An Act to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for the withdrawal of lands for the Village of Klukwan, Alaska, and for other purposes.
PL 94-456 (S.3651), enacted 10/04/1976

90 STAT. 1934 
PUBLIC LAW 94-456—OCT. 4, 1976 
Public Law 94-456 
94th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 4, 1976 
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Q amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for the withdrawal 
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of lands for the village of Klukwan. Alaska, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Klukwan 
United States of America 
in Congress 
assembled^ 
Village, Alaska. 
SECTION 1. (a) Section 16(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Additional land. 
Act (85 Stat. 688, 705, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 1604, 1615) is further 
amended by striking "Klukwan, Southeast.". 
Withdrawal of 
(b) Section 16 (d) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
public lands. 
"(d)(1) The Secretary is authorized and directed to withdraw 
seventy thousand acres of public lands, as defined in section 3 of this 
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Act, in order that the Village Corporation for the village of Klukwan 
may select twenty-three thousand and forty acres of land. Such 
Corporation and the shareholders thereof shall otherwise participate 
fully in the benefits provided by this Act to the same extent as they 
would have participated had they not elected to acquire title to their 
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former reserve as provided by section 19(b) of this Act: Provided^ 
That nothing in this subsection shall affect the existing entitlement 
of a n j Regional Corporation to lands pursuant to section 14(h) (8) 
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of this Act: Provided 
further, 
That no such lands shall be withdrawn 
from an area previously withdrawn as a forest reserve without prior 
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided 
further, 
That the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not become 
effective unless and until the Village Corporation for the village of 
Klukwan shall quitclaim to Chilkat Indian Village, organized under 
the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended 
by the Act of May 1,1936 (49 Stat. 1250), all its right, title, and interest 
in the lands of the reservation defined in and vested by the Act of 
September 2, 1957 (71 Stat. 596), which lands are hereby conveyed 
and confirmed to said Chilkat Indian Village in fee simple absolute, 
free of trust and all restrictions upon alienation, encumbrance, or 
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otherwise: Provided 
further, 
That the United States and the Village 
Corporation for the village of Klukwan shall also quitclaim to said 
Chilkat Indian Village any right or interest they may have in and 
to income derived from the reservation lands defined in and vested by 
the Act of September 2, 1957 (71 Stat. 597), after December 18, 1971, 
and prior to January 2,1976. 
"(2) The lands withdrawn by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph 
(1) of this subsection shall be located in the southeastern Alaska region 
and shall be of similar character and comparable value, to the extent 
possible, to those of the Chilkat Valley surrounding the village of 
Klukwan. Such withdrawal shall be made within six months of the 
date of enactment of this paragraph and the Village Corporation for 
the village of Klukwan shall select, within one year from the time that 
the withdrawal is made, and be conveyed, twenty-three thousand and 
forty acres. None of the lands withdrawn by the Secretary for selec-
tion by the Village Corporation for the village of Klukwan shall have 
been selected by, or be subject to an outstanding nomination for selec-
tion by, any other Native Corporation organized pursuant to this 
Act, or located on Admiralty Island.". 
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SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
is hereby authorized and directed to convey immediately to the State 
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of Alaska, subject to valid existing rights, the following described 
lands for park, recreation, airport, or other public purposes: 
Seward Meridan, Alaska 
T.13N.,E.4W. 
Section 28, Ei/sWVa, Ei/2Wi/2NWy4, Wy2NWi/4NWi4, 
Ei/2Nwy4Swi/4, Ei/2Wy2Swy4Nwy4, NEy4Swy4Swy4, 
Ey2SEy4Swy4SWy4. 
Containing 265 acres, more or less. 
SEC. 3. The first sentence of subsection 12(b) of the Act of Janu-
ary 2, 1976 (89 Stat. 1145, 1151), is amended by changing the matter 43 USC 1611 
preceding the first colon to read as follows: 
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"(b) The Secretary shall make the following conveyances to the 
Region, in accordance with the specific terms, conditions, procedures, 
covenants, reservations, and other restrictions set forth in the docu-
ment entitled 'Terms and Conditions for Land Consolidation and 
Management in Cook Inlet Area', which was submitted to the House 
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs on December 10, 1975, and 
clarified on August 31, 1976, the terms of which, as clarified, are 
hereby incorporated herein and ratified as to the duties and 
obligations of the United States and the Region, as a matter of 
Federal law.". 
SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary is authorized to convey lands under Land conveyance, 
application for selection by Village Corporations within Cook Inlet '^^ USC 1611 
Region to the Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, for reconveyance by "^^^• 
the Region to such Village Corporations. Such lands shall be con-
veyed as partial satisfaction of the statutory entitlement of such Vil-
lage Corporations from lands withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a) 
(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (hereinafter, "The 43 USC 1610. 
Settlement Act"), and with the consent of the Region affected, as 
provided in section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (89 Stat. 1145, 
1150),,from lands outside the boundaries of Cook Inlet Region. This 
authority shall not be employed to increase or decrease the statutory 
entitlement of any Village Corporation or Cook Inlet Region, 
Incorporated. For the purposes of counting acres received in com-
puting statutory entitlement, the Secretary snail count the number of 
acres or acre selections surrendered by Village Corporations in any 
exchange for any other lands or selections. 
(b) The Secretary shall not be required to survey any land con- Survey, 
veyed pursuant to subsection 4(a) until the Village Corporation 
entitlement for all eligible Village Corporations has been conveyed. 
With respect to the conveyances made by the Secretary in the manner 
authorized by subsection 4(a), the Secretary shall survey the exterior 
boundaries of each entire area conveyed to Cook Inlet Region, 
Incorporated, pursuant to subsection 4(a) and monument to boundary 
lines at angle points and intervals of approximately two miles on 
straight lines. The Secretary shall not be required to provide ground 
survey or monumentation along meanderable water boundaries. Each 
township corner located within the exterior boundary of land con-
veyed shall be located and monumented. Any areas within such tracts 
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that are to be reconveyed pursuant to section 14(0) (1) and (2) of 
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the Settlement Act shall also be surveyed pursuant to 43 C.F.R. 2650. 
(c) Conveyances made under the authority of subsection (a) of this 
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section shall be considered conveyances under the Settlement Act and 
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subject to the provisions of that Act, except as provided by this Act. 
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SEC. 5. (a) The Secretary shall, within sixty days after the effective 
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date of this Act, tender conveyance of the land described in subsection 
(b), subject to valid existing rights, to Cook Inlet Region, Incorpo-
rated. If the conveyance is accepted by the Region, such lands shall be 
considered 1,687.2 acre-equivalents within the meaning of paragraph 
1(C) (2) (e) (iii) of the Terms and Conditions as clarified August 31, 
1976, and the Secretary's obligations under paragraph 1(C) of those 
Terms and Conditions will be reduced accordingly. If, however, said 
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section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976, does not take effect then the 
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entitlement of Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, under section 12(c) 
shall be reduced by 8,346 acres. 
(b) The land referred to in subsection (a) is described as a parcel 
of land located in section 7 of township 13 north, range 2 west of the 
Seward Meridian, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska; said parcel 
being all of Government lots 5 and 7 and that portion of the SE^^ 
N W ^ lying north of the north right-of-way line of the Glenn High-
way, State of Alaska, Department of Highways Project No. F-042-1 
(2), and more particularly described as follows: 
"Commencing at the north quarter corner of said section 7; 
"thence south 00 degrees 12 minutes east, a distance of 1,320.0 
feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of said southeast quarter 
northwest quarter; 
"thence west along the north line of southeast quarter north-
west quarter a distance of 94.0 feet, more or less, to the north right-
of-way line of the Glenn Highway and the true point of 
beginning; 
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"thence south 53 degrees 16 minutes 15 seconds west along said 
north right-of-way line, a distance of 1,415.0 feet, more or less, to a 
point of curve being at right angles to centerline Station 216 plus 
51.35; 
"thence continuing along said north right-of-way line along a 
curve to the right with a central angle of 12 degrees 51 minutes 34 
seconds, having a radius of 5,595.58 feet for an arc distance of 105.0 
feet, more or less, to a point of intersection of said north right-of-
way line wuth the west line of said southeast quarter northwest 
quarter; 
"thence north 00 degrees 12 minutes west along said west line, 
being common with the east line of Government lot 5, a distance of 
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910.0 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of said southeast 
quarter northwest quarter; 
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"thence east along the north line of said southeast quarter north-
west quarter, a distance of 1,225.0 feet, more or less, to the point of 
beginning; containing 56.24 acres, more or less.". 
Approved October 4, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-1170 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): 
Sept. 1, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 23, considered and passed House.