of the land for the purpose for which it is managed under 
applicable law. 
(h) The Secretary shall monitor the performance of the lessee and, 
if he determines that due to significant changes in circumstances 
regarding that operation, including environmental or economic 
changes, new requirements are needed, he may require a revised 
development and production plan. 
(i) If the Secretary determines that immediate and irreparable 
damage will result from continuation in force of a lease, that the 
threat will not disappear and that the advantages of cancellation 
outweigh the advantages of continuation in force of a lease, he shall 
suspend operations for up to five years. If such a threat persists 
beyond such five-year suspension period, he shall cancel a lease and 
provide compensation to the lease under such terms as the Secretary 
establishes, by regulation, to be appropriate. 
OIL AND GAS LEASE APPLICATIONS 
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SEC. 1009. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
regulation, whenever the Secretary receives an application for an oil 
30 use 181 note, and gas lease pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 for lands in 
Alaska within a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System which 
are not also part of the National Wilderness Preservation System he 
shall, in addition to any other requirements of applicable law, follow 
the procedures set forth in this section. 
(b) Any decision to issue or not to issue a lease shall be accompanied 
by a statement setting forth the reasons for the decision, including 
the reasons why oil and gas leasing would be compatible or incom-
patible with the purposes of the refuge. 
(c) If the Secretary determines that the requirements of section 
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102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 do not 
apply to his decision, the Secretary shall render his decision within 
six months after receipt of a lease application. If such requirements 
are applicable to the Secretary's decision, he shall render his decision 
within three months after publication of the final environmental 
impact statement. 
ALASKA MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM 
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SEC 1010. (a) MINERAL ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary shall, to the 
full extent of his authority, assess the oil, gas, and other mineral 
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note. 
potential on all public lands in the State of Alaska in order to expand 
the data base with respect to the mineral potential of such lands. The 
mineral assessment program may include, but shall not be limited to, 
techniques such as side-looking radar imagery and, on public lands 
other than such lands within the national park system, core and test 
drilling for geologic information, notwithstanding any restriction on 
such drilling under the Wilderness Act. For purposes of this Act, core 
and test drilling means the extraction by drilling of subsurface 
geologic samples in order to assess the metalliferous or other mineral 
values of geologic terrain, but shall not be construed as including 
exploratory drilling of oil and gas test wells. To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall consult and exchange information 
with the State of Alaska regarding the responsibilities of the Secre-
tary under this section and similar programs undertaken by the 
State. In order to carry out mineral assessments authorized under 
this or any other law, including but not limited to the National 
Uranium Resource Evaluation program, the Secretary shall allow for 
access by air for assessment activities permitted in this subsection to 
all public lands involved in such study. He shall consult with the Consultation 
Secretary of Energy and heads of other Federal agencies carrying out 
such programs, to determine such reasonable requirements as may be 
necessary to protect the resources of such area, including fish and 
wildlife. Such requirements may provide that access will not occur 
during nesting, calving, spawning or such other times as fish and 
wildlife in the specific area may be especially vulnerable to such 
activities. The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts with Contracts, 
public or private entities to carry out all or any portion of the mineral 
assessment program. This section shall not apply to the lands 
described in section 1001 of this Act. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Activities carried out in conservation system 
units under subsection (a) shall be subject to regulations promulgated 
by the Secretary, Such regulations shall ensure that such activities 
are carried out in an environmentally sound manner— 
(1) which does not result in lasting environmental impacts 
which appreciably alter the natural character of the units or 
biological or ecological systems in the units; and 
(2) which is compatible with the purposes for which such units 
are established. 
PRESIDENTIAL TRANSMITTAL 
SEC. 1011. On or before October 1, 1982, and annually thereafter, 
the President shall transmit to the Congress all pertinent public 
information relating to minerals in Alaska gathered by the United 
States Geological Surveys, Bureau of Mines, and any other Federal 
agency. 
Mineral 
information, 
transmittal to 
Congress. 
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TITLE XI—TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY SYSTEMS IN 
AND 
ACROSS, 
AND 
ACCESS 
INTO, 
CONSERVATION 
SYSTEM UNITS 
FINDINGS 
SEC. 1101. Congress finds that— 
(a) Alaska's transportation and utility network is largely undevel-
oped and the future needs for transportation and utility systems in 
Alaska would best be identified and provided for through an orderly. 
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continuous decisionmaking process involving the State and Federal 
Governments and the pubhc; 
(b) the existing authorities to approve or disapprove applications 
for transportation and utility systems through public lands in Alaska 
are diverse, dissimilar, and, in some cases, absent; and 
(c) to minimize the adverse impacts of siting transportation and 
utility systems Avithin units established or expanded by this Act and 
to insure the effectiveness of the decisionmaking process, a single 
comprehensive statutory authority for the approval or disapproval of 
applications for such systems must be provided in this Act. 
DEFINITIONS 
1
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SEC. 1102. For purposes of this title— 
(1) The term "applicable law" means any law of general applicabil-
ity (other than this title) under which any Federal department or 
agency has jurisdiction to grant any authorization (including but not 
limited to, any right-of-wa^, permit, license, lease, or certificate) 
without which a transportation or utility system cannot, in whole or 
in part, be established or operated. 
(2) The term "applicant" means any public or private person, 
including, but not limited to, any Federal department or agency. 
(3) The term "Federal agency" means any Federal department or 
agency that has any function or duty under applicable law. 
(4KA) The term "transportation or utility system" means any type 
of system described in subparagraph (B) if any portion of the route of 
the system will be within any conservation system unit, national 
recreation area, or national conservation area in the State (and the 
system is not one that the department or agency having jurisdiction 
over the unit or area is establishing incident to ite management of the 
unit or area). 
(B) The types of systems to which subparagraph (A) applies are as 
follows: 
(i) Canals, ditches, flumes, laterals, pipes, pipelines, tunnels, 
and other systems for the transportation of water. 
(ii) Pipelines and other systems for the transportation of 
liquids other than water, including oil, natural gas, synthetic 
liquid and gaseous fuels, and any refined product produced 
therefrom. 
(iii) Pipelines, slurry and emulsion systems and conveyor belts 
for the transportation of 
solid materials. 
(iv) Systems for the transmission and distribution of electric 
energy. 
(v) Systems for transmission or reception of radio, television, 
telephone, telegraph, and other electronic signals, and other 
means of communication. 
(vi) Improved rights-of-way for snow machines, air cushion 
vehicles, and other all-terrain vehicles. 
(vii) Roads, highways, railroads, tunnels, tramways, airports, 
landing strips, docks, and other 
systems of general 
transportation. 
Any system described in this subparagraph includes such related 
structures and facilities O)oth temporary and permanent) along the 
route of the system as may be minimally necessary for the construc-
tion, operation, and maintenance of the system. Such related struc-
tures and facilities shall be described in the application required by 
section 1104, and shall be approved or disapproved in accordance with 
the procedures set forth in this title. 
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94 STAT. 2459 
EFFECT OF TITLE 
SEC. 1103. Except as specifically provided for in this title, applicable 16 use 3163. 
law shall apply with respect to the authorization and administration 
of transportation or utility systems. 
PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 1104. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 16 use 3164. 
applicable law, no action by any Federal agency under applicable law 
with respect to the approval or disapproval of the authorization, in 
whole or in part, of any transportation or utility system shall have 
any force or effect unless the provisions of this section are complied 
with. 
(b)(1) CONSOLIDATED APPUCATIONS.—Within one hundred and 
eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Transportation, in 
consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, 
shall jointly prescribe and publish a consolidated application form to 
be used for applying for the approval of each t3rpe of transportation or 
utility system. Each such application form shall be designed to elicit 
such information as may be necessary to meet the requirements of 
this title and the applicable law with respect to the type of system 
concerned. 
(2) For purposes of this section, the heads of all appropriate Federal 
agencies, including the Secretary of Transportation, shall share 
decisionmaking responsibility in the case of any transportation or 
utility system described in section 1102(4)(B) (ii), (iii), or (vii); but with 
respect to any such system for which he does not have programmatic 
responsibility, the Secretary of Transportation shall provide to the 
other Federal agencies concerned such planning and other assistance 
as may be appropriate. 
(c) FILING.—Each applicant for the approval of any transportation 
or utility system shall file on the same day an application with each 
appropriate Federal agency. The applicant shall utilize the consoli-
dated form prescribed under subsection (b) for the type of transporta-
tion or utility system concerned. 
(d) AGENCY NOTICE.—(1) Within sixty days after the receipt of an 
application filed pursuant to subsection (c), the head of each Federal 
agency with whom the application was filed shall inform the appli-
cant in writing that, on its face— 
(A) the application appears to contain the information 
required by this title and applicable law insofar as that agency is 
concerned; or 
(B) the application does not contain such information. 
(2) Any notice provided under paragraph (1)(B) shall specify what 
additional information the applicant must provide. If the applicant 
provides additional information, the head of the Federal agency must 
inform the applicant in writing, within thirty days after receipt of 
such information, whether the information is sufficient. 
(e) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.—The draft of any environ-
mental impact statement required under the National Environmen-
tal Policy Act of 1969 in connection with any application filed under 42 use 4321 
this section shall be completed, within nine months from the date of ^°*®-
filing, by the head of the Federal agency assigned lead responsibility 
for the statement. Any such statement shall be jointly prepared by all 
Federal agencies with which the application was filed under subsec-
tion (c). The final environmental impact statement shall be com-
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Publication in 
pleted within One year from the date of such filing. Such nine-month 
Federal 
Q^^ one-year periods may be extended for good cause by the Federal 
Kegister. 
agency head assigned lead responsibility for the preparation of such 
statement if he determines that additional time is necessary for such 
preparation, notifies the applicant in writing of such determination, 
and publishes notice of such determination, together with the reasons 
therefor, in the Federal Register. The provisions of section 304 of the 
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Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 shall apply to each 
environmental impact statement under this subsection in the same 
manner as such provisions apply to applications relating to the public 
lands referred to in such section 304. The Federal agency assigned 
lead responsibility shall, in conjunction with such other Federal 
agencies before which the application is pending, hold public hear-
ings in the District of Columbia and an appropriate location in the 
State on each draft joint environmental impact statement and the 
views expressed therein shall be considered by all Federal agencies 
concerned before publication of the final joint environmental impact 
statement. 
(f) OTHER VIEWS.—During both the nine-month period, and the 
succeeding three-month period plus any extension thereof provided 
for in subsection (e), the heads of the Federal agencies concerned shall 
solicit and consider the views of other Federal departments and 
agencies, the Alaska Land Use Council, the State, affected units of 
local government in the State, and affected corporations formed 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and, after 
public notice, shall receive and consider statements and recommen-
dations regarding the application submitted by interested individuals 
and organizations. 
(g) AGENCY DECISION.—(1) Within four months after the final 
environmental impact statement is published in accordance with 
subsection (e) with respect to any transportation or utility system, 
each Federal agency shall make a decision to approve or disapprove, 
in accordance with applicable law, each authorization that applies 
with respect to the system and that is within the jurisdiction of that 
agen^. 
(2) The head of each Federal agency, in making a decision referred 
to in paragraph (1), shall consider, and make detailed findings 
supported by substantial evidence, with respect to— 
(A) the need for, and economic feasibility of, the transportation 
or utility system; 
(B) alternative routes and modes of access, including a determi-
nation with respect to whether there is any economically feasible 
and prudent alternative to the routing of the system through or 
within a conservation system unit, national recreation area, or 
national conservation area and, if not, whether there are alterna-
tive routes or modes which would result in fewer or less severe 
adverse impacts upon the conservation system unit; 
(C) the feasibility and impacts of including different transpor-
tation or utility systems in the same area; 
(D) short- and long-term social, economic, and environmental 
impacts of national. State, or local significance, including 
impacts on fish and wildlife and their habitat, and on rural, 
traditional lifestyles; 
(E) the impacts, if any, on the national security interests of the 
United States, that may result from approval or denial of the 
application for a transportation or utility system; 
(F) any impacts that would affect the purposes for which the 
Federal unit or area concerned was established; 
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94 STAT. 2461 
(G) measures which should be instituted to avoid or minimize 
negative impacts; and 
(H) the short- and long-term public values which may be 
adversely affected by approval of the transportation or utility 
system versus the short- and long-term public benefits which 
may accrue from such approval. 
STANDARDS FOR GRANTING CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS 
SEC. 1105. In any case in which there is no applicable law with 
respect to a transportation or utility system, the head of the Federal 
agency concerned shall, within four months after the date of filing of 
any final Environmental Impact Statement, make recommendations, 
for purposes of section 1106(b), to grant such authorizations as may be 
necessary to establish such system, in whole or in part, within the 
conservation system unit concerned if he determines that— 
(1) such system would be compatible with the purposes for 
which the unit was established; and 
(2) there is no economically feasible and prudent alternative 
route for the system. 
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AGENCY, PRESIDENTIAL, AND CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS 
SEC. 1106. (a)(1) AGENCY ACTION IN CASES OTHER THAN THOSE 
INVOLVING SECTION 1105 OR WILDERNESS AREAS.—In the case of any 
application for the approval of any transportation or utility system to 
which section 1105 does not apply or that does not occupy, use, or 
traverse any area within the National Wilderness Preservation 
System, if, in compliance with section 1104— 
(A) each Federal agency concerned decides to approve each 
authorization within its jurisdiction with respect to that system, 
then the system shall be deemed to be approved and each such 
agency shall promptly issue, in accordance with applicable law, 
such rights-of-way, permits, licenses, leases, certificates, or other 
authorizations as are necessary with respect to the establish-
ment of the system; or 
(B) one or more Federal agencies decide to disapprove any 
authorization within its jurisdiction with respect, to that system, 
then the system shall be deemed to be disapproved and the 
applicant for the system may appeal the disapproval to the 
President. 
(2) If an applicant appeals under paragraph (1)(B), the President, 
within four months after receiving the appeal, shall decide whether 
to approve or deny the application. The President shall approve the 
application if he finds, after consideration of the factors set forth in 
section 1104(g)(2), that such approval would be in the public interest 
and that (1) such system would be compatible with the purposes for 
which the unit was established; and (2) there is no economically 
feasible and prudent alternative route for the system. In making a 
decision, the President shall consider any environmental impact 
statement prepared pursuant to section 1104(e), comments of the 
public and Federal agencies received during the preparation of such 
statement, and the findings and recommendations, if any, of each 
Federal agency that rendered a decision with respect to the applica-
tion. The President's decision to approve or deny the application shall 
be published in the Federal Register, together with a statement of the 
reasons for his determination. 
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Appeals, 
Presidential 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register.' 
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Judicial review. 
Presidential 
notification. 
Presidential 
determination 
and 
recommendation 
to Congress. 
(3) If the President approves an application under paragraph (2), 
each Federal agency concerned shall promptly issue, in accordance 
with applicable law, such rights-of-way, permits, licenses, leases, 
certificates, or other authorizations as are necessary with respect to 
the establishment of the system. 
(4) If the President denies an application under paragraph (2), the 
applicant shall be deemed to have exhausted his administrative 
remedies and may file suit in any appropriate Federal court to 
challenge such decision. 
(b) AGENCY ACTION IN CASES INVOLVING SECTION 1105 OR WILDER-
NESS AREAS.—(1) In the case of any application for the approval of a 
transportation or utility system to which section 1105 applies or that 
proposes to occupy, use, or traverse any area within the National 
Wilderness Preservation System, each Federal agency concerned 
shall promptly submit to the President notification whether the 
agency tentatively approved or disapproved each authorization 
within its jurisdiction that applies with respect to the system. Such 
notification shall be accompanied by a statement of the reasons and 
findings supporting the agency position. 
(2) Within four months after receiving all notification referred to in 
paragraph (1) and after considering such notifications, any environ-
mental impact statement prepared pursuant to section 1104(e), and 
the comments of the public and Federal agencies received during the 
preparation of such statement, the President shall decide whether or 
not the application for the system concerned should be approved. If 
the President denies an application the applicant shall be deemed to 
have exhausted his administrative remedies, and may file suit in any 
appropriate Federal court to challenge such decision. If the President 
approves the application, he shall submit to Congress his recommen-
dation for approval of the transportation or utility system covered, 
whereupon the Congress shall consider the application as provided in 
subsection (c). The President shall include with his recommendation 
to Congress— 
(A) the application which is the subject of his recommendation; 
(B) a report setting forth in detail the relevant factual back-
ground and the reasons for his findings and recommendation; 
(C) the joint environmental impact statement; 
(D) a statement of the conditions and stipulations which would 
govern the use of the system if approved by the Congress. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.—(1) No application for any transpor-
tation or utility system with respect to which the President makes a 
recommendation for approval under subsection (b) shall be approved 
unless the Senate and House of Representatives approve a resolution 
described in paragraph (4) within the first period of one hundred and 
twenty calendar days of continuous session of the Congress beginning 
on the date after the date of receipt by the Senate and House of 
Representatives of such recommendation. 
(2) For purposes of this subsection— 
(A) continuity of session of the Congress is broken only by an 
adjournment sine die; and 
(B) the days on which either House is not in session because of 
an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are 
excluded in the computation of the one-hundred-and-twenty-day 
calendar period. 
(3) This subsection is enacted by the Congress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of each House of the 
Congress respectively, but applicable only with respect to the 
procedure to be followed in the House in the case of resolutions 
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94 STAT. 2463 
described by paragraph (6) of this subsection; and it supersedes 
other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent therewith; 
and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 
House to change the rules (so far as those relate to the procedure 
of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same 
extent as in the case of any other rule of such House. 
(4) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "resolution" means "Resolution." 
a joint resolution, the resolving clause of which is as follows: "That 
the House of Representatives and Senate approve the application for 
under title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conser-
vation Act submitted by the President to the Congress on 
, 
19."; the first blank space therein to be filled in with the appropriate 
transportation or utility system and the second blank therein to be 
filled with the date on which the President submits the application to 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(5) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the provisions 
of section 8(d) of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act shall 15 use 7i9f. 
apply to the consideration of the resolution. 
(6) After an application for a transportation or utility system has 
been approved under subsection 1106(a), the appropriate Federal 
agencies shall issue appropriate authorizations in accordance with 
applicable law. In any case in which an application for a transporta-
tion or utility system has been approved pursuant to section 1106(b), 
the appropriate Federal agencies shall issue appropriate authoriza-
tions in accordance with title V of the Federal Lands Policy Manage-
ment Act or other applicable law. After issuance pursuant to this 43 USC 1761. 
subsection, the appropriate land managing agency shall administer 
the right-of-way in accordance with relevant management authori-
ties of the land managing agency and title V of the Federal Lands 
Policy Management Act. 
RIGHTS-OF-WAY TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
SEC. 1107. 
(a) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary, or the 
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Secretary of Agriculture where national forest wilderness is involved, 
shall include in any right-of-way issued pursuant to an application 
under this title, terms and conditions which shall include, but not be 
limited to— 
(1) requirements to insure that, to the maximum extent feasi-
ble, the right-of-way is used in a manner compatible with the 
purposes for which the affected conservation system unit, 
national recreation area, or national conservation area was 
established or is managed; 
(2) requirements for restoration, revegatation, and curtailment 
of erosion of the surface of the land; 
(3) requirements to insure that activities in connection with 
the right-of-way will not violate applicable air and water quality 
standards and related facility siting standards established pursu-
ant to law; 
(4) requirements, including the minimum necessary width, 
designed to control or prevent— 
(A) damage to the environment (including damage to fish 
and wildlife habitat), 
(B) damage to public or private property, and 
(C) hazards to public health and safety; 
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(5) requirements to protect the interests of individuals living in 
the general area of the right-of-way who rely on the fish, wildlife, 
and biotic resources of the area for subsistence purposes; and 
(6) requirements to employ measures to avoid or minimize 
adverse environmental, social or economic impacts. 
(b) WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM.—Any transportation or util-
ity system approved pursuant to this title which occupies, uses, or 
traverses any area within the boundaries of a unit of the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System shall be subject to such conditions as 
may be necessary to assure that the stream flow of, and transporta-
tion on, such river are not interfered with or impeded, and that the 
transportation or utility system is located and constructed in an 
environmentally sound manner. 
(c) PIPEUNE RIGHTS-OF-WAYS.—In the case of a pipeline described in 
30 use 185. 
section 28(a) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, a right-of-way issued 
pursuant to this title shall be issued in the same manner as a right-of-
way is granted under section 28, and the provisions of subsections (c) 
through (j), (1) through (q), and (u) through (y) of such section 28 shall 
apply to rights-of-way issued pursuant to this title. 
EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW 
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SEC. 1108. (a) It is the intent of Congress that any judicial review of 
any administrative actions, including compliance with the National 
42 use 4321 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, pursuant to this title shall be 
° 
expedited to the maximum extent possible. 
(b) Any proceeding before a Federal court in which an administra-
tive action, including compliance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, pursuant to this title is challenged shall be 
assigned for hearing and completed at the earliest possible date, and 
shall be expedited in every way by such court, and such court shall 
render its final decision relative to any challenge within one hundred 
and twenty days from the date such challenge is brought unless such 
court determines that a longer period of time is required to satisfy the 
requirements of the United States Constitution. 
(c) No court shall have jurisdiction to grant any injunctive relief 
lasting longer than ninety days against any action pursuant to this 
title except in conjunction with a final judgment entered in a case 
involving an action pursuant to this title. 
VALID EXISTING RIGHTS 
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SEC. 1109. Nothing in this title shall be construed to adversely 
affect any valid existing right of access. 
SPECIAL ACCESS AND ACCESS TO INHOLDINGS 
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SEC. 1110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or 
other law, the Secretary shall permit, on conservation system units, 
national recreation areas, and national conservation areas, and those 
public lands designated as wilderness study, the use of snowmachines 
(during periods of adequate snow cover, or frozen river conditions in 
the case of wild and scenic rivers), motorboats, airplanes, and nonmo-
torized surface transportation methods for traditional activities 
(where such activities are permitted by this Act or other law) and for 
travel to and from villages and homesites. Such use shall be subject to 
reasonable regulations by the Secretary to protect the natural and 
other values of the conservation system units, national recreation 
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94 STAT. 2465 
areas, and national conservation areas, and shall not be prohibited 
unless, after notice and hearing in the vicinity of the affected unit or 
area, the Secretary finds that such use would be detrimental to the 
resource values of the unit or area. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as prohibiting the use of other methods of transportation 
for such travel and activities on conservation system lands where 
such use is permitted by this Act or other law. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act or other law, 
in any case in which State owned or privately owned land, including 
subsurface rights of such owners underlying public lands, or a valid 
mining claim or other valid occupancy is within or is effectively 
surrounded by one or more conservation system units, national 
recreation areas, national conservation areas, or those public lands 
designated as wilderness study, the State or private owner or occu-
pier shall be given by the Secretary such rights as may be necessary 
to assure adequate and feasible access for economic and other 
purposes to the concerned land by such State or private owner or 
occupier and their successors in interest. Such rights shall be subject 
to reasonable regulations issued by the Secretary to protect the 
natural and other values of such lands. 
TEMPORARY ACCESS 
SEC. 1111. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision 16 USC 3171. 
of this Act or other law the Secretary shall authorize and permit 
temporary access by the State or a private landowner to or across any 
conservation system unit, national recreation area, national conser-
vation area, the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska or those public 
lands designated as wilderness study or managed to maintain the 
wilderness character or potential thereof, in order to permit the State 
or private landowner access to its land for purposes of survey, 
geophysical, exploratory, or other temporary uses thereof whenever 
he determines such access will not result in permanent harm to the 
resources of such unit, area. Reserve or lands. 
(b) STIPULATIONS AND CONDITIONS.—In providing temporary access 
pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary may include such stipula-
tions and conditions he deems necessary to insure that the private 
use of public lands is accomplished in a manner that is not inconsist-
ent with the purposes for which the public lands are reserved and 
which insures that no permanent harm will result to the resources of 
the unit, area, Reserve or lands. 
NORTH SLOPE HAUL ROAD 
SEC. 1112. (a) IN GENERAL.—So long as that section of the North 16 USC 3172. 
Slope Haul Road referred to in subsection (c) is closed to public use, 
but not including regulated local traffic north of the Yukon River, 
regulated industrial traffic and regulated high occupancy buses, such 
regulation to occur under State law, except that the Secretary, after 
consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, and the Governor 
of Alaska shall agree on the number of vehicles and seasonality of 
use, such section shall be free from any and all restrictions contained 
in title 23, United States Code, as amended or supplemented, or in 
any regulations thereunder. Prior to executing an agreement pursu-
ant to this subsection, the Secretary and the Governor of Alaska shall 
consult with the head of any unit of local government which encom-
passes lands located adjacent to the route of the North Slope Haul 
Road. The State of Alaska shall have the authority to limit access. 
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Consultation 
with Canadian 
Government and 
report to 
Congress. 
16 u s e 3173. 
impose restrictions and impose tolls, notwithstanding any provision 
of Federal law. 
(b) RELEASE.—The removal of restrictions shall not be conditioned 
upon repayment by the State of Alaska to the Treasurer of the United 
States of any Federal-aid highway funds paid on account of the 
section of highway described in subsection (c), and the obligation of 
the State of Alaska to repay these amounts is hereby released so long 
as the road remains closed as set forth in subsection (a). 
(c) APPLICATION OF SECTION.—The provisions of this section shall 
apply to that section of the North Slope Haul Road, which extends 
from the southern terminus of the Yukon River Bridge to the 
northern terminus of the Road at Prudhoe Bay. 
STIKINE RIVER REGION 
SEC. 1113. Congress finds that there is a need to study the effect of 
this Act upon the ability of the Government of Canada to obtain 
access in the Stikine River region of southeast Alaska. Accordingly, 
within five years from the date of enactment of this Act, the 
President shall consult with the Government of Canada and shall 
submit a report to the Congress containing his findings and recom-
mendations concerning the need, if any, to provide for such access. 
Such report shall include, among other things, an analysis of the need 
for access and the social, environmental and economic impacts which 
may result from various forms of access including, but not limited to, 
a road along the Stikine and Iskut Rivers, or other alternative routes, 
should such access be permitted. 
TITLE XII—FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATION 
ALASKA LAND USE COUNCIL 
16 use 3181. 
SEC 1201. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established the 
Alaska Land Use Council (hereinafter in this title referred to as the 
"Council"). 
Presidential 
(b) CocHAiRMEN.—The Council shall have Cochairmen. The Fed-
appointment. 
gj.^j Cochairman shall be appointed by the President of the United 
States with the advice and consent of the Senate. The State 
Cochairman shall be the Governor of Alaska, 
(c) MEMBERS.—In addition to the Cochairmen, the Council shall 
consist of the following members: 
(1) the head of the Alaska offices of each of the following 
Federal agencies: National Park Service, United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, United States Forest Service, Bureau of Land 
Management, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Depart-
ment of Transportation; 
(2) the Commissioners of the Alaska Departments of Natural 
Resources, Fish and Game, Environmental Conservation, and 
Transportation; and 
(3) two representatives selected by the Alaska Native Regional 
Corporations (in consultation with their respective Village Cor-
porations) which represent the twelve geographic regions 
described in section 7(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
43 u s e 1606. 
Act. 
Any vacancy on the Council shall be filled in the same manner in 
which the original appointment was made. 
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94 STAT. 2467 
(d) STATE DECISION NOT TO PARTICIPATE.—If the State elects not to 
participate on the Council or elects to end its participation prior to 
termination of the Council, the Council shall be composed of the 
Federal Cochairman, the agencies referred to in subsection (c)(1) and 
the representatives of the Alaska Native Regional Corporations 
referred to in subsection (cX3). The Council, so composed, shall carry 
out the administrative functions required by this title and shall make 
recommendations to Federal officials with respect to the matters 
referred to in subsections (i) and 0)- In addition, the Council may 
make recommendations from time to time to State officials and 
private landowners concerning such matters. 
(e) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.— 
(1) The Federal Cochairman shall be compensated at a rate to 
be determined by the President but not in excess of that provided 
for level IV of the Executive Schedule contained in title V, 
United States Code. 
5 use 5315. 
(2) The other members of the Clouncil who are Federal employ-
ees shall receive no additional compensation for service on the 
Council. 
(3) While away from their homes or regular places of business 
in the performance of services for the Council, members of the 
Council who are Federal employees, or members of the Council 
referred to in subsection (cX3), shall be allowed travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as 
persons employed intermittently in the Government service are 
allowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 5 of the United 
States Code. 
(4) The State Cochairman and other State members of the 
Council have been compensated in accordance with applicable 
State law. 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY.— 
(1) The Cochairmen, acting jointly, shall have the authority to 
create and abolish employments and positions, including tempo-
rary and intermittent employments; to fix and provide for the 
qualification, appointment, removal, compensation, pension, and 
retirement rights of Council employees; and to procure needed 
office space, supplies, and equipment. 
(2) The office of the Council shall be located in the State of 
Alaska. 
(3) Except as provided in subsection (d), within any one fiscal Federal costs 
year, the Federal Government shall pay only 50 per centum of ^"^ expenses. 
the costs and other expenses other than salaries, benefits, et 
cetera of members, incurred by the Council in carrying out its 
duties under this Act. 
(4) The Council is authorized to use, with their consent, the 
services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of Federal and 
other agencies with or without reimbursement. Each department 
and agency of the Federal Government is authorized and 
directed to cooperate fully in making its services, equipment, 
personnel, and facilities available to the Council. Personnel 
detailed to the Council in accordance with the provisions of this 
subsection shall be under the direction of the Cochairman during 
any period such staff is so detailed. 
(5) The Council is authorized to accept donations, gifts, and 
other contributions and to utilize such donations, gifts, and 
contributions in carrying out its functions under this Act. 
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(6) The Council shall keep and maintain complete accounts and 
records of its activities and transactions, and such accounts and 
records shall be available for public inspection, 
(g) MEETINGS; AUTHORITIES; REPORTS.—The Council shall meet at 
the call of the Cochairmen, but not less than four times each year. In 
addition, the Council may, for the purpose of carrying out the 
provisions of this section, hold such hearings, take such testimony, 
receive such evidence and print or otherwise reproduce and distrib-
ute reports concerning so much of its proceedings as the Council 
deems advisable. No later than February 1 of each calendar year 
following the calendar year in which the Council is established, the 
Cochairmen shall submit to the President, the Congress, the Gover-
nor of Alaska, and the Alaska Legislature, in writing, a report on the 
activities of the Council during the previous year, together with their 
recommendations, if any, for legislative or other action in further-
ance of the purposes of this section. 
(h) RULES.—The Council shall adopt such internal rules of proce-
Pubiication in 
dure as it deems necessary. All Council meetings shall be open to the 
Federal 
public, and at least fifteen days prior to the date when any meeting of 
Kegister. 
^j^^ Council is to take place the Cochairman shall publish public 
notice of such meeting in the Federal Register and in newspapers of 
general circulation in various areas throughout Alaska. 
(i) FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL.— 
(1) The Council shall conduct studies and advise the Secretary, 
the Secretary of Agriculture, other Federal agencies, the State, 
local governments, and Native Corporations with respect to 
ongoing, planned, and proposed land and resources uses in 
Alaska, including transportation planning, land use designation, 
fish and wildlife management, tourism, agricultural develop-
ment, coastal zone management, preservation of cultural and 
historical resources, and such other matters as may be submitted 
for advice by the members. 
(2) It shall be the function of the Council— 
(A) to make recommendations to appropriate officials of 
the United States and the State of Alaska with respect to— 
(i) proposed regulations promulgated by the United 
States to carry out its responsibilities under this Act; 
(ii) management plans and studies required by this 
Act including, but not limited to, plans and studies for 
conservation system units, wild and scenic rivers, and 
wilderness areas; 
(iii) proposed regulations promulgated by the State of 
Alaska to carry out its responsibilities under this Act 
and other State and Federal laws; 
(B) to make recommendations to appropriate officials of 
the governments of the United States and the State of 
Alaska with respect to ways to improve coordination and 
consultation between said governments in wildlife manage-
ment, transportation planning, wilderness review, and other 
governmental activities which appear to require regional or 
statewide coordination; 
(C) to make recommendations to appropriate officials of 
the governments of the United States and the State of 
Alaska with respect to ways to insure that economic develop-
ment is orderly and planned and is compatible with State 
and national economic, social, and environmental objectives; 
(D) to make recommendations to appropriate officials of 
the governments of the United States and the State of 
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94 STAT. 2469 
Alaska with respect to those changes in laws, policies, and 
programs relating to publicly owned lands and resources 
which the Council deems necessary; 
(E) to make recommendations to appropriate officials of 
the governments of the United States and the State of 
Alaska with respect to the inventory, planning, classifica-
tion, management, and use of Federal and State lands, 
respectively, and to provide such assistance to Native Corpo-
rations upon their request; 
(F) to make recommendations to appropriate officials of 
the governments of the United States and the State of 
Alaska with respect to needed modifications in existing 
withdrawals of Federal and State lands; and 
(G) to make recommendations to appropriate officials of 
the governments of the United States and the State of 
Alaska with respect to the programs and budgets of Federal 
and State agencies responsible for the administration of 
Federal and State lands; and 
(H) to make recommendations to appropriate officials of 
the governments of the United States, the State of Alaska, 
and Native Corporations for land exchanges between or 
among them, 
(j) COOPERATIVE PLANNING.— 
(1) The Council shall recommend cooperative planning zones, 
consisting of areas of the State in which the management of 
lands or resources by one member materially affects the manage-
ment of lands or resources of another member or members 
including, but not limited to, such areas as the Northwest Arctic, 
the North Slope, and Bristol Bay. Federal members of the 
Council are authorized and encouraged to enter into cooperative 
agreements with Federal agencies, with State and local agencies, 
and with Native Corporations providing for mutual consultation, 
review, and coordination of resource management plans and 
programs within such zones. 
(2) With respect to lands, waters, and interests therein which 
are subject to a cooperative agreement in accordance with this 
subsection, the Secretary, in addition to any requirement of 
applicable law, may provide technical and other assistance to the 
landowner with respect to fire control, trespass control, law 
enforcement, resource use, and planning. Such assistance may be 
provided without reimbursement if the Secretary determines 
that to do so would further the purposes of the cooperative 
agreement and would be in the public interest. 
(3) Cooperative agreements established pursuant to this sec-
tion shall include a plan for public participation consistent with 
the guidelines established by the Council pursuant to subsection 
(m). 
(k) NoNACCEPTANCE OF COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS.—If any Fed-
eral or State agency does not accept a recommendation made by the 
Council pursuant to subsection (i) or (j), such agency, within thirty 
days of receipt of the recommendation, shall inform the Council, in 
writing, of its reason for such action. 
(1) TERMINATION.—Unless extended by the Congress, the Council 
shall terminate ten years after the date of enactment of this Act. No 
later than one year prior to its termination date, the Cochairmen 
shall submit in writing to the Congress a report on the accomplish-
ments of the Council together with their recommendations as to 
whether the Council should be extended or any other recommenda-
Cooperative 
agreements. 
Report to 
Congress. 
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Establishment. 
16 use 3182. 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
16 use 3183. 
eooperative 
management 
plan. 
tions for legislation or other action which they determine should be 
taken following termination of the Council to continue carrying out 
the purposes for which the Council was established. 
(m) PuBUC PARTICIPATION.—The Council shall establish and imple-
ment a public participation program to assist the Council to carry out 
its responsibilities and functions under this section. Such program 
shall include, but is not limited to— 
(1) A committee of land-use advisors appointed by the Cochair-
men made up of representatives of commercial and industrial 
land users in Alaska, recreational land users, wilderness users, 
environmental groups, Native Corporations, and other public 
and private organizations. To the maximum extent practicable, 
the membership of the committee shall provide a balanced 
mixture of national. State, and local perspective and expertise on 
land and resource use issues; and 
(2) A system for (A) the identification of persons and communi-
ties, in rural and urban Alaska, who or which may be directly or 
significantly affected by studies conducted, or advice and recom-
mendations given by the Council pursuant to this section, and (B) 
guidelines for, and implementation of, a system for effective 
public participation by such persons or communities in the 
development of such studies, advice and recommendations by the 
Council. 
FEDERAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE 
SEC. 1202. There is hereby established a Federal Coordination 
Committee composed of the Secretaries (or their designees) of Agri-
culture, Energy, the Interior, and Transportation; the Administra-
tors of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and the Federal and State 
Cochairmen of the Council. Such Committee shall meet at least once 
every four months in order to coordinate those programs and func-
tions of their respective agencies which could affect the administra-
tion of lands and resources in Alaska. The Federal Cochairman shall 
be the Chairman of the Committee. He shall be responsible for 
formulating an agenda for each meeting, after consultation with the 
other agency heads referred to herein, for providing any necessary 
staff support, and for preparing a brief summary of the disposition of 
matters discussed at each meeting. Such summary shall be published 
in the Federal Register. 
BRISTOL BAY COOPERATIVE REGION 
SEC. 1203. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) The term "Governor" means the Governor of the State of 
Alaska. 
(2) The term "region" means the land (other than any land 
within the National Park System) within the Bristol Bay Cooper-
ative Region as generally depicted on the map entitled "Bristol 
Bay-Alaska Peninsula", dated October 1979. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to provide for the 
preparation and implementation of a comprehensive and systematic 
cooperative management plan (hereinafter in this section referred to 
as the "plan"), agreed to by the United States and the State— 
(1) to conserve the fish and wildlife and other significant 
natural and cultural resources within the region; 
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94 STAT. 2471 
(2) to provide for the rational and orderly development of 
economic resources within the region in an environmentally 
sound manner; 
(3) to provide for such exchanges of land among the Federal 
Government, the State, and other public or private owners as 
will facilitate the carrying out of paragraphs (1) and (2); 
(4) to identify any further lands within the region which are 
appropriate for selections by the State under section 6 of the 
Alaska Statehood Act and this Act; and 
(5) to identify any further lands within the region which may 
be appropriate for congressional designation as national conser-
vation system units. 
(c) FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATION IN PREPARATION OF PLANS.—(1) If 
within three months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Governor notifies the Secretary that the State wishes to participate 
in the preparation of the plan, and that the Governor will, to the 
extent of his authority, manage State lands within the region to 
conserve fish and wildlife during such preparation, the Secretary and 
the Governor shall undertake to prepare the plan which shall contain 
such provisions as are necessary and appropriate to achieve the 
purposes set forth in subsection (b), including but not limited to— 
(A) the identification of the significant resources of the region; 
(B) the identification of present and potential uses of land 
within the region; 
(C) the identification of areas within the region according to 
their significant resources and the present or potential uses 
within each such area; 
(D) the identification of land (other than any land within the 
National Park System) which should be exchanged in order to 
facilitate the conserving offish and wildlife and the management 
and development of other resources within the region; and 
(E) the specification of the uses which may be permitted in 
each area identified under paragraph (C) and the manner in 
which these uses shall be regulated by the Secretary or the State, 
as appropriate, if such plan is approved. 
(2) The plan shall also— 
(A) specify those elements of the plan, and its implementation, 
which the Secretary or the Governor: 
(i) may modify without prior approval of both parties to 
the plan; and 
(ii) may not modify without such prior approval; and 
(B) include a description of the procedures which will be used 
to make modifications to which paragraph (A)(i) applies. 
(d) ACTION BY SECRETARY IF STATE DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN 
PLAN.—If— 
(1) the Secretary does not receive notification under subsection 
(c) that the State will participate in the preparation of the plan; 
or 
(2) after the State agrees to so participate, the Governor 
submits to the Secretary written notification that the State is 
terminating its participation; 
the Secretary shall prepare a plan containing the provisions referred Cooperative 
to in subsection (c)(1) (and containing a specification of those elements management 
in the plan which the Secretary may modify without prior approval of fo CongreTs 
Congress), and submit copies of such plan to the Congress, as provided 
in subsection (e)(2), within three years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(e) TAKING EFFECT OF PLAN.— 
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Proposed 
legislation, 
submittal to 
Congress and 
State 
Legislature. 
(1) If within three years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, a plan has been prepared under subsection (c) which is 
agreed to by the Secretary and the Governor, the plan shall take 
effect with respect to the United States and the State. 
(2) If the plan prepared pursuant to this section is agreed to by 
the Secretary and the Governor includes any recommendations 
regarding (i) the exchange of State lands, (ii) the management of 
Federal lands within any conservation system unit, or (iii) any 
other actions which require the approval of either the Congress 
or the Alaska State Legislature, then the Secretary and the 
Governor shall submit to the Congress and the State Legislature 
as appropriate, their proposals for legislation necessary to carry 
out the recommendations contained in the plan. 
(f) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS,—On the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and for a period of three years thereafter, all Federal land within 
the region (except that land conveyed by title IX of this Act to the 
State of Alaska and Federal lands located within the boundaries of 
conservation system units) shall be withdrawn from all forms of 
appropriation under the public land laws, including selections by the 
State, and from location and entry under the mining laws and from 
leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act, and shall be managed by the 
Bureau of Land Management under its existing statutory authority 
and consistent with provisions of this section. 
TITLE XIII—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Transmittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
16 u s e 3191. 
MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 130L (a) Within five years from the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall develop and transmit to the appropriate 
Committees of the Congress a conservation and management plan for 
each of the units of the National Park System established or to which 
additions are made by this Act. 
(b) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Each plan for a 
unit established, redesignated, or expanded by title II shall identify 
management practices which will carry out the policies of this Act 
and will accomplish the purposes for which the concerned National 
Park System unit was established or expanded and shall include at 
least the following: 
(1) Maps indicating areas of particular importance as to wilder-
ness, natural, historical, wildlife, cultural, archeological, paleon-
tological, geological, recreational, and similar resources and also 
indicating the areas into which such unit will be divided for 
administrative purposes. 
(2) A description of the programs and methods that will be 
employed to manage fish and wildlife resources and habitats, 
cultural, geological, recreational, and wilderness resources, and 
how each conservation system unit will contribute to overall 
resources management goals of that region. Such programs 
should include research, protection, restoration, development, 
and interpretation as appropriate. 
(3) A description of any areas of potential or proposed develop-
ment, indicating types of visitor services and facilities to be 
provided, the estimated costs of such services and facilities, and 
whether or not such services and facilities could and should be 
provided outside the boundaries of such unit. 
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94 STAT. 2473 
(4) A plan for access to, and circulation within, such unit, 
indicating the type and location of transportation routes and 
facilities, if any. 
(5) A description of the programs and methods which the 
Secretary plans to use for the purposes of (A) encouraging the 
recognition and protection of the culture and history of the 
individuals residing, on the date of the enactment of this Act, in 
such unit and areas in the vicinity of such unit, and (B) providing 
and encouraging employment of such individuals. 
(6) A plan for acquiring land with respect to such unit, 
including proposed modifications in the boundaries of such unit. 
(7) A description (A) of privately owned areas, if any, which are 
within such unit, (B) of activities carried out in, or proposed for, 
such areas, (C) of the present and potential effects of such 
activities on such unit, (D) of the purposes for which such areas 
are used, and (E) of methods (such as cooperative agreements and 
issuance or enforcement of regulations) of controlling the use of 
such activities to carry out the policies of this Act and the 
purposes for which such unit is established or expanded. 
(8) A plan indicating the relationship between the manage-
ment of such unit and activities being carried out in, or proposed 
for, surrounding areas and also indicating cooperative agree-
ments which could and should be entered into for the purpose of 
improving such management. 
(c) CONSIDERATION OF FACTORS.—In developing, preparing, and 
revising a plan under this section the Secretary shall take into 
consideration at least the following factors: 
(1) The specific purposes for which the concerned conservation 
system unit was established or expanded. 
(2) Protection and preservation of the ecological, environmen-
tal, wildlife, cultural, historical, archeological, geological, recre-
ational, wilderness, and scenic character of the concerned unit 
and of areas in the vicinity of such unit, 
(3) Providing opportunities for Alaska Natives residing in the 
concerned unit and areas adjacent to such unit to continue 
performing in such unit activities which they have traditionally 
or historically performed in such unit. 
(4) Activities being carried out in areas adjacent to, or sur-
rounded by, the concerned unit. 
(d) HEARING AND PARTICIPATION.—In developing, preparing, and 
revising a plan under this section the Secretary shall hold at least one 
public hearing in the vicinity of the concerned conservation unit, hold 
at least one public hearing in a metropolitan area of Alaska, and, to 
the extent practicable, permit the following persons to participate in 
the development, preparation, and revision of such plan: 
(1) The Alaska Land Use Council and officials of Federal 
agencies whose activities will be significantly affected by imple-
mentation of such plan. 
(2) Officials of the State and of political subdivisions of the 
State whose activities will be significantly affected by implemen-
tation of such plan. 
(3) Officials of Native Corporations which will be significantly 
affected by implementation of such plan. 
(4) Concerned local. State, and National organizations and 
interested individuals. 
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LAND ACQUISITION AUTHORITY 
16 use 3192. 
SEC. 1302. (a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Except as provided in subsec-
tions (b) and (c) of this section, the Secretary is authorized, consistent 
with other applicable law in order to carry out the purposes of this 
Act, to acquire by purchase, donation, exchange, or otherwise any 
lands within the boundaries of any conservation system unit other 
than National Forest Wilderness. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS.—Lands located within the boundaries of a conser-
vation system unit which are owned by— 
(A) the State or a political subdivision of the State; 
(B) a Native Corporation or Native Group which has Natives as 
a majority of its stockholders; 
(C) the actual occupant of a tract, title to the surface estate of 
which was on, before, or after the date of enactment of this Act 
conveyed to such occupant pursuant to subsections 14(c)(1) and 
Post, pp. 2493, 
14(h)(5) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, unless the 
2'*94. 
Secretary determines that the tract is no longer occupied for the 
purpose described in subsections 14(cXl) or 14(h)(5) for which the 
tract was conveyed and that activities on the tract are or will be 
detrimental to the purposes of the unit in which the tract is 
located; or 
(D) a spouse or lineal descendant of the actual occupant of a 
tract described in subparagraph (C), unless the Secretary deter-
mines that activities on the tract are or will be detrimental to the 
purposes of the unit in which the tract is located— 
may not be acquired by the Secretary without the consent of the 
owner. 
(c) EXCHANGES.—Lands located within the boundaries of a conser-
vation system unit (other than National Forest Wilderness) which 
are owned by persons or entities other than those described in 
subsection (b) of this section shall not be acquired by the Secretary 
without the consent of the owner unless prior to final judgment on 
the value of the acquired land, the owner, after being offered 
appropriate land of similar characteristics and like value (if such 
land is available from public lands located outside the boundaries of 
any conservation system unit), chooses not to accept the exchange. In 
identifying public lands for exchange pursuant to this subsection, the 
Secretary shall consult with the Alaska Land Use Council. 
(d) IMPROVED PROPERTY.—No improved property shall be acquired 
under subsection (a) without the consent of the owner unless the 
Secretary first determines that such acquisition is necessary to the 
fulfillment of the purposes of this Act or to the fulfillment of the 
purposes for which the concerned conservation system unit was 
established or expanded. 
(e) RETAINED RIGHTS.—The owner of an improved property on the 
date of its acquisition, as a condition of such acquisition, may retain 
for himself, his heirs and assigns, a right of use and occupancy of the 
improved property for noncommercial residential or recreational 
purposes, as the case may be, for a definite term of not more than 
twenty-five years, or in lieu thereof, for a term ending at the death of 
the owner or the death of his spouse, whichever is later. The owner 
shall elect the term to be reserved. Unless the property is wholly or 
partially donated, the Secretary shall pay to the owner the fair 
market value of the owner's interest in the property on the date of its 
acquisition, less the fair market value on that date of the right 
retained by the owner. A right retained by the owner pursuant to this 
section shall be subject to termination by the Secretary upon his 
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94 STAT. 2475 
determination that such right is being exercised in a manner incon-
sistent with the purposes of this Act, and it shall terminate by 
operation of law upon notification by the Secretary to the holder of 
the right of such determination and tendering to him the amount 
equal to the fair market value of that portion which remains 
unexpired. 
(0 DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, the term "improved 
"improved property" means— 
property." 
(1) a detached single family dwelling, the construction of which 
was begun before January 1,1980 (hereinafter referred to as the 
"dwelling"), together with the land on which the dwelling is 
situated to the extent that such land— 
(A) is in the same ownership as the dwelling or is Federal 
land on which entry was legal and proper, and 
(B) is designated by the Secretary to be necessary for the 
enjoyment of the dwelling for the sole purpose of noncom-
mercial residential use, together with any structures neces-
sary to the dwelling which are situated on the land so 
designated, or 
(2) property developed for noncommercial recreational uses, 
together with any structures accessory thereto which were so 
used on or before January 1,1980, to the extent that entry onto 
such property was legal and proper. 
In determining when and to what extent a property is to be consid-
ered an "improved property", the Secretary shall take into considera-
tion the manner of use of such buildings and lands prior to January 1, 
1980, and shall designate such lands as are reasonably necessary for 
the continued enjoyment of the property in the same manner and to 
the same extent as existed before such date. 
(g) CONSIDERATION OF HARDSHIP.—The Secretary shall give prompt 
and careful consideration to any offer made by the owner of any 
property within a conservation system unit to sell such.property, if 
such owner notifies the Secretary that the continued ownership is 
causing, or would result in, undue hardship. 
(h) EXCHANGE AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, in acquiring lands for the purposes of this Act, the Secretary is 
authorized to exchange lands (including lands within conservation 
system units and within the National Forest System) or interests 
therein (including Native selection rights) with the corporations 
organized by the Native Groups, Village Corporations, Regional 
Corporations, and the Urban Corporations, and other municipalities 
and corporations or individuals, the State (acting free of the restric-
tions of section 6(i) of the Alaska Statehood Act), or any Federal 48 USC note 
agency. Exchanges shall be on the basis of equal value, and either 
P''®'^ ^^• 
party to the exchange may pay or accept cash in order to equalize the 
value of the property exchanged, except that if the parties agree to an 
exchange and the Secretary determines it is in the public interest, 
such exchanges may be made for other than equal value. 
(i)(l) The Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation or 
exchange, lands (A) which are contiguous to any conservation system 
unit established or expanded by this Act, and (B) which are owned or 
validly selected by the State of Alaska. 
(2) Any such lands so acquired shall become a part of such 
conservation system unit. 
94 STAT. 2476 
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USE OF CABINS AND OTHER SITES OF OCCUPANCY ON CONSERVATION 
SYSTEM UNITS 
16 use 3193. 
SEC. 1303. 
(a) IMPROVED PROPERTY ON NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
LANDS.— 
(1) On public lands within the boundaries of any unit of the 
National Park System created or enlarged by this Act, cabins or 
other structures existing prior to December 18, 1973, may be 
occupied and used by the claimant to these structures pursuant 
to a renewable, nontransferable permit. Such use and occupancy 
shall be for terms of five years each: Provided, That the claimant 
of the structure by application: 
(A) Reasonably demonstrates by affidavit, bill of sale or 
other documentation, proof of possessory interest or right of 
occupancy in the cabin or structure; 
(B) Submits a sketch or photograph of the cabin or struc-
ture and a map showing its geographic location; 
(C) Agrees to vacate the cabin and to remove all personal 
property from the cabin or structure upon expiration of the 
permit; and 
(D) Acknowledges in the permit that the applicant has no 
interest in the real property on which the cabin or structure 
is located. 
(2) On public lands within the boundaries of any unit of the 
National Park System created or enlarged by this Act, cabins or 
other structures, the occupancy or use of which commenced 
between December 18,1973, and December 1,1978, may be used 
and occupied by the claimant of such structure pursuant to a 
nontransferable, nonrenewable permit. Such use and occupancy 
shall be for a maximum term of one year: Provided, however, 
That the claimant, by application: 
(A) Reasonably demonstrates by affidavit, bill of sale, or 
other documentation proof of possessory interest or right of 
occupancy in the cabin or structure; 
(B) Submits a sketch or photograph of the cabin or struc-
ture and a map showing its geographic location; 
(C) Agrees to vacate the cabin or structure and to remove 
all personal property from it upon expiration of the permit; 
and 
(D) Acknowledges in the permit that the applicant has no 
legal interest in the real property on which the cabin or 
structure is located. 
The Secretary may, on a case by case basis, subject to reasonable 
regulations, extend such permit term beyond one year for such 
reasons as the Secretary deems equitable and just. 
(3) Cabins or other structures not under permit as specified 
herein shall be used only for official government business: 
Provided, however. That during emergencies involving the safety 
of human life or where designated for public use by the Secre-
tary, these cabins may be used by the general public. 
(4) The Secretary may issue a permit under such conditions as 
he may prescribe for the temporary use, occupancy, construction 
and maintenance of new cabins or other structures if he deter-
mines that the use is necessary to reasonably accommodate 
subsistence uses or is otherwise authorized by law. 
(b) IMPROVED PROPERTY ON OTHER UNITS OR AREAS ESTABLISHED OR 
EXPANDED BY THIS ACT.—The following conditions shall apply regard-
ing the construction, use and occupancy of cabins and related 
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94 STAT. 2477 
structures on Federal lands within conservation system units or 
areas not provided for in subsection (a) of this section: 
(1) The construction of new cabins is prohibited except as may 
be authorized pursuant to a nontransferable, five-year special 
use permit issued by the Secretary. Such special use permit shall 
only be issued upon a determination that the proposed use, 
construction, and maintenance of a cabin is compatible with the 
purposes for which the unit or area was established and that the 
use of the cabin is either directly related to the administration of 
the unit or area or is necessary to provide for a continuation of an 
ongoing activity or use otherwise allowed within the unit or area 
where the permit applicant has no reasonable alternative site for 
constructing a cabin. No special use permit shall be issued to 
authorize the construction of a cabin for private recreational use. 
(2) Traditional and customary uses of existing cabins and 
related structures on Federal lands within a unit or area may be 
allowed to continue in accordance with a nontransferable, renew-
able five-year special use permit issued by the Secretary. Such 
special use permit shall be issued only upon a determination that 
the traditional and customary uses are compatible with the 
purposes for which the unit or area was established. No special 
use permits shall be issued to authorize the use of an existing 
cabin constructed for private recreational use. 
(3) No special use permit shall be issued under subsections (b) 
(1) or (2) unless the permit applicant: 
(A) In the case of existing cabins or structures, reasonably 
demonstrates by affidavit, bill of sale or other documenta-
tion, proof of possessory interests or right of occupancy in 
the cabin or structure; 
(B) Submits a sketch or photograph of the existing or 
proposed cabin or structure and a map showing its geo-
graphic location; 
(C) Agrees to vacate the cabin or structure and remove, 
within a reasonable time period established by the Secre-
tary, all personal property from it upon nonrenewal or 
revocation of the permit; and 
(D) Acknowledges in the permit application that the appli-
cant has no interest in the real property on which the cabin 
or structure is located or will be constructed. 
(4) The United States shall retain ownership of all new cabins 
and related structures on Federal lands within a unit or area 
specified in this subsection, and no proprietary rights or privi-
leges shall be conveyed through the issuance of the special use 
permit authorized by paragraphs (1) or (2) of this subsection. 
Cabins or other structures not under permit shall be used only 
for official Government business: Provided, however, That during 
emergencies involving the safety of human life or where desig-
nated for public use by the unit or area manager, such cabins 
may be used by the general public. 
(c) PERMITS TO BE RENEWED FOR LIFE OF CLAIMANT AND IMMEDIATE 
FAMILY.— 
(1) Whenever issuance of a nontransferable renewable five-
year special use permit is authorized by subsections (a) or (b) of 
this section, said permit shall be renewed every five years until 
the death of the last immediate family member of the claimant 
residing in the cabin or structure, or unless the Secretary has 
revoked the special use permit in accordance with the criteria 
established in this section. 
New cabins, 
construction. 
Existing cabins 
and structures, 
special use 
permits. 
New structures, 
Federal 
ownership. 
94 STAT. 2478 
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(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the 
Secretary, after notice and hearing, may revoke a permit pro-
vided for in this section if he determines, on the basis of 
substantial evidence in the administrative record as a whole, 
that the use under the permit is causing or may cause significant 
detriment to the principal purposes for which the unit was 
established, 
(d) EXISTING CABIN LEASES OR PERMITS.—Nothing in this Act shall 
preclude the renewal or continuation of valid leases or permits in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act for cabins, homesites, or 
similar structures on Federal lands. Unless the Secretary, or in the 
case of national forest lands, the Secretary of Agriculture, issues 
specific findings following notice and an opportunity for the lease-
holder or permittee to respond, that renewal or continuation of such 
valid permit or lease constitutes a direct threat to or a significant 
impairment to the purposes for which a conservation system unit 
was established (in the case of a structure located within a conserva-
tion system unit) or the public domain or national forest (in case of a 
structure located outside conservation system units), he shall renew 
such valid leases or permits upon their expiration in accordance with 
the provisions of the original lease or permit, subject to such reason-
able regulations as he may prescribe. Subject to the provisions of the 
original lease or permit, nothing in this Act or subsection shall 
necessarily preclude the appropriate Secretary from transferring 
such a lease or permit to another person at the election or death of 
the original permittee or leasee. 
Designations 
and acquisitions. 
16 u s e 3194. 
Submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
16 u s e 3195. 
ARCHEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL SITES 
SEC. 1304. Notwithstanding any acreage or boundary limitations 
contained in this Act with respect to the Cape Krusenstern National 
Monument, the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, the Yukon-
Charley Rivers National Preserve, and the Kobuk Valley National 
Park, the Secretary may designate Federal lands or he may acquire 
by purchase with the consent of the owner, donation, or exchange any 
significant archeological or paleontological site in Alaska located 
outside of the boundaries of such areas and containing resources 
which are closely associated with any such area. If any such site is so 
designated or acquired, it shall be included in and managed as part of 
such area. Not more than seven thousand five hundred acres of land 
may be designated or acquired under this section for inclusion in any 
single area. Before designation or acquisition of any property in 
excess of one hundred acres under the provisions of this section, the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) submit notice of such proposed designation or acquisition to 
the appropriate committees of the Congress; and 
(2) publish notice of such proposed designation or acquisition in 
the Federal Register. 
COOPERATIVE INFORMATION/EDUCATION CENTERS 
SEC. 1305. The Secretary is authorized in consultation with other 
Federal agencies, to investigate and plan for an information and 
education center for visitors to Alaska on not to exceed one thousand 
acres of Federal land at a site adjacent to the Alaska Highway, and to 
investigate and plan for similar centers in Anchorage and Fairbanks, 
Alaska. For the purposes of this investigation, the Secretary shall 
seek participation in the program planning and/or operation of such 
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94 STAT. 2479 
centers from appropriate agencies of the State of Alaska, and he is 
authorized to accept contributions of funds, personnel, and planning 
and program assistance from such State agencies, other Federal 
agencies, and Native representatives. The Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized to investigate and plan for, in a similar manner, an 
information and education center for visitors to Alaska in either 
Juneau, Ketchikan, or Sitka, Alaska. No information center shall be 
developed pursuant to investigations and plans conducted under 
authority of this section unless and until such development is 
specifically authorized by Congress. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SITES AND VISITOR FACILITIES 
SEC. 1306. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In conformity with the conserva- 16 use 3196. 
tion and management plans prepared for each unit and the purposes 
of assuring the preservation, protection, and proper management of 
any conservation system unit, the Secretary may establish sites and 
visitor facilities— 
(1) within the unit, if compatible with the purposes for which 
the unit is established, expanded, or designated by this Act, and 
the other provisions of this Act, or 
(2) outside the boundaries of, and in the vicinity of, the unit. 
To the extent practicable and desirable, the Secretary shall attempt 
to locate such sites and facilities on Native lands in the vicinity of the 
unit. 
O
t
)
) AUTHORITIES OF SECRETARY.—For the purpose of establishing 
administrative sites and visitor facilities under subsection (a)— 
(1) the Secretary and the head of the Federal agency having 
primary authority over the administration of any Federal land 
which the Secretary determines is suitable for use in carrying 
out such purpose may enter into agreements permitting, the 
Secretary to use such land for such puriwses; 
(2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, 
under such terms and conditions as he determines are reason-
able, may lease or acquire by purchase, donation, exchange, or 
any other method (except condemnation) real property (other 
than Federal land), office space, housing, and other necessary 
facilities which the Secretary determines to be suitable for 
carrying out such purposes; and 
(3) the Secretary may construct, operate, and maintain such 
permanent and temporary buildings and facilities as he deems 
appropriate on land which is within, or in the vicinity of, any 
conservation system unit and with respect to which the Secre-
tary has acquired authority under this subsection to use the 
property for the purpose of establishing an administrative site or 
visitor facility under subsection (a), except that the Secretary 
may not begin construction of buildings and facilities on land not 
owned by the United States until the owner of such land has 
entered into an agreement with the Secretary, the terms of 
which assure the continued use of such buildings and facilities in 
furtherance of the purposes of this Act. 
REVENUE-PRODUCING VISITOR SERVICES 
SEC. 1307. (a) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING VISITOR SERVICES.— 16 use 3197. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, under 
such terms and conditions as he determines are reasonable, shall 
permit any persons who, on or before January 1, 1979, were engaged 
79-194 
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76 : QL3 
94 STAT. 2480 
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43 u s e 1611 
note. 
"Visitor 
service." 
in adequately providing any type of visitor service within any area 
established as or added to a conservation system unit to continue 
providing such type of service and similar types of visitor services 
within such area if such service or services are consistent with the 
purposes for which such unit is established or expanded. 
(jb) PREFERENCE.—Notwithstanding provisions of law other than 
those contained in subsection (a), in selecting persons to provide (and 
in contracting for the provision of) any type of visitor service for any 
conservation system unit, except sport fishing and hunting guiding 
activities, the Secretary— 
(1) shall give preference to the Native Corporation which the 
Secretary determines is most directly affected by the establish-
ment or expansion of such unit by or under the provisions of this 
Act; 
(2) shall give preference to persons whom he determines, by 
rule, are local residents; and 
(3) shall, consistent with the provisions of this section, offer to 
Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, in cooperation with Village 
Corporations within the Cook Inlet Region when appropriate, the 
right of first refusal to provide new revenue producing visitor 
services within the Kenai National Moose Range or that portion 
of the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve within the 
boundaries of the Cook Inlet Region that right to remain open for 
a period of ninety days as agreed to in paragraph VIII of the 
document referred to in section 12 of the Act of January 2,1976 
(Public Law 94-204). 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term "vfsitor service" 
means any service made available for a fee or charge to persons who 
visit a conservation system unit, including such services as providing 
food, accommodations, transportation, tours, and guides excepting 
the guiding of sport hunting and fishing. Nothing in this Act shall 
limit or affect the authority of the Federal Government or the State 
of Alaska to license and regulate transportation services. 
16 u s e 3198. 
Submittal to 
eongress. 
LOCAL HIRE 
SEC. 1308. (a) PROGRAM.—After consultation with the Office of 
Personnel Management, the Secretary shall establish a program 
under which any individual who, by reason of having lived or worked 
in or near a conservation system unit, has special knowledge or 
expertise concerning the natural or cultural resources of such unit 
and the management thereof (as determined by the Secretary) shall 
be considered for selection for any position within such unit without 
regard to— 
(1) any provision of the civil service laws or regulations 
thereunder which require minimum periods of formal training 
or experience, 
(2) any such provision which provides an emplojrment prefer-
ence to any other class of applicant in such selection, and 
(3) any 
numerical 
limitation 
on 
personnel 
otherwise 
applicable. 
Individuals appointed under this subsection shall not be taken into 
account in applying any personnel limitation described in paragraph 
(3). 
(b) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall from time to time prepare and 
submit to the Congress reports indicating the actions taken in 
carrjdng out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section together 
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94 STAT. 2481 
with any recommendations for legislation in furtherance of the 
purposes of this section. 
KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK 
SEC. 1309. The second sentence of subsection (hXD of the first 16 USC 4i0bb. 
section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to establish the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical 
Park in the States of Alaska and Washington, and for other pur-
poses", approved June 30, 1976 (90 Stat. 717), is amended to read as 16 USC 4l0bb. 
follows: Lands or interests in lands owned by the State of Alaska or 
any politicgd subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation or 
exchange, and notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 6(i) of the 
Act of July 7,1958 (72 Stat. 339,342), commonly known as the Alaska 
Statehood Act, the State may include the minerals in any such 
transaction.". 
NAVIGATION AIDS AND OTHER FACIUTIES 
SEC. 1310. (a) EXISTING FACILITIES.—Within conservation system 16 use 3199. 
units established or expanded by this Act, reasonable access to, and 
operation and maintenance of, existing air and water navigation aids, 
communications sites and related facilities and existing facilities for 
weather, climate, and fisheries research and monitoring shall be 
permitted in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to 
units of such systems, as appropriate. Reasonable access to and 
operation and maintenance of facilities for national defense purposes 
and related air and water navigation aids within or adjacent to such 
aresis shall continue in accordance with the laws and regulations 
governing such facilities notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act. Nothing in the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to prohibit such 
access, operation and maintenance within wilderness areas desig-
nated by this Act. 
(b) NEW FACIUTIES.—The establishment, operation, and mainte-
nance within any conservation system unit of new air and water 
navigation aids and related facilities, facilities for national defense 
purposes, and related air and water navigation aids, and facilities for 
weather, climate, and fisheries research and monitoring shall be 
permitted but only (1) after consultation with the Secretary or the 
Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, by the head of the Federal 
department or agency undertaking such establishment, operation, or 
maintenance, and (2) in accordance with such terms and conditions as 
may be mutually agreed in order to minimize the adverse effects of 
such activities within such unit. 
SCENIC HIGHWAY STUDY 
SEC. 1311. (a) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all 
public lands within an area, the centerline of which is the centerline 
of the Parks Highway from the entrance to Denali National Park to 
the Talkeetna junction which is one hundred and thirty-six miles 
south of Cantwell, the Denali Highway between Cantwell and 
Paxson, the Richardson Highway and Edgerton Highway between 
Paxson and Chitina, and the existing road between Chitina and 
McCarthy (as those highways and road are depicted on the official 
maps of the department of transportation of the State of Alsiska) and 
the boundaries of which are parallel to the centerline and one mile 
distant therefrom on either side, are hereby withdrawn from all 
16 USC 3200. 
94 STAT. 2482 
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Presidential 
recommenda-
tions to 
Congress. 
forms of entry or appropriation under the mining laws and from 
operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States. Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to preclude minor road realignment, 
minor road improvement, or the extraction of gravel for such pur-
poses from lands withdrawn or affected by the study mandated 
herein. 
(b) STUDY.—During the three-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall study the desirability of 
establishing a Denali Scenic Highway to consist of all or part of the 
lands described in subsection (a) of this section. In conducting the 
studies, the Secretary, through a study team which includes repre-
sentatives of the Secretary of Transportation, the National Park 
Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the State, and of each 
Regional Corporation within whose area of operation the lands 
described in subsection (a) are located, shall consider the scenic and 
recreational values of the lands withdrawn under this section, the 
importance of providing protection to those values, the desirability of 
providing a symbolic and actual physical connection between the 
national parks in south central Alaska, and the desirability of 
enhancing the experience of persons traveling between those parks 
by motor vehicles. Members of the study team who are not Federal 
employees shall receive from the Secretary per diem (in lieu of 
expenses) and travel allowances at the rates provided for employees 
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Alaska in grade GS-15. 
(c) COOPERATION NOTICE: HEARINGS.—In conducting the studies 
required by this section, the Secretary shall cooperate with the State 
and shall consult with each Village Corporation within whose area of 
operation lands described in this section are located and to the 
maximum extent practicable with the owner of any lands adjoining 
the lands described in subsection (a) concerning the desirability of 
establishing a Denali Scenic Highway. The Secretary, through the 
National Park Service, shall also give such public notice of the study 
as he deems appropriate, including at least publication in a news-
paper or newspapers having general circulation in the area or areas 
of the lands described in subsection (a), and shall hold a public 
hearing or hearings at one or more locations convenient to the areas 
affected. 
(d) REPORT.—Within three years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall report to the President the results of the 
studies carried out pursuant to this section together with his recom-
mendation as to whether the scenic highway studied should be 
established and, if his recommendation is to establish the scenic 
highway, the lands described in subsection (a) which should be 
included therein. Such report shall include the views and recommen-
dations of all members of the study team. The President shall advise 
the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives of his recommendations and those of the Governor of 
Alaska with respect to creation of the scenic highways, together with 
maps thereof, a definition of boundaries thereof, an estimate of costs, 
recommendations on administration, and proposed legislation to 
create such a scenic highway, if creation of one is recommended. 
(e) PERIOD OF WITHDRAWAL.—The lands withdrawn under subsec-
tion (a) of this section shall remain withdrawn until such time as the 
Congress acts on the President's recommendation, but not to exceed 
two years after the recommendation is transmitted to the Congress. 
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94 STAT. 2483 
ADMINISTRATION OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION 
AREA 
SEC. 1312. (a) The White Mountains National Recreation Area 
established by this Act shall be administered by the Secretary in 
order to provide for public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment and 
for the conservation of 
the scenic, scientific, historic, fish and wildlife, 
and other values contributing to public enjoyment of such area. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary shall adminis-
ter the recreation area in a manner which in his judgment will best 
provide for (1) public outdoor recreation benefits; (2) conservation of 
scenic, scientific, historic, fish and wildlife, and other values contrib-
uting to public enjoyment; and (3) such management, utilization, and 
disposal of natural resources and the continuation of such existing 
uses and developments as will promote, or are compatible with, or do 
not significantly impair public recreation and conservation of the 
scenic, scientific, historic, fish and wildlife, or other values contribut-
ing to public enjoyment. In administering the recreation area, the 
Secretary may utilize such statutory authorities available to him for 
the conservation and management of natural resources as he deems 
appropriate for recreation and preservation purposes and for 
resource development compatible therewith. 
(b) The lands within the recreation area, subject to valid existing 
rights, are hereby withdrawn from State selection under the Alaska 
Statehood Act or other law, and from location, entry, and patent 
under the United States mining laws. The Secretary under such 
reasonable regulations as he deems appropriate, may permit the 
removal of the nonleasable minerals from lands or interests in lands 
within the recreation area in the manner described by section 10 of 
the Act of August 4, 1939, as amended (43 U.S.C. 387), and he may 
permit the removal of leasable minerals from lands or interests in 
lands within the recreation areas in accordance with the mineral 
leasing laws, if he finds that such disposition would not have 
significant adverse effects on the administration of the recreation 
areas. 
(c) All receipts derived from permits and leases issued on lands or 
interest in lands within the recreation area under the mineral 
leasing laws shall be disposed of as provided in such laws; and 
receipts from the disposition of nonleasable minerals within the 
recreation area shall be disposed of in the same manner as moneys 
received from the sale of public lands. 
1
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460mm-4. 
Land 
withdrawal and 
nonleasable 
mineral 
removal. 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
Permit and lease 
receipts, 
disposal. 
ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL PRESERVES 
SEC. 1313. A National Preserve in Alaska shall be administered and 1
6 use 320i. 
managed as a unit of the National Park System in the same manner 
as a national park except as otherwise provided in this Act and except 
that the taking of fish and wildlife for sport purposes and subsistence 
uses, and trapping shall be allowed in a national preserve under 
applicable State and Federal law and regulation. Consistent with the 
provisions of section 816, within national preserves the Secretary Ante, p. 2430. 
may designate zones where and periods when no hunting, fishing, 
trapping, or entry may be permitted for reasons of public safety, 
administration, floral and faunal protection, or public use and 
enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regulations prescribing such 
restrictions relating to hunting, fishing, or trapping shall be put into 
effect only after consultation with the appropriate State agency 
having responsibility over hunting, fishing, and trapping activities. 
94 STAT. 2484 
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16 u s e 3202. 
Ante, p. 2422. 
16 u s e 3203. 
16 u s e 1131 
note. 
Fishery research 
and 
management 
activities. 
TAKING OF FISH AND WILDUFE 
SEC. 1314. (a) Nothing in this Act is intended to enlarge or diminish 
the responsibility and authority of the State of Alaska for manage-
ment of fish and wildlife on the public lands except as may be 
provided in title VIII of this Act, or to amend the Alaska constitution. 
(b) Except as specifically provided otherwise by this Act, nothing in 
this Act is intended to enlarge or diminish the responsibility and 
authority of the Secretary over the management of the public lands. 
(c) The taking of fish and wildlife in all conservation system units, 
and in national conservation areas, national recreation areas, and 
national forests, shall be carried out in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act and other applicable State and Federal law. Those 
areas designated as national parks or national park system monu-
ments in the State shall be closed to the taking of fish and wildlife, 
except that— 
(1) notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secre-
tary shall administer those units of the National Park System, 
and those additions to existing units, established by this Act and 
which permit subsistence uses, to provide an opportunity for the 
continuance of such uses by local rural residents; and 
(2) fishing shall be permitted by the Secretary in accordance 
with the provisions of this Act and other applicable State and 
Federal law. 
WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 1315. (a) APPLICATION ONLY TO ALASKA.—The provisions of this 
section are enacted in recognition of the unique conditions in Alaska. 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand, diminish, or 
modify the provisions of the Wilderness Act or the application or 
interpretation of such provisions with respect to lands outside of 
Alaska. 
(b) AQUACULTURE.—In accordance with the goal of restoring and 
maintaining fish production in the State of Alaska to optimum 
sustained yield levels and in a manner which adequately assures 
protection, preservation, enhancement, and rehabilitation of the 
wilderness resource, the Secretary of Agriculture may permit fishery 
research, management, enhancement, and rehabilitation activities 
within national forest wilderness and national forest wilderness 
study areas designated by this Act. Subject to reasonable regulations, 
permanent improvements and facilities such as fishways, fish weirs, 
fish ladders, fish hatcheries, spawning channels, stream clearance, 
egg planting, and other accepted means of maintaining, enhancing, 
and rehabilitating fish stocks may be permitted by the Secretary to 
achieve this objective. Any fish hatchery, fishpass or other aquacul-
ture facility authorized for any such area shall be constructed, 
managed, and operated in a manner that minimizes adverse impacts 
on the wilderness character of the area. Developments for any such 
activities shall involve those facilities essential to these operations 
and shall be constructed in such rustic manner as to blend into the 
natural character of the arecu Reasonable access solely for the 
purposes of this subsection, including temporary use of motorized 
equipment, shall be permitted in furtherance of research, manage-
ment, rehabilitation and enhancement activities subject to reason-
able regulations as the Secretary deems desirable to maintain the 
wilderness character, water quality, and fish and wildlife values of 
the area. 
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94 STAT. 2485 
(c) EXISTING CABINS.—Previously existing public use cabins within 
wilderness designated by this Act, may be permitted to continue and 
may be maintained or replaced subject to such restrictions as the 
Secretary deems necessary to preserve the wilderness character of 
the area. 
(d) NEW CABINS.—Within wilderness areas designated by this Act, 
the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture as appropriate, is 
authorized to construct and maintain a limited number of new public 
use cabins and shelters if such cabins and shelters are necessary for 
the protection of the public health and safety. All such cabins or 
shelters shall be constructed of materials which blend and are 
compatible with the immediate and surrounding wilderness land-
scape. The Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, 
shall notify the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and 
the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of his 
intention to remove an existing or construct a new public use cabin or 
shelter. 
(e) TIMBER CONTRACTS.—The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby 
directed to modify any existing national forest timber sale contracts 
appljring to lands designated by this Act as wilderness by substitut-
ing, to the extent practicable, timber on the other national forest 
Ismds approximately equal in volume, species, grade, and accessibility 
for timber or relevant lands within such units. 
(f) BEACH LOG SALVAGE.—Within National Forest wilderness and 
nationeil forest monuments desginated by this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture may permit or otherwise regulate the recovery and 
salvage of logs from coastlines. 
Notification of 
congressional 
committees. 
ALLOWED USES 
SEC. 1316. (a) On all public lands where the taking of fish and 
wildlife is permitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act or 
other applicable State and Federal law the Secretary shall permit, 
subject to reasonable regulation to insure compatibility, the continu-
ance of existing uses, and the future establishment, and use, of 
temporary campsites, tent platforms, shelters, and other temporary 
facilities and equipment directly and necessarily related to such 
activities. Such facilities and equipment shall be constructed, used, 
and maintained in a manner consistent with the protection of the 
area in which they are located. All new facilities shall be constructed 
of materials which blend with, and are compatible with, the immedi-
ately surrounding landscape. Upon termination of such activities and 
uses (but not upon regular or seasonal cessation), such structures or 
facilities shall, upon written request, be removed from the area by the 
permittee. 
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Secretary may 
determine, after adequate notice, that the establishment and use of 
such new facilities or equipment would constitute a significant 
expansion of existing facilities or uses which would be detrimental to 
the purposes for which the affected conservation system unit was 
established, including the wilderness character of any wilderness 
area within such unit, and may thereupon deny such proposed use or 
establishment. 
Public lands. 
16 u s e 3204. 
GENERAL WILDERNESS REVIEW PROVISION 
SEC. 1317. (a) Within five years from the date of enactment of this Report to 
Act, the Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of section President. 
16 u s e 3205. 
94 STAT. 2486 
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16 use 1132. 
3(d) of the Wilderness Act relating to public notice, public hearings, 
and review by State and other agencies, review, as to their suitability 
or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness, all lands within 
units of the National Park System and units of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System in Alaska not designated as wilderness by this Act and 
report his findings to the President. 
Presidential 
(b) The Secretary shall conduct his review, and the President shall 
tfo'nsto'^'^^^ 
advise the United States Senate and House of Representatives of his 
Congress. 
recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of sections 3 (c) 
and (d) of the Wilderness Act. The President shall advise the Congress 
of his recommendations with respect to such areas within seven years 
from the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the 
administration of any unit of the National Park System or unit of 
National Wildlife Refuge System in accordance with this Act or other 
applicable provisions of law unless and until Congress provides 
otherwise by taking action on any Presidential recommendation 
made pursuant to subsection O
t
>
) of this section. 
STATEWIDE CULTURAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
16 use 3206. 
SEC. 1318. In furtherance of the national policy set forth in the first 
section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the preservation of 
historic American sites, buildings, objects, and antiquities of national 
significance, and for other purposes", approved August 21, 1935 (49 
16 use 461. 
Stat. 666), and in furtherance of the need to protect and interpret for 
the public benefit cultural and archeological resources and objects of 
national significance relating to prehistoric and historic human use 
and occupation of lands and waters in Alaska, the Secretary may, 
upon the application of a Native Corporation or Native Group, 
provide advice, assistance, and technical expertise to the applicant in 
the preservation, display, and interpretation of cultural resources, 
without regard £is to whether title to such resources is in the United 
States. Such assistance may include making available personnel to 
assist in the planning, design, and operation of buildings, facilities, 
and interpretive displays for the public and personnel to train 
individuals in the identification, recovery, preservation, demonstra-
tion, and management of cultural resources. 
EFFECT ON EXISTING RIGHTS 
16 use 3207. 
SEC. 1319. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting or 
restricting the power and authority of the United States or— 
(1) £is affecting in any way any law governing appropriation or 
use of, or Federal right to, water on lands within the State of 
Alaska; 
(2) as expanding or diminishing Federal or State jurisdiction, 
responsibility, interests, or rights in water resources develop-
ment or control; or 
(3) as superseding, modifying, or repealing, except as specifi-
cally set forth in this Act, existing laws applicable to the various 
Federal agencies which are authorized to develop or participate 
in the development of water resources or to exercise licensing or 
regulatory functions in relation thereto. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2487 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND REVIEWS 
SEC. 1320. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 603 43 USC 1784. 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 shall not 43 USC 1782. 
apply to any lands in Alaska. However, in carrying out his duties Recommenda-
under section 201 and section 202 of such Act and other applicable congress 
laws, the Secretary may identify areas in Alaska which he deter- 43 use 1711, 
mines are suitable as wilderness and may, from time to time, make 1712. 
recommendations to the Congress for inclusion of any such areas in 
the National Wilderness Preservation System, pursuant to the provi-
sions of the Wilderness Act. In the absence of congressional action 
relating to any such recommendation of the Secretary, the Bureau of 
Land Management shall manage all such areas which are within its 
jurisdiction in accordance with the applicable land use plans and 
applicable provisions of law. 
AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATION 
SEC. 1321. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 16 USC 3208. 
sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act for 
fiscal years beginning after the fiscal year 1980. No authority to enter 
into contracts or to make payments or to expend previously appropri-
ated funds under this Act shall be effective except to the extent or in 
such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. 
EFFECT ON PRIOR WITHDRAWALS 
SEC. 1322. (a) The withdrawals and reservations of the public lands 16 USC 3209. 
made by Public Land Orders No. 5653 of November 16, 1978, 5654 of 
November 17,1978, Public Land Orders numbered 5696 through 5711 
inclusive of February 12, 1980, Federal Register Documents No. 
34051, of December 5, 1978 and No. 79-17803 of June 8, 1979 and 
Proclamations No. 4611 through 4627, inclusive, of December 1,1978, 43 USC 431 note. 
were promulgated to protect these lands from selection, appropri-
ation, or disposition prior to the enactment of this Act. As to all lands 
not within the boundaries established by this Act of any conservation 
system unit, national conservation area, national recreation area, or 
national forest addition, the aforesaid withdrawals and reservations 
are hereby rescinded on the effective date of this Act, and such lands 
shall be managed by the Secretary pursuant to the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976, or in the case of lands within a 43 USC 1701 
national forest, by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the laws "o^e. 
applicable to the national forests, unless otherwise specified by this 
Act. As to the Federal lands which are within the aforesaid bound-
aries, the aforesaid withdrawals and reservations are, on the effective 
date of this Act, hereby rescinded and superseded by the withdrawals 
and reservations made by this Act. Notwithstanding any provision to 
the contrary contained in any other law, the Federal lands within the 
aforesaid boundaries established by this Act shall not be deemed 
available for selection, appropriation, or disposition except as 
expressly provided by this Act. 
0?) This section shall become effective upon the relinquishment by 
the State of Alaska of selections made on November 14, 1978, 
pursuant to the Alaska Statehood Act which are located within the 48 USC note 
boundaries of conservation system units, national conservation areas, P'"^'^- ^^ 
national recreation areas, and forest additions, established, desig-
nated, or expanded by this Act. 
94 STAT. 2488 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
Nonfederally 
owned lands. 
16 u s e 3210. 
ACCESS 
SEC. 1323. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture 
may prescribe, the Secretary shall provide such access to nonfed-
erally owned land within the boundaries of the National Forest 
System as the Secretary deems adequate to secure to the owner the 
reasonable use and enjo3maent thereof: Provided, That such owner 
comply with rules and regulations applicable to ingress and egress to 
or from the National Forest System. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, 
the Secretary shall provide such access to nonfederally owned land 
surrounded by public lands managed by the Secretary under the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701-82) 
as the Secretary deems adequate to secure to the owner the reason-
able use and enjoyment thereof: Provided, That such owner comply 
with rules and regulations applicable to access across public lands. 
YUKON FLATS NATIONAL WILDUFE REFUGE AGRICULTURAL USE 
1
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SEC. 1324. Nothing in this Act or other existing law shall be 
construed as necessarily prohibiting or mandating the development 
of agricultural potential within the Yukon Flats National Wildlife 
Refuge pursuant to existing law. The permissibility of such develop-
ment shall be determined by the Secretary on a case-by-case basis 
under existing law. Any such development permitted within the 
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge shall be designed and con-
ducted in such a manner as to minimize to the maximum extent 
possible any adverse effects of the natural values of the unit. 
16 u s e 3212. 
16 u s e 3213. 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register; 
notification of 
Congress. 
TERROR LAKE HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT IN KODIAK NATIONAL WILDUFE 
REFUGE 
SEC. 1325. Nothing in this Act or the National Wildlife Refuge 
System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd) shall be con-
strued as necessarily prohibiting or mandating the construction of 
the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project within the Kodiak National 
Wildlife Refuge. The permissibility of such development shall be 
determined by the Secretary on a case-by-case basis under existing 
law. 
FUTURE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS 
SEC. 1326. (a) No future executive branch action which withdraws 
more than five thousand acres, in the aggregate, of public lands 
within the State of Alaska shall be effective except by compliance 
with this subsection. To the extent authorized by existing law, the 
President or the Secretary may withdraw public lands in the State of 
Alaska exceeding five thousand acres in the aggregate, which with-
drawal shall not become effective until notice is provided in the 
Federal Register and to both Houses of (Dongress. Such withdrawal 
shall terminate unless Congress pEisses a joint resolution of approval 
within one year after the notice of such withdrawal has been 
submitted to Congress. 
(b) No further studies of Federal lands in the State of Alaska for the 
single purpose of considering the establishment of a conservation 
system unit, national recreation area, national conservation area, or 
for related or similar purposes shall be conducted unless authorized 
by this Act or further Act of 
Congress. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2489 
ALASKA GAS PIPEUNE 
SEC. 1327. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as imposing any 16 USC 3214. 
additional requirements in connection with the construction and 
operation of the transportation system designated by the President 
and approved by the Congress pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas 
Transportation Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-586; 90 Stat. 2903), or as 15 USC 719 note. 
imposing any limitations upon the authority of the Secretary con-
cerning such system. 
PUBUC LAND ENTRIES IN ALASKA 
Application 
approval. 
16 USC 3215. 
SEC. 1328. (a)(1) Subject to valid existing rights, all applications 
made pursuant to the Acts of June 1,1938 (52 Stat. 609), May 3,1927 
(44 Stat. 1364), May 14, 1898 (30 Stat. 413), and March 3, 1891 (26 
Stat. 1097), which were filed with the Department of the Interior 
within the time provided by applicable law, and which describe land 
in Alaska that was available for entry under the aforementioned 
statutes when such entry occurred, are hereby approved on the one 
hundred and eightieth day following the effective date of this Act, 
except where provided otherwise by paragraph (3) or (4) of this 
subsection, or where the land description of the entry must be 
adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, in which cases 
approval pursuant to the terms of this subsection shall be effective at 
the time the adjustment becomes final. 
(2) Where an application describes land within the boundaries of a Adjudication 
unit of the National Park System or a unit of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System, or a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System in the Tong£iss or Chugach National Forests established 
before the effective date of this Act or by this Act, and the described 
land was not withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a)(1) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, or where an application describes 43 USC 1610. 
land which has been patented or deeded to the State of Alaska or 
which on or before the date of entry was validly selected by, 
tentatively approved, patented, deeded or confirmed to the State of 
Alaska pursuant to applicable law and was not withdrawn pursuant 
to section ll(a)(lXA) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
from those lands made available for selection by section 11(a)(2) of 
the Act by any Native Village certified as eligible pursuant to section 
11(b) of such Act, paragraph (1) of this subsection and subsection (c) 
of this section shall not apply and the application shall be adjudi-
cated pursuant to the requirements of the Acts referred to in section 
1328(a)(1) hereof, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and 
other applicable law. 
(3) Paragraph (1) of this subsection and subsection (c) shall not 
apply and the application shall be adjudicated pursuant to the 
requirements of the Acts referred to in section 1328(a)(1) hereof, if 
on or before the one hundred and eightieth day following the 
effective date of the Act— 
(A) a Native Corporation files a protest with the Secretary of 
the Interior (the Secretary) stating that the applicant is not 
entitled to the land described in the application, and said land is 
withdrawn for selection by the corporation pursuant to the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; or 
(B) the State of Alaska files a protest with the Secretary 
stating that the land described in the application is necessary for 
access to lands owned by the United States, the State of Alaska, or 
a political subdivision of the State of Alaska, to resources located 
thereon, or to a public body of water regularly employed for 
43 USC 1601 
note. 
94 STAT. 2490 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
Application land 
descriptions, 
amendments. 
Powersites and 
power-projects. 
transportation purposes, and the protest states with specificity 
the facts upon which the conclusions concerning access are based 
and that no reasonable alternatives for access exist; or 
(C) a person or entity files a protest with the Secretary stating 
that the applicant is not entitled to the land described in the 
application and that said land is the situs of improvements 
claimed by the person or entity; or 
(D) the State of Alaska files a protest with the Secretary 
respecting an entry which was made prior to a valid selection 
tentative approval, patent, deed, or confirmation to the State of 
Al£iska pursuant to applicable law; or 
(E) regarding public land entries within units of the National 
Wildlife Refuge System established or expanded in this Act, any 
such entry not properly made under applicable law, or not the 
subject of an application filed within the time required by appli-
cable law, or not properly maintained thereafter under applica-
ble law shall be adjudicated pursuant to the Act under which the 
entry was made. 
(4) Paragraph (1) of this subsection and subsection (c) shall not 
apply to any application which was knowingly and voluntarily 
relinquished by the applicant. 
(b) An applicant may amend the land description contained in his 
or her application if said description designates land other than that 
which the applicant intended to claim at the time of application and 
if the description as amended describes the land originally intended 
to be claimed. If the application is amended, this section shall operate 
to approve the application or to require its adjudication, £is the c£ise 
may be, with reference to the amended land description only: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall notify the State of Alaska and all 
interested parties, as shown by the records of the Department of the 
Interior of the intended correction of the entry's location, and any 
such party shall have until the one hundred and eightieth day 
following the effective date of this Act or sixty days following mailing 
of the notice, whichever is later, to file with the Department of the 
Interior a protest as provided in subsection (aX3) of this section, which 
protest, if timely, shall be deemed filed within one hundred and 
eighty days of the effective date of this Act notwithstanding the 
actual date of filing: Provided, further. That the Secretary may 
require that all applications designating land in a specific area be 
amended, if at all, prior to a date certain which date shall be 
calculated to allow for orderly adoption of a plem or survey for the 
specified area, and the Secretary shall mail notification of the final 
date for amendment to each affected applicant, and shall provide such 
other notice as the Secretary deems appropriate, at least sixty days 
prior to S£iid date: Provided further. That no application may be 
amended for location following adoption of a final plan of survey 
which includes the location of the entry as described in the applica-
tion or its location as desired by amendment. 
(c) Where the land described in application (or such an application 
as adjusted or amended pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of this 
section), was on that date withdrawn, reserved, or classified for 
powersite or power-project purposes, notwithstanding such with-
drawal, reservation, or classification the described land shall be 
deemed vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved within the meaning 
of the Acts referred to in section 1328(aXl) hereof, and, as such, shall 
be subject to adjudication or approval pursuant to the terms of this 
section: Provided, however. That if the described land is included as 
part of a project licensed under part I of the Federal Power Act of 
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94 STAT. 2491 
June 10, 1920 (41 Stat. 24), as amended, or is presently utilized for 
purposes of generating or transmitting electrical power or for any 
other project authorized by Act of Congress, the foregoing provision 
shall not apply and the application shall be adjudicated pursuant to 
the appropriate Act: Provided further. That where the applicant 
commenced occupancy of the land after its withdrawal or classifica-
tion for powersite purposes, the entry shall be made subject to the 
right of reentry provided the United States by section 24 of the 
Federal Power Act, as amended: Provided further. That any right of 
reentry reserved in a patent pursuant to this section shall expire 
twenty years after the effective date of this Act if at that time the 
land involved is not subject to a license or an application for a license 
under part I of the Federal Power Act, as amended, or actually 
utilized or being developed for a purpose authorized by that Act, as 
amended or other Act of Congress. 
(d) Prior to issuing a patent for an entry subject to this section, the 
Secretary shall identify and adjudicate any record entry or applica-
tion for title to land described in the application, other than the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Alaska Statehood Act, or 
the Act of May 17, 1906, as amended, which entry or application 
claims land also described in the application, and shall determine 
whether such entry or application represents a valid existing right to 
which the application is subject. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to affect rights, if any, acquired by actual use of the 
described land prior to its withdrawal or classification, as affecting 
National Forest lands. 
16 u s e 791a. 
16 u s e 818. 
16 u s e 791a. 
Existing rights, 
identification 
and 
adjudication. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
34 Stat. 197. 
TITLE XIV—AMENDMENTS TO THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS 
SETTLEMENT ACT AND RELATED PROVISIONS 
PART A—AMENDMENTS TO THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT 
ACT 
STOCK ALIENATION 
SEC. 1401. (a) Section 7(hX3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(3)(A) On December 18, 1991, all stock previously issued shall be 
deemed to be canceled, and shares of stock of the appropriate class 
shall be issued to each stockholder share for share subject only to 
such restrictions as may be provided by the articles of incorporation 
of the corporation, or agreements between corporations and individ-
ual shareholders. 
"(B) If adopted by December 18, 1991, restrictions provided by 
amendment to the articles of incorporation may include, in addition 
to any other legally permissible restrictions— 
"(i) the denial of voting rights to any holder of stock who is not 
a Native, or a descendant of a Native, and 
"(ii) the granting to the corporation, or to the corporation and a 
stockholder's immediate family, on reasonable terms, the first 
right to purchase a stockholder's stock (whether issued before or 
after the adoption of the restriction) prior to the sale or transfer 
of such stock (other than a transfer by inheritance) to any other 
party, including a transfer in satisfaction of a lien, writ of 
attachment, judgment execution, pledge, or other encumbrance. 
"(C) Notwithstanding any provision of Alaska law to the contrary— 
"(i) any amendment to the articles of incorporation of a 
regional corporation to provide for any of the restrictions speci-
43 u s e 1606. 
Stock issuance, 
restrictions. 
Regional and 
native 
corporation 
articles of 
incorporation. 
94 STAT. 2492 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
fied in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (B) shall be approved if 
such amendment receives the affirmative vote of the holders of a 
majority of the outstanding shares entitled to be voted of the 
corporation, and 
"(ii) any amendment to the articles of incorporation of a Native 
Corporation which would grant voting rights to stockholders who 
were previously denied such voting rights shall be approved only 
if such amendment receives, in addition to any affirmative vote 
otherwise required, a like affirmative vote of the holders of 
shares entitled to be voted under the provisions of the articles of 
incorporation.". 
43 use 1607. 
(b) Section 8(c) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) The provisions concerning stock alienation, annual audit, and 
transfer of stock ownership on death or by court decree provided for 
regional corporations in section 7, including the provisions of section 
7(h)(3), shall apply to Village Corporations Urban Corporations and 
Native Groups; except that audits need not be transmitted to the 
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Repre-
sentatives or to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate.". 
43 use 1606. 
(c) At the end of section 1696(hXl) of title 43, United States Code, 
insert immediately before the period the words: "or by stockholder 
who is a member of a professional organization, association, or board 
which limits the ability of that stockholder to practice his profession 
because of holding stock issued under this Act". 
"Native eorpo- 
(d) Section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act is 
4l*n«^ 1 fiftQ amended by the addition of a new subsection as follows: 
"(m) 'Native Corporation' means any Regional Corporation, any 
Village Corporation, any Urban Corporation, and any Native 
Group.". 
SELECTION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 1402. Subsection (a)(2) of section 12 of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611(aX2)), is amended by adding to 
the end of that subsection the following: "Provided, That the Secre-
tary in his discretion and upon the request of the concerned Village 
Corporation, may waive the whole section requirement where— 
"(A)(i) a portion of available public lands of a section is 
separated from other available public lands in the same section 
by lands unavailable for selection or by a meanderable body of 
water; 
"(ii) such waiver will not result in small isolated parcels of 
available public land remaining after conveyance of selected 
lands to Native Corporations; and 
"(iii) such waiver would result in a better land ownership 
pattern or improved land or resource management opportunity; 
or 
"(B) the remaining available public lands in the section have 
been selected and will be conveyed to another Native Corpora-
tion under this Act.". 
RETAINED MINERAL ESTATE 
SEC. 1403. Section 12(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1611(c)) is amended by adding a new paragraph (4) to read 
as follows: 
43 u s e 1602. 
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94 STAT. 2493 
"(4) Where the public lands consist only of the mineral estate, or 
portion thereof, which is reserved by the United States upon patent of 
the balance of the estate under one of the public land laws, other than 
this Act, the Regional Corporations may select as follows: 
"(A) Where such public lands were not withdrawn pursuant to 
subsection 11(a)(3), but are surrounded by or contiguous to lands 43 USC 1610. 
withdrawn pursuant to said subsection and filed upon for selec-
tion by a Regional Corporation, the Corporation may, upon 
request, have such public land included in its selection and 
considered by the Secretary to be withdrawn and properly 
selected. 
"(B) Where such public lands were withdrawn pursuant to 
subsection 11(a)(1) and are required to be selected by paragraph 
(3) of this subsection, the Regional Corporation may, at its option, 
exclude such public lands from its selection. 
"(C) Where the Regional Corporation elects to obtain such 
public lands under subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph, it 
may select, within ninety days of receipt of notice from the 
Secretary, the surface estate in an equal acreage from other 
public lands withdrawn by the Secretary for that purpose. Such 
selections shall be in units no smaller than a whole section, 
except where the remaining entitlement is less than six hundred 
and forty acres, or where an entire section is not available. 
Where possible, selections shall be of lands from which the 
subsurface estate was selected by that Regional Corporation 
pursuant to subsection 12(a)(1) or 14(h)(9) of this Act, and, where 43 USC 1611, 
possible, all selections made under this section shall be contigu- P^^^^' P 2494. 
ous to lands already selected by the Regional Corporation or a 
Village Corporation. The Secretary is authorized, as necessary, 
to withdraw up to two times the acreage entitlement of the in 
lieu surface estate from vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved 
public lands from which the Regional Corporation may select 
such in lieu surface estate except that the Secretary may with-
draw public lands which had been previously withdrawn pursu-
ant to subsection 17(d)(1). 
43 USC 1616. 
"(D) No mineral estate or in lieu surface estate shall be 
available for selection within the National Petroleum Reserve— 
Alaska or within Wildlife Refuges as the boundaries of those 
refuges exist on the date of enactment of this Act.". 
VESTING DATE FOR RECONVEYANCES 
SEC. 1404. (a) Section 14(c)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle- 43 USC 1613. 
ment Act is amended by inserting "as of December 18, 1971 (except 
that occupancy of tracts located in the Pribilof Islands shall be 
determined as of the date of initial conveyance of such tracts to the 
appropriate Village Corporation)" after "title to the surface estate in 
the tract occupied". 
(b) Section 14(c)(2) of such Act is amended by inserting "as of 
December 18, 1971" after "title to the surface estate in any tract 
occupied". 
(c) Section 14(c)(4) of such Act is amended to read: 
"(4) the Village Corporation shall convey to the Federal Gov-
ernment, State, or to the appropriate Municipal Corporation, 
title to the surface estate for airport sites, airway beacons, and 
other navigation aids as such existed on December 18, 1971, 
together with such additional acreage and/or easements as are 
necessary to provide related governmental services and to insure 
94 STAT. 2494 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
safe approaches to airport runways as such airport sites, run-
ways, and other facilities existed as of December 18, 1971.". 
43 u s e 1613. 
RECONVEYANCE TO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 1405. Section 14(c)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act is amended by striking out the semicolon at the end and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following new language: "unless the Village 
Corporation and the Municipal Corporation or the State in trust can 
agree in writing on an amount which is less than one thousand two 
hundred and eighty acres: Provided further, That any net revenues 
derived from the sale of surface resources harvested or extracted 
from lands reconveyed pursuant to this subsection shall be paid to the 
Village Corporation by the Municipal Corporation or the State in 
trust: Provided, however. That the word "sale", as used in the 
preceding sentence, shall not include the utilization of surface 
resources for governmental purposes by the Municipal Corporation 
or the State in trust, nor shall it include the issuance of free use 
permits or other authorization for such purposes;". 
Cemetery sites 
and historical 
places. 
Reserved miner-
43 u s e 270-11. 
43 u s e 1611 
note. 
Subsurface and 
retained mineral 
estates. 
43 u s e 1611 
note. 
CONVEYANCE OF PARTIAL ESTATES 
SEC. 1406. (a) Section 14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(1)) is amended by replacing the existing 
paragraph with the following paragraph to read as follows: 
"(1) The Secretary may withdraw and convey to the appropri-
ate Regional Corporation fee title to existing cemetery sites and 
historical places. Only title to the surface estate shall be con-
veyed for lands located in a Wildlife Refuge, when the cemetery 
or historical site is greater than 640 acres.'. 
(b) Sections 14(h)(2) and 14(hX5) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613 (hX2) and (h)(5)) are amended by 
adding to the end of each section "unless the lands are located in a 
Wildlife Refuge". 
(c) Section 14(h)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1616(h)(6)) is modified by adding at the end thereof the 
following sentence: "Any minerals reserved by the United States 
pursuant to the Act of March 8, 1922 (42 Stat. 415), as amended, in a 
Native Allotment approved pursuant to section 18 of this Act during 
the period December 18, 1971, through December 18, 1975, shall be 
conveyed to the appropriate Regional Corporation, unless such lands 
are located in a Wildlife Refuge or in the Lake Clark areas as 
provided in section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 
94-204), as amended.". 
(d) Section 14(h) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1613(h)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
new paragraphs: 
"(9) Where the Regional Corporation is precluded from receiv-
ing the subsurface estate in lands selected and conveyed pursu-
ant to paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5), or the retained mineral estate, 
if any, pursuant to paragraph (6), it may select the subsurface 
estate in an equal acreage from other lands withdrawn for such 
selection by the Secretary, or, as to Cook Inlet Region, Incorpo-
rated, from those areas designated for in lieu selection in para-
graph I.B.(2) of the document identified in section 12(b) of Public 
Law 94-204. Selections made under this paragraph shall be 
contiguous and in reasonably compact tracts except as separated 
by unavailable lands, and shall be in whole sections, except 
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94 STAT. 2495 
where the remaining entitlement is less than six hundred and 
forty acres. The Secretary is authorized to withdraw, up to two 
times the Corporation's entitlement, from vacant, unappropriat-
ed, and unreserved public lands, including lands solely with-
drawn pursuant to section 17(d)(1), and the Regional Corporation 
shall select such entitlement of subsurface estate from such 
withdrawn lands within ninety days of receipt of notification 
from the Secretary. 
"(10) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 22(h), the 
Secretary, upon determining that specific lands are available for 
withdrawal and possible conveyance under this subsection, may 
withdraw such lands for selection by and conveyance to an 
appropriate applicant and such withdrawal shall remain until 
revoked by the Secretary. 
"(11) For purposes set forth in subsections (h) (1), (2), (3), (5), and 
(6), the term Wildlife Refuges refers to Wildlife Refuges as the 
boundaries of those refuges exist on the date of enactment of this 
Act.". 
(e) Any Regional Corporation which asserts a claim with the 
Secretary to the subsurface estate of lands selectable under section 
14(h) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act which are in a 
Wildlife Refuge shall not be entitled to any in lieu surface or 
subsurface estate provided by subsections 12(c)(4) and 14(h)(9) of such 
Act. Any such claim must be asserted within one hundred and eighty 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. Failure to assert such 
claim within the one-hundred-and-eighty-day period shall constitute 
a waiver of any right to such subsurface estate in a Wildlife Refuge as 
the boundaries of the refuge existed on the date of enactment of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
SHAREHOLDER HOMESITES 
43 u s e 1616. 
Withdrawals. 
43 u s e 1621. 
Wildlife refuge 
subsurface es-
tate. 
43 u s e 1613 
note. 
43 u s e 1613. 
Ante, pp. 2492, 
2494. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
SEC. 1407. Section 21 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act is 43 USe 1620. 
amended by adding a new subsection at the end thereof, as follows: 
"(j) A real property interest distributed prior to December 18,1991, 
by a Village Corporation to a shareholder of such Corporation 
pursuant to a program to provide homesites to its shareholders, shall 
be deemed conveyed and received pursuant to this Act: Provided, 
That the land received is restricted by covenant for a period not less 
than ten years to single-family (including traditional extended family 
customs) residential occupancy, and by such other covenants and 
retained interests as the Village Corporation deems appropriate: 
Provided further, That the land conveyed does not exceed one and 
one-half acres: Provided further. That the shareholder receiving the 
homesite, if the shareholder subdivides the land received, shall pay 
all Federal, State, and local taxes which would have been incurred 
but for this subsection, together with simple interest at six percent 
per annum calculated from the date of receipt of the land to be paid to 
the appropriate taxing authority.". 
BASIS IN THE LAND 
SEC. 1408. Section 21(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Property value. 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) The receipt of land or any interest therein pursuant to this Act 
or of cash in order to equalize the values of properties exchanged 
pursuant to subsection 22(f) shall not be subject to any form of 43 use 1621. 
Federal, State, or local taxation. The basis for determining gain or 
79-194 O—81—pt. 2 
77 : QL3 
94 STAT. 2496 
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loss from the sale or other disposition of such land or interest in land 
for purposes of any Federal, State, or local tax imposed on or 
measured by income shall be the fair value of such land or interest in 
land at the time of receipt, adjusted as provided in section 1016 of the 
26 use 1016. 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended: Provided, however. That 
the basis of any such land or interest therein attributable to an 
interest in a mine, well, other natural deposit, or block of timber shall 
be not less than the fair value of such mine, well, natural deposit, or 
block of timber (or such interest therein as the Secretary shall 
convey) at the time of the first commercial development thereof, 
adjusted as provided in section 1016 of such Code. For purposes of this 
subsection, the time of receipt of land or any interest therein shall be 
the time of the conveyance by the Secretary of such land or interest 
(whether by interim conveyance or patent).'. 
FIRE PROTECTION 
SEC. 1409. Subsection (e) of section 21 of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1620(e)) is amended by inserting the words 
"corporation organized under section 14(hX3)," after "Native group," 
by replacing the comma following the citation "(64 Stat. 967, 1100)" 
with a period, and by making a revised sentence out of the remaining 
phrase by striking the words "and" and "also", replacing the comma 
after the word "lands" with the words "they shall", and replacing the 
word "forest" with "wildland". 
INTERIM CONVEYANCES AND UNDERSELECTIONS 
43 use 1621. 
SEC. 1410. Section 22(j) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(j)(l) Where lands to be conveyed to a Native, Native Corporation, 
or Native group pursuant to this Act as amended and supplemented 
have not been surveyed, the same may be conveyed by the issuance of 
an 'interim conveyance' to the party entitled to the lands. Subject to 
valid existing rights and such conditions and reservations authorized 
by law as are imposed, the force and effect of such an interim 
conveyance shall be to convey to and vest in the recipient exactly the 
same right, title, and interest in and to the lands as the recipient 
would have received had he been issued a patent by the United 
States. Upon survey of lands covered by an interim conveyance a 
patent thereto shall be issued to the recipient. The boundaries of the 
lands as defined and conveyed by the interim conveyance shall not be 
altered but may then be redescribed, if need be, in reference to the 
plat of survey. The Secretary shall make appropriate adjustments to 
insure that the recipient receives his full entitlement. Where the 
term 'patent,' or a derivative thereof, is used in this Act, unless the 
context precludes such construction, it shall be deemed to include 
'interim conveyance,' and the conveyances of land to Natives and 
Native Corporations provided for this Act shall be as fully effectuated 
by the issuance of interim conveyances as by the issuance of patents. 
"(2) Where lands selected and conveyed, or to be conveyed to a 
Village Corporation are insufficient to fulfill the Corporation's enti-
43 use 1611, 
tlement under subsection 12(b), 14(a), 16(b), or 16(d), the Secretary is 
1613,1615. 
authorized to withdraw twice the amount of unfulfilled entitlement 
and provide the Village Corporation ninety days from receipt of 
notice from the Secretary to select from the lands withdrawn the land 
it desires to fulfill its entitlement. In making the withdrawal, the 
Secretary shall first withdraw public lands that were formerly 
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94 STAT. 2497 
1615. 
note. 
withdrawn for selection by the concerned Village Corporation by or 
pursuant to subsection 11(a)(1), 11(a)(3), 16(a), or 16(d). Should such 43 use 1610, 
lands no longer be available, the Secretary may withdraw public 
lands that are vacant, unreserved, and unappropriated, except that 
the Secretary may withdraw public lands which had been previously 
withdrawn pursuant to subsection 17(d)(1). Any subsequent selection 43 USC 1616. 
by the Village Corporation shall be in the manner provided in this 
Act for such original selections.". 
ESCROW ACCOUNT 
SEC. 1411. (a) Subsection (a) of section 2 of Public Law 94-204 (89 
Stat. 1146) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. (a)(1) During the period of the appropriate withdrawal for Payments. 
selection pursuant to the Settlement Act, any and all proceeds ^^^Y^^ ^^^^ 
derived from contracts, leases, licenses, permits, rights-of-way, or 
easements, or from trespass occurring after the date of withdrawal of 
the lands for selection, pertaining to lands or resources of lands 
withdrawn for Native selection pursuant 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. 
"(2) Such proceeds which were received, if any, subsequent to the 
date of withdrawal of the land for selection, but were not deposited in 
the escrow account shall be identified by the Secretary within two 
years of the date of conveyance or this Act, whichever is later, and 
shall be paid, together with interest payable on the proceeds from the 
date of receipt by the United States to the date of payment to the 
appropriate Corporation or individual to which the land was con-
veyed by the United States: Provided, That interest shall be paid on 
the basis of a semiannual computation from the date of receipt of the 
proceeds by the United States to the date of payment with simple 
interest at the rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be 
the rate payable on short-term obligations of the United States 
prevailing at the time of payment: Provided further, That any rights 
of a Corporation or individual under this section to such proceeds 
shall be limited to proceeds actually received by the United States 
plus interest: And provided further. That moneys for such payments 
have been appropriated as provided in subsection (e) of this section. 
"(3) Such proceeds which have been deposited in the escrow 
account shall be paid, together with interest accrued by the Secretary 
to the appropriate Corporation or individual upon conveyance of the 
particular withdrawn lands. In the event that a conveyance does not 
cover all of the land embraced within any contract, lease, license, 
permit, right-of-way, easement, or trespass, the Corporation or indi-
vidual shall only be entitled to the proportionate amount of the 
proceeds, including interest accrued, derived from such contract, 
lease, license, permit, right-of-way, or easement, which results from 
multiplying the total of such proceeds, including interest accrued, by 
a fraction in which the numerator is the acreage of such contract, 
lease, license, permit, right-of-way, or easement which is included in 
the conveyance and the denominator is the total acreage contained in 
such contract, lease, license, permit, right-of-way, or easement; in the 
case of trespass, the conveyee shall be entitled to the proportionate 
share of the proceeds, including a proportionate share of interest 
accrued, in relation to the damages occurring on the respective lands 
during the period the lands were withdrawn for selection. 
94 STAT. 2498 
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43 u s e 1611 
note. 
43 u s e 1613 
note. 
"(4) Such proceeds which have been deposited in the escrow 
account pertaining to lands withdrawn but not selected pursuant to 
such Act, or selected but not conveyed due to rejection or relinquish-
ment of the selection, shall be paid, together with interest accrued, as 
would have been required by law were it not for the provisions of this 
Act. 
"(5) Lands withdrawn under this subsection include all Federal 
lands identified under appendices A, B-1 and B-2 of the document 
referred to in section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 
94-204) for Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, and are deemed with-
drawn as of the date established in subsection (a) of section 2 of the 
ActofJanuary2,1976.". 
(b) Section 2 of Public Law 94-204 (89 Stat. 1146) is amended by 
adding a new subsection to read as follows: 
"(e) There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.". 
43 u s e 1639. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
LIMITATIONS 
SEC. 1412. Except as specifically provided in this Act, (i) the 
provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act are fully 
applicable to this Act, and (ii) nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
alter or amend any of such provisions. 
PART B—OTHER RELATED PROVISIONS 
Grants. 
43 u s e 1618 
note. 
Ante, p. 2494. 
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR NATIVE GROUPS 
SEC. 1413. The Secretary shall pay by grant to each of the Native 
Group Corporations established pursuant to section 14(h)(2) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and finally certified as a 
Native Group, an amount not more than $100,000 or less than $50,000 
adjusted according to population of each Group. Funds authorized 
under this section may be used only for planning, development, and 
other purposes for which the Native Group Corporations are orga-
nized under the Settlement Act. 
Funds, disposi-
tion. 
43 u s e 1605 
note. 
43 u s e 1605. 
43 u s e 1605. 
FISCAL YEAR ADJUSTMENT ACT 
SEC. 1414. (a) Moneys appropriated for deposit in the Alaska Native 
Fund for the fiscal year following the enactment of this Act, shall, for 
the purposes of section 5 of Public Law 94-204 only, be deposited into 
the Alaska Native Fund on the first day of the fiscal year for which 
the moneys are appropriated, and shall be distributed at the end of 
the first quarter of the fiscal year in accordance with section 6(c) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(b) For the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, the money 
appropriated shall be deposited within 10 days of enactment, unless it 
has already been deposited in accordance with existing law, and shall 
be distributed no later than the end of the quarter following the 
quarter in which the money is deposited: Provided, That if the money 
is already deposited at the time of enactment of this Act, it must be 
distributed at the end of the quarter in which this Act is enacted. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 38 of the Fiscal Year Adjustment Act 
or any other provisions of law, interest earned from the investment of 
appropriations made pursuant to the Act of July 31,1976 (Public Law 
94-373; 90 Stat. 1051), and deposited in the Alaska Native Fund on or 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2499 
after October 1, 1976, shall be deposited in the Alaska Native Fund 
within thirty days after enactment of this Act and shall be 
distributed as required by section 6(c) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act. 
43 USC 1605. 
RELINQUISHMENT OF SELECTIONS PARTLY WITHIN CONSERVATION UNITS 
SEC. 1415. Whenever a valid State or Native selection is partly in 43 USC 1640. 
and partly out of the boundary of a conservation system unit, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the State 
or any Native Corporation may relinquish its rights in any portion of 
any validly selected Federal land, including land underneath waters, 
which lies within the boundary of the conservation system unit. Upon 
relinquishment, the Federal land (including land underneath waters) 
so relinquished within the boundary of the conservation system unit 
shall become, and be administered as, a part of the conservation 
system unit. The total land entitlement of the State or Native 
Corporation shall not be affected by such relinquishment. In lieu of 
the lands and waters relinquished by the State, the State may select 
pursuant to the Alaska Statehood Act as amended by this Act, an 48 USC note 
equal acreage of other lands available for such purpose. The Native P
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Corporation may retain an equal acreage from overselection lands on 
which selection applications were otherwise properly and timely 
filed. A relinquishment pursuant to this section shall not invalidate 
an otherwise valid State or Native Corporation land selection outside 
the boundaries of the conservation system unit, on the grounds that, 
after such relinquishment, the remaining portion of the land selec-
tion no longer meets applicable requirements of size, compactness, or 
contiguity, or that the portion of the selection retained immediately 
outside the conservation system unit does not follow section lines 
along the boundary of the conservation system unit. The validity of 
the selection outside such boundary shall not be adversely affected by 
the relinquishment. 
BRISTOL BAY GROUP CORPORATION LANDS 
SEC. 1416. (a) Congress finds that the individual Natives enrolled to Acreage entitle-
Port Alsworth are enrolled at-large in the Bristol Bay Native Corpo- inents. 
ration. The roll prepared by the Secretary shall be determinative of 
this fact and such enrollment shall be fmal. 
(b) The individual Natives enrolled to Port Alsworth have formed a 
group corporation which shall hereafter be referred to as Tanalian 
Incorporated. The benefits bestowed by this section upon these 
Natives shall accrue to such group corporation, regardless of its 
name. 
(c) If Tanalian Incorporated is certified as a group under the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, Tanalian Incorporated shall be enti- 43 USC 1601 
tied to make selections in accordance with subsection (d) hereof. "°*®-
(d)(1) Tanalian Incorporated if certified shall be entitled to make 
selections of the surface estate of public lands as that term is 
described in section 3(e) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 43 USC 1602. 
from the following described lands, except it may not select any land 
of Power Site Reserve 485 (the Kontrashibuna Power Site), land 
acquired by the United States after January 1,1979, or land subject to 
a valid existing right, in the amount agreed to by Bristol Native 
Corporation (not to exceed 320 acres per person or 2,240 acres, 
whichever is less) and charged against Bristol Bay Native Corpora-
94 STAT. 2500 
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43 use 1613. 
tion's rights to select under section 14(h) as provided for in 43 CFR 
2653.1(b): 
Seward Meridian 
Township 1 north, Range 29 west, sections 3,4,5,8,9,10,16,17, 
18,19,20, and 21. 
(2) If Tanalian Incorporated is certified as a group, the Secretary 
shall give written notice within sixty days of such certification to 
Bristol Bay Native Corporation. 
(3) If such notice is given, Bristol Bay Native Corporation shall, 
within sixty days thereafter, give written notice to the Secretary and 
Tanalian Incorporated as to the amount of acreage Tanalian Incorpo-
rated may select. 
(4) Within one hundred and eighty days after receipt of such notice, 
Tanalian Incorporated may select, pursuant to section 14(h)(2) of the 
Ante, p. 2494. 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the lands withdrawn pursuant 
to subsection (dXD-
(5) Within one hundred and eighty days after Tanalian Incorpo-
rated makes selections in accordance with subsection (d)(1) hereof, 
Bristol Bay Native Corporation may select subject to any valid 
existing right an amount of subsurface estate from public lands as 
43 use 1601 
defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act previously 
^°^^- 
withdrawn under sections ll(aXl) or ll(aX3) of the Alaska Native 
43 use 1610. 
Claims Settlement Act within its boundaries equal to the surface 
estate entitlement of Tanalian Incorporated. Bristol Bay Native 
Corporation will forego in lieu subsurface selections in that portion of 
the Nondalton withdrawal area which falls within the Lake Clark 
Preserve. Selections made by Bristol Bay Native Corporation shall 
have priority over any selections made by the State after December 
18, 1975. Such subsurface selections shall be in a single contiguous 
and reasonably compact tract and the exterior boundaries of such 
selections shall be in conformity with the public lands survey system. 
(e) If there is any conflict between selections made by Tanalian 
Incorporated pursuant to this section and valid Cook Inlet Region, 
Incorporated or Cook Inlet Region Village selections, the selections of 
Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated or the Cook Inlet Region Village 
shall prevail. 
Land convey- 
(f) The Secretary shall convey to Tanalian Incorporated and to 
^^^^- 
Bristol Bay Native Corporation the surface and subsurface estate, 
respectively, of the acreage selected by the corporation pursuant to 
this section. 
(g) Nothing contained in this section, or done pursuant to authori-
zations made by this section, shall alter or affect the acreage 
entitlements of Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, or Bristol Bay 
Native Corporation pursuant to section 12(c) of the Alaska Native 
43 use 1611. 
Claims Settlement Act nor the boundaries of Cook Inlet Region, 
Incorporated or Bristol Bay Native Corporation, respectively. 
PRIBILOF ISLANDS ACQUISITION AUTHORITY 
SEC. 1417. (a) Congress finds and declares that— 
(1) certain cliff areas on Saint Paul Island and Saint George 
Island of the Pribilof Islands group in the Bering Sea and the 
entirety of Otter Island, and Walrus Island, are used by numer-
• ous species of migratory birds, several of them unique, as 
rookeries; 
(2) these areas are of singularly high value for such birds; 
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94 STAT. 2501 
(3) these cliff areas, from the line of mean high tide to and 
including the bluff and areas inland from them, and the entirety 
of Otter Island, and Walrus Island, aggregating approximately 
eight thousand acres, properly ought to be made and be managed 
as a part or parts of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife 
Refuge free of any claims of Native Corporation ownership; and 
(4) this can best be accomplished through purchase by the 
United States. 
OJ) The Secretary is authorized and directed to acquire the lands 
described in subsection (a)(3) of this section on the terms of and 
conditions set forth in the Agreement known as the "Pribilof Terms 
and Conditions", between Tanadgusix, Incorporated, Tanaq, Incorpo-
rated, the Aleut Corporation, and the Department of the Interior, 
incorporated as an Attachment of the letter of the Director, Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, dated August 4, 1980, 
file reference FWS 1366, addressed to the Aleut, Tanadgusix, and 
Tanaq Corporations. The "Pribilof Terms and Conditions,' as refer-
enced in this subsection, are hereby ratified as to the duties and 
obligations of the United States and its agencies, Tanadgusix, Incor-
porated, Tanaq, Incorporated, and the Aleut Corporation: Provided, 
That the "Pribilof Terms and Conditions" may be modified or 
amended, upon the written agreement of all parties thereto and 
appropriate notification in writing to the appropriate committees of 
the Congress, without further action by the Congress. Upon acquisi-
tion by the United States, the lands described in such subsection (a)(3) 
shall be incorporated within, and made a subunit of, the Alaska 
Maritime National Wildlife Refuge and administered accordingly. 
(c) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the purposes Appropriation 
of this section, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise authorization. 
appropriated, for the acquisition of such lands, not to exceed 
$7,500,000, to remain available until expended, and without regard to 
fiscal year limitation. 
(d) The land or money exchanged under this section shall be 
deemed to be property exchanged within the meaning of section 21(c) 
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
43 USC 1620. 
NANA/COOK INLET REGIONAL CORPORATION LANDS 
SEC. 1418. (a) The following lands are hereby withdrawn for 
selection pursuant to the provisions of section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act and this section: 
43 USC 1613. 
Kateel River Meridian 
Township 32 north, range 18 west, sections 3 through 10, 13 
through 36, except those lands within the Kelly River drainage; 
Township 32 north, range 17 west, sections 29 through 32, 
except those lands within the Kelly River drainage; 
Township 31 north, range 18 west; 
Township 31 north, range 17 west, sections 5 through 8, except 
those lands within the Kelly River drainage, 17 through 20, 29 
through 32; 
Township 30 north, range 19 west, sections 1 through 18; 
Township 30 north, range 18 west, sections 1 through 9; and 
Township 30 north, range 17 west, section 6. 
(bXD On or prior to one hundred and eighty days from the date of 
enactment of this Act, NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated, 
may select, pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims 
94 STAT. 2502 
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43 use 1613. 
Settlement Act, from the lands withdrawn pursuant to subsection (a). 
In addition, on or prior to such date, Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, 
if it receives the written consent of NANA Regional Corporation, 
Incorporated, and of the State of Alaska, may select from such lands, 
such selections to be credited against the Secretary's obligation under 
paragraph 1(C)(1) of the document entitled, "Terms and Conditions 
for Land Consolidation and Management in the Cook Inlet Area as 
Clarified August 31,1976", and any such selections conveyed shall be 
conveyed in partial satisfaction of the entitlement of Cook Inlet 
43 use 1611 
Region, Incorporated, under section 12 of Public Law 94-204, as 
"°*^- 
amended. 
(2) The lands selected by NANA Regional Corporation, Incorpo-
rated, or Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, unless otherwise provided 
in a waiver of this paragraph (bX2) by the Secretary, shall consist of 
tracts which— 
(A) contain not less than eight sections or 5,120 acres, which-
ever is less; and 
(B) have boundaries which follow section lines, except where 
such boundary is the border of a meanderable body of water, with 
no segment of an exterior line less than two miles in length 
(except where shorter segments are necessary (1) to follow 
section lines where township lines are offset along standard 
parallels caused by the convergence of meridians, (2) to conform 
to section lines where a section is less than standard size, or (3) to 
avoid crossing the boundary lines of conservation system units 
created by this Act, or of lands which are unavailable for 
selection). 
Land convey- 
(c) The Secretary shall convey the surface and subsurface estate of 
^^^^- 
the acreage selected pursuant to subsection O
t
>
)
. Conveyances pursu-
ant to this section shall be subject to valid existing rights and the 
provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to increase or decrease 
the acreage entitlement of either NANA Regional Corporation, 
Incorporated, or Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated under any section of 
the Alsiska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(e) Any lands withdrawn under subsection (a) and not selected by 
either NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated or Cook Inlet 
Region, Incorporated, shall return to the public domain subject to any 
prior withdrawals made by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 
48 use 1616. 
17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the provi-
Ante, p. 2437. 
sions of section 906(k) of this Act. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed as granting or denying 
to any Regional Corporation, including NANA Regional Corporation, 
Incorporated, or Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, the right to select 
land pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
43 use 1613. 
ment Act outside the areas withdrawn by sections 11 and 16 of such 
43 use 1610, 
Act. 
1615. 
DOYON REGIONAL CORPORATION LANDS 
SEC. 1419. LAND EXCHANGE.—(a)(1) The Secretary is authorized, on 
the terms and conditions provided in this section and in section 1420, 
to accept from Doyon, Limited, a Regional Corporation organized 
43 use 1601 
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, a relinquish-
^°^^- 
ment of all selections filed by that corporation under sections 12(c) 
43 use 1611, 
and 14(hX8) of such Act which— 
1613. 
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94 STAT. 2503 
(A) lie within the watershed of the Charley River, were 
withdrawn for selection by Doyon pursuant to section 11(a)(3) of 
such Act and lie within the following townships: 
43 use 1610. 
Fairbanks Meridian 
Township 2 north, range 23,24,25, and 26 east; 
Township 3 north, range 23,24,25, and 26 east; 
Township 4 north, range 24,25, and 26 east; and 
Township 2 south, range 20 east. 
(B) lie in the following townships outside, but adjacent to, the 
Charley River watershed: 
Fairbanks Meridian 
Township 2 north, range 23 east; and 
Township 2 north, range 24 east, sections 19 through 21,28 
through 33, inclusive. 
(C) lie within the following townships inside the Kanuti 
National Wildlife Refuge: 
Fairbanks Meridian 
Township 15 north, range 20 west, sections 4 through 9,16 
through 18, inclusive; 
Township 17 north, range 23 west. 
(D) lie within the following townships along the Yukon River: 
Kateel River Meridian 
Township 19 south, range 3 west. That portion lying west 
of the mean high water line of the Yukon River; 
Township 20 south, range 3 west. All except the Yukon 
River and Bullfrog Island; 
Township 21 south, range 3 west. That portion of sections 
7,8, and 9 lying south of Honeymoon Slough, and sections 16, 
17, and 18; and 
Township 21 south, range 4 west. Sections 12 and 13 above 
the mean high water line of the Yukon River, and sections 2, 
3, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19 through 23, and 27 through 34 all lying 
west of the mean high water line of the Yukon River. 
(2) Doyon, Limited, shall have ninety days after the date of 
enactment of this Act to effect the relinquishment of all the land 
selections described in subsection (a) hereof, and shall not be entitled 
to any of the benefits of subsections (b), (c), and (d) hereof or of section 
1420 of this Act if the relinquishment of all such selections does not 
occur during that period. 
(3) Following the relinquishment by Doyon, Limited, of all the land 
selections described in subsection (a) hereof, the Secretary shall 
determine the acreage so relinquished by such measuring techniques, 
including aerial photography but not ground surveys, upon which he 
and Doyon may agree. 
(b)(1) In exchange for the lands relinquished pursuant to subsection Land convey-
(a) hereof, the Secretary shall convey to Doyon, Limited, pursuant to ^'^'^®-
the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, subject to 43 use 1601 
valid existing rights and on the terms and conditions hereinafter set ^^ote. 
forth, such lands as Doyon may select, within one year after the 
Secretary's acreage determination pursuant to subsection (a)(3) 
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hereof, on an acre-for-acre basis up to the total acreage so relin-
quished, from the following described lands: 
Fairbanks Meridian 
Township 35 north, range 7 west, sections 19 through 36; 
Township 34 north, range 7 west, sections 1 through 21, and 28 
through 33; 
Township 29 north, range 13 west, sections 1 through 3, and 10 
through 15; 
Township 20 north, range 10 west, within the study area 
delineated in section 1420; 
Township 20 north, range 11 west, within the study area 
delineated in section 1420; 
Township 20 north, range 12 west, within the study area 
delineated in section 1420 and all remaining lands in the town-
ship which are outside of the Hodzana River watershed; 
Township 21 north, range 10 west, within the study area 
delineated in section 1420; 
Township 21 north, range 11 west, within the study area 
delineated in section 1420 and all the remaining lands in the 
township which are outside of the Hodzana River watershed; 
Township 21 north, range 12 west, within the study area 
delineated in section 1420 and all remaining lands in the town-
ship which are outside of the Hodzana River watershed; 
Township 1 north, range 25 east, sections 13,14,15,21 through 
28, and 33 through 36: Provided, That Doyon may not receive a 
land conveyance within any of the following watersheds: 
(1) Arctic Creek, a tributary of Flume Creek; 
(2) Diamond Fork of the Seventy-mile River; and 
(3) Copper Creek, a tributary of the Charley River. 
Township 1 south, range 25 east, sections 1, 2, 3,10 through 14, 
23, 24, and 25: Provided, That Doyon may not receive a land 
conveyance within the watershed of Copper Creek, a tributary of 
the Charley River; 
Township 3 south, range 30 east, sections 20 through 29 and 32 
through 36; 
Township 4 south, range 28 east, sections 10 through 15, 22 
through 28, 33 and 36: Provided, That Doyon may not receive a 
land conveyance any closer than one mile to the mean high water 
line of the North Fork of the Fortymile River, nor any closer 
than one-half mile to Champion Creek; 
Township 4 south, range 29 east, sections 18 through 22, and 25 
through 36: Provided, That Doyon may not receive a land 
conveyance any closer than one-half mile to the mean high water 
line of Champion Creek; 
Township 4 south, range 30 esist, sections 1, 2,11,12,13, 24, 25, 
and 28 through 36: Provided, That Doyon may not receive a land 
conveyance any closer than one-half mile to the mean high water 
line of Champion Creek; 
Township 4 south, range 31 east, sections 6,7,8,17 through 20, 
and 29 through 32: Provided, That Doyon may not receive a land 
conveyance any closer than one-half mile to the mean high water 
line of Champion Creek; 
Township 5 south, range 30 east, sections 1 through 6,11, and 
12: Provided, That Doyon may not receive a land conveyance any 
closer than one-half mile to the mean high water line of 
Champion Creek; 
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94 STAT. 2505 
Township 5 south, range 31 east, sections 4 through 9: Pro-
vided, That Doyon may not receive a land conveyance any closer 
than one-half mile to the mean high water line of Champion 
Creek; 
Township 5 south, range 25 east, sections 12, 13, and 24: 
Provided, That Doyon may not receive a land conveyance any 
closer than one-half mile to the mean high water line of the 
Middle Fork of the Fortymile River; 
Township 5 south, range 26 east, sections 7, 8, and 17 through 
20: Provided, That Doyon may not receive a land conveyance any 
closer than one-half mile to the mean high water line of the 
Middle Fork of the Fortymile River; 
Township 6 south, range 18 east, sections 4 through 9 and 16 
through 18; 
Township 7 south, range 17 east, sections 12,13, 24, 25, 26, and 
36; 
Township 7 south, range 18 east, sections 7, 8, 17 through 20, 
and 29 through 32; 
Township 8 south, range 18 east, sections 1 through 4, 9 
through 16,21 through 28, and 33 through 36; 
Township 6 south, range 28 east, sections 31 through 33: 
Provided, That Doyon may not receive a land conveyance any 
closer than one-half mile to the mean high water line of Hutchi-
son Creek; 
Township 7 south, range 28 esist, sections 4 through 9, 14 
through 23, and 26 through 35; 
Township 8 south, range 28 east, sections 2 through 11, and 14 
through 18; 
Township 7 south, range 21 east, sections 11 through 14, 23 
through 26,35, and 36; and 
Township 7 south, range 22 east, sections 2 through 11. 
Copper River Meridian 
Township 27 north, range 6 east, sections 1, 2, 11, and 12; 
Township 27 north, range 7 east, sections 1 through 12; 
Township 28 north, range 7 east, sections 31 through 36; and 
Township 28 north, range 6 east, sections 35 and 36. 
(2) Unless a waiver of any such requirement is obtained from the 
Secretary, the lands selected by Doyon pursuant to subsection OoXD 
shall consist of tracts which: (a) contain not less than eight sections or 
five thousand one hundred and twenty acres, whichever is smaller, 
except for the last tract required to complete Doyon's land entitle-
ment; and (b) have boundaries which follow section lines, except 
where such boundary is the border of a navigable body of water, with 
no segment of an exterior line less than two miles in length (except 
where shorter segments are necessary to follow section lines where 
township lines are offset along standard parallels caused by the 
convergence of meridians, to conform to section lines where a section 
is less than standard size, or to avoid crossing the boundary lines of 
conservation system units created by this Act, or of lands which are 
unavailable for selection). Selections under subsection Ot))(l), subsec-
tion (c), and section 1420 shall not be subject to or charged against the 
maximum acreage limitations set forth in paragraph 3B(2) (a) and (b) 
of the Stipulation and Agreement entered into by Doyon and the 
Secretary in Doyon, Limited against Morton, civil action numbered 
1586-73, in the United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia. 
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43 use 1610. 
43 use 1611. 
43 use 1611, 
1613. 
43 use 1610. 
Land convey-
ance decision, is-
suance. 
Land entitle-
ment and con-
veyance. 
(3) The lands selected by Doyon, Limited, and conveyed by the 
Secretary pursuant to subsection (b) hereof shall be treated as if such 
lands had been withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a)(3) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act and had been selected by Doyon 
pursuant to section 12(c) of that Act. A failure by Doyon, Limited, to 
select its total land entitlement under subsection (b)(1) shall not 
affect Doyon's total land entitlement under sections 12(c) and 14(h)(8) 
of such Act. 
(4) Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the lands 
described in subsection (b)(1) hereof shall be withdrawn from all 
forms of appropriation under the public land laws as if such lands had 
been withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act. The Secretary is authorized to terminate 
such withdrawal with respect to lands not selected by Doyon, 
Limited, either one year after the Secretary's acreage determination 
pursuant to subsection (a)(3) hereof or, with respect to the lands 
subject to such release, upon the giving of notice by Doyon to the 
Secretary that the corporation is releasing its selection rights under 
this paragraph to all or part of the withdrawn lands, whichever first 
occurs. Such withdrawal shall not prevent reasonable surface studies 
or mineral exploration, including core drilling, by Doyon or its 
assigns on the lands withdrawn, subject to such rules and regulations 
as the Secretary may prescribe: Provided, That the issuance of 
regulations under this subparagraph, or any permits thereunder, 
shall not be subject to any requirement for preparation or submission 
of an environmental impact statement contained in the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 
(c)(1) During the withdrawal period specified in subsection (b)(4) 
hereof, the lands so withdrawn shall also be available for selection by 
Doyon, Limited, subject to the requirements of subsection (b)(2), in 
whole or partial satisfaction of its land entitlement under section 
14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and the period of 
withdrawal shall be extended with respect to any lands so selected 
until the date of conveyance pursuant to section 14(e) of such Act. The 
Secretary shall issue a decision to convey title to the lands selected by 
Doyon pursuant to this subparagraph, subject to valid existing rights, 
within one hundred and eighty days after each selection. 
(2) At any time after enactment of this Act, but no later than six 
months after termination of the withdrawal provided in subsection 
(b)(4) hereof, any or all of the land entitlement of Doyon, Limited, 
under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
may be satisfied by Doyon's identification of the appropriate acreage 
within lands withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a)(3) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, which were selected by Doyon on or 
before December 18, 1975, under section 12(c) of such Act, and have 
not been relinquished. Upon identification by Doyon, Limited, under 
this paragraph, such acreage shall no longer be deemed a section 12(c) 
selection, shall be charged against Doyon's section 14(h)(8) land 
entitlement and shall be conveyed by the Secretary to Doyon in 
accordance with the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act. 
(3) In the event Doyon, Limited, effects a relinquishment under 
subsection (a) hereof, and the provisions of this paragraph thus 
become operative, the corporation shall not thereafter make selec-
tions under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act on lands which were (a) withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a), but 
not selected under section 12(c) of such Act and Qo) lie within a 
conservation system unit created or expanded pursuant to this Act: 
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94 STAT. 2507 
Provided, That all Doyon's other selection rights under section 
14(h)(8) shall not be affected. 
(d)(1) In recognition of the potential need of Doyon, Limited, for Rights-of-way 
access in a southerly direction from its landholdings in the water- applications. 
sheds of the Kandik and Nation Rivers across the Yukon River, the 
Secretary shall review applications submitted by Doyon, Limited, for 
one or more rights-of-way which, in order to provide such access, 
would pass through public lands within the Yukon-Charley National 
Preserve. 
(2) The Secretary shall approve an application reviewed under 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, and shall grant the right-of-way 
requested in such application, if he determines that there exists no 
economically feasible or otherwise reasonably available alternative 
route. 
(3) Each right-of-way granted under this subsection shall be subject 
to such reasonable regulations issued by the Secretary as are neces-
sary to minimize the adverse impact of such right-of-way upon any 
conservation system unit. 
(4) No rights-of-way shall be granted under this subsection which 
would cross the Charley River or which would involve any lands 
within the watershed of the Charley River. 
HODZANA RIVER STUDY AREA 
SEC. 1420. (a) Subject to the provisions of section 1419 (b) and (c) 
of this Act, the following described lands, during the period of 
withdrawal specified in section 1419(b)(4), shall be set aside and 
managed as a study area by the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service in cooperation with Doyon, Limited: 
Beginning at elevation point 2970 which lies within the north-
east one-quarter of section 10, township 21 north, range 9 west 
Fairbanks meridian; 
thence westerly following the crest of the ridgeline of which 
elevation point 2970 is a part through sections 10, 9, 8, 7, and 6 of 
township 21 north, range 9 west Fairbanks meridian to the true 
point of beginning which is the intersection of the crest of the 
ridgeline of which elevation point 2970 is a part with the 
township line which separates section 6, township 21 north, 
range 9 west Fairbanks meridian and section 1, township 21 
north, range 10 west Fairbanks meridian; 
thence from the true point of beginning; westerly following the 
crest of the ridgeline of which elevation point 2970 is a part 
through sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 8, 5, 7, and 6 of township 21 north, 
range 10 west Fairbanks meridian, and through sections 1, 2, and 
3 of township 21 north, range 11 west Fairbanks meridian to the 
intersection of the crest of the aforementioned ridgeline with the 
crest of the ridgeline which is the watershed boundary between 
the Hodzana River and west flowing tributaries of the South 
Fork of the Koyukuk River; 
thence southerly and westerly along the crest of this water-
shed boundary through sections 3,10,15,16,17,20,21,29,32, and 
31 of township 21 north, range 11 west Fairbanks meridian, 
section 36 of township 21 north, range 12 west Fairbanks merid-
ian, sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 36, 34, and 35 of 
township 20 north, range 12 west Fairbanks meridian, and to the 
northeast one-quarter of section 3, township 19 north, range 12 
west Fairbanks meridian where the crest of the watershed of the 
Hodzana River turns in an easterly direction and becomes, first 
94 STAT. 2508 
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Land convey-
ances, selections, 
and identifica-
tions. 
the divide between the watershed of the Hodzana and Kanuti 
Rivers and then the divide between the Hodzana and Dall Rivers; 
thence easterly along the crest of this watershed to the peak of 
Dall Mountain which lies within the southeast one-quarter of 
section 1, township 19 north, range 11 west Fairbanks meridian; 
thence northeasterly along the crest of Dall Mountain to the 
intersection of the crest of Dall Mountain with the line between 
township 20 north, range 9 west Fairbanks meridian and town-
ship 20 north, range 10 west Fairbanks meridian which intersec-
tion lies approximately on elevation point 3491, the highest point 
of Dall Mountain on the esistern line of section 36 township 20 
north, range 10 west Fairbanks meridian; 
thence north along the township line between townships 20 
and 21 north, ranges 9 and 10 west Fairbanks meridian to the 
true point of beginning at the intersection of the crest of the 
heretofore described west trending ridgeline and this township 
line, which point lies between section 6 township 21 north, range 
9 west Fairbanks meridian and section 1 township 21 north, 
range 10 west Fairbanks meridian. 
This description is based upon United States Geological Survey 
Quadrangle Beaver, Alaska, 1956 with minor revisions 1972, on 
which land lines represent unsurveyed and unmarked locations 
predetermined by the Bureau of Land Management folios F-2, F-3, 
F-6, and F-7 Fairbanks meridian, and United States Geological 
Survey Quadrangle Bettles, Alaska, 1956 with minor revisions 1973, 
on which land lines represent unsurveyed and unmarked locations 
predetermined by the Bureau of Land Management folios F-3, F-4, 
F-5, and F-6. The use of these quadrangles and the protracted land 
lines thereon is for purposes of convenience in describing the lands 
within the Hodzana River Study Area. The actual area is to be within 
the above-described basin, and should any discrepancy appear upon 
on the ground determination of the location of the watershed bound-
ary, the watershed boundary shall control, not the land lines pro-
tracted upon the aforementioned United States Geological Survey 
Quadrangles. 
(b) During the study period herein provided, Doyon, Limited, may, 
under such reasonable rules and regulations as the Secretary finds 
necessary to protect the water quality and quantity of the Hodzana 
River, conduct such investigations within the study area, including 
core drilling, which will not materially disturb the land surface, as 
are required to determine the extent of mineralization therein. 
During the study period, the Fish and Wildlife Service is authorized 
to undertake such studies of the Hodzana River and its environs as 
are required to determine the measures to undertake and the 
regulations necessary to protect and maintain the water quality and 
quantity of the Hodzana River should lands in its watershed be 
selected by Doyon, Limited and the minerals therein be developed. 
Upon agreement with Doyon, Limited, the Secretary is authorized to 
extend the study period up to an additional two years; if so, the 
duration of the withdrawal from appropriation for the lands 
described in subsection (1) hereof and the time during which Doyon, 
Limited may select such lands or identify such lands for conveyance 
shall be extended for a like period. 
(c) The right of Doyon, Limited to land conveyances within the 
study area shall be limited to twenty-three thousand and forty acres. 
Any selections or land identifications by the corporation within the 
study area also shall be subject to the provisions of subsection 
14190t))(2) of this Act, unless the results of the study indicate, and 
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94 STAT. 2509 
Doyon and the Secretary agree, that some or all of such requirements 
should be waived. 
(d) In the event Doyon receives conveyance in the study area, the Rights of access. 
corporation shall have those rights of access to the lands involved as 
are reasonably necessary for the economic operation of such mineral 
developments. Upon final termination of mining activity, Doyon 
shall restore any access roads as may be agreed upon by Doyon and 
the Secretary. 
(e) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 shall not be 
construed, in whole or in part, as requiring the preparation or 
submission of an environmental impact statement before the issu-
ance of regulations under this paragraph, or any permit relating to 
mineral development, the conduct of any investigation in the study 
area, the conveyance of interests therein to Doyon or the grant of any 
easement or right-of-way to the lands involved. The Secretary, 
however, is authorized to promulgate such regulations as may reason-
ably be necessary to protect the water quality and quantity, and to 
prevent substantial adverse environmental degradation, of the Hod-
zana River. Any such regulations shall be coordinated with, and shall 
not be more stringent than, the applicable requirements under the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act. 
Regulations. 
42 u s e 4321 
note. 
CONVEYANCE TO THE STATE OF ALASKA 
SEC. 1421. In furtherance of the State's entitlement to lands under 
section 6(b) of the Alaska Statehood Act and regardless of whether 
such lands lie within the boundaries of a conservation system unit 
established, designated, redesignated, or expanded by this Act, the 
United States shall, upon Doyon's meeting the terms and conditions 
set forth in section 1419(a)(1), convey to the State of Alaska all right, 
title and interest of the United States in: 
(1) the following lands located south of Circle on the Yukon 
River: 
Fairbanks Meridian 
Township 8 north, range 18 east, section 1; 
Township 8 north, range 19 east. That portion of sections 1 
through 18, inclusive, lying south and west of the mean high 
water line of the Yukon River; 
Township 8 north, range 20 east, That portion of sections 7 
and 18 lying west of the mean high water line of the Yukon 
River; 
Township 9 north, range 17 east; 
Township 9 north, range 18 east. That portion lying south 
and west of the mean high water line of the Yukon River; 
and 
Township 9 north, range 19 east. That portion lying south 
and west of the mean high water line of the Yukon River. 
(2) Upon relinquishment by Doyon, Limited of all land selec-
tions pursuant to section 1419(a) of this Act, the lands described 
in subparagraphs 1419(a)(1)(D). 
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prec. 21. 
DOYON AND FORTYMILE RIVER 
SEC. 1422. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (h) and (c) of 
this section, Doyon, Limited shall have the right within one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act to identify some or all of the 
following described Isinds, previously selected by such corporation, in 
Land identifica-
tion rights. 
94 STAT. 2510 
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partial satisfaction of its entitlement under section 12(c) of the 
43 use 1611. 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: 
(1) Lands withdrawn pursuant to section 17(d)(1) and formerly 
withdrawn pursuant to section 17(d)(2), of the Alaska Native 
43 use 1616. 
Claims Settlement Act: 
Fairbanks Meridian 
Township 1 south, range 27 east, sections 24, 25, 34, 35, 36; 
Township 1 south, range 28 east, sections 19, 20, 21, 28 
through 32; 
Township 2 south, range 27 east, sections 1 through 4, 8 
through 12, 14 through 17, 19 through 22, 27 through 33; 
Township 3 south, range 24 east, sections 20 through 25, 27 
through 34; 
Township 3 south, range 25 east, sections 2 through 5, 8 
through 10,15 through 22,27 through 34; 
Township 3 south, range 26 east, sections 13, 22 through 
28,31 through 36; 
Township 3 south, range 27 east, sections 4 through 8, 17, 
18; 
Township 3 south, range 28 east, sections 1 through 5, 9 
through 11,14 through 16,21 through 23,26,27; 
Township 3 south, range 29 east, sections 11 through 15,20 
through 24,26 through 34; 
Township 4 south, range 25 east, sections 1 through 5, 8 
through 17; 
Township 4 south, range 26 east, sections 2 through 10,17, 
18; 
Township 4 south, range 28 east, sections 1,2; 
Township 4 south, range 29 east, sections 1 through 18; 
Township 5 south, range 25 east, sections 1, 4 through 10, 
12 through 17,20 through 24,28,29; 
Township 5 south, range 26 east, sections 4 through 8, 17 
through 19; 
Township 6 south, range 23 east, section 34; 
Township 6 south, range 25 east, sections 22, 27, 28, 32 
through 35; 
Township 7 south, range 22 east, sections 23 through 26, 
35,36; 
Township 7 south, range 23 east, sections 3 through 9, 17 
through 19,30,31; 
Township 7 south, range 24 east, sections 1, 2, 10 through 
16,21 through 24,26 through 29,31 through 34; 
Township 7 south, range 25 east, sections 6 through 8, 17 
through 21,28 through 33; 
Township 8 south, range 21 east, sections 13, 23 through 
28,33 through 36; and 
Township 8 south, range 22 east, sections 1 through 4, 8 
through 23,28 through 33. 
Copper River Meridian 
Township 19 north, range 16 east, sections 3 through 9,17 
through 20; 
Township 20 north, range 14 east, sections 1 through 18,20 
through 22; 
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94 STAT. 2511 
Township 20 north, range 15 east, sections 2 through 11,13 
through 17,21 through 28,32 through 36; 
Township 20 north, range 16 east, sections 13, 14, 21 
through 29,31 through 36; 
Township 21 north, range 12 east, sections 2 through 10,17 
through 20,30; 
Township 21 north, range 13 east, sections 1 through 5,10 
through 14,23 through 24; 
Township 21 north, range 15 east, sections 30, 31, 32; 
Township 22 north, range 12 east, sections 4 through 11,13 
through 27, and 36; 
Township 22 north, range 13 east, sections 18 through 21, 
26 through 36; 
Township 24 north, range 11 east, sections 22 through 27, 
34 through 36; 
Township 24 north, range 12 east, sections 3 through 33; 
Township 24 north, range 13 east, sections 2 through 4, 7 
through 11,14 through 23,30; 
Township 25 north, range 11 east, sections 4 through 10,14 
through 18, 20 through 28,34 through 36; 
Township 25 north, range 12 east, sections 31, 32, 33; 
Township 25 north, range 13 east, sections 1 through 3, 9 
through 16, 21 through 23, 26 through 28, 32 through 35; 
Township 26 north, range 13 east, sections 1 through 3,12; 
Township 26 north, range 14 east, sections 4 through 10,14 
through 18,20 through 23,26,27,31 through 36; 
Township 27 north, range 9 east, sections 1 through 3, 9 
through 12, 14 through 16, 20 through 23, 26 through 29, 32 
through 34; 
Township 27 north, range 10 east, sections 2 through 4, 9 
through 11, 14 through 16, 21 through 27, 34 through 36; 
Township 27 north, range 13 east, sections 3 through 10,14 
through 17,21 through 28,34 through 36; 
Township 27 north, range 14 east, sections 30, 31, 32; 
Township 28 north, range 9 east, sections 35, 36; and 
Township 28 north, range 10 east, sections 31 through 35. 
(2) Lands withdrawn pursuant to section 17(d)(2) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act some or all of which may not be 43 USC 1616. 
included within the boundaries of the Fortymile Wild, Scenic 
and/or Recreational River. 
Fairbanks Meridian 
Township 3 south, range 27 east, sections 19 through 36; 
Township 3 south, range 28 east, sections 28 through 34; 
Township 4 south, range 28 east, sections 3 through 6, 8 
through 17,19 through 33,36; 
Township 4 south, range 29 east, sections 19 through 22,25 
through 36; 
Township 4 south, range 30 east, sections 1, 2, 11 through 
13,24,25, 28 through 36; 
Township 4 south, range 31 east, sections 6 through 8, 17 
through 20, 29 through 32; 
Township 5 south, range 25 east, sections 25 through 27,33 
through 36; 
Township 5 south, range 26 east, sections 13 through 15, 20 
through 35; 
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94 STAT. 2512 
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Township 5 south, range 27 east, sections 7 through 24, 29, 
30; 
Township 5 south, range 28 east, sections 2 through 5, 7 
through 10, 15 through 23, 25 through 30, 33 through 36; 
Township 5 south, range 29 east, sections 29 through 32; 
Township 5 south, range 30 east, sections 1 through 6,11, 
12; 
Township 5 south, range 31 east, sections 4 through 9; 
Township 5 south, range 32 east, sections 24 through 27,34 
through 36; 
Township 5 south, range 33 east, sections 2 through 4, 8 
through 11,14 through 22,28 through 32; 
Township 6 south, range 23 east, sections 2, 3,10 through 
15,22 through 27,35,36; 
Township 6 south, range 24 east, sections 13, 14, 17 
through 36; 
Township 6 south, range 25 east, sections 2 through 5, 7 
through 11,15 through 21,29,30; 
Township 6 south, range 32 east, sections 1 through 5, 8 
through 11, 14 through 17, 20 through 22, 27 through 29, 32 
through 35; 
Township 7 south, range 31 east, sections 13 through 17,19 
through 34; 
Township 7 south, range 32 east, sections 3 through 5, 7 
through 10,13 through 30,34 through 36; 
Township 7 south, range 33 east, sections 13, 19, 24 
through 27,29 through 36; and 
Township 7 south, range 34 east, sections 4,7 through 9,16 
through 21,28 through 33. 
Copper River Meridian 
Township 26 north, range 14 east, sections 12, 13, 24, 25. 
^?^^f 
.• 
(b) Doyon, Limited shall have a right to identify only those lands 
amTconveyance 
described in subsection (a) hereof which are not included within a 
conservation system unit pursuant to this Act, and each selection so 
identified shall be subject to the provisions of subsection 1419(b)(2) of 
this Act. The Secretary shall convey title to the land promptly after 
its identification by Doyon, Limited, subject to valid existing rights. 
Effective date. 
(c) The provisions of this section shall take effect only upon the 
execution and filing of a stipulation by Doyon, Limited, consenting to 
the dismissal, with prejudice, of Doyon, Limited against Andrus, Civil 
Action numbered 78-1148 in the United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia, within sixty days after the effective date of this 
Act. 
AHTNA REGIONAL CORPORATION LANDS 
SEC. 1423. (a) The following lands are hereby withdrawn for 
selection pursuant to the provisions of section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska 
43 use 1613. 
Native Claims Settlement Act and this section: 
Fairbanks Meridian 
Township 20 south, range 5 west, sections 7 through 9, 11 
through 14, 16 through 21, 23 through 26, 28 through 33, 35, 36; 
Township 20 south, range 6 west, sections 1 through 36; 
Township 20 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 5, 8 
through 14,23 through 36; 
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94 STAT. 2513 
Township 20 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 28, 33 
through 36; and 
Township 20 south, range 9 west, sections 22 through 27, 34 
through 36. 
(b)(1) On or prior to one hundred and eighty days from the date of 
enactment of this Act, Ahtna, Incorporated, may select, pursuant to 
section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, from the 
lands withdrawn pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) The lands selected by Ahtna, Incorporated, unless otherwise 
provided in a waiver of this paragraph (b)(2) by the Secretary shall 
consist of tracts which: 
(A) contain not less than eight sections or one thousand two 
hundred and eighty acres, whichever is less; and 
(B) have boundaries which follow section lines, except where 
such boundary is the border of a navigable body of water, with no 
segment of an exterior line less than two miles in length (except 
where shorter segments are necessary (1) to follow section lines 
where township lines are offset along standard parallels caused 
by the conveyance of meridians, (2) to conform to section lines 
where a section is less than standard size, or (3) to avoid crossing 
the boundary lines of conservation system units created by this 
Act, or of lands which are unavailable for selection). 
(c) The Secretary shall convey the surface and subsurface estate of 
the acreage selected pursuant to subsection (b). Conveyances pursu-
ant to this section shall be subject to valid existing rights and the 
provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
, (d) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to increase or decrease 
the acreage entitlement of Ahtna, Incorporated, under any section of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(e) Any lands withdrawn under subsection (a) and not selected by 
and conveyed to Ahtna, Incorporated, shall return to the public 
domain subject to any prior withdrawals made by the Secretary 
pursuant to subsection 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act and the provisions of section 906(k) of this Act. 
Land selection. 
43 u s e 1613. 
Land 
conveyance. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
43 u s e 1616. 
Ante, p. 2437. 
BERING STRAITS REGIONAL CORPORATION LANDS 
SEC. 1424. (a) The following lands are hereby withdrawn for 
selection pursuant to the provisions of section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act and this section: 
43 u s e 1613. 
Kateel River Meridian 
Tract one—Township 6 north, range 36 west, sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 
10.11,14,15,16; 
Tract two—Township 1 north, range 40 west, sections 19, 20, 
21,28-33; 
Tract three—Township 3 south, range 21 west, sections 23, 26, 
35; 
Township 4 south, range 21 west, sections 1, 2, 3; 
Tract four—Township 7 south, range 35 west, sections 11, 14, 
23, 26,34,35,36; 
Township 8 south, range 35 west, sections 1,2,3; 
Tract five—Township 8 south, range 33 west, sections 19, 20, 
21, 27-34; 
Tract six—Township 10 south, range 9 west, section 31; 
Township 10 south, range 10 west, sections 35,36; 
Township 11 south, range 9 west, sections 6,7; 
94 STAT. 2514 
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Land selection. 
43 use 1613. 
Land 
conveyance. 
43 use 1616. 
Ante, p. 2437. 
43 use 1613. 
Punuk Islands, 
land conveyance. 
43 use 1618. 
Township 11 south, range 10 west, sections 1, 2, 11, 12; 
Tract seven—Township 16 south, range 13 west, sections 5,6,7, 
8; and 
Tract eight—Fairway Rock located within Teller Quadrangle 
65 degrees 35 minutes north, 165 degrees 45 minutes west. 
(b)(1) On or prior to one hundred and eighty days from the date of 
enactment of this Act, Bering Straits Native Corporation may select, 
pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, from the lands withdrawn pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) The lands selected by Bering Straits Native Corporation unless 
otherwise provided in a waiver of this paragraph (b)(2) by the 
Secretary shall consist of tracts which— 
(A) are not less than the lesser of (1) the entire area within any 
single tract withdrawn pursuant to subsection (a), or (2) eight 
sections, or (3) five thousand one hundred and twenty acres; and 
(B) have boundaries which follow section lines, except where 
such boundary is the border of a navigable body of water, with no 
segment of an exterior line less than two miles in length (except 
where shorter segments are necessary (1) to follow section lines 
where township lines are offset along standard parallels caused 
by the convergence of meridians, (2) to conform to section lines 
where a section is less than standard size or (3) to avoid crossing 
the boundary lines of conservation system units created by this 
Act, or of lands which are unavailable for selection). 
(c) The Secretary shall convey the surface and subsurface estate of 
the acreage selected pursuant to subsection (b). Conveyance pursuant 
to this section shall be subject to valid existing rights and the 
provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to increase or decrease 
the acreage entitlement of Bering Straits Native Corporation under 
any section of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(e) Any lands withdrawn under subsection (a) and not selected by 
and conveyed to Bering Straits Native Corporation shall return to the 
public domain subject to any prior withdrawals made by the Secre-
tary pursuant to subsection 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act and the provisions of section 906(k) of this Act. 
(f) Any selection pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act of any land withdrawn by subsection (a) of this 
section shall preempt any prior selection of the same lands by Bering 
Straits Native Corporation under any other authority of law. Failure 
to select under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act any particular lands withdrawn by subsection (a) of this 
section will not affect any prior valid selection under section 14(h)(1) 
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act but such prior selection 
shall be adjudicated and conveyed, if valid, pursuant to the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act and any applicable regulations. 
(g) In recognition that the Punuk Islands are located within the 
boundary of the former Saint Lawrence Island Reindeer Reserve, 
pursuant to section 19(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
there is hereby conveyed to and vested in the Gambell Native 
Corporation and Savoonga Native Corporation all of the right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to said Islands, including 
adjacent islets and rocks, located at Kateel River Meridian, Saint 
Lawrence Quadrangle, 63 degrees, 5 minutes north latitude, 168 
degrees, 50 minutes west longitude. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2515 
EKLUTNA VILLAGE CORPORATION LANDS 
SEC. 1425. EKLUTNA-STATE AGREEMENTS AND NEGOTIATIONS.—(a) 
The purpose of this section is to provide for the settlement of certain 
claims and litigation, and in so doing to consolidate ownership among 
the United States, the State of Alaska, the Municipality of Anchor-
age, Eklutna, Incorporated, and Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, 
thereby facilitating land management, a fair implementation of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the protection of State public 
park lands and resources, and appropriate development patterns in 
and about Anchorage, Alaska. 
(b) The Secretary shall accept relinquishments and make convey-
ances of selections in accordance with the specific terms, conditions, 
covenants, reservations, and other restrictions set forth in any 
agreement respecting the lands described in subparagraph (1) below, 
executed by the State of Alaska, by the Municipality of Anchorage, 
and by Eklutna, Incorporated, and hereafter submitted to the Senate 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Commit-
tee on Interior and Insular Affairs and filed with the Secretary, the 
execution and implementation of which agreement are hereby au-
thorized as to those duties and obligations of the United States, the 
State of Alaska, the Municipality of Anchorage, and Eklutna, Incor-
porated, which arise under Federal law: Provided, however. That any 
conveyance under such agreement of lands to Eklutna, Incorporated, 
shall be only of the surface estate, with a subsequent conveyance to 
Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, of the subsurface estate except as 
otherwise provided in subsection (h). In aid thereof: 
(1) The following lands located within the townships described in 
sections 11(a) (1) and (2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
with respect to the Native Village of Eklutna are withdrawn, subject 
to valid existing rights, from all forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, and 
including Public Law 94-204, except section 12 thereof, and from 
selection under the Alaska Statehood Act, or any statutes authoriz-
ing selections by the State of Alaska: (A) lands withdrawn or reserved 
for national defense purposes; and (B) lands determined by the 
Secretary under section 3(e)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act not to be public lands for purposes of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act. This withdrawal and the agreement shall not 
affect the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of Defense or 
any other holding agency over the lands withdrawn, but all forms of 
disposition other than in accordance with this section and the 
agreement are prohibited: Provided, That the foregoing to the con-
trary notwithstanding, lands placed prior to July 15,1979, in the pool 
contemplated by part I.C.(2) of the document entitled "Terms and 
Conditions for Land Consolidation and Management in the Cook Inlet 
Area as clarified 8-13-76", but only to the extent authorized by that 
document under section 12 of Public Law 94-204 as amended hereto-
fore and in accordance with the procedures and with the consents and 
approvals required by laws, regulations and Executive orders in 
effect on such date of placement, may be selected by Cook Inlet 
Region, Incorporated, free of the effects of the agreement pursuant to 
this section; if the lands placed in that pool are not thereafter selected 
in accordance with part I.C.(2) of that document any agreement 
pursuant to this section shall govern: Provided further. That neither 
the revocation of certain withdrawals of lands made by subsection (b) 
effective upon the filing of the agreement, nor the expiration of the 
withdrawal made by subsection (b) in the event no agreement is 
Claims and 
litigation, 
settlement. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
Agreements, 
submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
Withdrawal. 
43 u s e 1610. 
43 u s e 1604 
note, 1611 note. 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
43 u s e 1602. 
43 u s e 1611 
note. 
94 STAT. 2516 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
Land 
conveyance. 
43 use 1611 
note. 
43 use 1611, 
1613. 
43 use 1601 
note. 
48 use note 
prec. 21. 
Agreements 
filed. 
43 use 1601 
note. 
43 use 1610. 
reached, shall be deemed an action causing those lands affected 
thereby to be subject to disposition under such section 12. The 
withdrawal made by this subsection (b) will expire March 15,1982, if 
an executed agreement described in this section is not filed by the 
parties thereto on or before that date with the Secretary in the 
Alaska State Office of the Bureau of Land Management; but if an 
agreement is so executed, rights under the agreement shall vest as of 
the effective date of this Act, and this withdrawal shall become 
permanent, except as otherwise provided in the agreement. The 
agreement shall not impose upon the United States obligations or 
outlays of funds, except as reasonable in the ordinary course of 
business, or impose any procedural requirements or require the 
reassignment of personnel; and any of its provisions to the extent to 
the contrary shall be void as against the Secretary. 
(2) Upon termination or revocation of any national defense with-
drawal or reservation or of any other withdrawal in effect Decem-
ber 18, 1971, respecting lands described in subsection (bXD, or upon 
declaration of their excess status in whole or in part, whichever first 
occurs, but not before, and from time to time, the lands excessed or as 
to which the withdrawal is terminated or revoked shall be conveyed 
to Eklutna, Incorporated, as to the surface estate and Cook Inlet 
Region, Incorporated as to the subsurface estate, or to the State of 
Alaska (for reconveyance by the State of Alaska in whole or in part to 
the Municipality of Anchorage), as may be provided in the agreement 
described in this subsection: Provided, however, That such con-
veyence shall not be made of lands in the pool established under part 
I.C.(2) of the document entitled "Terms and Conditions for Land 
Consolidation and Management in the Cook Inlet Area as clarified 
8-31-76" under section 12 of Public Law 94-204 as amended hereto-
fore, unless and until removed from that pool in accordance with such 
part I.C.(2). This section and the agreement shall preempt the 
procedures of the Federal Property Act (40 U.S.C. 471, et seq., and of 
41 CFR 101-47.000 et seq.), (other than as to fixtures and personalty) 
and the preference right for State selection of section 6(g) of the 
Alaska Statehood Act. The conveyances to Eklutna, Incorporated, of 
lands withdrawn by this subsection called for by the agreement shall 
not be subject to section 1613(c) of title 43, United States Code. This 
section shall revoke PLO 5187 as it pertains to any lands withdrawn 
by this subsection and any power project withdrawals other than 
Power Project 350 as to such lands, effective upon the date of filing of 
the agreement. Lands conveyed to the State of Alaska, the surface 
estate of lands conveyed to Eklutna, Incorporated, and the subsurface 
estate conveyed to Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, pursuant to this 
section and the agreement, shall be charged against their respective 
entitlements under sections 12 and 14 of the Settlement Act and be 
considered conveyed and received pursuant to the Settlement Act, 
and section 6 of the Alaska Statehood Act or section 906(c) of this Act. 
(c) If an agreement to the following effect executed by the State of 
Alaska and Eklutna, Incorporated, is hereafter filed with the Secre-
tary in the Alaska State Office of the Bureau of Land Management on 
or before April 2, 1982, the public lands as defined in the Settlement 
Act, located within township 17 north, range 3 east, Seward Merid-
ian, Alaska, shall be deemed to have been withdrawn pursuant to 
section 11(a) of the Settlement Act as of December 18, 1971, and, 
selections heretofore made by Eklutna, Incorporated, with respect to 
lands therein shall be processed by the Secretary as though said 
selections had been made within a township heretofore validly 
withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a). If no such agreement is filed, 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2517 
this subsection shall not be held to affect the validity or invalidity of 
such selections. Whether or not any agreement is filed, this subsec-
tion shall not be held to affect the validity or invalidity of any third 
party interest heretofore created by the State of Alaska. 
(d) Notwithstanding other provisions of this Act, the State and 
Eklutna, Incorporated, are each authorized to relinquish, in whole or 
in part, pursuant to either or both of the agreements contemplated by 
subsections (b) and (c), any one or more land selections affecting lands 
to be conveyed under the agreement to the other whether or not such 
selections have been previously approved or tentatively approved. 
The lands affected by the State selections so relinquished shall be 
deemed public lands as of December 18,1971, as that term is defined 
in the Settlement Act. 
(e) Eklutna, Incorporated, and the Secretary shall stipulate to 
dismiss cause number A-78-24 Civil in the United States District 
Court for the District of Alaska, when the Secretary tenders to 
Eklutna, Incorporated, a conveyance of all lands in township 17 
north, range 3 east, Seward Meridian, which are to be conveyed to 
Eklutna, Incorporated, under the agreement referred to in subsection 
(0. 
(f) Eklutna, Incorporated, and the Secretary shall stipulate to 
dismiss cause number A-78-192 Civil in the United States District 
Court for the District of Alaska except as to the lands affected 
thereby which under the agreement referred to in subsection (b) are 
to remain in litigation in that cause, if any, when the Secretary 
tenders to Eklutna, Incorporated, a conveyance of all those lands 
which under the agreement the State agrees are to be conveyed to 
Eklutna, Incorporated, from among those selected at one time by the 
State under the authority of the Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956 
(70 Stat. 709). 
(g) The Secretary shall convey to Eklutna, Incorporated, its entitle-
ment without regard to the acreage or interests which may 
ultimately be conveyed to Eklutna, Incorporated, under the agree-
ment from within lands withdrawn by subsection (b). The agreement 
shall, however, require Eklutna, Incorporated, to subject to section 
907 of this Act one or more compact tracts of lands of at least equal ^^te, p. 2444. 
acreage to that ultimately to be conveyed to Eklutna, Incorporated, 
under the agreement from those withdrawn by subsection Ot))- The 
agreement shall require Eklutna, Incorporated, to reconvey to the 
State lands from those subject to section 907 in an amount provided 
by the agreement, upon the occasion of each receipt of lands by 
Eklutna, Incorporated, from among those withdrawn by subsection 
(b). Lands received by the State in such a reconveyance from Eklutna, 
Incorporated, shall be charged, to the extent of the acreage received 
by Eklutna, Incorporated, in the relevant conveyance to it, against 
the State's entitlement under section 6 of the Alaska Statehood Act, 48 USC note 
or section 906(c) of this Act, as the State may elect. If thereby the 
PJ"^^- ^^-^.on 
State receives more than its entitlements under the Act elected, it 
^^^' ^' 
shall reconvey to the United States a compact tract of unencumbered 
State lands of equal acreage contiguous to lands belonging to the 
United States. Eklutna, Incorporated, shall also subject to section 907 
of this Act, once an agreement under subsection (c) exists and Ante, p. 2444. 
thereafter from time to time, one or more compact tracts which 
equals the acreage amount by which Eklutna, Incorporated's entitle-
ment would be over satisfied considering the acreage already con-
veyed to Eklutna, Incorporated; to the extent such a risk of over 
entitlement abates the lands may be withdrawn from the Land Bank. 
94 STAT. 2518 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
(h) In the event that Eklutna, Incorporated, receives a conveyance 
from the United States of the surface estate in lands withdrawn by 
subsection (h) pursuant to the agreement authorized in that subsec-
tion, and if a reconveyance from Eklutna, Incorporated, of the surface 
Ante, p. 2444. 
estate in land to the State from those subject to section 907 of this Act 
is thereby occasioned, a conveyance of the subsurface estate in the 
lands conveyed to Eklutna, Incorporated, shall be withheld until the 
Secretary ascertains to whom the subsurface estate is to be conveyed 
under this subsection. The entity owning the subsurface estate in 
those reconveyed lands shall retain that interest, unless it in the 
agreement or separately consents to convey the same to the State. In 
the event such entity so consents to convey the subsurface to the 
State, the Secretary shall convey the subsurface estate in the lands 
conveyed to Eklutna, Incorporated, to that entity; if such entity does 
not so consent, the subsurface estate in the lands conveyed to 
Eklutna, Incorporated, shall be conveyed to the State. 
Claims and 
litigation, 
settlement. 
EKLUTNA-STATE ANCHORAGE AGREEMENT 
SEC. 1426. (a) The purpose of this section is to provide for the 
settlement of certain claims and litigation, and in so doing to 
implement section 14 of the Settlement Act under the unique 
circumstances of the Native Village of Eklutna, with respect to the 
municipality of Anchorage. 
O
o
) The terms, conditions, procedures, covenants, reservations, and 
other restrictions set forth in the document entitled "Agreement of 
Compromise and Settlement" submitted to the Senate Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Interior 
and Insular Affairs, executed by Eklutna, Incorporated, and the 
municipality of Anchorage, acting by its mayor, and to be executed by 
the State of Alaska, acting by the commissioner of the department of 
community and regional affairs, are hereby ratified as to the rights, 
duties, and obligations of the State of Alaska, the municipality of 
Anchorage, and Eklutna, Incorporated, which arise among them 
under section 14(c) (2) and (3) of the Settlement Act, and Eklutna, 
Incorporated, is discharged accordingly from section 14(c)(3) thereof 
as to all lands heretofore selected by it. 
(c) If, for any reason, the foregoing agreement is not executed by the 
State of Alaska this section shall be of no force and effect. 
KONIAG VILLAGE AND REGIONAL CORPORATION LANDS 
Definitions. 
SEC. 1427. (a) As used in this section, the term— 
(1) "Afognak Island" means Afognak Island, and Bear, Teck, Hogg, 
and Murphy Islands, above the line of mean high tide within the 
exterior boundaries of the Chugach National Forest. Murphy Island 
is that unnamed island shown on USGS Topographical Map, Scale 
1:63360 entitled "Afognak B-2, 1952, Rev. 1967", lying in Seward 
Meridian, Alaska, Township 21 south, Range 19 west, that shares the 
common corner of sections 27,28,33, and 34. 
(2) "Deficiency village acreage on the Alaska Peninsula" means the 
aggregate number of acres of public land to which "Koniag deficiency 
Village Corporations" are entitled, under section 14(a) of the Alaska 
43 use 1613. 
Native Claims Settlement Act, to a conveyance of the surface estate 
on account of deficiencies in available lands on Kodiak Island, and to 
which Koniag, Incorporated is entitled under section 14(f) of that Act 
to conveyance of the subsurface estate. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2519 
(3) "12(b) acreage on the Alaska Peninsula" means the aggregate 
number of acres of public lands to which "Koniag 12(b) Village 
Corporations" are entitled under section 14(a) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act by reason of section 12(b) of that Act, to f
^ Y^^ ^^^^' 
conveyance of the surface estate and to which Koniag, Incorporated, ^"^^ 
under section 14(f) of that Act, is entitled to conveyance of the 
subsurface estate, less the aggregate acreage of 12(b) lands on Kodiak 
Island as to which Koniag 12(b) Village Corporations will receive 
conveyances, the latter being estimated to be approximately fifteen 
thousand acres. 
(4) "Koniag deficiency village corporation" means any or all of the 
following: 
Afognak Native Corporation; 
Nu-Nachk-Pit, Incorporated; 
Ouzinkie Native Corporation; and 
Leisnoi, Incorporated. 
(5) "Koniag 12(b) Village Corporation" means the village corpora-
tions listed in subparagraph (4) above, if within sixty days of the 
effective date of this Act, Koniag, Incorporated, by a resolution duly 
adopted by its Board of Directors, designates them as such as a class, 
and all of the following: Natives of Akhiok, Incorporated, Old Harbor 
Native Corporation, Kaguyak, Inc., Karluk Native Corporation and 
each of the corporations listed in subsection (e)(2) of this section 
which files a release as provided for in subsection (e)(1) of this section. 
(6) "Koniag region" means the geographic area of Koniag, Incorpo-
rated, under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
43 USC 1601 
(7) "Koniag village" means a Native village under the Alaska ^°^^-
Native Claims Settlement Act which is within the Koniag region. 
(8) "Koniag Village Corporation" means a corporation formed 
under section 8 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to 43 USC 1607. 
represent the Natives of a Koniag village and any Village Corporation 
listed in subsection (e)(2) of this section which has filed a release as 
provided in subsection (e)(1) of this section, 
(9) "Koniag 14(h)(8) lands on the Alaska Peninsula" means the 
aggregate number of acres of public lands to which Koniag, Incorpo-
rated Regional Native Corporation is entitled under section 14(h)(8) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, less the acreage of lands 43 USC 1613. 
withdrawn for conveyance to that corporation by Public Land Order 
Numbered 5627 (42 F.R. 63170) and conveyed to that corporation. 
(10) Any term defined in subsection 3(e) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act has the meaning therein defined. 
43 USC 1602. 
(11) "Alaska Peninsula" means the Alaska Peninsula and all 
islands adjacent thereto which are withdrawn pursuant to section 
11(a)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for Koniag 43 use i6io. 
yillage Corporations and Koniag, Incorporated, including but not 
limited to Sutwik, Hartman, Terrace, Nakchamik, and West and East 
Channel Islands, except those islands selected by Koniag, Inc. pursu-
ant to section 15 of Public Law 94-204. 
43 USC I6il 
(b)(1) In full satisfaction of (A) the right of Koniag, Incorporated, 
^^^^ 
Regional Native Corporation to conveyance of Koniag 14(h)(8) lands cmweyances. 
on the Alaska Peninsula under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act; (B) the right of each Koniag Deficiency Village Corporation to 43 USC 1601 
conveyance under that Act of the surface estate of deficiency village ^°^^-
acreage on the Alaska Peninsula; (C) the right of each Koniag 120)) 
Village Corporation to conveyance under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act of surface estate of 12(b) acreage on the Alaska 
Peninsula; (D) the right of Koniag, Incorporated under the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act to conveyances of the subsurface estate 
94 STAT. 2520 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
of the deficiency village acreage on the Alaska Peninsula and of the 
12(b) acreage on the Alaska Peninsula; and (E) the right of Koniag, 
Incorporated, to receive the minerals in the subsurface estates that, 
under subsection (g)(3) of this section and sections 12(a)(1) and 14(f) of 
43 use 1611, 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, it will be conveyed on the 
^ 
Alaska Peninsula, other than oil and gas and sand and gravel that it 
will be conveyed as provided in subsection (1) of this section; and in 
lieu of conveyances thereof otherwise, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall, under the terms and conditions set forth in this section, convey 
as provided in subsection (c) of this section the surface estate of all of 
the public lands on Afognak Island except those lands referred to in 
subparagraphs 2 (A), (B), (C), and (D) of this subsection, and simulta-
neously therewith, the Secretary shall, under the terms and condi-
tions set forth in this section, convey the subsurface estate of such 
lands to Koniag, Incorporated. 
(2) There are excepted from the conveyances provided for in 
subparagraph (1) of this subsection: 
(A) Selections of the State of Alaska on Afognak Island 
48 use note 
heretofore made under section 6(a) of the Alaska Statehood Act 
^^^^- ^^- 
and described as follows: 
Seward Meridian, Alaska 
Parcel I 
Township 22 south, range 17 west, section 30, 31 fractional all 
southwest quarter; 
Township 22 south, range 18 west, section 36, southeast 
quarter; 
Township 23 south, range 17 west, sections 6, northeast quar-
ter, 7, west half; 18, west half; 19, west half and southeast 
quarter; 20, southwest quarter; 29, west half, 30 all; and 
Township 23 south, range 18 west, section 1, east half; 12, east 
half; 13 all; 24 all; 25 all. 
Parcel II 
Township 22 south, range 17 west, section 30, all; 31 all; 
Township 22 south, range 17 west, section 6, northeast quarter; 
(B) Surface estate of lands on Afognak Island to which Afognak 
Native Corporation, Ouzinkie Native Corporation and Natives of 
Kodiak, Incorporated are entitled pursuant to the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act and the subsurface estate of such lands; 
(C) The lands on Afognak Island referred to in subsection (d) of 
this section if conveyed as therein provided; and 
(D) The following described lands: 
Seward Meridian, Alaska 
Beginning at the point for the meander corner of sections 7 and 
18, township 22 south, range 21 west, Seward meridian at the line 
of mean high tide on the easterly shore of Foul Bay, south-
easterly of Ban Island; 
thence easterly, between sections 7 and 18, 8 and 17, 9 and 16, 
approximately 2V4 miles to the corner of sections 9,10,15, and 16, 
township 22 south, range 21 west, Seward meridian; 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2521 
thence northerly, between sections 9 and 10, approximately 1 
mile to the corner of sections 3, 4, 9 and 10, township 22 south, 
range 21 west, Seward meridian; 
thence easterly, between sections 3 and 10, 2 and 11, approxi-
mately 2 miles to the corner of sections 1, 2, 11 and 12, township 
22 south, range 21 west, Seward meridian; 
thence northerly, between sections 1 and 2, approximately one-
half mile to the one-quarter section corner of sections 1 and 2, 
township 22 south, range 21 west, Seward meridian; 
thence easterly, on the east-west centerline of section 1, 
approximately one-half mile to the center one-quarter section 
corner of section 1, township 22 south, range 2i west, Seward 
meridian; 
thence northerly, on the north-south centerlines of sections 1 
and 36, approximately 1 mile to the center one-quarter section 
corner of section 36, township 21 south, range 21 west, Seward 
meridian; 
thence easterly, on the east-west centerline of section 36, 
approximately one-half mile to the one-quarter section corner of 
sections 31 and 36, township 21 south, ranges 20 and 21 west, 
Seward meridian; 
thence northerly, between ranges 20 and 21 west, approxi-
mately 2y2 miles to the corner of sections 13, 18, 19, and 24, 
township 21 south, ranges 20 and 21 west, Seward meridian; 
thence easterly, between sections 18 and 19,17 and 20, approxi-
mately 1 Vi miles to the one-quarter section corner of sections 17 
and 20, township 21 south, range 20 west, Seward meridian; 
thence northerly, on the north-south centerline of section 17, 
approximately one-half mile to the center one-quarter section 
corner of section 17, township 21 south, range 20 west, Seward 
meridian; 
thence easterly, on the esist-west centerline of section 17, 
approximately one-half mile to the one-quarter section corner of 
sections 16 and 17, township 21 south, range 20 west, Seward 
meridian; 
thence northerly, between sections 16 and 17, approximately 
one-half mile to the corner of sections 8,9,16, and 17, township 21 
south, range 20 west, Seward meridian; 
thence easterly, between sections 9 and 16, approximately one-
half mile to the one-quarter section corner of sections 9 and 16, 
township 21 south, range 20 west, Seward meridian; 
thence northerly, on the north-south centerlines of sections 4 
and 9, approximately 2 miles to the closing subdivision corner of 
section 4, township 21 south, range 20 west, Seward meridian; 
thence westerly, on the fifth standard parallel south, approxi-
mately 2^2 miles to the standard corner of sections 31 and 32, 
township 20 south, range 20 west, Seward meridian; 
thence northerly, between sections 31 and 32, approximately 1 
mile to the corner of sections 29, 30, 31, and 32, township 20 
south, range 20 west, Seward meridian; 
thence westerly, between sections 30 and 31, approximately 
one-half mile to the one-quarter section corner of sections 30 and 
31, township 20 south, range 20 west, Seward meridian; 
thence northerly, on the north-south centerline of section 30, 
approximately one-half mile to the center one-quarter section 
corner of section 30, township 20 south, range 20 west, Seward 
meridian; 
94 STAT. 2522 
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thence westerly, on the east-west centerline of section 30, 
approximately one-half mile to the one-quarter section corner of 
sections 25 and 30, township 20 south, ranges 20 and 21 west, 
Seward meridian; 
thence southerly, between ranges 20 and 21 west, approxi-
mately one-half mile to the corner of sections 25, 30, 31, and 36, 
township 20 south, ranges 20 and 21 west, Seward meridian; 
thence westerly, between sections 25 and 36, approximately 1 
mile to the corner of sections 25, 26, 35, and 36, township 20 
south, range 21 west, Seward meridian; 
thence northerly, between sections 25 and 26, approximately 
one-half mile to the point for the meander corner of sections 25 
and 26, township 20 south, range 21 west, Seward meridian, at 
the line of mean high tide of the southerly arm of Bluefox Bay; 
thence westerly, northerly, southerly and easterly along the 
line of mean high tide of Afognak Island to the point for the 
intersection of the north-south centerline of section 29, township 
20 south, range 21 west, Seward meridian on the northerly shore 
of Devil Inlet; 
thence southerly, on the north-south centerline of section 29, 
township 20 south, range 21 west, Seward meridian, across Devil 
Inlet, to the line of mean high tide on the southerly shore of Devil 
Inlet; and 
thence westerly, northerly, southerly and easterly along the 
line of mean high tide of Afognak Island to the point of 
beginning. 
(3) All public lands on the Alaska Peninsula withdrawn pursuant 
43 use 1610. 
to section 11(a)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for 
Koniag Village Corporations and for Koniag, Incorporated and all 
lands conveyed to such corporations subject to reconveyance to the 
United States upon enactment of this section; are hereby withdrawn, 
subject to valid existing rights and Native selection rights under that 
Act as modified by this Act, from all forms of appropriation under the 
public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, and 
48 use note 
from selection under the Alaska Statehood Act and shall remain so 
A^^ D 2470 
withdrawn subject to the provisions of section 1203 of this Act. 
" ^ 
Following the filing with the Secretary of the Interior of (A) all 
resolutions pursuant to subparagraph (4) of this subsection, (B) the 
joint venture agreement referred to in subsection (c) of this section, 
(C) releases by such of the Koniag Village Corporations referred to in 
subsection (e)(2) of this section as file releases as provided in subsec-
tion (e)(1) of this section, and (D) all reconveyances of lands and 
interests in lands to the United States required by agreements with 
the Secretary of the Interior upon enactment of this section; and 
upon the conveyances by the Secretary of the Interior of all public 
lands on Afognak Island to be conveyed as provided in subsection (c) 
of this section, all Native selection rights in and to public lands on the 
Alaska Peninsula withdrawn under section ll(aX3) of the Alaska 
43 use 1610. 
Native Claims Settlement Act for Koniag Village Corporations and 
for Koniag, Incorporated, shall, except as provided in subsection (g) of 
this section, be extinguished and all claims thereto arising under this 
43 use 1601 
Act or the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall be barred, and 
such public lands (except as provided in subsection (g) of this section) 
shall be included within the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife 
Refuge and administered accordingly. 
(4) As a condition precedent to the conveyances provided for by 
subparagraph (1) of this subsection, Koniag, Incorporated, each 
Koniag Deficiency Village Corporation and each Koniag 12(b) Village 
note. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2523 
Corporation shall file with the Secretary of the Interior resolutions 
duly adopted by their respective boards of directors accepting the 
conveyances provided for in this subsection as being in full satisfac-
tion of their respective entitlements to conveyances of Koniag 14(h)(8) 
lands on the Alaska Peninsula, of deficiency village acreage on the 
Alaska Peninsula and of 12(b) acreage on the Alaska Peninsula, and 
Koniag, Incorporated, shall further file with the Secretary of the 
Interior a resolution duly adopted by its board of directors accepting 
the provisions of subsection (1) of this section. 
(5) The lands on Afognak Island required to be conveyed pursuant 
to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall remain open and available to 
sport hunting and fishing and other recreational uses by the public 
under applicable law (but without liability on the part of Koniag, 
Incorporated or any Koniag Village Corporation, except for willful 
acts, to any user by reason of such use), subject only to such 
reasonable restrictions which may be imposed by Koniag, Incorpo-
rated and the affected Koniag Village Corporations for the purposes 
of limiting or prohibiting such public uses in the immediate vicinity 
of logging or other commercial operations which may be undertaken 
by the corporations upon the affected lands. Such restrictions shall 
comprise only those restrictions necessary to insure public safety and 
to minimize conflicts between recreational and commercial uses. 
Koniag, Incorporated and the affected Koniag Village Corporations 
shall permit access to the lands on Afognak Island conveyed to them 
by employees of the State for purposes of managing fish and wildlife 
and by other State officers and employees, and employees of political 
subdivisions of the State, for the purposes of carrying out this 
subsection. 
(6) To further accomplish the purposes of paragraph (5), Koniag, 
Incorporated and the Koniag Villages are authorized to enter into 
cooperative agreements regarding lands on Afognak Island with the 
Secretary of the Interior, the State of Alaska, and those political 
subdivisions of the State which desire to participate and which have 
jurisdiction over the portions of Afognak Island affected. Each such 
agreement shall— 
(A) permit the Secretary of the Interior reasonable access to 
such land to carry out the obligations of the Secretary under the 
agreement; 
(B) set forth those services which any other party agrees to 
provide, which services may include technical and other assist-
ance with respect to fire control, trespass control, law enforce-
ment, resource and land use planning, the conserving of fish and 
wildlife, and the protection, maintenance, and enhancement of 
any special values of the land subject to the agreement; 
(C) set forth such additional terms and conditions as the parties 
may agree to £is being necessary and appropriate to carry out the 
terms of the agreement; and 
(D) specify the effective period of the agreement. 
(c) The Secretary of the Interior shall convey the surface estate on 
Afognak Island to be conveyed under subsection (b)(1) of this section 
to a joint venture providing for the development of the surface estate 
on Afognak Island to be conveyed under this subsection, consisting of 
the Koniag Deficiency Village Corporations, the Koniag 12(b) Village 
Corporations and Koniag, Incorporated (or wholly owned subsidiaries 
thereof), in which (1) the share of the Koniag Deficiency Village 
Corporations as a class in the costs and revenues of such joint venture 
is determined on the basis of a fraction, the numerator of which is the 
deficiency village acreage on the Alaska Peninsula and the denomi-
Afognak Island, 
recreational and 
commercial uses. 
Cooperative 
agreements. 
Afognak Island, 
land conveyance. 
94 STAT. 2524 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
nator is the sum of the deficiency village acreage on the Alsiska 
Peninsula plus the 12(b) acreage on the Alaska Peninsula plus the 
Koniag 14(h) acreage on the Alaska Peninsula, which fraction shall 
be multiplied by the number of acres on Afognak Island to be 
conveyed by reason of subparagraph (b)(1) of this subsection; (2) the 
share of the Koniag 12(b) Village Corporations as a class is deter-
mined on the basis of a fraction, the numerator of which is the 12(b) 
acreage on the Alaska Peninsula and the denominator of which is the 
denominator referred to in (1) above, which fraction shall be multi-
plied by the number of acres on Afognak Island referred to (1) above; 
and (3) the share of Koniag, Incorporated is determined on the basis 
of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Koniag 14(h) acreage on 
the Alaska Peninsula and the denominator of which is the denomina-
tor referred to in (1) above which fraction shall be multiplied by the 
number of acres on Afognak Island to in (1) above. In such joint 
venture, each Koniag Deficiency Village Corporation shall partici-
pate in the share of the Koniag Deficiency Village Corporations as a 
class in the ratio that the entitlement of each to deficiency village 
acreage on the Alaska Peninsula bears to the total deficiency village 
acreage on the Alaska Peninsula and each Koniag 12(b) Village 
Corporation shall participate in the share of the Koniag 12(b) Village 
Corporations as a class in the ratio that the number of Natives 
16 use 1601 
enrolled under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to the 
°°*®- 
village that corporation represents bears to the number of Natives 
enrolled to all villages represented by Koniag 12(b) Village Corpora-
tions. The conveyance shall be made as soon as practicable after there 
has been filed with the Secretary of the Interior a duly executed joint 
venture agreement with provisions for sharing of and entitlements in 
costs and revenues of such venture as provided in this subsectidn. The 
conveyance shall not indicate the respective interests of each of the 
corporations in the surface estate conveyed but such interests shall 
be as provided in this subsection which shall be incorporated by 
reference into the conveyance. The subsurface estate in the foregoing 
lands shall be conveyed simultaneously to Koniag, Incorporated. 
Neither the joint venture, and Koniag Village Corporation having an 
interest in the joint venture or the lands conveyed thereto, nor 
Koniag, Incorporated shall take or permit any action which may be 
inimical to bear denning activities on the Tonki Cape Peninsula. 
Land 
(d) In the event the Ouzinkie Native Corporation and Koniag, 
conveyance. 
Incorporated, within ninety days after the effective date of this Act, 
enter into an agreement to convey to the Kodiak Island Borough 
their respective rights, titles, and interests in and to the surface and 
subsurface estate respectively in the following described land: 
Seward Meridian, Alaska 
Township 27 south, range 20 west; 
Sections 9 through 12 inclusive, all; 
Sections 13, north half, excluding Monashka Bay; south-
west quarter; north half southeast quarter, excluding Mon-
ashka Bay; southwest quarter south east quarter; 
Sections 14,15, and 16, all; 
Sections 21 and 22, all; 
Section 23, north half, north half southwest quarter, 
southwest quarter southwest quarter, northwest quarter 
southeast quarter; 
Section 24, north half northwest quarter; and 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2525 
Section 27, north half, southwest quarter, west half south-
east quarter, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to Ouzinkie Native Corpo-
ration the surface estate and to Koniag, Incorporated the subsurface 
estate in the following described land on Afognak Island: 
Seward Meridian, Alaska 
Township 22 south, range 19 west; 
Sections 6, 7,15, all; 
Section 18, west half; 
Sections 19, 22, 28, all; 
Sections 31 through 35 inclusive, all; and 
Section 36, south half. 
The agreement between Kodiak Island Borough, Ouzinkie Native 
Corporation and Koniag, Incorporated may contain the provisions 
agreed to by the parties including, but not limited, to easements 
across the lands to be conveyed to the Kodiak Island Borough. 
(e)(1) Each village listed in paragraph (2) of this subsection which. Claims releases. 
through the Koniag Village Corporation listed alongside it, files with 
the Secretary of the Interior, within sixty days from the effective date 
of this Act, a release duly authorized by its board of directors 
releasing, in consideration of the benefits provided for in this section, 
the United States, its officers, employees, and agents from all claims 
of the village and the Village Corporations to lands and interests 
therein arising under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or 
compensation in any form therefor (except as provided in paragraph 
(3) of this subsection) along with a release by Koniag, Incorporated, 
duly authorized by its board of directors, releasing the United States, 
its officers, employees, and agents, from Koniag s claims to subsur-
face estate under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act arising 
out of the claims of such village or compensation in any form therefor 
(except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection) shall be 
deemed an eligible village under the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act. This section shall be inoperative as to any such village 
which does not file such a release but shall be operative as to each of 
such villages which files such a release. 
(2) The villages and Koniag Village Corporations referred to in the 
foregoing paragrapji are: 
Anton Larsen, Incorporated 
Bells Flats Natives, Incorporated 
Uganik Natives, Incorporated 
Litnik, Incorporated 
Shuyak, Incorporated 
Ayakulik, Incorporated 
Uyak Natives, Incorporated 
(3)(A) When Uyak Natives, Incorporated, Uganik Natives Incorpo- Land 
rated, or Ayakulik, Incorporated (and Koniag, Incorporated in conveyance. 
respect of such corporations) executes a release as provided for in 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey to each Village Corporation executing such release the 
43 use 1601 
note. 
Anton Larsen Bay 
Bells Flats 
Uganik 
Litnik 
Port William 
Ayakulik 
Uyak 
94 STAT. 2526 
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Revenue 
entitlement. 
43 use 1606. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
43 use 1611 
note. 
Ante, p. 2447, 
43 use 1611, 
1613. 
43 use 1601 
note. 
surface estate of the one square mile of land excluded from the 
Kodiak Island National Wildlife Refuge by Public Land Order Num-
bered 1634 on account of the village it represents. The Secretary of 
the Interior shall by reason of conveyance of surface estate to a 
Village Corporation under this paragraph (3) convey to Koniag, 
Incorporated the subsurface estate in such lands. 
(B) Upon conveyance of each Koniag Village Corporation of that 
land described in subparagraph (A), such Village Corporation shall 
comply with the requirements of subsection (f) of this section, except 
that it shall be required to convey twenty acres to the State in trust 
for any Municipal Corporation established in the Native village in 
the future for community expansion and appropriate rights of way 
for public use, and other foreseeable community needs. 
(4) There shall vest in the Native Village Corporation representing 
each village that files a release as provided for in subsection (e)(1) of 
this section the right to all revenues received by Koniag, Incorpo-
rated from the Alaska Native Fund which would have been distrib-
uted to it by Koniag, Incorporated under subsections (j) and (k) of 
section 7 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (subject to 
subsection (1) of section 7 of that Act) had such village been deter-
mined to be eligible at the time of such distributions, less amounts 
heretofore paid by Koniag, Incorporated under subsection (m) of 
section 7 of that Act to stockholders of such corporations as members 
of the class of at-large stockholders of Koniag, Incorporated. Each 
corporation representing a village that files a release as provided for 
in subsection (e)(1) of this section shall hereafter be entitled to share 
pro rata with all other Koniag Village Corporations in distributions 
of funds to Village Corporations made by Koniag, Incorporated out of 
funds hereafter received by Koniag, Incorporated from the Alaska 
Native Fund or from any other source and shall be eligible for all 
other rights and privileges to which Alaska Native Village Corpora-
tions are entitled under any applicable laws, except as limited by this 
subsection. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit Koniag, Incorpo-
rated from withholding out of funds otherwise due a Village Corpora-
tion that files a release as provided for in subsection (e)(1) of this 
section, such sums as may be required to reimburse Koniag, Incorpo-
rated for an equitable portion of expenses incurred by Koniag, 
Incorporated in connection with or arising out of the defense of or 
assertion of the eligibility of the village represented by such corpora-
tion for benefits under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 
including costs incident to land selection therefor. 
(f) All conveyances made by reason of this section shall be subject to 
the terms and conditions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
as if such conveyances (including patents) had been made or issued 
pursuant to that Act. 
(g) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect (1) section 15 of 
the Act of January 2,1976 (Public Law 94-204) as amended by section 
911 of this Act; (2) the right, subject to subsection (1) of this section, of 
Koniag, Incorporated to in lieu subsurface estate on the Alaska 
Peninsula under sections 12(a)(1) and 14(f) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, less the acreage of such in lieu subsurface 
estate conveyed to Koniag, Incorporated under the provisions of law 
referred to in subdivision (1) of this subsection; or (3) the right under 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of Koniag, Incorporated, 
subject to subsection (1) of this section, to subsurface estate in and to 
the following described land: 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2527 
Seward Meridian, Alaska 
Township 37 south, range 48 west; 
Section 9; 
Sections 15 through 17 inclusive; 
Sections 20 through 22 inclusive; and 
Sections 28,33; 
Township 37 south, range 49 west; 
Sections 21 through 23 inclusive; 
Sections 26 through 28 inclusive; and 
Sections 33 through 35 inclusive; 
Township 38 south, range 48 west; 
Sections 4 through 9 inclusive; 
Township 38 south, range 49 west; 
Sections 1 through 4 inclusive; 
Sections 6 through 23 inclusive; and 
Sections 26 through 34 inclusive; 
Township 38 south, range 50 west; 
Sections 1 through 3 inclusive; 
Sections 10 through 12 inclusive; 
Sections 13 through 15 inclusive; 
Sections 22 through 26 inclusive; and 
Sections 35,36; 
Township 39 south, range 49 west; 
Sections 3 through 7 inclusive; 
Sections 9 through 10 inclusive; and 
Sections 18,19,30; 
Township 38 south, range 50 west; 
Sections 1, 2,7,8,12,13; 
Sections 15 through 18 inclusive; 
Sections 20 through 22 inclusive; 
Sections 24 through 27 inclusive; and 
Section 35. 
(h) All public lands on Afognak Island, other than those lands 
referred to in subsections (b)(2) (A) and (B) of this section are hereby 
withdrawn, subject to valid existing rights, from all forms of appro-
priation under the public land laws, including the mining and 
mineral leasing laws, and from selection under the Alaska Statehood 
Act as amended, and shall remain so withdrawn until and unless 
conveyed pursuant to this Act. Any such lands not conveyed under 
this section except those lands described in subsection (b)(2)(D) may 
be opened by the Secretary of the Interior to the extent he deems 
appropriate. 
(i) As additional consideration for the relinquishment by Koniag 
Village Corporations of rights to surface estate on the Alaska 
Peninsula and by Koniag, Incorporated of rights to surface and 
subsurface estate thereon as provided in subsection (b)(4) of this 
section, Koniag, Incorporated shall, solely for purpose of prospecting 
for, extraction and removal of subsurface resources retained by it 
under subsection (1) of this section on the Alaska Peninsula, have the 
same rights of access and use of surface estate, after consultation 
with the surface owner, as are now provided for in 50 CFR 29.32. 
(j) The acreage to be allocated to Koniag, Incorporated under 
section 12(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall be 
determined as though each village listed in subparagraph (e)(2) of this 
section had selected 69,120 acres under section 12(a) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act. Acreages allotted to other regional 
corporations under section 12(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
Withdrawal. 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
Rights of access 
and use. 
Acreage 
allocation. 
43 u s e 1611. 
79-194 O—81—pt. 2 
80: QU 
94 STAT. 2528 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
Timber 
resources. 
43 u s e 1606. 
Land 
conveyance. 
43 u s e 1611, 
1613. 
Alaska Maritime 
National 
Wildlife Refuge. 
Kodiak National 
Wildlife Refuge. 
Ante, p. 2496. 
ment Act shall be determined on the basis of the acreages actually 
conveyed to such villages under this section or the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act. 
(k) Koniag, Incorporated's interest in the timber resources of the 
joint venture referred to in subsection (c) of this section, determined 
as therein provided, shall for purposes of section 7(i) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act be deemed to be Koniag's timber 
resources. Koniag, Incorporated shall be entitled to deduct from its 
share of proceeds therefrom any and all expenses of the kind and 
nature which Regional Corporations are entitled to deduct from 
revenues from timber resources prior to the distributions required by 
said section 7(i). 
(1) In conveying subsurface estate to Koniag, Incorporated on the 
Alaska Peninsula, whether under subsection (g)(3) of this section or as 
in lieu subsurface estate as provided in sections 12(a)(1) and 14(f) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall retain all minerals other than oil and gas and sand and 
gravel used in connection with prospecting for, extracting, storing or 
removing oil and gas: Provided, That removal of oil and gas and sand 
and gravel shall, after consultation with the surface owner, be 
accomplished as now provided in 50 CFR section 29.32. Koniag, 
Incorporated may in its discretion enter into agreements with the 
owner of the surface estate in such lands for the conveyance of the 
subsurface estate to the surface owner without compensation, but 
this provision shall not be construed to require such conveyances 
without Koniag, Incorporated's agreement. 
(m) All public lands, including submerged lands, adjacent to and 
seaward of Afognak Island from the line of mean high tide to the 
exterior boundary of the former "Afognak Forest and Fish Culture 
Reserve", part of the existing Chugach National Forest, as reserved 
by proclamation dated December 24, 1892, and as shown on the 
diagram forming a part of the proclamation dated February 23,1909, 
are hereby included within the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife 
Refuge and the lands described in subdivision (D) of subsection (b)(2) 
of this section are hereby included within the Kodiak National 
Wildlife Refuge: Provided, That notwithstanding the inclusion of 
Delphin and Discover Islands in the Alaska Maritime National 
Wildlife Refuge, the joint venture provided for in subsection (c) of this 
section shall be entitled to and there shall be conveyed to the joint 
venture in the conveyance provided for in subsection (c) hereof, the 
right to timber resources on such islands: Provided, That manage-
ment and harvest of such timber resources shall be only in accord-
ance with management plans jointly developed by the joint venture 
and the Secretary of the Interior. 
(n) Section 22(j)(2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act as 
amended by section 1410 shall not apply to Koniag, Incorporated or to 
any Koniag Village Corporation. 
(o) Nothing in this section shall abrogate any existing Forest 
Service timber contract on Afognak Island or revoke existing cabin 
leases or term special use permits on Afognak Island. 
Land 
conveyance. 
43 u s e 1611. 
CHUGACH VILLAGE CORPORATION LANDS 
SEC. 1428. (a) Notwithstanding the restrictions applicable to the 
Village Corporation selections under section 12(b) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act imposed by section 12(a) of the Settle-
ment Act, including but not limited to the sixty-nine thousand one 
hundred and twenty-acre conveyance limitation placed on land 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2529 
selected by Village Corporations within the National Forest, 
National Wildlife Refuge System, or State selected lands, the Secre-
tary shall convey under section 14(a) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act from lands previously selected from lands withdrawn 
pursuant to section 11 of such Act in the Chugach National Forest by 
the Village Corporations created by the enrolled residents of the 
villages of Chenega, Eyak, and Tatitlek, those additional entitlement 
acreages which are reallocated to these corporations under section 
12(b) of such Settlement Act by the Regional Corporation for the 
Chugach region. 
(b) Within ninety days after the enactment of this act, the three 
Village Corporations referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall 
file with the Secretary a list of those lands selected by each of them 
under section 12(b) from lands withdrawn pursuant to section 11 of 
the Settlement Act from within the Chugach National Forest, in the 
order of priority in which they wish to receive conveyance to such 
lands: Provided, however, That the village of Chenega shall not be 
able to receive conveyance to lands selected pursuant to section 12(b) 
of the Settlement Act on the mainland in the area of Icy Bay and 
Whale Bay, as depicted on the map entitled "Areas not available for 
Chenega 12(b) conveyance", dated April 1979: Provided further. That 
the village of Eyak shall not be able to receive conveyance to lands 
selected pursuant to section 12(b) of the Settlement Act in the area 
east of Mountain Slough and in the area more than a thousand feet 
south of the centerline of the Copper River Highway as depicted on 
the map entitled "Areas not available for Eyak 12(b) conveyance", 
dated April 1979. 
(c) The Board of Directors of Chugach Natives, Incorporated, shall, 
within ninety days after the enactment of this Act, file with the 
Secretary a resolution indicating the number of acres allocated to 
each of these Village Corporations under the Regional Corporation's 
existing sixty-four thousand four hundred-acre 12(b) allocation, and 
the basis on which future 12(b) allocations made by the Secretary, if 
any, are to be reallocated among the Village Corporations in the 
Chugach region. 
(d) The Secretary shall process the lands for conveyance in the 
priority listed, and subject to the requirements of the settlement act 
for selection, tract size, compactness, and contiguity, convey to the 
corporations such acreage to which they are entitled: Provided, 
however. That applicants for selection filed by the State of Alaska 
under section 6(a) of the Alaska Statehood Act, as amended, shall 
take precedence over such Chugach Village Corporation 12(b) selec-
tions within the Chugach National Forest, except in the area of 
Windy and Cedar Bays on Hawkins Islands, where applications for 
State selections in township 15 south, ranges 4 and 5 west of the 
Copper River Meridian, shall be subordinated to 12(b) selections filed 
by the Eyak Corporation; and except further in the area of Boswell 
Bay on Hinchenbrook Island, where State applications for selection 
in township 17 south, range 5 west of the Copper River meridian, 
except for those in sections 10 and 15 of said township, shall be 
subordinated to 12(b) selections filed by the Eyak Corporation. State 
applications for selection of any of the above-described lands which 
are not subordinated to Chugach village selections shall be adjudi-
cated and approved or disapproved pursuant to section 6(a) of the 
Alaska Statehood Act: Provided, however. That any disapproval of 
such State selections shall not vest any selection right in any 
Chugach Village Corporation. 
43 u s e 1613. 
43 u s e 1610. 
43 u s e 1611. 
ehugach 
National Forest 
Land selection. 
43 u s e 1611. 
43 u s e 1610. 
43 u s e 1611. 
Acreage 
allocation. 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
94 STAT. 2530 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
43 u s e 1613. 
Adjudication. 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
43 u s e 1611. 
43 u s e 1613. 
Land 
conveyance 
processing. 
(e) Should the corporations fail to timely file the information 
required by subsections (b) and (c) of this section or if the priority 
listing submitted under subsection (b) does not meet the tract size, 
compactness, or contiguity requirements of the Settlement Act, the 
Secretary may provide the corporations thirty days from the date of 
notice to file the information to make the necessary corrections. 
(f) If any Chugach Village Corporation voluntarily relinquishes any 
selection of lands within the boundaries of a conservation system 
unit, such lands shall be added to such unit and administered 
accordingly. 
CHUGACH REGIONAL CORPORATION LANDS 
SEC. 1429. (a) Subject to valid existing rights, within one hundred 
and eighty days after the enactment of this Act, Chugach Natives, 
Incorporated, shall be entitled to select public lands not reserved for 
purposes other than National Forests from within the Chugach 
Region under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act from within the boundaries of the Chugach Nationeil Forest. 
Chugach Natives, Incorporated, shall make no selection of lands 
within the areas identified on the maps entitled "Western Prince 
William Sound Areas Not Available for Chugach 14(h)(8) Selection" 
and "Copper River Delta Area Not Available for Chugach 14(h)(8) 
selection ', both dated April 1979. 
(b) The Secretary shall receive and adjudicate such selections as 
though they were timely filed pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as though such lands were 
available for selection under such provision. 
(c) The Secretary shall convey such lands selected pursuant to this 
authorization which otherwise comply with the applicable statutes 
and regulations: Provided, however. That the corporation shall make 
no selection of lands, which overlap selection applications filed by the 
State of Alaska under section 6(a) of the Alaska Statehood Act as 
amended, on or before September 1,1978, and that any disapproval of 
such selection applications shall not vest any selection right in 
Chugach Natives, Incorporated. 
(d) If Chugach Natives, Incorporated, elects to select any or all of its 
lands to which it is entitled under section 14(h)(8) of the Settlement 
Act from lands within the Chugach National Forest made available 
pursuant to this authority, the following lands within the Carbon 
Mountain regional deficiency area shall be adjudicated as though 
they were timely filed by Chugach Natives, Incorporated, under 
section 12(c) of the Settlement Act, notwithstanding any prior relin-
quishment of 12(c) selections and subsequent selection of these lands 
by Chugach Natives, Incorporated, under section 14(h)(8) of the 
Settlement Act: 
Township 16 south, range 9 east, sections 7 through 10, 16 
through 31; 
Township 19 south, range 9 east, sections 1 through 36; 
Township 20 south, range 9 east, sections 1 through 36; and 
Township 20 south, range 10 east, sections 5 through 8, 17 
through 20,29 through 32. 
(e) If legislation is enacted or a proposal implemented pursuant to 
section 1430 of this Act, selections by the Chugach Natives, Incorpo-
rated, under this section shall also be subject to the provisions of such 
legislation or proposal. 
(f) The Secretary shall process the lands for conveyance under this 
section subject to the requirements of the Settlement Act for selec-
tion, tract size, and compactness. These selections shall also be 
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94 STAT. 2531 
subject to any requirements regarding contiguity which are agreed to 
as a result of the study established by section 1430. 
43 use 1601 
note. 
43 use 1611. 
CHUGACH REGION STUDY 
SEC. 1430. (a) PARTICIPANTS; PURPOSES.—The Secretary of 
the 
Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Alaska Land Use 
Council, in conjunction with Chugach Natives, Incorporated, and the 
State of Alaska, if the State chooses to participate, are directed to 
study the land ownership and use patterns in the Chugach region. 
The objectives of the study are: to identify lands, pursuant to 
guidelines contained in section 1302(h) of this Act, and in section 22(0 
of the Settlement Act, as amended, which can be made available for 
conveyance to Chugach Natives, Incorporated; for the purpose of 
consolidation of land ownership patterns in the Chugach region; to 
improve the boundaries of and identify new conservation system 
units; to obtain a fair and just land settlement for the Chugach 
people; and realization of the intent, purpose and promise of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by the Chugach Natives, 
Incorporated. The study participants are directed to identify in-
region and out-of-region lands, including lands within the Chugach 
National Forest and State lands but excluding lands in private 
ownership, which can be made available to Chugach Natives, 
Incorporated, in satisfaction of its regional land entitlement pursu-
ant to section 12(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to 
consider monetary payment in lieu of land and to consider all other 
options which the participants in the study consider to be appropriate 
to achieve the objectives set forth above. 
(b) LANDS.—Lands identified to meet the study objectives outlined 
in subsection (a) shall be, to the maximum extent possible, lands of 
like kind and character to those traditionally used and occupied by 
the Chugach people and shall be, to the maximum extent possible, 
coastal accessible, and economically viable. The inclusion of lands 
within the areas designated as conservation system units or for 
wilderness study by this Act within the Chugach region shall not 
preclude the identification of those lands to meet the study objectives 
outlined in subsection (a). 
(c) PROCEDURE.—The study participants shall hold at least three Public hearings. 
public hearings, at least one of which shall be in Anchorage and at 
least two of which shall be in the Chugach region. In conducting the 
study, the study participants shall seek review and comment from the 
public, including the residents of the Chugach region, and all meet-
ings of the study participants shall be open to the public. 
(d) REPORT.—The study shall be completed and the President shall 
report to the Congress within one year of the date of enactment of 
this Act. He shall also transmit with the report any legislation 
necessary to implement the study recommendations. 
(e) DEADIJNE.—If legislation is necessary to implement the recom-
mendations of the study submitted by the President, then any 
selection deadlines for Chugach Natives, Incorporated, under section 
12(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or section 14(h)(8) of 
such Act pursuant to section 1429 of this Act will be extended for one 
year following the date of enactment of the legislation enacted to 
implement the recommendations of the study submitted by the 
President. 
(f)(1) LAND STATUS DURING STUDY.—Until Congress takes final 
action on any legislation transmitted by the President which is 
necessary to implement the study or until the recommendations of 
Presidential 
report to 
eongress. 
43 use 1611. 
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the study are implemented, whichever occurs first, all State selec-
tions filed after July 21, 1979 pursuant to section 6 of the Alaska 
48 use note 
Statehood Act or title 9 of this Act within the Chugach region shall be 
^I^f^^'oA^o 
considered timely filed but shall not be adjudicated or conveyed 
n e, p. du. 
except as provided in this section: Provided, That nothing in this 
section shall impede or be interpreted so as to restrict the adjudica-
tion and conveyance of State selections filed before September 1, 
1978: State selections filed after July 21, 1979 within the Chugach 
region shall be subordinate to the results of the study as implemented 
or to legislation enacted to implement the study as to the land as 
affected and any such selection which is in conflict with the results of 
the study as implemented shall thereupon be denied. 
(2) Except for lands within the areas designated as conservation 
system units or for wilderness study by this Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior is hereby authorized to withdraw, subject to valid existing 
rights, any Federal lands identified for possible selection and convey-
ance or exchange to Chugach in the proposed study report submitted 
by the President. The Secretary shall specify all forms of appropri-
ation or disposal, if any, prohibited on such lands in such with-
drawals, including but not limited to selections by the State of 
Alaska, appropriations under the mining laws; leasing under the 
mineral leasing laws or appropriations under any other public land 
laws. The consent of the head of any agency administering the land in 
the area to be withdrawn shall not be necessary prior to such 
withdrawal. Such withdrawal shall remain in force and effect for one 
year following the date of enactment of the legislation authorizing 
implementation of the recommendations in the study report signed 
by the President unless the Secretary shall earlier determine that the 
lands of any part thereof included in the withdrawal no longer need 
the protection of the withdrawal. If lands are selected by Chugach 
Natives, Incorporated, the withdrawals of the selected lands shall 
remain in force and effect until the selection is conveyed or finally 
Publication in 
rejected. The withdrawal and any modification, amendment or revo-
R«CT?i2.r 
cation thereof shall be published in the Federal Register and shall be 
effective on the date of publication in the Federal Register. 
(3) Prior to conveyance, any lands selected by Chugach Natives, 
Incorporated pursuant to the study or legislation implementing the 
study, shall be subject to administration by the Secretary of the 
Interior or by the Secretary of Agriculture in the case of national 
forest lands under applicable laws and regulations, and their author-
ity to make contracts and to grant leases, permits, rights-of-way, or 
easements shall not be impaired by the withdrawal: Provided, how-
ever, That the Secretary shall not make any contract or grant any 
lease, permit, right-of-way or easement without prior consultation 
with Chugach Natives, Incorporated. Any lands irrevocably selected 
by Chugach Natives, Incorporated, shall not be subject to any 
contract, lease, permit, right-of-way or easement without the prior 
consent of Chugach Natives, Incorporated. However, the Secretary 
shall not be prohibited, if otherwise authorized, from issuing permits 
without prior consultation with Chugach Natives, Incorporated, or 
without the consent of Chugach Natives, Incorporated, on lands 
irrevocably selected by Chugach Natives, Incorporated, to the Prince 
William Sound Fisheries Management Council for aquaculture sites 
identified to the Secretary by the Prince William Sound Fisheries 
Management Council and Chugach Natives, Incorporated, within 
thirty days after the enactment of this Act. 
(4) Lands withdrawn pursuant to this section shall not be construed 
to be "lands held for the benefit of Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos" 
Register. 
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94 STAT. 2533 
pursuant to section 103(e)(2) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1702 
(1976)). 
(5) All lands withdrawn under this subsection shall be subject to 
section 2 of Public Law 94-204 (43 U.S.C. 1613). 
43 USC 1613 
(g) INTERIM MANAGEMENT.—Until Congress takes final action on ^°^-
any legislation transmitted by the President pursuant to this section 
or until lands agreed to by the participants in the study are conveyed, 
whichever comes first, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall manage lands under their control in the Chugach 
region in close consultation with Chugach Natives, Incorporated, 
and, to the maximum extent possible, in such a manner so as not to 
adversely affect or preclude any option which the participants in the 
study may consider. 
(h) RELINQUISHED AREAS.—Any lands within the exterior bound-
aries of a conservation system unit or a national forest previously 
selected by Chugach Natives, Incorporated, but relinquished by 
Chugach Natives, Incorporated, shall, upon receipt of any such relin-
quishment become a part of the unit and administered accordingly. 
(i) CONVEYANCE OF EXISTING SELECTIONS.—Prior to the enactment 
of new legislation to implement the recommendations of the study, 
nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent Chugach 
Natives, Incorporated, from notifying the Secretary of its desire to 
receive conveyance of lands previously selected or the power of the 
Secretary to adjudicate such selections and to convey those lands 
properly selected. 
ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION LANDS 
SEC. 1431 (a) PURPOSES; REFERENCE DOCUMENT.—In order to further 
the purposes of: 
(1) satisfying land entitlements in the Arctic Slope Region; 
(2) consolidating and exchanging land holdings for the mutual 
benefit of the United States and the Native Corporations within 
the Arctic Slope region; and 
(3) providing for oil and gas operations in the Kurupa Lake 
area, consistent with environmental protection; 
Congress enacts this section. The specific terms, conditions, proce-
dures, covenants, reservations and other restrictions set forth in the 
document entitled "Terms and Conditions for Land Exchanges and 
Resolution of Conveyancing Issues in Arctic Slope Region, Between 
the Department of the Interior and Arctic Slope Regional Corpora-
tion" (hereafter in this section referred to as "Terms and Condi-
tions"), which was executed on June 29, 1979, and subsequently 
submitted to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate, are hereby incorporated in this section, and 
are ratified, as to the duties and obligations of the United States and 
the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, as a matter of Federal law. 
(b) TRANSFER TO THE UNITED STATES.—The Secretary is authorized 
to accept from Arctic Slope Regional Corporation a relinquishment of 
all right, title, and interest of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in 
the following described lands: 
Fairbanks Meridian 
Township 34 north, range 21 west, sections 4 through 9, 16 
through 18; 
94 STAT. 2534 
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Township 34 north, range 22 west, sections 1 through 6, 11 
through 14; 
Township 35 north, range 20 west, sections 1 through 24; 
Township 35 north, range 21 west, sections 1 through 4, 9 
through 16,21 through 24,28 through 33; 
Township 35 north, range 22 west, sections 1 through 12, 17 
through 20,27 through 34; 
Township 35 north, range 23 west, sections 1 through 3, 10 
through 17,20 through 24,28,29,32,33; 
Township 36 north, range 21 west, sections 1 through 4, 9 
through 20,23 through 26,29 through 32,35,36; 
Township 36 north, range 22 west, sections 5 through 8, 25 
through 36; 
Township 36 north, range 23 west, sections 1, 5 through 8, 12 
through 30,34 through 36; 
Township 36 north, range 24 west, sections 1 through 3, 10 
through 12; 
Township 37 north, range 21 west, sections 25 through 36; 
Township 37 north, range 22 west, sections 25 through 36; 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 12 south, range 11 west, sections 17 through 20, 29, 
30; 
Township 12 south, range 12 west, sections 13 through 16, 21 
through 28; 
Township 17 south, range 2 west, partial, sections 3 through 6; 
and 
Township 17 south, range 3 west, partial, sections 1 through 4. 
Kateel River Meridian 
Township 34 north, range 18 east, sections 9 through 16, 21 
through 24. 
(c) LAND EXCHANGE.—As a land exchange, contingent upon Arctic 
Slope Regional Corporation's relinquishment of lands described in 
subsection (b) and upon conveyance of lands described in paragraph 
(4) below, and subject to valid existing rights, (1) the Secretary shall 
convey to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in the following described lands, subject 
to valid existing rights and to the terms, conditions, procedures, 
covenants, reservations, and restrictions specified in the Terms and 
Conditions": 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 13 south, range 4 east, sections 1 through 36; 
Township 14 south, range 3 east, sections 9 through 16, 21 
through 28,32 through 36; 
Township 15 south, range 3 east, sections 25 through 30, 33 
through 36; 
Township 15 south, range 4 east, sections 6, 7,18 through 36; 
and 
Township 16 south, range 3 east, sections 1 through 3, 6, 7, 9 
through 16,18 through 30. 
(2) Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall convey to 
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation all right, title and interest of the 
United States in the following described lands subject to the terms, 
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94 STAT. 2535 
conditions, procedures, covenants, reservations and restrictions spec-
ified in the Terms and Conditions": 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 12 south, range 11 west, sections 17 through 20, 29, 
30; and 
Township 12 south, range 12 west, sections 13 through 16, 21 
through 28. 
Kateel River Meridian 
Township 34 north, range 18 east, sections 9 through 16, 21 
through 24. 
The Secretary shall except and reserve access easements for park-
related purposes from Kurupa Lake to federally owned lands within 
Gates of the Arctic National Park limited to: The right to land and 
store aircraft at Kurupa Lake, the right to ingress and egress from 
the Lake along specific corridors leading to federally owned lands in 
Gates of the Arctic National Park and the right to camp overnight at 
the lakeshore and along the specific easement corridors. The convey-
ance shall be subject to the following covenants: The requirement for 
a plan of oil and gas operations prior to any exploration or develop-
ment activities, the authority of the Secretary to modify or revoke 
any plan of operations for oil and gas exploration which does not 
utilize available technologies least damaging to the resources of the 
Kurupa Lake area and surrounding Federal lands and the authority 
of the Secretary to require good faith consultations to develop a plan 
of operations for oil and gas development which utilizes available 
technologies minimizing damage to the resources of the Kurupa Lake 
area and surrounding Federal lands. Such exceptions, reservations, 
and covenants shall be binding on Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, 
its successors and assigns. 
(3) Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall convey to 
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation all right, title, and interest of the 
United States, except sand and gravel, in the subsurface estate of the 
following described lands, subject to the terms, conditions, procedure, 
covenants, reservations, and restrictions specified in the "Terms and 
Conditions". 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 12 south, range 9 east, sections 1 through 31; 
Township 12 south, range 10 east, sections 1 through 18; 
(4) The Secretary is authorized to accept from Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation a conveyance of all right, title, and interest of Arctic 
Slope Regional Corporation in the following described lands: 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 13 south, range 1 west, sections 31 through 36; 
Township 13 south, range 1 east, sections 31 through 36; 
Township 14 south, range 2 east, sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 30, 31; 
Township 14 south, range 4 east, sections 1 through 3, 10 
through 15, 22 through 27,33 through 36; 
Township 15 south, range 1 west, sections 1 through 6, 11, 12, 
19,20,27 through 34; 
Township 15 south, range 1 east, sections 5 through 8, 17 
through 20; 
Township 16 south, range 2 east, sections 13 through 15, 22 
through 27,34 through 36; 
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Township 16 south, range 4 east, sections 1 through 4, 9 
through 16,19 through 36; 
Township 17 south, range 1 west, sections 1, 2, 5, 6, partial; 
Township 17 south, range 1 east, partial; 
Township 17 south, range 3 east, partial; 
Township 16 south, range 2 west, sections 19 through 36; 
Township 16 south, range 3 west, sections 19 through 28, 33 
through 36; 
Township 15 south, range 4 west, sections 2 through 4, 9 
through 11, 14 through 16, 19 through 23, 26 through 32; and 
Township 16 south, range 4 west, sections 5 through 8, 17 
through 24. 
(d) TRANSFERS TO NATIVE CORPORATION.—The Secretary shall 
convey to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in the following described lands selected 
or identified for selection pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, and to the extent such lands lie outside the bound-
aries of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 3 south, range 6 west, sections 24 through 26, 33 
through 36; 
Township 4 south, range 6 west, sections 1 through 5,7 through 
36; 
Township 4 south, range 7 west, sections 11 through 16, 19 
through 36; 
Township 4 south, range 8 west, sections 23 through 29, 32 
through 36; 
Township 5 south, range 6 west, sections 1 through 18; 
Township 5 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 36; 
Township 5 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 5,7 through 
36; 
Township 5 south, range 9 west, sections 25 through 27, 34 
through 36; 
Township 6 south, range 6 west, sections 19,30,31; 
Township 6 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 18, 22 
through 27,34 through 36; 
Township 7 south, range 6 west, sections 5 through 8, 17 
through 20,29 through 32; 
Township 7 south, range 7 west, sections 1, 2,11 through 14,19 
through 36; 
Township 7 south, range 8 west, sections 19 through 36; 
Township 7 south, range 9 west, sections 22 through 27, 34 
through 36; 
Township 8 south, range 6 west, sections 4 through 9, 16 
through 36; 
Township 8 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 36; 
Township 8 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 18, 22 
through 27,34 through 36; 
Township 9 south, range 6 west, sections 1 through 36; 
Township 9 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 36; 
Township 9 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 36; 
Township 10 south, range 5 west, sections 19 through 36 
Township 10 south, range 6 west, sections 1 through 36 
Township 10 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 36 
Township 10 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 36 
Township 10 south, range 9 west, sections 19 through 36 
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94 STAT. 2537 
Township 10 south, range 10 west, sections 19 through 36; 
Township 11 south, range 5 west, sections 1 through 18; 
Township 11 south, range 6 west, sections 1 through 18; 
Township 11 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 21, 28 
through 33; 
Township 11 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 36 
Township 11 south, range 9 west, sections 1 through 36 
Township 11 south, range 10 west, sections 1 through 36 
Township 11 south, range 11 west, sections 1 through 36 
Township 11 south, range 12 west, sections 1 through 36 
Township 11 south, range 13 west, sections 1 through 36 
Township 12 south, range 8 west, partial, sections 1 through 24 
Township 12 south, range 9 west, partial, sections 1 through 24 
Township 12 south, range 10 west, partial, sections 1 through 
24; 
Township 12 south, range 11 west, sections 1 through 16, 21 
through 28; 
Township 12 south, range 12 west, sections 1 through 12, 17 
through 20,29,30; 
Township 12 south, range 13 west, sections 1 through 30; 
Kateel River Meridian 
Township 34 north, range 16 east, sections 7 through 24; 
Township 34 north, range 17 east, sections 7 through 24; and 
Township 34 north, range 18 east, sections 7, 8, 17 through 20. 
(e) ACQUISITION AND EXCHANGE AUTHORITY.—(1) The Secretary is 
authorized, in order to carry out the purposes of this Act, to acquire 
by purchase or exchange any of the following described lands which 
have been or may hereafter be conveyed to Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation pursuant to subsection (c)(2) of this section or pursuant 
to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: 
Umiat Meridian 
1 through 36; 
7 through 36; 
through 15, 22 
1 through 18; 
1 through 18; 
through 20, 29, 
Township 12 south, range 8 east, sections 
Township 12 south, range 7 east, sections 
Township 12 south, range 6 east, sections 10 
through 27,34 through 36; 
Township 13 south, range 7 east, sections 
Township 13 south, range 6 east, sections 
Township 12 south, range 11 west, sections 17 
30; and 
Township 12 south, range 12 west, sections 13 through 16, 21 
through 28. 
Kateel River Meridian 
Township 34 north, range 18 east, sections 9 through 16, 21 
through 24. 
(2) Lands specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection may be 
acquired for such purposes only with the consent of Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation. If such lands are so acquired by the Secretary, 
or if any such lands are not conveyed to Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation, such lands shall become, and be administered as, a part 
of Gates of the Arctic National Park; the boundaries of the Park shall 
thereby be deemed to include such lands to the same extent as if the 
lands were included within such boundaries by this Act: Provided, 
That no such boundary change shall take effect until ninety days 
after the Secretary provides notice in writing to the Congress of his 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
Boundary 
change, 
notification to 
Congress. 
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intention to consummate an acquisition that would result in such 
boundary change. 
(3) To facilitate an exchange provided for in this subsection, the 
Secretary is authorized to make available to Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation lands, or interests therein, from public lands within the 
Arctic Slope Region, as determined pursuant to section 7(a) of the 
43 use 1606. 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including lands, or interests 
therein, within the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska in the 
event that lands within the reserve are made subject to leasing under 
30 use 181 note, the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, or are otherwise made 
available for purposes of development of oil, gas, or other minerals. 
(f) LAND EXCHANGE.—As a land exchange: 
(1) contingent upon Arctic Slope Regional Corporation convey-
ing the lands described in paragraph (2) below and upon receiv-
ing interim conveyances to the following described lands: 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 9 south, range 2 west, sections 22 through 27, 34 
through 36; 
Township 9 south, range 3 west, sections 1 through 3, 10 
through 12; 
Township 9 south, range 12 west, sections 1 through 18; 
and 
Township 9 south, range 13 west, sections 1 through 3, 10 
through 15,22 through 24. 
the Secretary shall convey to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation 
all right, title and interest of the United States in the following 
described lands: 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 9 south, range 12 west, sections 19 through 24; 
Township 9 south, range 11 west, sections 4 through 9, 16 
through 21; 
Township 9 south, range 3 west, sections 13 through 15, 22 
through 27; and 
Township 9 south, range 2 west, sections 28,33. 
(2) the Secretary is authorized to accept from Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation a relinquishment of all right, title and 
interest of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in the following 
described lands: 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 8 south, range 11 west, sections 13 through 15, 
22 through 27; and 
Township 8 south, range 10 west, sections 7 through 11,13 
through 21,28 through 33. 
(g) KAKTOVIK EXCHANGE.—As a land exchange, contingent upon 
Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation conveying the lands described in 
paragraph (1) of this subsection and upon the Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation conveying the lands described in paragraph (4) of this 
subsection— 
(1) the Secretary is authorized to accept from Kaktovik Inupiat 
Corporation all right, title and interest of Kaktovik Inupiat 
Corporation in the surface estate of the following described 
lands: 
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94 STAT. 2539 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 2 south, range 23 east, sections 25 through 28,33 
through 36; and 
Township 2 south, range 24 east, sections 1 through 24, 29 
through 32. 
(2) the Secretary shall convey to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation 
all right, title and interest of the United States in the surface 
estate of the following described lands: 
All those lands on Kaktovik Island—Barter Island Group, 
Alaska, which were not properly selected by Kaktovik Inu-
piat Corporation on or before December 18,1975, and which 
were not on January 1, 1979, in a defense withdrawal: 
Provided, That such lands when conveyed to Kaktovik Inupiat 
Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, including section 22(g) of said Act, 43 USC 1601 
except that the acreage limitation for Village Corporation selec- ^^^^ ^^21. 
tion of lands within the National Wildlife Refuge System shall 
not apply; 
(3) Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation shall identify additional 
lands it desires to acquire pursuant to this exchange from within 
the following described lands, and to the extent necessary to 
acquire the surface estate of an aggregate total of twenty-three 
thousand and forty acres, including the lands conveyed by the 
Secretary to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to subsec-
tion (g)(2) hereof: 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 7 north, ranges 32 through 36 east; 
Township 8 north, ranges 32 through 36 east; and 
Township 9 north, ranges 33 through 34 east; 
or such other adjacent lands as the Secretary and Kaktovik 
Inupiat Corporation may mutually agree upon. Upon the concur-
rence of the Secretary in the lands identified, he shall convey to 
Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation all right, title and interest of the 
United States in the surface estate of the lands so identified: 
Provided, That such lands shall be contiguous to lands previously 
conveyed to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to section 
14(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Provided 
43 USC 1613. 
further. That such lands when conveyed to Kaktovik Inupiat 
Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, including section 22(g) of said Act, 
except that the acreage limitation for Village Corporation selec-
tion of lands within the National Wildlife Refuge System shall 
not apply; 
(4) the Secretary is authorized to accept from Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation a conveyance of all right, title and interest 
of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in the subsurface estate of 
the following described lands: 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 2 south, range 23 east, sections 25 through 28,33 
through 36; and 
Township 2 south, range 24 east, sections 1 through 24, 29 
through 32. 
(h) WEYUK LANDS TRANSFER.—Upon the concurrence of the Secre-
tary of Defense, the Secretary shall convey to Arctic Slope Regional 
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Corporation all right, title and interest of the United States in all or 
part of the following described lands: 
Beginning at Weyuk, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 
Survey Mark (1586) north 62 degrees east 2,900 feet, more or less, 
the true point of beginning of this description, thence north 1,100 
feet, more or less, thence easterly, meandering along the coast 
approximately 2,000 feet, more or less, thence south 700 feet, 
more or less, thence west 1,800 feet, more or less, to the true point 
of beginning. 
(i) NAVAL ARCTIC RESEARCH LABORATORY.—The Secretary shall 
convey to Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation all right, title and interest 
of the United States in the surface estate of the following described 
lands: 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 23 north, range 18 west, sections 13 fractional 
excluding interim conveyance numbered 045,14 excluding north-
west quarter; southwest quarter; west half southeast quarter, 
23 excluding northwest quarter; west half northeast quarter; 
southwest quarter, southeast quarter, 24 excluding east half, 
southwest quarter and interim conveyance numbered 045, 28 
excluding northeast quarter; southeast quarter, 29 fractional, 32 
fractional, excluding United States Survey 4615, United States 
Survey 1432, and interim conveyance numbered 045, 33 exclud-
ing northeast quarter; east half east half northwest quarter; 
northeast quarter southeast quarter; northeast quarter north-
west quarter southeast quarter and interim conveyance num-
bered 045. 
(j) RIGHTS-OF-WAY, ETC.—(1) In recognition that Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation has a potential need for access in an easterly 
direction from its landholdings in the Kurupa Lake area and the 
watershed of the Killik River to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline corridor, 
the Secretary is authorized and directed, upon application by Arctic 
Slope Regional Corporation for a right-of-way in this region, to grant 
to such corporation, its successors and assigns, according to the 
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provisions of section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 
amended, a right-of-way across the following public lands, or such 
other public lands as the Secretary and Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation may mutually agree upon, for oil and gas pipelines, 
related transportation facilities and such other facilities as are 
necessary for the construction, operation and maintenance of such 
pipelines: 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 11 south, range 10 west; 
Township 10 south, ranges 8 through 10 west; 
Township 10 south, range 7 west, sections 19 through 36; 
Township 11 south, range 7 west, sections 1 through 18; 
Township 11 south, range 6 west; 
Township 11 south, range 5 west, sections 1 through 18; 
Township 10 south, range 5 west, sections 19 through 36; 
Township 10 south, ranges 1 through 4 west; and 
Township 10 south, ranges 1 through 10 east. 
The final alignment and location of all facilities across public lands 
shall be in the discretion of the Secretary. 
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94 STAT. 2541 
(2) The Secretary shall make available to Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation, its successors and assigns, such sand and gravel as is 
reasonably necessary for the construction or maintenance of any 
pipeline or facility and use of rights-of-way appurtenant to the 
exercise of the rights granted under this subsection, such sand and 
gravel to be provided to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, its 
successors and assigns, for fair market value by negotiated sale. 
(k) NEPA.—The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (83 
Stat. 852) shall not be construed, in whole or in part, as requiring the 42 USC 4321 
preparation or submission of any environmental document for any "°^® 
action taken by the Secretary or the Secretary of Defense pursuant to 
this section. 
(1) SURFACE USES, ETC.—(1) With respect to the following described 
lands, the subsurface estate of which is to be conveyed to Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation pursuant to subsection (c) hereof: 
Umiat Meridian 
Township 12 south, range 9 east, sections 1 through 31; and 
Township 12 south, range 10 east, sections 1 through 18. 
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation shall have such use of the surface 
estate, including such right of access thereto, as is reasonably 
necessary to the exploration for and removal of oil and gas from said 
subsurface estate, subject to such rules and regulations by the 
Secretary that are applicable to the National Park System. 
(2) The Secretary shall identify for Arctic Slope Regional Corpora-
tion, its successors and assigns, reasonably available sand and gravel 
which may be used without cost to the United States in the construc-
tion and maintenance of facilities and use of rights-of-way appurte-
nant to the exercise of the rights conveyed under this subsection, 
notwithstanding the provisions of section 601 et seq., title 30, United 
States Code, and sand and gravel shall be made available at no charge 
to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. 
(m) RELATION TO ENTITLEMENTS.—(1) The Secretary shall reduce 
the acreage charged against the entitlement of Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation pursuant to section 12(c) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act by the amount of acreage determined by the Secre- 43 USC 1611. 
tary to be conveyed by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation to the 
United States pursuant to subsection (c)(4) of this section. 
(2) The Secretary shall charge against the entitlement of Arctic 
Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to section 12(c) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act the lands conveyed by the Secretary to 
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to subsections (cXD, 
(cX2), (d), (f) (1) and (h) of this section. 
(3) The Secretary shall reduce the acreage charged against the 
entitlement of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to section 
12(aKl) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by the amount of 
acreage determined by the Secretary to be conveyed by Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation to the United States pursuant to subsection 
(g)(4) of this section. 
(4) Notwithstanding the exception by the United States of sand and 
gravel, the Secretary shall charge against the entitlement of Arctic 
Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to section 12(aXl) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act the lands conveyed by the Secretary to 
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to subsection (c)(3) of this 
section. 
(5) The Secretary shall reduce the acreage charged against the 
entitlement of Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to section 
94 STAT. 2542 
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12(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by the amount of 
acreage determined by the Secretary to be conveyed by Kaktovik 
Inupiat Corporation to the United States pursuant to subsection (g)(1) 
of this section. 
(6) The Secretary shall charge against the entitlement of Kaktovik 
Inupiat Corporation pursuant to section 12(a) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act the lands conveyed by the Secretary to 
Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to subsection (g) (2) and (3) of 
this section. 
(7) The Secretary shall charge against the entitlement of Ukpeag-
vik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to section 12(a) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act the lands conveyed by the Secretary to 
Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to subsection (i) of this 
section. 
(8) In no event shall the conveyances issued by the Secretary to 
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, 
and Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native 
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Claims Settlement Act and this section exceed the total entitlements 
"°*®" 
of such Corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, except as expressly provided for in subsection (g) of this section, 
(n) RESERVED LANDS.—(1) Congress finds that it is in the public 
interest to reserve in public ownership the submerged lands in the 
bed of the Colville River adjacent to lands selected by Kuupik 
Corporation and in the beds of the Nechelik Channel, Kupigruak 
Channel, Elaktoveach Channels, Tamayayak Channel, and Sakoon-
ang Channel from the Colville River to the Arctic Ocean, and (2) 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, conveyance of the 
surface estate of lands selected by Kuukpik Corporation pursuant to 
section 12 (a) and (b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and 
associated conveyance of the subsurface estate to Arctic Slope 
43 use 1613. 
Regional Corporation pursuant to section 14(f) of such Act shall not 
include conveyance of the beds of the Colville River and of the 
channels named in this subsection, and the acreage represented by 
the beds of such river and of such named channels shall not be 
charged against the land entitlement of Kuukpik Corporation and 
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation pursuant to the provisions of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(o) FUTURE OPTION TO EXCHANGE, ETC.—(1) Whenever, at any time 
within forty years after the date of enactment of this Act, public 
lands in the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska or in the Arctic 
National Wildlife Range, within seventy-five miles of lands selected 
by a Village Corporation pursuant to the provisions of section 12(a)(1) 
43 use 1611. 
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, are opened for purposes 
of commercial development (rather than exploration) of oil or gas, 
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation shall be entitled, at its option, 
within five years of the date of such opening, to consolidate lands by 
exchanging the in-lieu subsurface lands which it selected pursuant to 
the provisions of section 12(a)(1) of the Act for an equal acreage of the 
subsurface estate, identified by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, 
beneath the lands selected by the Village Corporation. Prior to the 
exercise of such option, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation shall 
obtain the concurrence of the affected Village Corporation. The 
subsurface estate identified for receipt by Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation pursuant to this subsection shall be contiguous and in 
reasonably compact tracts, except as separated by lands which are 
unavailable for selection, and shall be in whole sections and, wher-
ever feasible, in units of not less than five thousand seven hundred 
and sixty acres. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2543 
(2) Arctic Slope Regional Corporation shall not be entitled to 
exchange, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsec-
tion, any in-lieu subsurface estate which the corporation has devel-
oped for purposes of commercial extraction of subsurface resources; 
unless the Secretary determines such an exchange to be in the 
national interest. 
(3) The Secretary shall take such steps as may be necessary to 
effectuate an exchange sought by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation 
in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1). 
(4) With regard to subsurface estates acquired by Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary may 
promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to protect the 
environmental values of the Reserve or Range and consistent with 
the regulations governing the development of those lands within the 
Reserve or Range which have been opened for purposes of develop-
ment, including, but not limited to, regulations issued pursuant to 
section 22(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
43 USC 1621. 
(p) CONDITIONS.—All lands or interests in lands conveyed by the 
Secretary in subsections (d), (fKD, (g)(2), (gX3), (h), and (i) of this 
section to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation or a Village Corpora-
tion, as the case may be, shall be subject to valid existing rights, and 
in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended, as though the lands were 43 USC 1601 
originally conveyed to such corporation under the provisions of such ^°^^-
Act. 
COOK INLET VILLAGE SETTLEMENT 
SEC. 1432. The Secretary is directed to: 
(a) Terminate the review of the eligibility of Salamatof Native 
Association, Incorporated and withdraw any determination that said 
village corporation is not eligible for benefits under section 14(a) of 
this Act. 
(b) Implement the agreement among the Secretary, Cook Inlet 
Region, Incorporated and Salamatof Native Association, Incorpo-
rated, which agreement dated August 17, 1979, had been filed with 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 
the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs in the House of 
Representatives, the terms of which are hereby authorized. 
(c) Remove from the Kenai National Moose Range the surface 
estate of any land, therein to be conveyed to Salamatof and ihe 
subsurface estate of any lands therein conveyed or to be conveyed to 
Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, pursuant to the agreement author-
ized to be implemented under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph. 
(d) Implement an agreement among Cook Inlet Region, Incorpo-
rated, the corporation representing the Village of Alexander Creek, 
the corporation representing the group of Alexander Creek and the 
United States, if such agreement is filed with the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives prior to 
December 18, 1979, the terms of which are hereby authorized, and 
upon performance of the conditions precedent set forth in said 
agreement, certify Alexander Creek, Incorporated, as a group corpo-
ration, eligible for land and other benefits under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act and this Act. 
(e) Treat lands conveyed to Alexander Creek as lands conveyed to 
Village Corporations for the limited purpose of calculating the 
acreage to be charged against the entitlement of Cook Inlet Region 
under section 4 of Public Law 94-456. 
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note. 
79-194 O—81—pt.2 
79:QL3 
94 STAT. 2544 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
(f) Accept any lands that are tendered by the State of Alaska for the 
purpose of implementing the agreement described in subparagraph 
(i) of this paragraph, such tender not to be subject to the provisions of 
48 use note 
section 6(i) of the Alaska Statehood Act (72 Stat. 339). 
prec. 21. 
BRISTOL BAY NATIVE CORPORATION LANDS 
SEC. 1433. (a) The following lands are hereby withdrawn for 
selection pursuant to the provisions of section 14 (h)(8) of the Alaska 
43 use 1613. 
Native Claims Settlement Act and this section: 
Seward Meridian 
Township 14 south, range 56 west, sections 6, 7, 18, 19, and 30. 
(b) On or prior to one hundred and eighty days from the date of 
enactment of this Act, Bristol Bay Native Corporation may select 
pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, the lands withdrawn pursuant to subsection (a). 
(c) The Secretary shall convey to Bristol Bay Native Corporation 
the surface and subsurface estate of the acreage selected by it 
Conveyances pursuant to this section shall be subject to valid existing 
rights and the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
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Act. 
" 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to increase or decrease 
the acreage entitlement of Bristol Bay Native Corporation, under any 
section of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(e) Any lands withdrawn under subsection (a) and not conveyed to 
Bristol Bay Native Corporation, shall return to the public domain 
subject to any prior withdrawals made by the Secretary pursuant to 
43 use 1616. 
subsection 17(dXl) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 
43 use 1714. 
subsection 204(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 
Ante, p. 2437. 
and the provisions of section 906(k) of this Act. 
SHEE ATIKA-CHARCOAL AND ALICE ISLAND CONVEYANCE 
SEC. 1434. In partial satisfaction of the rights of Shee Atika, 
Incorporated, under section 14(h)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims 
43 use 1613. 
Settlement Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to Shee 
Atika, Incorporated, subject to reservation of easements as provided 
in section 17(b)(3) of that Act, the surface estate, and to Sealaska 
Corporation the subsurface estate, in and to the land owned by the 
United States in section 1, township 56 S, range 63 E, Copper River 
meridian, comprising Charcoal and Alice Islands, excluding, how-
ever, the land therein occupied under Federal permit by the Mount 
Edgecombe Grade School, the lands comprising the Mausoleum of the 
United States Public Health Service, as designated by that Service, 
and the lands comprising the maintenance and warehouse buildings 
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, as 
designated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and approximately 1.5 
acres, heretofore declared excess to the needs of the United States 
Public Health Service and transferred to the General Services 
Administration. Shee Atika, Incorporated, shall designate from the 
land heretofore selected by or conveyed to it pursuant to section 
14(h)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, a block of land 
equal in acreage to the lands to be conveyed to it under this provision, 
and all claims and rights of Shee Atika, Incorporated, in and to the 
surface estate, and all claims and rights of Sealaska Corporation, in 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2545 
and to the subsurface estate of such designated lands shall be deemed 
extinguished. 
AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 94-204 
SEC. 1435. Section 12(b) of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 
94-204), as amended by section 4 of the Act of October 4,1976 (Public 
Law 94-456) and section 3 of the Act of November 15, 1977 (Public 
Law 95-178) is hereby amended to add the following new paragraphs: 
"12(b)(7)(i) Until the obligations of the Secretary and the Adminis-
trator of General Services under subsection 12(b)(6) of this Act are 
otherwise fulfilled: (a) Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, may, by 
crediting the account established in subsection 12(b)(7)(ii), bid, as any 
other bidder for surplus property, wherever located, in accordance 
with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
(40 U.S.C. sec. 484), as amended. No preference right of any type will 
be offered to Cook Inlet Region Incorporated, for bidding for General 
Services Administration surplus property under this subparagraph 
and no additional advertising shall be required other than that 
prescribed in title 40, United States Code, section 484(e)(2) of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act; (b) the Adminis-
trator of General Services may, at the discretion of the Administra-
tor, tender to the Secretary any surplus property otherwise to be 
disposed of pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 484(e)(3) to be offered Cook Inlet 
Region, Incorporated for a period of 90 days so as to aid in the 
fulfillment of the Secretary's program purposes under the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act: Provided, That nothing in this subsec-
tion 12(b)(7)(i)(b) shall be construed to establish, enlarge or diminish 
authority of the Administrator or the Secretary within the State of 
Alaska. If the Region accepts such property, it shall be in exchange 
for acres or acre-equivalents as provided in subparagraph 1(C)(2)(e) of 
the document, referred to in subsection (b) of this section. Prior to any 
disposition under subsection 12(b)(7)(i)(b), the Administrator shall 
notify the governing body of the locality where such property is 
located and any appropriate State agency, and no such disposition 
shall be made if such governing body or State agency, within ninety 
days of such notification formally advises the Administrator that it 
objects to the proposed disposition. 
"(ii) The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a Cook Inlet 
Region, Incorporated surplus property account, which shall be avail-
able for the purpose of bidding on Federal surplus property. The 
balance of the account shall be the acre-equivalent exchange value 
established by paragraph I(CX2)(e) of the document referred to in this 
subsection, of the unfulfilled entitlement of Cook Inlet Region, 
Incorporated, the effective date of this subsection to acre or acre-
equivalents under paragraph 1(C)(2)(g) of the document referred to in 
this subsection and shall be adjusted to reflect transfers or successful 
bids under subsection 12(b)(6) of this section. 
"(iii) The amount charged against the Treasury account established 
under subsection (ii) shall be treated as proceeds of dispositions of 
surplus property for the purpose of determining the basis for calculat-
ing direct expenses pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 485(b), as amended. 
"(iv) The basis for computing gain or loss on subsequent sale or 
other disposition of lands or interests in land conveyed to Cook Inlet 
Region, Incorporated, under this subsection, for purposes of any 
Federal, State or local tax imposed on or measured by income, shall 
be the fair value of such land or interest in land at the time of receipt. 
The amount charged against Cook Inlet's entitlement under 1(C)(2)(e) 
Cook Inlet 
Region, Inc., 
surplus 
property. 
43 u s e 1611 
note. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
94 STAT. 2546 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
of the document referred to in subsection Qy) of this section shall be 
prima facie evidence of such fair value. 
Report to 
"12(b)(8) Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, the Secretary and/or the 
Congress. 
Administrator shall have until July 15,1982, to complete the nomina-
tion of lands for the pool described in subsection 12(b)(6): Provided, 
however. That the Secretary shall report to Congress on January 15, 
1982, as to: 
"(i) Such studies and inquiries as shall have been initiated by 
the Secretary and the Administrator of General Services, or have 
been prepared by other holding agencies, to determine what 
lands, within the exterior boundaries of the Cook Inlet Region, or 
elsewhere can be made available to the Cook Inlet Region, 
Incorporated, to the extent of its entitlement; 
"(ii) The feasibility and appropriate nature of reimbursement 
to Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, for its unfulfilled entitlement 
as valued in paragraph I(C)(2Xe) of the document referred to in 
this subsection; 
"(iii) The extent to which implementation to the mechanisms 
established in subsection 12(b)(7) promise to meet said unfulfilled 
commitment; and 
"(iv) Such other remedial legislation on administrative action 
as may be needed. 
INAUK NATIVE CORPORATION LANDS 
SEC. 1436. (a) Upon the filing of a valid relinquishment by the State 
of Alaska of its selections of the following described lands, said lands 
are hereby withdrawn, subject to valid existing rights for a period of 
one year for selection by the Inalik Native Corporation: 
Kateel River Meridian 
Township 1 south, range 41 west; 
Township 1 south, range 42 west; and 
Township 1 south, range 43 west. 
(b) The Inalik Native Corporation is authorized to select the lands 
described in subsection (a) in partial satisfaction of its entitlement 
43 use 1613. 
under section 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The 
Secretary shall receive and adjudicate such selections as though they 
were timely filed pursuant to section 12 of the Alaska Native Claims 
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Settlement Act, and shall convey said lands to the Inalik Native 
Corporation and the Bering Straits Native Corporation pursuant to 
section 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to increase or decrease 
the acreage entitlement of the Inalik Native Corporation and Bering 
Straits Native Corporation under any section of the Alaska Native 
43 use 1601 
Claims Settlement Act. 
note. 
CONVEYANCES TO VILLAGE CORPORATIONS 
43 use 1641. 
SEC. 1437. (a) OPTIONAL PROCEDURE.—The provisions of this section 
shall be applicable only to the conveyance of Federal lands described 
herein to a Native Corporation which within one hundred and eighty 
days after the date of enactment of this Act or the date of eligibility 
determination, whichever is later, files a document with the Secre-
tary setting forth its election to receive conveyance pursuant to this 
section. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2547 
(b) "CORE" TOWNSHIPS ETC.—(1)(A) Except to the extent that 
conveyance of a surface estate would be inconsistent with section 
12(a), 14(a), 14(b), or 22(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 
subject to valid existing rights and section 903(a) of this Act, there is 
hereby conveyed to and vested in each Village Corporation for a 
Native Village which is determined by the Secretary to be eligible for 
land under section 11 or 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, and which did not elect to acquire a former reserve under section 
19(b) of such Act, all of the right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the surface estate in the public lands, as defined in 
such Act, in the township or townships withdrawn pursuant to 
section 11(a)(1) or 16(a) of such Act in which all or any part of such 
Village is located. As used in this paragraph the term "Native Village" 
has the same meaning such term has in section 3(c) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act. 
(B) Where two or more Village Corporations are entitled to the 
same land by virtue of the same township or townships embracing all 
or part of the Native Villages, the conveyance made by paragraph (A) 
shall not be effective as to such lands until an arbitration decision or 
other binding agreement between or among the Corporations is filed 
with and published by the Secretary. Within thirty days of receipt of 
such decision or agreement, the Secretary shall publish notice of the 
decision or agreement in the Federal Register. Effective with such 
publication, title to the lands conveyed by subparagraph (A) shall vest 
in the Village Corporation as specified in the decision or agreement. 
For purposes of section 902, until title vests in the Village Corpora-
tion pursuant to this subparagraph, the Secretary shall consider 
the entire acreage involved chargeable to each Corporation's 
entitlement. 
(2) Except to the extent that conveyance of a surface estate would 
be inconsistent with section 12(a), 14(a), or 22(1) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, subject to valid existing rights and section 
903(a) of this Act, there is hereby conveyed to and vested in each 
Village Corporation for a Native Village which is determined by the 
Secretary to be eligible for land under section 11 of such Act, and 
which did not elect to acquire a former reserve under section 19(b) of 
such Act, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to the surface estate in the township or townships withdrawn 
pursuant to section ll(aX2) of such Act in which all or any part of 
such village is located: Provided, That any such land reserved to or 
selected by the State of Alaska under the Acts of March 4, 1915 (38 
Stat. 1214), as amended, January 21,1929 (45 Stat. 1091), as amended, 
or July 28, 1956 (70 Stat. 709), and lands selected by the State which 
have been tentatively approved to the State under section 6(g) of the 
Alaska Statehood Act and as to which the State, prior to December 
18, 1971, had conditionally granted title to, or contracts to purchase, 
the surface estate to third parties, including cities and boroughs 
within the State, and such reservations, selections, grants, and 
contracts had not expired or been relinquished or revoked by the date 
of this Act, shall not be conveyed by operation of this paragraph: And 
provided further, That the provisions of subparagraph (1)(B) of this 
subsection shall apply to the conveyances under this paragraph. 
(3) Subject to valid existing rights and section 903(a) of this Act, 
there is hereby conveyed to and vested in each Village Corporation 
which, by the date of enactment of this Act, is determined by the 
Secretary to be eligible under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act to, and has elected to, acquire title to any estate pursuant to 
section 19(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, all of the 
Surface estates 
conveyances. 
43 u s e 1611, 
1613, 1621. 
Ante, p. 2433. 
43 u s e 1610, 
1615. 
43 u s e 1602. 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
43 u s e 1611, 
1613, 1621. 
Ante, p. 2433. 
43 u s e 1610. 
43 u s e 1618. 
48 u s e 353 note. 
43 u s e 852 note. 
48 u s e 46-1 
note. 
48 u s e note 
prec. 21. 
43 u s e 1601 
note. 
43 u s e 1618. 
94 STAT. 2548 
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right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the estates in a 
reserve, as such reserve existed on December 18, 1971, which was set 
aside for the use or benefit of the stockholders or members of such 
Corporation before the date of enactment of the Alaska Native 
43 use 1601 
Claims Settlement Act. Nothing in this paragraph shall apply to the 
^°^- 
Village Corporation for the Native village of Klukwan, which Corpo-
ration shall receive those rights granted to it by the Act of January 2, 
43 use 1604 
1976 (Public Law 94-204) as amended by the Act of October 4, 1976 
I6ll' note 1613' 
(Public Law 94-456). 
note, 1615, 
(4) Subject to valid existing rights and section 903(a) of this Act, and 
1616,1618 note, 
except where such lands are within a National Wildlife Refuge or the 
1620,1621 1625 
National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska, for which the Regional Corpo-
1627^° ^' 
' 
ration obtains in-lieu rights pursuant to section 12(a)(1) of the Alaska 
43 use 1611. 
Native Claims Settlement Act, there is hereby conveyed to and vested 
in each Regional Corporation which, as a result of a conveyance of a 
surface estate by operation of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsec-
tion, is entitled under section 14(fi of the Alaska Native Claims 
43 use 1613. 
Settlement Act to receive the subsurface estate corresponding to such 
surface estate, all of the right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to such subsurface estate. 
(c) DOCUMENTS.—As soon as possible after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall issue to each Native Corporation 
referred to in subsection (b) interim conveyances or patents to the 
estate or estates conveyed to such Corporation by such subsection, but 
title shall be deemed to have passed on the date of the filing of a 
document of election described in subsection (a), notwithstanding any 
delay in the issuance of the interim conveyances or patents. 
(d) RECONVEYANCES; DISPUTES.—A Village Corporation's obligation 
to reconvey lands under section 14(c) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act shall arise only upon receipt of an interim convey-
ance or patent, whichever is earlier, under subsection (c) of this 
section or under such Act. For purposes of the Alaska Native Claims 
43 u s e 1601 
Settlement Act, legislative conveyances made by, or interim convey-
"°^® 
ances and patents issued pursuant to, this title shall have the same 
effect as if issued pursuant to sections 14(a), 14(b), 14(f), and 19(b) of 
43 use 1613, 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and shall be deemed to 
^^^^- 
have been so issued. Disputes between or among Native Corporations 
arising from conveyances under this Act shall be resolved by a board 
of arbitrators of a type described in section 12(e) of the Alaska Native 
43 use 1611. 
Claims Settlement Act pertaining to disputes over land selection 
rights and the boundaries of Village Corporations. 
(e) EXISTING RIGHTS.—All conveyances made by operation of this 
section shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act as if such conveyances or patents had 
been made or issued pursuant to that Act. 
(f) EASEMENTS.—For a period of one year from the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary may identify and issue a decision to 
reserve in the patent those easements, pursuant to section 17(b)(3) of 
43 use 1616. 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which are described in 
section 17(b)(1) of such Act on lands conveyed by this section, but the 
Secretary shall not reserve a greater number of easements or more 
land for a particular easement or easements than is reasonably 
necessary and he shall be guided by the principles of section 903 of 
this Act. Upon the finality of the decision so issued, such easements 
shall be reserved in the conveyance document or documents issued by 
the Secretary as required by this section. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980 
94 STAT. 2549 
(g) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term "Native 
Corporation" means Village Corporations and Regional Corporations. 
TITLE XV—NATIONAL NEED MINERAL ACTIVITY 
RECOMMENDATION PROCESS 
AREAS SUBJECT TO THE NATIONAL NEED RECOMMENDATION PROCESS 
SEC. 1501. The process contained in this title shall apply to all 16 USC 3231. 
public lands within Alaska except for lands within units of the 
National Park System and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. 
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS 
SEC. 1502. (a) RECOMMENDATION.—At any time after the date of 
enactment of this Act the President may transmit a recommendation 
to the Congress that mineral exploration, development, or extraction 
not permitted under this Act or other applicable law shall be 
permitted in a specified area of the lands referred to in section 1501. 
Notice of such transmittal shall be published in the Federal Register. 
No recommendation of the President under this section may be 
transmitted to the Congress before ninety days after publication in 
the Federal Register of notice of his intention to submit such 
recommendation. 
(b) FINDINGS.—A recommendation may be transmitted to the 
Congress under subsection (a) if the President finds that, based on the 
information available to him— 
(1) there is an urgent national need for the mineral activity; 
and 
(2) such national need outweighs the other public values of the 
public lands involved and the potential adverse environmental 
impacts which are likely to result from the activity. 
(c) REPORT.—Together with his recommendation, the President 
shall submit to the Congress— 
(1) a report setting forth in detail the relevant factueil back-
ground and the reasons for his findings and recommendation; 
(2) a statement of the conditions and stipulations which would 
govern the activity if approved by the Congress; and 
(3) in any case in which an environmental impact statement is 
required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, a 
statement which complies with the requirements of section 
102(2)(C) of such Act. In the case of any recommendation for 
which an environmental impact statement is not required under 
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, the President may, if he deems it desirable, include such a 
statement in his transmittal to the Congress. 
(d) APPROVAL.—Any recommendation under this section shall take 
effect only upon enactment of a joint resolution approving such 
recommendation within the first period of one hundred and twenty 
calendar days of continuous session of Congress beginning on the date 
after the date of receipt by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of such recommendation. Any recommendation of the President 
submitted to Congress under subsection (a) shall be considered 
received by both Houses for purposes of this section on the first day 
on which both are in session occurring after such recommendation is 
submitted. 
16 USC 3232. 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
Submittal to 
Congress. 
42 USC 4321 
note. 
42 USC 4332. 
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(e) ONE-HUNDRED-AND-TWENTY-DAY COMPUTATION.—For purposes 
of this section— 
(1) continuity of session of Congress is broken only by an 
adjournment sine die; and 
(2) the days on which either House is not in session because of 
an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are 
excluded in the computation of the one-hundred-and-twenty-day 
calendar period. 
EXPEDITED CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW 
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SEC. 1503. (a) RULEMAKING.—This subsection is enacted by 
Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of each House of 
Congress, respectively, and as such it is deemed a part of the 
rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
respect to the procedure to be followed in the House in the case of 
resolutions described by subsection (b) of this section and it 
supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 
therewith; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 
House to change the rules (so far as those relate to the procedure 
of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same 
extent as in the case of any other rule of such House. 
(b) RESOLUTION.—For purposes of this section, the term "resolu-
tion" means a joint resolution, the resolving clause of "which is as 
follows: "That the House of Representatives and Senate approve the 
recommendation of the President for 
in 
submitted to 
the Congress on 
19 
.", the first blank space therein to be filled 
in with appropriate activity, the second blank space therein to be 
filled in with the name or description of the area of land affected by 
the activity, and the third blank space therein to be filled with the 
date on which the President submits his recommendation to the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. Such resolution may also 
include material relating to the application and effect of the National 
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Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to the recommendation. 
note. 
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94 STAT. 2551 
(c) REFERRAL.—A resolution once introduced with respect to such 
Presidential recommendation shall be referred to one or more com-
mittees (and all resolutions with respect to the same Presidential 
recommendation shall be referred to the same committee or commit-
tees) by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, as the case may be. 
(d) OTHER PROCEDURES.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
section the provisions of section 8(d) of the Alaska Natural Gas 
Transportation Act shall apply to the consideration of the resolution. 15 use 7i9f. 
Approved December 2, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 96-97, pt. I (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs) and pt. II 
(Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-413 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 125 (1979): May 4, 10, 15, 16 considered and passed House. 
Vol. 126 (1980): July 21-25, Aug. 4, 5, 18, 19, considered and passed Senate, 
amended. 
Nov. 12, House concurred in Senate amendment. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS: 
Vol. 16, No. 49 (1980): December 2, Presidential statement.