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SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the University of Alaska is the successor to and the
beneficiary of all Federal grants and conveyances to or for the
Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines;
(2) under the Acts of March 4, 1915, 38 Stat. 1214, and
January 21, 1929, 45 Stat. 1091, the United States granted to
the Territory of Alaska certain Federal lands for the
University of Alaska;
(3) the Territory did not receive most of the land intended
to be conveyed by the Act of March 4, 1915, before repeal of
that Act by section 6(k) of the Alaska Statehood Act (Public
Law 85-508, 72 Stat. 339);
(4) only one other State land grant college in the United
States has obtained a smaller land grant from the Federal
Government than has the University of Alaska, and all land
grant colleges in the western States of the United States have
obtained substantially larger land grants than has the
University of Alaska;
(5) an academically strong and financially secure state
university system is a cornerstone to the long-term development
of a stable population and to a healthy, diverse economy and is
in the national interest;
(6) the Federal Government now desires to acquire certain
lands for addendum to various conservation units;
(7) the national interest is served by transferring certain
Federal lands to the University of Alaska which will be able to
use and develop the resources of such lands and by returning
certain lands held by the University of Alaska located within
certain Federal conservation system units to Federal ownership;
and
(8) the University of Alaska holds valid legal title to and
is responsible for management of lands transferred by the
United States to the Territory and State of Alaska for the
University and an exchange of lands for lands that are capable
of producing revenues to support the education objectives of
the original grants is consistent with and in furtherance of
the purposes and terms of, and thus not in violation of, the
Federal grant of such lands.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to fulfill the original commitment of Congress to
establish the University of Alaska as a land grant university
with holdings sufficient to facilitate operation and
maintenance of a university system for the inhabitants of the
State of Alaska; and
(2) to acquire from the University of Alaska lands it holds
within Federal parks, wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas to
further the purposes for which those areas were established.

SEC. 2. LAND GRANT.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to valid
existing rights, the University of Alaska (''University'') is entitled
to select up to 250,000 acres of Federal lands or interests in lands in
or adjacent to Alaska as a land grant. The Secretary of the Interior
(''Secretary'') shall promptly convey to the University the Federal
lands selected and approved in accordance with the provisions of this
Act.
(b)(1) Within forty-eight (48) months of the enactment of this Act,
the University of Alaska may submit to the Secretary a description of
lands or interests in lands for conveyance. The initial selection may
be less than or exceed 250,000 acres and the University may add or
delete lands or interests in lands, or until 250,000 patented acres
have been conveyed pursuant to this Act, except that the total of land
selected and conveyed shall not exceed 275,000 areas at any time.
(2) The University may select lands validly selected but not
conveyed to the State of Alaska or to a Native Corporation organized
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688),
except that these lands or interests in lands may not be approved or
convey to the University unless the State of Alaska or the Native
Corporation relinquishes its selection in writing.
(3) The University may not make selections within a conversation
system unit, as defined in the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101), or in the Tongass National Forest
except within lands classified as LUD III or LUD IV by the United
States Forest Service and limited to areas of second growth timber
where timber harvest occurred after January 1, 1952.
(4) The University may make selections within the National
Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (''NPRA''), except that--
(A) no selection may be made within an area withdrawn for
village selection pursuant to section 11(a) of the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act for the Native villages of
Atkasook, Barrow, Nuiqsit and Wainwright;
(B) no selection may be made in the Teshekpuk Lake Special
Management Area as depicted on a map that is included in the
final environmental impact statement for the Northeast NPRA
dated October 7, 1998; and
(C) No selections may be made within those portions of NPRA
north of latitude 69 degrees North in excess of 92,000 acres
and no selection may be made within such area during the two
year period extending from the date of enactment of this Act.
The Secretary shall attempt to conclude an agreement with the
University of Alaska and the State of Alaska providing for
sharing NPRA leasing revenues within the two year period. If
the Secretary concludes such an agreement, the Secretary shall
transmit it to the Congress, and no selection may be made
within such area during the three year period extending from
the date of enactment of this Act. If legislation has not been
enacted within three years of the date of enactment of this Act
approving the agreement, the University of Alaska may make
selections within such area. An agreement shall provide for the
University of Alaska to receive a portion of annual revenues
from mineral leases within NPRA in lieu of any lands selections
within NPRA north of latitude 69 degrees North, but not to
exceed ten percent of such revenues or $9 million annually,
whichever is less.
(5) Within forty-five (45) days of receipt of a selection, the
Secretary shall publish notice of the selection in the Federal
Register. The notice shall identify the lands or interest in lands
included in the selection and provide for a period for public comment
not to exceed sixty (60) days.
(6) Within six months of the receipt of such a selection, the
Secretary shall accept or reject the selection and shall promptly
notify the University of his decision, including the reasons for any
rejection. A selection that is not rejected within six months of
notification to the Secretary is deemed approved.
(7) The Secretary may reject a selection if the Secretary finds
that the selection would have a significant adverse impact on the
ability of the Secretary to comply with the land entitlement provisions
of the Alaska Statehood Act or the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(43 U.S.C. 1601) or if the Secretary finds that the selection would
have a direct, significant and irreversible adverse effect on a
conservation system unit as defined in the Alaska National Interest
Conservation Act.
(8) The Secretary shall promptly publish notice of an acceptance or
rejection of a selection in the Federal Register.
(9) An action taken pursuant to this Act is not a major Federal
action within the meaning of section 102(2)(C) of Public Law 91-190 (83
Stat. 852, 853).
(c) The University may not select Federal lands or interests in
lands reserved for military purposes or reserved for the administration
of a Federal agency, unless the Secretary of Defense or the head of the
affected agency agrees to relinquish the lands or interest in lands.
(d) The University may select additional lands or interest in lands
to replace lands rejected by the Secretary.
(e) Lands or interests in lands shall be segregated and unavailable
for selection by and conveyance to the State of Alaska or a Native
Corporation and shall not be otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the
United States pending completion of the selection process.
(f) The University may enter selected lands on a non-exclusive
basis to assess the oil, gas, mineral and other resource potential
therein and to exercise due diligence regarding making a final
selection. The University, and its delegates or agents, shall be
permitted to engage in assessment techniques including, but not limited
to, core drilling to assess the metalliferous or other values, and
surface geological exploration and seismic exploration for oil and gas,
except that exploratory drilling of oil and gas wells shall not be
permitted.
(g) Within one year of the Secretary's approval of a selection, the
University may make a final decision whether to accept these lands or
interests in lands and shall notify the Secretary of its decision. The
Secretary shall publish notice of any such acceptance or rejection in
the Federal Register within six months. If the University has decided
to accept the selection, effective on the date that the notice of such
acceptance is published, all right, title, and interest of the United
States in the described selection shall vest in the University.
(h) Lakes, rivers and streams contained within final selections
shall be meandered and lands submerged thereunder shall be conveyed in
accordance with section 901 of the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act (94 Stat. 2371, 2430; 43 U.S.C. 1631).
(i) Upon completion of a survey of lands or interest in lands
subject to an interim approval, the Secretary shall promptly issue
patent to such lands or interests in lands.
(j) The Secretary of Agriculture and the heads of other Federal
departments and agencies shall promptly take such actions as may be
necessary to assist the Secretary in implementing this Act.

SEC. 3. RELINQUISHMENT OF CERTAIN UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA HOLDINGS.

(a) As a condition to any grant provided by section 2 of this Act,
the University shall begin to convey to the Secretary those lands
listed in ''The University of Alaska's Inholding Reconveyance
Document'' and dated November 13, 2001.
(b) The University shall begin conveyance of the lands described in
section 3(a) of this Act upon approval of selected lands and shall
convey to the Secretary a percentage of these lands approximately equal
to that percentage of the total grant represented by the approval. The
University shall not be required to convey to the Secretary any lands
other than those referred to in section 3(a) of this Act. The Secretary
shall accept quitclaim deeds from the University for these lands.

SEC. 4. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

The University of Alaska may bring an appropriate action, including
an action in the nature of mandamus, against the Department of the
Interior, naming the Secretary, for violation of this Act or for review
of a final agency decision taken under this Act. An action pursuant to
this section may be filed in the United States District Court for the
District of Alaska within two (2) years of the alleged violation or
final agency decision and such court shall have exclusive jurisdiction
over any such suit.

SEC. 5. STATE MATCHING GRANT.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to valid
existing rights, within forty-eight (48) months of receiving evidence
of ownership from the State, the University may, in addition to the
grant made available in section 2 of this Act, select up to 250,000
acres of Federal lands or interests in lands in or adjacent to Alaska
to be conveyed on an acre-for-acre basis as a matching grant for any
lands received from the State of Alaska after the date of enactment of
this Act.
(b) Selections of lands or interests in lands pursuant to this
section shall be in parcels of 25,000 acres or greater.
(c) Grants made pursuant to this section shall be separately
subject to the terms and conditions applicable to grants made under
section 2 of this Act.

Passed the Senate November 20 (legislative day November
19), 2002.

Attest:

JERI THOMSON,

Secretary.
Entitles the University of Alaska to take up to 250,000 acres of Federal lands or interests in lands in or adjacent to Alaska as a Federal grant in exchange for specified University holdings.Provides for selection of lands by the University and the approval and conveyance of lands by the Secretary of the Interior.Entitles the University to take up to an additional 250,000 acres in Federal lands or interests in lands in or adjacent to Alaska, to be conveyed on an acre-for-acre basis as a matching grant for any lands granted to the University by the State of Alaska after enactment of this Act. Permits the University to select, and requires the Secretary to convey, land pursuant to this State matching grant provision in parcels of 25,000 acres or greater.