Alaska Land Status Technical Corrections Act of 1992
PL 102-415 (H.R.3157), enacted 10/14/1992

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PUBLIC LAW 102-415—OCT. 14, 1992 
Public Law 102-415 
102d Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 14, 1992 
[H.R. 3157] 
Alaska Land 
Status 
Technical 
Corrections 
Act of 1992. 
43 use 1601 
note. 
To provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Alaska Land Status Technical 
Corrections Act of 1992". 
SEC. 2. FORT DAVIS NATIVE ALLOTMENT. 
Section 905(aXl) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Con-
servation Act (43 U.S.C. 1634(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "(A)" after "(1)"; 
(2) by inserting "or within Fort Davis (except as provided 
in subparagraph (B))" after "Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4)"; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
"(B) The land referred to in subparagraph (A) with respect 
to Fort Davis— 
"(i) shall be restricted to— 
"(I) the allotment applications named in the decision 
published at 96 IBLA 42 (1987) and to the acreage involved 
in those applications; or 
"(II) the heirs of an applicant who made an application 
described in subclause (I); and 
"(ii) shall be subject to valid existing rights and an ease-
ment for the Iditarod National Historic Trail established by 
section 5(a)(7) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
1244(a)(7)), but pending final determination of the trail's loca-
tion, the easement shall be located on an interim basis by 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Iditarod Historic Trail 
Advisory Coimcil.". 
SEC. 3. NATIVE ALLOTMENT RELOCATION. 
Section 18 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1617) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
"(cXl)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an allot-
ment applicant, who had a valid application pending before the 
Department of the Interior on December 18, 1971, and whose 
application remains pending as of the date of enactment of this 
subsection, may amend the land description in the application of 
the applicant (with the advice and approval of the responsible 
officer of the Bureau of Indian Affairs) to describe land other 
than the land that the applicant originally intended to claim if— 
"(i) the application pending before the Department, either 
describes land selected by, tentatively approved to, or patented 
to tJie State of Alaska or otherwise conflicts with an interest 
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in land granted to the State of Alaska by the United States 
prior to the filing of the allotment application; 
"(ii) the amended land description describes land selected 
by, tentatively approved to, or patented to the State of Alaska 
of approximately equal acreage in substitution for the land 
descriDed in the original application; and 
"(iii) the Commissioner of the Department of Natursd 
Resources for the State of Alaska, acting imder the authority 
of State law, has agreed to reconvey or relinquish to the United 
States the land, or interest in land, described in the amended 
application. 
"(B) If an application pending before the Department of the 
Interior as described in subparagraph (A) describes land selected 
by, but not tentatively approved to or patented to, the State of 
Alaska, the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior shall be 
required in order for an application to proceed under this section. 
"(2XA) The Secretary snail accept reconveyance or relinquish-
ment from the State of Alaska of the land described in an amended 
application pursuant to paragraph (1)(A), except where the land 
described in the amended application is State-owned land within 
the boundaries of a conservation system unit as defined in the 
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. Upon acceptance, 
the Secretary shall issue a Native Allotment certificate to the 
applicant for the land reconveyed or relinquished by the State 
of Alaska to the United States. 
"(B) The Secretary shall adjust the computation of the acreage 
charged against the land entitlement of the State of Alaska to 
ensure that this subsection will not cause the State to receive 
either more or less than its full land entitlement under section 
6 of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the admission of the 
State of Alaska into the Union', approved July 7, 1958 (commonly 
referred to as the 'Alaska Statehood Act'), and section 906 of the 
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 1635). 
If the State retains any part of the fee estate, the State shall 
remain charged with the acreage.". 
SEC. 4. GIFT OF STOCK TO SIBLINGS. 
Section 7(hXlXCXiii) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(hXlXCXiii)) is amended by striking "or nephew" 
and inserting "nephew, or (if the holder has reached the age of 
majority as defined by the laws of the State of Alaska) brother 
or sister". 
SEC. 5. SHAREHOLDER HOMESITE. 
Section 21(j) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1620(j)) is amended— 
(1) by striking "prior to December 18, 1991,"; and 
(2) by striking "Provided, That" and inserting "Provided, 
That alienability of the Settlement Common Stock of the Cor-
poration has not been terminated pursuant to section 37: Pro-
vided further, That". 
SEC. 6. CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY CHANGE. 
16 USC 539 
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the Chugach "°*® 
National Forest, Alaska, is modified to include the approximately 
9,300 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled "Official 
Map, Boimdary Modification, Chugach National Forest" and dated 
September 1988. The map shall be on file and available for public 
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inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Depart-
ment of Agriculture. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing rights, all Fed-
eral lands brought within the boundary of the Chugach National 
Forest by subsection (a) are added to and shall be administered 
as part of the Chugach National Forest. 
(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—(1) Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to affect the validity of, or the terms and conditions 
of, any right-of-way, easement, lease, license, or permit on lands 
transferred by this section that is in existence on the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall delegate, as necessary, to the Secretary of 
Agriculture the authority to renew or reissue the authorizations 
described in paragraph (1). The change of administrative jurisdic-
tion over these lands resulting from subsection (a) shall not con-
stitute a ground for the denial of renewal or reissuance of the 
authorizations described in paragraph (1). 
(d) LAND AND WATER (JONSERVATION FUND ACT.—For purposes 
of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-9), the boundary of the Chugach National 
Forest, as modified by this section, shall be treated as if it were 
the boundary of the Chugach National Forest as of January 1, 
1965. 
SEC. 7. RABBIT CREEK UONS CLUB. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—^Pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act to 
authorize acquisition or use of public lands by States, counties, 
or municipalities for recreational purposes", approved June 14,1926 
(43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) (commonly referred to as the "Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act**), and other laws of the United States, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall, upon pa3nnent to the Secretary 
of an amount equal to the fair market value of the lot, convey 
lot 253, Township 12 North, Range 3 West, Seward Meridian, 
Alaska, containing .93 acres, to the Rabbit Creek Lions Club. The 
conveyance shall— 
(1) preserve valid existing rights-of-way and easements; 
and 
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(2) reserve all minerals to the United States. 
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(b) APPRAISAL.—^The appraisal to determine the fair market 
value of the lot shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform 
Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and shall not 
include any improvements currently on the lot. 
SEC. 8. ISSUANCE OF NEW STOCK. 
Section 7(g)(l)(B)(i)(I) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(gXlXB)(iXI)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: "and, at the further option of the Corporation, 
descendants of Natives bom after December 18,1971,**. 
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SEC. 9. UNIVERSITY OP ALASKA. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall convey to the University of Alaska, by quitclaim 
deed and without consideration, all the right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and t o ^ 
(1) the lands of the University of Alaska Agricultural 
Experiment Station, consisting of approximately 16 acres. 
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including improvements on the lands, located at Palmer and 
Matanuska, Alaska: and 
(2) the lands of the University of Alaska Fur Farm Experi-
ment Station, consisting of approximately 37 acres, including 
improvements on the lands, located at Petersburg, Alaska, sub-
ject to the terms of— 
(A) the lease between the Forest Service and the 
University of 
Alaska dated March 29,1978; and 
(B) the agreement between the parties listed in 
subparagraph (A) dated March 2,1983. 
SEC. 10. MINORITY BUSINESS. 
Section 29(e) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1626(e)) is amended bv inserting "and economically disadvan-
taged" after "minority" each place it appears in paragraphs (1) 
and (2). 
SEC. 11. SHAREHOLDER HIRE. 
Section 29(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1626(g)) 1
8 amended— 
(1) bv striking "defined in" and inserting "of entities 
excluded 
from 
the definition of'employer* by"; and 
(2) by strildng "section 701(b)" and inserting "section 
701(bXl)''. 
SEC. 12. ALASKA NATIVE ALLOTMENTS. 
Section 905 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1634) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
"(fKlXA) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (6) of subsection 
(a), and subject to subparagraph (B), each Alaska Native allotment 
application made pursuant to the Act entitled 'An Act authorizing 
the Secretary of the Interior to allot homesteads to the natives 
of 
Alaska', approved May 17,1906 (34 Stat. 197), that— 
"(i) was pending before the Department of the Interior 
on or before December 18,1971; and 
"(ii) describes lands within the National Petroleiun Reserve-
Alaska that have been selected, interim conveyed, or patented 
to a Village Corporation or Regional Corporation, 
is reinstated only for the purpose of this section, subject to this 
section. 
"(B) The reinstatement under subparagraph (A) shall be carried 
out regardless of whether the application was— 
"(i) relinquished by the applicant; or 
"(ii) denied by the Department of the Interior, if the denial 
was based solely on the gix>imds that land within the National 
Petroleum Reserve-Alaslui was luiavailable. 
"(2XA) To the extent that the application describes lands (or 
any interest in the lands) that have been selected, interim conveyed, 
or patented to a Village Corporation or Regional Corporation, the 
Secretary is authorized to accept from the Village Corporation or 
Regional Corporation the reconveyance or relinquishment of the 
lands (or any interest in the lands). 
"(BXi) To the extent that the application describes lands (or 
any interest in the lands) that a Village Corporation is not willing 
to reconvey or relinquish piu^uant to subparagraph (A), the 
applicant may relinquish any claim to any portion of the lands 
(or any interest in the lands) or may, with the consent of the 
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affected Village Coiporation, amend the application to exclude the 
lands and include in lieu fliereof a description of lands selected 
by, interim conveyed to, or patented to the Village Corporation 
of an acreage that is not to exceed the amount of land relinquished. 
"(ii) The Secretary is authorized to accept the reconveyance 
or relinquishment of the lands (or any interest in the lands) 
described in the amended appUcation from the Village Corporation 
or Regional Corporation in lieu of the lands (or any interest in 
the lands) described in the initial application. 
"(C) If a Village Corporation or Regional Corporation reconveys 
lands (or any interest in the lands) to the United States imder 
subparagraph (A) or (B), the Secretary shall reduce the acreage 
charged against the entitlement of the Village Corporation or 
Regional Corporation. 
"(D) The authority of the Secretary to accept the reconveyance 
or relinquishment of lands (or any interest in the lands) under 
this paragraph shall terminate on the date that is 6 years after 
the date of enactment of this subsection. 
"(3XA) Subject to any valid existing rights, to the extent that 
the application describes lands that are authorized to be reconveyed 
or relinquished to the United States under paragraph (2), the 
Village Corporation shall file with the Secretary, not later than 
3 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the name 
of the applicant and the land description of each allotment proposed 
to be reconveyed or relinauished. 
"(B) Upon receipt of the land description, the Secretary shall 
immediately notify the State of Alaska and all interested parties 
of the land description proposed to be reconveyed or relinquished, 
and any such party shall have 60 days following notification in 
which to file with the Department of the Interior a protest as 
provided in subsection (aX5). 
"(C) The Secretary shall then either— 
"(i) if no protest is filed, approve the application; or 
"(ii) if a protest is filed, adjudicate the legsd sufficiency 
of any protest timely filed; and— 
"(I) if the protest is legally insufficient, approve the 
application; or 
"(II) if the protest is valid, issue a decision that closes 
the application and that is final for the Department. 
"(D) The Secretary shall, with respect to each allotment 
approved pursuant to this subsection— 
"(i) survey the allotment; and 
"(ii) following reconveyance or relinquishment, issue a 
Native allotment certificate to the applicant or heirs of the 
appUcant. 
"(4)(A) To the extent a Village Corporation or a Regional Cor-
goration reconveys lands (or any interest in the lands) to the United 
tates piirsuant to paragraph (2) and the conveyance results in 
a reduction in the acreage charged against the entitlement of the 
Village Corporation or Regional Corporation under the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), the Village 
Corporation or Regional Corporation shall be entitled to make selec-
tions in lieu of the reconveyed lands (or any interest in the lands). 
"(B)(i) The qusmtity of acreage of the surface estate reconveyed 
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pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be added to the quantity of acreage 
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of underselection, if any, for the Village Corporation. The Secretary 
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shall provide for the selection of lands for replacement in accordance 
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with the procedures for withdrawals and selections under section 
22(jX2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
162igX2)). 
"(iiXD A Village Corporation described in clause (i) shall be 
entitled to select lands for replacement from the lands that have 
been withdrawn for selection by the Village Corporation pursuant 
to section ll(aXl) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43U.S.C. 1610(aXl)). 
"(ID In any case in which the lands described in subclause 
(I) are no longer in Federal ownership and the Village Corporation 
is entitled to msdce a selection pursuant to this subparagraph, 
the Secretary shall withdraw, and the Village Corporation shall 
select. Federal lands that are compact and contiguous with lands 
previously conveyed to the Village Corporation. 
"(C) Lands (or any interests in the lands) in the replacement 
of lands (or interests in tlie lands) reconveyed by the Regional 
Corporation to the United States under this subsection shall be 
selected by the Regional Corporation from lands that are— 
"(i) compact and contiguous vdth other lands previously 
conveyed to the Regional Corporation within the National Petro-
leum Reserve-Alaska; and 
"(ii) beneath the siuface estate of lands selected and con-
veyed to a Village Corporation. 
"(D) The Secretary shall convey the lands selected pursuant 
to this paragraph in accordance with this subsection. 
"(SXA) Eadi Native allotment certificate issued to an applicant 
or the heirs of the applicant pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be 
subject to any existing easement or other right that had been 
reserved, conveyed, transferred, or recognized by the United States 
prior to the issuance of the certificate. 
"(B) Each conveyance by the Secretary to any applicant or 
to the heirs of the applicant under this subsection shall reserve 
to the United States— 
"(i) except as provided in subparagraph (C), all interests 
in oil, gas, and coal in the conveyed lands, and the right 
of the United States, or a lessee or assignee of the United 
States, to enter on lands conveyed to the applicant or to the 
heirs of the applicant, to drill, explore, mine, produce, and 
remove the oil, gas, or coal; and 
"(ii) all other rights reasonably incident to the mineral 
reservations described in clause (i). 
"(CXi) If the oil, gas, or coal described in subparagraph (BXi) 
was previously conveyed to the Regional Corporation and the 
Regional Corporation reserves those interests in a reconveyance 
to the United States, the Secretary shall reserve from the 
reconveyance to the applicant or to the heirs of the appUcant 
for the benefit of the Regional Corporation the same rights and 
privileges that would have been reserved for the United States, 
"(u) With respect to a reconveyance of lands (or any interest 
in the lands) by the Regional Corporation to the United States 
that does not convey the entire mineral estate, the Regional Cor-
poration shall not be entitled— 
"(I) to a reduction of the acreage charged against the 
entitlement imder the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); or 
"(11) to select mineral interests to replace the acreage. 
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"(6) The United States shall not be subject to liability for 
the presence of any hazardous substance in land or an interest 
in land solely as a result of any reconveyance to and transfer 
by the United States of the land or interest pursuant to this 
subsection.". 
SEC. 13. POINT HOPE TOWNSITE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—^As used in this section: 
(1) The term "Act" means the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
(2) The terms ''Native" and "descendant of a Native" have 
the meanings provided the terms in subsections (b) and (r), 
respectively, of section 3 of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1602). 
(3) The term "North Slope Borough surveys" means those 
lands within sections 11 and 14 of Township 34 North, Range 
35 West, Kateel River Meridian, Alaska, that have been sur-
veyed by the North Slope Borough, Alaska, in surveys identified 
as— 
(A) "North Slope Borough Survey Plat of New Point 
Hope," dated December 1975, covering 137.49 acres; 
(B) "Addition Number One" to the survey described 
in subparagraph (A), dated April 1978, covering 12.50 
acres; 
(C) "Addition Number Two" to the survey described 
in subparagraph (A), dated September 1980, covering 12.50 
acres; and 
(D) "Addition Number 3" to the survey described in 
subparagraph (A), dated March 1983, covering 30.374 acres. 
(4) The term "Regional Corporation" means Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation, the Native Regional Corporation estab-
lished pursuant to section 7(d) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(d)) 
by the Native residents of the North Slope of Alaska. 
(5) The term "Secretarjr" means the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
(6) The term "Village Corporation" means Tigara Corpora-
tion, the Native Village Corporation established piu'suant to 
section 8(a) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1607(a)) by the Native resi-
dents of the Village of Point Hope, Alaska. 
(b) RECONVEYANCE.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
is authorized to accept reconveyance from the Village Corporation 
and the Regional Corporation of interests in specific, individual 
lots identified in the North Slope Borough surveys in any case 
in which the land (or any interest in the land) of the lots had 
been previously interim conveyed or patented to the Village Cor-
poration and the Regionsd Corporation. 
(2XA) In making any reconveyance to the United States pursu-
ant to paragraph (1), the Village Corporation shall— 
(i) designate the individual to receive title to the specific 
lot; and 
(ii) certify to the Secretary that the individual is a resident 
of Point Hope and an Alaska Native or descendant of a Native. 
(B) Each reconveyance to the United States under this section 
shall be completed not later than 5 years after the date of enactment 
of this section. 
(c) ISSUANCE OF DEEDS.—(IXA) Subject to paragraphs (2) and 
(3), upon receipt of the reconveyance, identification, and certification 
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described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall transfer each lot 
to the individual identified by the Village Corporation, by issuing— 
(i) a restricted deed pursuant to subparagraph (B); or 
(ii) an unrestricted deed pursuant to subparagraph (C). 
(B) A restricted deed may be issued under this paragraph 
subject to the following conditions: 
(i) The deed shall provide that the title conveyed is inalien-
able (except upon approval of the Secretary). 
(ii) After the issuance of the restricted deed, the lot shall 
not be subject to taxation, to levy and sale in satisfaction 
of debts, contracts, or liabilities of the patentee, or to any 
claims of adverse occupancy or law of prescription. 
(iii) The approval by the Secretary of the sale by an individ-
ual of a lot deeded under this section shall vest in the purchaser 
a complete and unrestricted title beginning on the date of 
approval, except that if the purchaser is an Alaska Native 
or a descendent of a Native, the purchaser shall receive a 
deed subject to the same restrictions as applied to the initial 
grantee. 
(C)(i) Upon a finding by the Secretary that the individual 
identified by the Village Corporation is competent to manage the 
property and has petitioned tne Secretary for an unrestricted deed, 
the Secretary shall issue the unrestricted deed in accordance with 
clauses (ii) and (iii). 
(ii) Except as provided in clause (iii), if the Secretary issues 
an unrestricted deed, all restrictions as to sale, encumbrance, or 
taxation of the land subject to the deed shall be removed. 
(iii) Except with respect to any obligation owed to the United 
States, the land subject to the deed shall not be liable to the 
satisfaction of any debt as a result of a contract in effect prior 
to issuance of the deed. 
(2) Any interest in any lot conveyed by the Secretary pursuant 
to this subsection shall be subject to all valid existing rights. 
(3) The aggregate amount of acreage of all lots conveyed under 
this subsection shall not exceed 195 acres. 
(d) ALLOTMENTS.—(1)(A) If any lot identified pursuant to this 
section in the North Slope Borough surveys encompasses land (or 
any interest in the land) that— 
(i) is the subject of a valid Alaska Native allotment applica-
tion made pursuant to the Act entitled "An Act authorizing 
the Secretary of the Interior to allot homesteads to the natives 
of Alaska", approved May 17,1906 (34 Stat. 197); and 
(ii) includes land that has been interim conveyed or pat-
ented to the Village Corporation and the Regional Corporation, 
the applicant for the allotment may, with the consent of the Village 
Corporation, submit an amended application that describes land 
that had been interim conveyed or patented to the Village Corpora-
tion and Regional Corporation (in lieu of the land described in 
the initial application) in an acreage that is equal to the acreage 
of the land described in the initial application. 
(B) The Secretary shall accept the reconveyance of the land 
(or any interest in the land) described in subparagraph (A) from 
the Village Corporation or the Regional Corporation, in lieu of 
the land (or any interest in the land) described in the original 
application. 
(2XA) To the extent the Secretary accepts a reconveyance of 
land (or any interest in the land) pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
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Secretary shall approve the amended application for the land 
reconveyed, and abjudicate the remainder of the allotment applica-
tion. The approval of an amended application under this paragraph 
shall be a final and conclusive determination of the validity of 
the allotment. 
(B) The Secretary shall— 
(i) survey each allotment approved pursuant to this para-
graph; and 
(ii) issue a Native allotment certificate to the applicant 
or to the heirs of the applicant. 
(3XA) Each Native allotment certificate issued to an applicant 
or the heirs of the applicant pursuant to paragraph (2XB) shall 
be subject to any existing easements or any other right that had 
been reserved, conveyed, transferred, or recognized by the United 
States prior to the issuance of the certificate. 
(B) Each conveyance by the Secretary to any applicant, or 
to the heirs of the applicant.under this subsection shall reserve 
to the United States— 
(i) except as provided in subparagraph (C), all interests 
in oil, gas, and coal in the land, and the right of the United 
States, or a lessee or assignee of the United States, to enter 
upon land conveyed to the applicant or to the heirs of the 
applicant, to drill, explore, mine, produce, and remove the oil, 
gas, or coal; and 
(ii) all other rights reasonably incident to the mineral res-
ervations described in clause (i). 
(C) If the oil, gas, or coal described in subparagraph (BXi) 
was previously conveyed to the Regional Corporation and the 
Regional Corporation reserves those interests in any conveyance 
to the United States, the reconveyance by the Secretary to the 
applicant or to the heirs of the applicant shall reserve from the 
conveyance for the benefit of the Regional Corporation the same 
rights and privileges that would have oeen reserved for the United 
States. 
(4) With respect to any reconveyance of land (or any interest 
in the land) by the Regional Corporation to the United States 
that does not convey the entire mineral estete, the Regional Cor-
poration shall not be entitled either— 
(A) to a reduction of the acreage charged against the entitle-
ment under the Act; or 
(B) to select mineral intereste to replace the acreage. 
(e) REDUCTION IN CHARGED ACREAGE.—(1) Except as provided 
in subsection (dX4), if the Village Corporation and the Regional 
Corporation reconvey land (or any interest in the land) to the 
United Stetes under the authority of subsection (b) or (dXD, the 
Secretory shall reduce the acreage charged against the entitlement 
of the Village Corporation and the Regional Corporation pursuant 
to the Act. 
(2XA) To the extent that the reconveyance to the United Stetes 
of land, or intereste in land, by the Village Corporation and the 
Regional Corporation under this section resulte in a reduction in 
the acreage charged against the entitlement of the Village Corpora-
tion and Regional Corporation under paragraph (1), the Village 
Corporation shall be entitled to make selections in lieu of the 
reconveyed land (or any interest in the land). 
(B) The amount of any acreage reconveyed by the Village Cor-
poration under this section shall be added to the amoimt of other 
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acreage computed as underselection, if any, for the Village Corpora-
tion. 
(C) The Secretary shall withdraw and the Village Corporation 
shall select replacement acreage imder this paragraph pursuant 
to the authority in section 22gX2) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1621(jX2)). 
(D) Except as provided in subsection (dX4), in any case in 
which a Village Corporation receives £in interim conveyance or 
patent to the surface estate selected pursuant to section 12(a) 
of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1611(a)), the Regional Corporation shall receive 
an interim conveyance or patent to the subsurface estate. 
(f) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as satisfying, relieving, or otherwise affecting the require-
ments of section 14(c) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(c)). 
(g) LIABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS SuBSTANCES.—The United States 
shall not be subject to liability for the presence of any hazardous 
substance in land or an interest in land solely as a result of 
any reconveyance to and transfer by the United States of the 
land or interest pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 14. LAPSED MINING CLAIMS. 
Section 22(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1621(c)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "(1)" after "(c)"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(2)(A)(i) Subject to valid existing rights, an impatented mining 
claim or location, or portion thereof, under the general mining 
laws that is situated outside the boundaries of a conservation 
system unit (as such term is defined in the Alaska National Interest 
Lands Conservation Act) and within the exterior boundaries of 
lands validly selected by a Village or Regional Corporation pursuant 
to section 12 or section 14(h) and that lapses, is abandoned, relin-
quished, or terminated, declared null and void, or otherwise expires, 
£ifter August 31, 1971, because of failure to comply with require-
ments of the general mining laws (including the mining laws of 
the State of Alaska), is deemed to be null and void for the purposes 
of this paragraph. The Secretary shall promptly determine the 
validity of such claims or locations within conservation system 
units. 
"(ii) Subject to valid existing rights and to subparagraph (B), 
the lands outside a conservation system unit included in a mining 
claim or location described in clause (i) shall— 
"(I) be considered part of the lands selected pursuant to 
sections 12 and 14(h) by the Village or Regional Corporation 
described in clause (i); and 
"(II) be eligible for conveyance pursuant to this Act unless 
specifically identified and excluded from an initial selection 
application. 
"(iii) Subject to valid existing rights and to subparagraph (B), 
any portion outside a conservation system unit of a mining claim 
or location described in clause (i) that is situated within the exterior 
boundaries of lands conveyed prior to the date of enactment of 
this paragraph from selections under section 12 or section 14(h) 
shall be conveyed pursuant to this Act. 
"(B) No lands shall be conveyed pursuant to this subsection 
if the conveyance would result in the receipt of title to lands 
in excess of an acreage entitlement under this Act,". 
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SEC. 15. HAIDA CORPORATION ACCOUNT. 
The Haida Land Exchange Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-664) 
is amended— 
16 use 3195 
(1) in section 2(a)— 
"°*e 
(A) in paragraph (9)— 
(i) by striking "as of January 1,1995"; and 
(ii) by striking "on January 1,1995**; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(13) liie term 'agenc/ includes— 
"(A) any instrumentality of the United States; 
"(B) any element of an agency; and 
"(C) any wholly owned or mixed-owned corporation of the 
United States Grovemment identified in chapter 91 of title 
31, United States Code."; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new section: 
<«EC. 13. HAIDA CORPORATION ACCOUNT. 
"(a) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 'property* 
has the same meaning as is provided the term in section 12(bX7) 
of Public Law 94-204 (43 U.S.C. 1611 note), as amended. 
"(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, except as provided in subsection (e), on October 1, 1996, 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Interior, shall establish a Haida Corporation Account. 
"(2) Beginning on October 1, 1996, the balance of the account 
shall— 
"(A) be available to the Haida Corporation for bidding 
on and purchasing property sold at public sale, subject to the 
conditions described in paragraph (3); and 
"(B) remain available until expended. 
"(3XA) The Haida Corporation may use the account established 
under paragraph (1) to bid as any other bidder for property (wher-
ever located) at any public sale by an agency and may purchase 
the property in accordance with applicable laws and regulations 
of the agency offering the property for sale. Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Haida Corporation may assign without 
restriction any or all of the accounts upon written notification 
to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Interior. 
"(B) In conducting a transaction described in subparagraph 
(A), an agency shall accept, in the same manner as cash, any 
amount tendered from the account established by the Secretary 
of the Treasury under paragraph (1). The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall adjust the balance of the account to reflect the transaction. 
"(C) The Secretary of the Treastuy, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Interior, shall establish procedures to permit the 
account established imder paragraph (1) to— 
"(i) receive deposits; 
"(ii) make deposits into escrow when an escrow is required 
for the sale of any property; and 
"(iii) reinstate to the account any unused escrow deposits 
in the event sales are not consummated. 
"(c) AMOUNT.—(1) The initial balance of the account established 
in subsection (b) shall be determined by multiplying— 
"(A) the average value per acre of the surface estate of 
the lands exchanged to the Haida Corporation pursuant to 
section 12(bX3); by 
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106 STAT. 2123 
"(B) the number of acres of selection rights that the Haida 
Corporation possesses as of October 1,1996. 
"(2) The average value per acre of the lands referred to in 
paragraph (1) shall be determined by dividing— 
"(A) the fair market value of the surface estate of the 
lands exchanged to the Haida Corporation pursuant to section 
12(bX3);by 
"(B) die quantity of acres of the lands referred to in 
subparagraph (A). 
"(3) The fair market value of the surface estate of lands shall 
be determined as of March 1, 1993, pursuant to subsection (d). 
"(d) APPRAISAL.—(IXA) As soon as possible after the date of 
enactment of this section, but not later than January 1, 1994, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall commence an appraisal of the 
surface estate of the lands exchanged to the Haida Corporation 
pursuant to section 12(bX3). In conducting the appraisal, the Sec-
retary shall include, among other uses of the lands, the value 
of the timber on the land (on a conversion return basis applicable 
for southeast Alaska within region 10 of the National Forest Sys-
tem) utilizing the markets then available to the Haida Corporation. 
The appraissd shall be based on the Uniform Appraisal Standards 
for Federal Land Acquisitions. 
"(B) The Haida Corporation shall have the opportimity to 
present evidence of value to the Secretary of Agriculture. The 
Secretary shall provide the Haida Corporation with a preliminary 
draft of the appraisal. The Haida Corporation shall have a reason-
able and sufficient opportunity to comment on the appraisal. The 
Secretary shall give consideration to the comments and evidence 
of value 
submitted by the Haida Corporation under 
this 
subparagraph. 
"(2) The Secretary of Agriculture shall complete the valuation 
of the surface estate of the lands exchanged to the Haida Corpora-
tion pursuant to section 12(bX3) not later than January 1, 1996. 
On completion of the valuation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
submit the valuation to the Secretary of the Interior for certification. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall forward a certified copy of 
the valuation to the Haida Corporation. 
"(3) If the Haida Corporation disputes the final valuation, the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Haida Corporation may mutually 
agree to employ a process of bargaining or some other process 
of dispute resolution to determine the value of the lands in question. 
"(4) The Secretary of Agriculture and the Haida Corporation 
may mutually agree to suspend or modify any of the deadlines 
under this subsection. 
"(e) ELECTION.—(1) Not later than 120 days after receipt of 
a certified copy of the final valuation firom the Secretary of the 
Interior pursuant to subsection (dX2), the Haida Corporation shall 
make an irrevocable election between the remaining selection rights 
of the Haida Corporation imder section 10 and the account described 
in subsection (b), and shall notify the Secretary of the Interior 
of the election. 
"(2) If the Haida Corporation— 
"(A) elects to utilize the remaining selection rights 
described in paragraph (1); or 
"(B) fails to notify the Secretary of the Interior of any 
such election in a timely manner, 
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the account described in subsection (b) shall not be established, 
the Haida Corporation shall permanently waive any right to tiie 
establishment of the accoimt, and the selection rights of the Haida 
Corporation under section 10 shall remain unimpaired. 
"(3) If the Haida Corporation elects to utilize the account 
described in subsection (b), the Haida Corporation shall waive any 
selection rights under section 10 as of the date the Haida Corpora-
tion notifies the Secretary of the Interior of the election. 
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) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS FROM ACCOUNT.—(1) The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall deem as cash receipts any amount 
tendered from the account established pursuant to subsection (b) 
and received bv agencies as proceeds from a public sale of property, 
and shall make any transfers necessary to allow an agency to 
use the proceeds in the event an agency is authorized by law 
to use itie proceeds for a specific purpose. 
''(2XA) Subject to subpara^aph (B), the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and the heads of agencies shall administer sales pursuant 
to this section in the same manner as is provided for any other 
Alaska Native corporation authorized by law as of the date of 
enactment of this section (including the use of similar accounts 
for bidding on and purchasing property sold for public sale). 
"(B) ^inounts m an account created for the benefit of a specific 
Alaska Native corporation may not be used to satisfy the property 
purchase obligations of any other Alaska Native corporation. . 
SEC. 16. LOCAL HIRE. 
Section 1308(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Con-
16 use 3198. 
servation Act (Public Law 96-487) is amended— 
(1) by striking "a conservation system unit" and inserting 
in Ueu thereof "public lands"; and 
(2) by striking "such unit" each place it occurs and inserting 
in lieu thereof "public lands". 
SEC. 17. SEALASKA CORPORATION AGREEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the November 
26,1991, agreement entered into between the Sealaska Corporation 
and the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, entitled 
"Sealaska Corporation/United States Forest Service Split Estate 
Land Exchange Agreement", is hereby ratified as a matter of Fed-
eral law. 
(2) The agreement described in paragraph (1) may be modified 
or amended, without further action by Congress, upon— 
(A) the written agreement of all parties to the agreement 
described in paragraph (1); and 
(B) notification in writing to the appropriate committees 
of Congress. 
Any such modification may not take effect until 60 days after 
such notification. 
(b) CONDITIONS.—Any conveyance of subsurface acreage to 
Sealaska Corporation pursuant to this section shall— 
(1) be deemed a conveyance of land pursuant to section 
14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1613); 
(2) extinguish the entitlements of Sealaska Corporation 
under the Haida Land Exchange Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 3195 
note); 
. , 
(3) be subject to valid existing 
rights; 
and 
PUBLIC LAW 102-415—OCT. 14, 1992 
106 STAT. 2125 
(4) be in partial fulfillment of the entitlement of the 
Sealaska Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
SEC. 18. HAIDA SUBSURFACE EXCHANGE AMENDMENT. 
The Haida Land Exchange Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-664) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
"SEC. 14. OFFER. 
"(aXD For and in consideration of the relinquishment and 
conveyance to the United States of all Haida Corporation's right, 
title, and interest in Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of section 18, T. 77S. 
R. 84 E., C.R.M., and, in addition, all Haida Corporation's right, 
title, and interest in a road easement to be specified by the Secretary 
100 feet in total width across Lot 1 of section 18, T. 77S. R. 
84 E., C.R.M., from section 7 of T. 77 S. R. 84 E. C.R.M. to 
the cooperative information and education branch site, there are 
hereby offered to Haida Corporation the following lands and 
interests in lands: All right, title, and interest in the subsurface 
estate of the Haida Traditional Use Sites. 
"(2) Any conveyance of the offered lands and interests described 
in paragraph (1) shall be subject to valid existing rights, and 
shall except and reserve to the United States the perpetual ease-
ments identified in paragraph 18 of the agreement executed Septem-
ber 8, 1988, entitled 'Agreement between United States of America 
and Haida Corporation Regarding Implementation of the Haida 
Traditional Use Sites Exchange Pursuant to §3(a) the Haida Land 
Exchange Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-664'. Without limitation 
to any other rights reserved under the terms of said easements, 
any such conveyance shall also except and reserve the rock, sand, 
and gravel occurring within said easement boimdaries. 
"(b) Haida Corporation shall have 90 days from the date of 
enactment of this section within which to accept the offer provided 
in this section by providing to the Secretary a properly executed 
and certified corporate resolution binding upon the corporation with 
respect to the relinquishment and conveyance of all the corporation's 
right, title, and interest in the lands specified in subsection (a). 
"(c) This section shall be ineffective, and no conveyances shall 
be made under this section, if the Secretary of Agriculture, on 
or before the date 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
section, determines implementation of this section would result 
in receipt by the United States of lands less in value than the 
value of the lands ofiTered for conveyance to the Haida Corporation.". 
SEC. 19. AHTNA GROUP SETTLEMENT. 
(a) WITHDRAWAL OPPORTUNITY.—AS an offer of settlement, 
within one year after enactment of this section, any or all of 
the Ahtna Group Corporations of Lower Tonsina, Twin Lakes, Little 
Lake Louise, Slana, and Nebesna may withdraw by resolution 
transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this Act 
referred to as the "Secretary") a pending application for group 
eUgibihty imder section 14 of the Alaska Native Claim Settlement 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1613) (as amended and supplemented). Such resolu-
tion shall preclude the corporation concerned from any administra-
tive or judicial review of its entitlement to land and money under 
such Act, and such withdrawal of application shall be construed 
as a dismissal with prejudice of such corporation's action before 
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the United States District Court for Alaska, Civ. No. A86-035 
and shall be binding upon the corporation and its members. 
Regulations. 
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n addition to those rights granted in section 1 
of Public Law 94-204, for each Ahtna Group Corporation spedfied 
in subsection (a) whidi adopts a timely resolution to withdraw 
its section 14 application or group eligibility, there shall be a 
period of 180 days following transmittal of such resolution to the 
Secretary, during which each member of such Ahtna Group Corpora-
tion shall have the right to file with the Secretary an application 
for conveyance of up to 160 acres of land 
firom 
the United States 
to sudi individual member as if it were an application for a primary 
place of residence under section 14(hX5) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(hX5)), regulations for such applica-
tion, and subject to the following provisions: 
(1) the availability of land subject to selection by the 
applicant shall be determined as of the date of the individual 
application: Provided, however^ That if the application is for 
lands selected by Ahtna Regional Corporation or the State 
of Alaska after the date of selection by the Group Corporation, 
then the subsequent selections shall not attach to the lands 
selected by the Group Corporation until after the deadline 
for filing an application for primary place of residence: And 
provided further. That if the lands relinquished by the Group 
Corporation or tiie Ahtna Regionad Corporation lie within the 
boundaries of a conservation system unit, as defined in the 
Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act, and such 
selections are relinquished in order to permit the filing of 
an application for primary place of residence, the withdrawal 
of the conservation system unit shall not prevent the filing, 
abjudication, and conveyance of those lands subject to the 
application for primary place of residence: And provided further, 
liiat any acreage granted to an applicant for primary place 
of residence shall be charged to the share of the Ahtna Regional 
Corporation under 45 CFR 2653; 
(2) the eligibility of the applicant shall be determined as 
if the application is an application for a primary place of resi-
dence filed Mdth the Secretary of the Interior on or before 
December 18,1973; and 
(3) any State selection filed after the date on which the 
relevant Ahtna Group Corporation filed its application for sec-
tion 14 eligibility shall not attach to lands segregated for the 
benefit of such ^tna Group Corporations until the applications 
of individual Ahtna Group members herein autiiorized have 
been identified, a4}udicated, and conveyed. 
(c) EXPEDITING.—In order to secure the rapid and certain resolu-
tion of Native lands claims, the United States shall endeavor to 
reach a final decision regarding each Ahtna Group member's 
application for primary place of residence within one year of its 
filmg and shall otherwise complete the redetermination process 
for each Ahtna Group member as required by Public Law 94-
204, as amended, provided that revenues distributed or subject 
to distribution under section 7(i) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(i)), shall not be retroactively affected 
by any change in enrollment occasioned by said redetermination. 
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106 STAT. 2127 
SEC. 20. GOLD 
CREEK 
SUSITNA 
ASSOCIATION, 
INCORPORATED 
ACCOUNT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—^As used in this section, the following terms 
have the following meanings: 
(1) The term "agencjr^ includes— 
(A) any instrumentality of the United States; 
(B) any element of an agency; and 
(C) any wholly owned or mixed-owned corporation of 
the United States Government identified in chapter 91 
of title 31, United States Code. 
(2) The term "conservation system unit" has the same 
meaning as in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 
Act. 
(3) The term "Gold Creek" means the Gold Creek Susitna 
Association, Incorporated, an Alaska Native Group corporation, 
organized pursuant to section 1613(h) of the Settlement Act. 
(4) The term "property" has the same meaning given such 
term by section 12(bX7) of Public Law 94-204 (43 U.S.C. 1611), 
as amended. 
(5) The term "Region" means Cook Inlet Region Incor-
porated, an Alaska Native Regional Corporation which is the 
appropriate Regional Corporation for Gold Creek under section 
1613(h) of the Settlement Act. 
(6) The term "Settlement Act" means the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1601 et se(i.). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.^1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, except as provided in subsection (e), on October 1, 1996, 
the Secretary .of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Interior, shall establish a Grold Creek account. 
(2) Beginning on October 1, 1996, the balance of the account 
shall— 
(A) be available to the Gold Creek for bidding on and 
purchasing property sold at public sale, subject to the conditions 
described in paragraph (3); and 
(B) remain available until expended. 
(3)(A) The Gold Creek may use the account established under 
paragraph (1) to bid as any other bidder for property (wherever 
located) at any public sale by an agency and may purchase the 
property in accordance with applicable laws and regulations of 
the agency offering the property for sale. 
(B) In conducting a transaction described in subparagraph (A), 
an agency shall accept, in the same manner as cash, any amount 
tendered from the account established by the Secretary of the 
Treasury under paragraph (1). The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
adjust the balance of the account to reflect the transaction. 
(C) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Interior, shall establish procedures to permit the 
account established under paragraph (1) to— 
(i) receive deposits; 
(ii) make deposits into escrow when an escrow is required 
for the sale of any property; and 
(iii) reinstate to the account any unused escrow deposits 
in the event sales are not consummated. 
(c) LAND EXCHANGE.—^No later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
enter into negotiations to attempt to conclude, luider the authority 
of section 22(f) of the Settlement Act, a land exchange to acquire 
106 STAT. 2128 
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surface estate in lands not within any conservation system unit 
from the State of Alaska to enable Gold Creek to select public 
lands at Gold Creek, Alaska, as identified by Gold Creek but in 
no case to exceed 480 acres. 
(d) AMOUNT.—<1) The initial balance of the account established 
in subsection 0
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) shall be determined by multiplying— 
(A) the average value per acre, by 
(B) the 3,520 acre Gold Creek entitlement. 
(2) If a conveyance is made to Gold Creek pursuant to sub-
section (c), paragraph (1), the account shall be reduced by the 
amount of tiie actual acres conveyed by the average value per 
acre. In order to make such adjustment, the conveyance must 
be made by the Secretary of the Interior by October 1, 1996. 
(3) The average value per acre of the lands referred to in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall be determined by 
divicung— 
(A) the fair market value as found by the Secretary of 
the Interior in subsection (e), paragraph (1), by 
(B) the 3,520 acre Gold Creek entitlement. 
(4) The fair market value of the surface estate of lands shall 
be determined as of the date of enactment of this section pursuant 
to subsection (e). 
(e) APPRAISAL.—(IXA) As soon as possible after the date of 
enactment of this section, but not later than January 1, 1994, 
the Secretaiy of the Interior shall find the amount to be credited 
to the Gold Creek account by appraising the 3,520 acre Gold Creek 
entitlement by only considering parcels 320 acres or less in size, 
the access to whioi is secure and the subsurface to which is in 
separate ownership, which lie within 50 miles of Gold Creek and 
which have been sold since January 1, 1989, and by taking into 
consideration other land ownership conditions under the Settlement 
Act. 
(B) Gold Creek shall have the opportunity to present evidence 
of value to the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the 
Interior shall provide Gold Creek with a preliminary drait of the 
appraisal. Gold Creek shall have a reasonable and sufficient oppor-
tunity to comment on the appraisal. The Secretary of the Interior 
shall give consideration to the comments and evidence of value 
submitted by Gold Creek under this subparagraph. 
(2) The Secretary of the Interior snail complete the valuation 
not later than 9 months after the passage of this Act. The Secretary 
of the Interior shall forward a certified copy of the valuation to 
Gold Creek. 
(3) Gold Creek shall have the right to appeal the certified 
valuation by the Secretary of the Interior so long as any such 
appeal is filed no later than 60 days after the date of such finding 
to the Office of Hearings and Appeals. In the event Gold Creek 
files such a timely appeal, the Gold Creek account shall be imme-
diately established for the amount set by the Secretary subject 
to subsequent upward adjustment pursuant to the outcome of tlie 
appeal process. If Gold Creek is not satisfied with the decision 
01 the Office of Hearings and Appeals, it m ^ appeal that decision 
within one year to the United Stetes District Court. 
(4) The Secretary of the Interior and Gold Creek may mutually 
agree to suspend or modify any of the deadlines imder this sul>-
section. 
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106 STAT. 2129 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, Grold Creek may assign without restriction any or all of 
the account upon written notification to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and the Secretary of the Interior. Notwithstanding the provi-
sions of subsection (gXlXB) of this section, in the event such assign-
ment is to the Region on notice from Gold Creek to the Secretary 
of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Interior, the amount 
of such assignment shall be added to or made a part of the Region's 
Property Account in the Treasury established pursuant to section 
12(b) of Public Law 94-204 as amended, and may be used in 
the same manner as that accoimt. 
(2) Upon certification by the Secretary of the Interior of the 
value of the account, or following the completion of Gold Creek's 
appeal of valuation pursuant to subsection (e), paragraph (3), Grold 
Creek shall be deemed to have accepted the terms of this section 
in lieu of any other land entitlement it would have received pursu-
ant to the Settlement Act and such acceptance shall satisfy any 
and all claims Gold Creek had against the United States on the 
date of this enactment. 
(3) Any land Grold Creek shall receive from the United States 
pursuant to subsection (c), paragraph (1) shall be deemed to have 
been conveyed pursuant to the Settlement Act. 
(g) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS FROM ACCOUNT.—(1) The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall deem as cash receipts any amount 
tendered from the account established pursuant to subsection (b) 
and received by agencies as proceeds from a public sale of property, 
and shall make any transfers necessary to allow an agency to 
use the proceeds in the event an agency is authorized by law 
to use the proceeds for a specific purpose. 
(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and the heads of agencies shall administer sales pursuant 
to this section in the same manner as is provided for any other 
Alaska Native corporation authorized by law as of the date of 
enactment of this section (including the use of similar accounts 
for bidding on and purchasing property sold for public sale). 
(B) Amoimts in an account created for the benefit of a specific 
Alaska Native corporation may not be used to satisfy the property 
purchase obligations of any other Alaska Native corporation. 
SEC. 21. IGIUGIG AIRPORT. 
The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
execute such instruments as may be necessary to release the condi-
tion on lands conveyed pursuant to Quitclaim Deed dated Novem-
ber 1, 1961, recorded on January 2, 1962, in the Iliamna Recording 
District, Book 1, Pages 54 through 60, that such lands revert 
to the United States in the event that such lands are not developed, 
or cease to be used, for airport purposes: Provided, That the State 
of Alaska shall first notify the Administrator what lands are sought 
to be diverted from airport use and the Administrator shall then 
determine which lands may be diverted without adversely affecting 
the safety, efficiency, or utility of the airport, and shall confine 
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the release of the reverter authorized by this section to those 
lands that may be so diverted. 
Approved October 14, 1992. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3157 (S. 1625): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 102-673 (Cbmm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 102-349 accompanying S. 1625 (Ck)mm. on Energy and 
Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 138 (1992): 
July 27, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 9, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 10, Senate vitiated passage. 
Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate.