Tongass Timber Reform Act
PL 101-626 (H.R.987), enacted 11/28/1990

104 STAT. 4426 
PUBLIC LAW 101-626—NOV. 28, 1990 
Public Law 101-626 
101st Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, to protect certain 
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lands in the Tongass National Forest in perpetuity, to modify certain long-term 
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timber contracts, to provide for protection of riparian habitat, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Tongass Timber 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
Reform Act. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITION. 
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(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Tongass Timber 
Reform Act". 
TITLE I—FOREST MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. TO REQUIRE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR TIMBER MANAGE-
MENT ON THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST. 
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public 
Law 96-487, hereinafter referred to as "ANILCA") is hereby amend-
ed by deleting section 705(a) (16 U.S.C. 539d(a)) in its entirety and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"SEC. 705. (a) Subject to appropriations, other applicable law, and 
the requirements of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 
(Public Law 94-588), except as provided in subsection (d) of this 
section, the Secretary shall, to the extent consistent with providing 
for the multiple use and sustained }deld of all renewable forest 
resources, seek to provide a supply of timber from the Tongass 
National Forest which (1) meets the annual market demand for 
timber from such forest and (2) meets the market demand from such 
forest for each planning cycle.". 
SEC. 102. IDENTIFICATION 
OF 
LANDS 
UNSUITABLE 
FOR 
TIMBER 
PRODUCTION. 
ANILCA is further amended by deleting section 705(d) (16 U.S.C. 
539d(d)) in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof: 
"(d) All provisions of section 6(k) of the National Forest Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1604(k)) shall apply to the Tongass 
National Forest except that the Secretary need not consider eco-
nomic factors in the identification of lands not suited for timber 
production.". 
SEC. 103. FISHERIES PROTECTION. 
(a) Section 705 (16 U.S.C. 539d) of ANILCA is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(e) In order to assure protection of riparian habitat, the Secretary 
shall maintain a buffer zone of no less than one hundred feet in 
width on each side of all Class I streams in the Tongass National 
Forest, and on those Class II streams which flow directly into a Class 
I stream, within which commercial timber harvesting shall be 
prohibited, except where independent national forest timber sales 
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have £ilready been sold prior to March 1,1990, or where volume has 
been released prior to March 1, 1990, to either the Alaska Pulp 
Corporation or the Ketchikan Pulp Company pursuant to the long-
term timber sale contracts numbered 12-11-010-1545 and AlOfs-
1042 respectively. If such an independent timber sale or released 
volume is within the buffer zone, the Secretary shall make every 
effort to relocate such independent sale or released volume to an 
area outside of the buffer zone. The Secretary shall use best manage-
ment practices, as defined in the Region 10 Soil said Water Con-
servation handbook (FSH 2509.22), January 1990, to assure the 
protection of riparian habitat on streams or portions of streams not 
protected by such buffer zones. For the purposes of this subsection, 
the terms 'Class I streams' and 'Class II streams' mean the same as 
they do in the Region 10 Aquatic Habitat Management Handbook 
(FSH 2609.24), June 1986.". 
01)) No later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
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the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the State of 
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Alaska, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and affected private 
land owners, shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a study 
containing recommendations on the need, if any, to standardize 
riparian management practices for Federal, State, and private lands 
within the Tongass National Forest. 
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FUTURE 
REPORTS 
ON 
THE 
TONGASS 
NATIONAL 
FOREST 
AND 
CONSULTATION. 
(a) REPORTS.—Section 706(a) of ANILCA (16 U.S.C. 539e(a)) is 
amended by striking the second sentence. Section 706(b) of ANILCA 
(16 U.S.C. 539e(b)) is amended as follows: 
(1) Strike "and (4)" and insert in lieu thereof "(4)". 
(2) Strike the period at the end of the subsection and insert ", 
and (5) the impact of timber management on subsistence 
resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats.". 
0)) CONSULTATION.—Section 706(c) of ANILCA (16 U.S.C. 539e(c)) is 
amended by striking "and the Alaska Land Use Council" and 
inserting in Ueu thereof "the southeast Alaska commercial fishing 
industry, and the Alaska Land Use Council.". 
SEC. 105. SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE PROGRAMS. 
(a) Section 14(iXl) of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 
(16 U.S.C. 472a(iXl)), is amended by striking the following: "road: 
Provided, That the provisions of this subsection shsdl not apply to 
sales of timber on National Forest System lands in the State of 
Alaska." and inserting in lieu thereof "road.". 
(b) Section 705 (16 U.S.C. 539d) of ANILCA is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(f) Subject to appropriations, the provisions of this Act and other 
applicable law (including but not limited to the requirements of the 
National Forest Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-588)) and 
in order to assure the continuation of the Smedl Business Adminis-
tration timber sale program, the Secretary shall, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and to 
the extent consistent with providing for the multiple use and sus-
tained jdeld of all renewable forest resources, seek to provide a 
supply of timber from the Tongass National Forest to those pur-
chasers qu£difying as 'small business concerns' under the Small 
Business Act as amended (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).". 
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(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall 
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not apply to the purchase of timber within the Tongass National 
Forest pursuant to the long-term timber sale contracts numbered 
12-11-010-1545 and AlOfs-1042 between the United States and the 
Alaska Pulp Corporation, and between the United States and the 
Ketchikan Pulp Company, respectively. 
SEC. 106. TENAKEE SPRINGS ROAD. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall not construct a vehicular 
access road connecting the Indian River and Game Creek roads, and 
shall not engage in any further efforts to connect the city of 
Tenakee Springs with the logging road system on Chichagof Island, 
unless the city councils of Tenakee Springs and Hoonah both deter-
mine that the road should be constructed and so inform the 
Secretary. 
TITLE II—TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST LANDS 
PROTECTION 
SEC. 201. LUD II MANAGEMENT AREAS. 
Title V of ANILCA is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new section: 
"SEC. 508. LUD II MANAGEMENT AREAS. 
"The following lands are hereby allocated to Land Use Designa-
tion II CLUD 11') as described in the Tongass National Forest Land 
Management Plan, completed March, 1979, and amended Winter 
1985-1986, and shall be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture in 
perpetuity in accordance with such designation: 
"(1) YAKUTAT FORELANDS.—Certain lands which comprise 
approximately 137,947 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
entitled 'Yakutat Forelands LUD II Management Area—Pro-
posed' and dated March, 1990. 
"(2) BERNERS BAY.—Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 46,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
'Berners Bay LUD II Management Area—Proposed' and dated 
May, 1989. 
"(3) ANAN CREEK.—Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 38,415 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
'Anan Creek LUD II Management Area—Proposed' and dated 
October, 1990. 
"(4) KADASHAN.—Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 33,641 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
'Kadashan LUD II Management Area—Proposed* and dated 
May, 1989. 
"(5) LisiANSKi RIVER/UPPER HOONAH SOUND.—Certain lands 
which comprise approximately 137,538 acres as generally de-
picted on a map entitled 'Lisianski River/Upper Hoonah &)und 
LUD II Mansigement Area—Proposed' and dated October, 1990. 
"(6) MT. CALDER/MT. HOLBROOK.—Certain lands which com-
prise approximately 64,040 acres as generally depicted on a map 
entitled 'Mt. Calder/Mt. Holbrook LUD II Management Area— 
Proposed' and dated May, 1989 and 'Mt. Calder/Mt. Holbrook 
LUD II Addition', dated October, 1990. 
"(7) NUTKWA.—Certain lands which comprise approximately 
28,118 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled 'Nutkwa 
LUD II Management Area—Proposed' and dated May, 1989. 
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"(8) OUTSIDE ISLANDS.—Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 75,017 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled 
'Outside Islands LUD II Management Area—Proposed' and 
dated May, 1989. 
"(9) TRAP BAY.—Certain lands which comprise approximately 
6,646 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled 'Trap Bay 
LUD II Management Area—Proposed' and dated May, 1989. 
"(10) POINT ADOLPHUS/MUD BAY.—Certain lands which com-
prise approximately 113,326 acres as generally depicted on a 
map entitled 'Point Adolphus/Mud Bay LUD II Management 
Area—Proposed' and dated October, 1990. 
"(11) NAHA.—Certain lands which comprise approximately 
31,794 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled 'Naha LUD 
II Management Area—Proposed' and dated October, 1990. 
"(12) SALMON BAY.—Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 10,000 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled 
'Salmon Bay LUD II Management Area—Proposed' and dated 
October, 1990.". 
SEC. 202. WILDERNESS DESIGNATION. 
Section 703 of ANILCA is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: 
"(c) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL WILDERNESS ON THE TONGASS 
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NATIONAL FOREST.—In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilder- note. 
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131-1136), the following lands within the 
Tongass National Forest in the State of Alaska are hereby des-
ignated as wilderness, subject to valid existing rights, and therefore 
as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
' (1) PLEASANT/LEMUSURIER/INIAN ISLANDS.—Certain lands 
which comprise approximately 23,140 acres as generally de-
picted on a map entitled 'Tongass Timber Moratorium Area 
Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands' and dated February, 1989, 
which shall be known as the Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian 
Islands Wilderness. 
"(2) YOUNG LAKE ADDITION.—Certain lands which comprise 
approximately 18,173 acres as generally depicted on a map 
entitled 'Tongass Timber Moratorium Area Young Lake' and 
dated February, 1989, which shall be incorporated into and 
managed as a part of the Admiralty Island National Monument 
and as a part of the Kootznoowoo Wilderness. The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall make adjustments to the boundaries of the 
Admiralty Island National Monument and to the Kootznoowoo 
Wilderness as necessary to incorporate such lands. 
"(3) SOUTH ETOLIN ISLAND.—Certain lands which comprise 
approximately 83,642 acres as generally depicted on a map 
entitled 'Tongass 'Timber Moratorium Area South Etolin Island' 
dated February, 1989, which shall be known as the South Etolin 
Wilderness. 
"(4) CHUCK RIVER.—Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 72,503 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
'Chuck River Wilderness—Proposed' and dated October, 1990, 
which shall be known as the Chuck River Wilderness. 
"(5) KARTA RIVER.—Certain lands which comprise approxi-
mately 38,046 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
'Tongass Timber Moratorium Area Karta River' and dated 
February, 1989, which shall be known as the Karta River 
Wilderness. 
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"(6) Kuiu.—Certain lands which comprise approximately 
60,576 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 'Kuiu 
Wilderness—Proposed' and dated October, 1990, which shall be 
known as the Kuiu Wilderness.". 
SEC. 203. KADASHAN STUDY. 
The Secretary shall complete, as part of the Tongass Land 
Management Plan revision process, in consultation with the State of 
Alaska, the City of Tenakee Springs, and other interested parties, a 
comprehensive study of the Kadashan LUD II Management Area as 
described in section 201(4). The Secretary shall submit a separate 
report of such study to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources in the Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular 
Affairs in the House of Representatives, which shall include, but not 
be limited to: 
(a) an assessment of the natural, cultural, environmental, fish 
and wildlife (including habitat) resources and values of such 
area; and 
(b) an assessment of the need for, potential uses, alternatives 
to and environmental impacts of providing a transportation 
corridor route through the Kadashan river valley. 
TITLE III—MODIFICATION OF LONG-TERM TIMBER SALE 
CONTRACTS IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA 
SEC. 301. CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term "Secretary" 
means the Secretary of Agriculture. The term "TLMP" means the 
Tongass National Forest Land Management Plan, completed March, 
1979, and amended Winter 1985-1986. The term "contracts" means 
the long-term timber sale contracts numbered 12-11-010-1545 and 
AlOfs-1042 between the United States and the Alaska Pulp Corpora-
tion, and between the United States and the Ketchikan Pulp Com-
pany, respectively. 
(b) FINDING.—The Congress hereby finds and declares that it is in 
the national interest to modify the contracts in order to assure that 
valuable public resources in the Tongass National Forest are pro-
tected and wisely managed. Modification of the long-term timber 
sale contracts will enhance the balanced use of resources on the 
forest and promote fair competition within the southeast Alaska 
timber industry. 
(c) UNILATERAL CHANGES.—The contracts are hereby modified to: 
(1) assure that all timber sale planning, management require-
ments and environmental assessment procedures regarding the 
contracts are consistent with procedures for independent na-
tional forest timber sales, pursuant to the National Forest 
Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-588), the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 
other applicable laws; 
(2) eliminate the practice of harvesting a disproportionate 
amount of old-growth timber by limiting the volume harvested 
over the rotation in volume classes 6 and 7, as defined in TLMP 
and supporting documents, so that the proportion of volume 
harvested in these classes within a contiguous management 
area does not exceed the proportion of volume currently rep-
resented by these classes within the management area; 
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104 STAT. 4431 
(3) assure that all timber offered under each contract be 
substantially harvested within three years or the Secretary 
shall withhold further offerings pursuant to such contract, 
unless harvesting has been delayed by third-party litigation; 
(4) assure that the Secretary determines the location and size 
of sale units and the timing of timber harvests; 
(5) allow rejection of timber offered under the contracts. Upon 
rejection of any timber offered, the Secretary may re-offer such 
timber to any qualified bidder under independent national 
forest timber sales. If the rejected timber is subsequently sold 
within 12 months, that amount of timber shall be subtracted 
from the volume remaining under the appropriate contract; 
(6) assure that utility logs offered under the contracts shall be 
counted against contract volume requirements. As used in this 
paragraph, the term "utility log" means the same as it does in 
the official Log Scaling and Grading Rules, Northwest Log 
Rules Advisory Group, January 1,1982; 
(7) assure that purchaser road credits are provided under the 
contracts in a manner consistent with independent national 
forest timber sale procedures; 
(8) assure that the price of timber offered under the contracts 
shall be adjusted to be comparable with that of independent 
national forest timber sales, with stumpage rates and profit-
ability criteria comparable to those of independent purchasers 
in competitive sales; and 
(9) assure that timber offered under the contracts meets 
economic criteria consistent with that of independent national 
forest timber sales. 
(d) CERTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary is directed to make the necessary 
revisions to the text of the contracts to reflect the modifications to 
such contracts made by subsection (c) of this section. The Secretary 
shall promptly, and in no event later than ninety days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, transmit the text of the modified contracts 
to the Congress together with a certification that these revisions are 
in compliance with the modifications made by subsection (c). Until 
such time as the Secretary transmits the text of the modified 
contracts to the Congress, but no later than ninety days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to conduct 
timber sale operations on the Tongass National Forest in accordance 
with the provisions of the contracts as they existed on the day before 
the date of enactment of this Act. At such time as the Secretory 
transmits the modified contracts to Congress, or ninety days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is sooner, the Secretory 
shall conduct timber sale operations on the Tongass National Forest 
only in accordance with the provisions of the modified contracts. 
(e) STUDY.—Within one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretory shall trsmsmit a study to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources in the Senate and to the Committee 
on Interior and Insular Affairs in the House of Representotives 
which includes the following: 
(1) an assessment of whether the Secretary can meet the 
provisions of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 
(Public Law 94-588), the Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act of 
1960 (16 U.S.C. 528 et seq.) and other laws applicable to the 
management of the national forests while providing the volume 
of timber required by the modified contracts. In conjunction 
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with such assessment, the Secretary shall also provide such 
recommendations as the Secretary deems appropriate regarding 
reductions in the volume of timber required by the modified 
contracts, and 
(2) an anal3rsis of the potential impacts of eliminating the two 
contract areas provided for in the modified contracts, including, 
but not limited to, an assessment of the following factors: 
(A) the effect on supply and demand, and price of timber 
within Southeast Alaska; 
(B) effects on the availability of timber to purchasers of 
independent timber sales; 
(C) effects on the availability of timber to be owners of the 
modified contracts; and 
(D) effects on fish and wildlife and other non-commodity 
resources within the Tongass National Forest. 
(f) The Secretary shall take such other actions in management of 
the Tongass National Forest as may be necessary to meet the 
provisions of subsection (c). 
(g) GAO AUDIT.—The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall, on a continuing basis, audit the actions taken by the Secretary 
to revise the text of the contracts pursuant to the modifications 
Reports. 
made pursuant to subsection (c). Within thirty days after the Sec-
retary s transmittal of the contracts and certification to the Energy 
and Natural Resources in the Senate and to the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs in the House of Representatives, and in 
no event later than one hundred and twenty days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a 
report to such Committees describing the revisions made by the 
Secretary to the contracts and stating whether, in the opinion of the 
Comptroller General, the revised contracts are in compliance with 
the requirements of this section. 
TITLE IV—HAIDA LAND SELECTIONS 
SEC. 401. HAIDA LAND EXCHANGE ACT AMENDMENT. 
100 Stat. 4303. 
The Haida Land Exchange Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-664) is 
hereby amended by adding the following new section at the end 
thereof: 
"SEC. 12. SULZER PORTAGE LANDS SELECTION. 
"(a) WITHDRAWAL.—The following lands 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 from selection under the Alaska Statehood Act (Public Law 
85-508) as amended: 
"COPPER RIVER MERIDIAN 
"Township 76 South, Range 85 East 
"Section 16: South half south half, northwest quarter southwest 
quarter. 
"Section 17: West half, southeast quarter, south half northeast 
quarter. 
"Section 18: Fractional. 
"Section 19: North half northeast quarter, southeast quarter 
northeast quarter, northeast quarter northwest quarter. 
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"Section 20: North half, north half southeast quarter, southeast 
quarter southeast quarter. 
"Section 21: All. 
"Section 22: South half, south half north half, fractional. 
"Section 23: South half, fractional. 
"Section 24: South half, fractional. 
"Section 25: All, excluding islets. 
"Section 26: North half, north half southeast quarter, fractional. 
"Section 27: East half, east half west half, northwest quarter, 
northwest quarter, southwest quarter southwest quarter. 
"Section 28: Northeast quarter northeast quarter, southeEist quar-
ter southeast quarter. 
"Section 31: Southwest quarter, west half southeast quarter. 
"Township 76 South, Range 86 East 
"Section 30: Southwest quarter, including all fractional lands on 
west shore of Big Creek Bay. 
"Section 31: East half west half, southwest quarter southeast 
quarter, northwest quarter southeast quarter. 
"Township 77 South, Range 86 East 
"Section 2: North half, southeast quarter, north half southwest 
quarter. 
"0)) SELECTION.—(1) For a period of one year after the date of 
enactment of this section, Haida Corporation shall be entitled to 
select lands from among those lands withdrawn pursuant to subsec-
tion (a). Haida Corporation shall notify the Secretary of the Interior 
which lands so withdrawn Haida Corporation wishes to select and 
shall designate which Haida Exchange Lands and/or outstanding 
selection rights under section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1615) Haida Corporation intends to exchange or 
relinquish in return for its selections hereunder. 
"(2) The exchange of lands selected by Haida Corporation pursu-
ant to this subsection for Haida Exchange Lands or selection rights 
under section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shall 
be on an acre-for-acre basis. The conveyance of lands to Haida 
Corporation and Sealaska pursuant to this subsection shall be 
deemed a conveyance of lan<^ pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act. 
"(3) After the selection is made pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
surface estate in lands selected by Haida Corporation shall be 
conveyed to Haida Corporation subject to valid existing rights and 
the subsurface estate in such lands shall be conveyed to Sealaska 
Corporation subject to valid existing rights in partial fulfillment of 
such corporations' entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act and pursuant to the provisions of that Act: Provided, 
That the United States shall reserve the recorded existing easement, 
three hundred feet in total width on the Sulzer Portage trail be-
tween Cholmondley Sound and Hetta Inlet: Provided however. That 
timber occurring within those portions of the easement boundaries 
that traverse lands owned by Haida Corporation shall remain the 
property of Haida Corporation. The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
allow the State of Alaska use of such easement for a transportation 
corridor. 
Transportation. 
Highways and 
roads. 
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"(c) DURATION.—The withdrawal made pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall terminate ninety days after the United States has conveyed 
the surface and subsurface estates of all lands selected by Haida 
Corporation pursuant to subsection G
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Sealaska Corporation respectively, or one year after the date of 
enactment of this section, whichever is later. 
"(d) PROHIBITION.—Haida Corporation shall not be entitled to 
select lands pursuant to this Act or section 16 of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act in the area referred to in section 508(7) of the 
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.". 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
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SEC. 501. POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF PREVIOUSLY HARVESTED LANDS. 
(a) No later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall complete a study regarding the feasibility of 
acquiring private lands located within the boundary of the Tongass 
National Forest, which have been significantly harvested. Such 
study shsdl include, but not be limited to: 
(1) a description of such lands; 
(2) a status report regarding the ownership of such lands; 
(3) an assessment of the suitability of such lands for future 
timber management, including potential timber production; 
(4) an assessment of other present and future resource values 
associated with such lands; and 
(5) an estimate of the cost of acquiring such lands. 
(b) Upon completion of the study, the Secretary shall transmit it 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
and Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 502. LAKE FLORENCE NEGOTIATIONS. 
During the sixty-day period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary is directed to engage in expedited negotia-
tions with Shee Atika, Inc., Atikon, Inc., and Sealaska for independ-
ent voluntary exchange agreements through which the United 
States would acquire £ill of the surface estate or all of the surface 
and subsurface estates held by these private parties in the Lake 
Florence, Lake Kathleen, and Wards Creek drainages of Admiralty 
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104 STAT. 4435 
Island. The first priority of such negotiations shall be acquisition of 
the Lake Florence drainage. 
Approved November 28, 1990. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 987: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-84, Pt. 1 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs) and 
Pt. 2 (C!omra. on Agriculture); and No. 101-931 (Coram, of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-261 (Coram, on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 135 (1989): July 13, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 136 (1990): June 12, 13, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 24, Senate agreed to conference report. 
Oct. 26, House agreed to conference report. 
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