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S. 340: Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act
- Introduced:
- Feb 14, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
- Sponsor:
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]
- Status:
- Referred to Committee
The bill’s title was written by the bill’s sponsor. S. stands for Senate bill.
- Full Title
A bill to provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
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- Text
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Last updated Feb 14, 2013.
28 pages
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Library of Congress Summary
The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.
2/14/2013--Introduced.
Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act - Gives Sealaska, the regional Alaska Native Corporation for southeast Alaska, 90 days following this Act's enactment to agree to accept the conveyance of specified federal land, subject to certain conditions and restrictions, as full and final satisfaction of its remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). Identifies the lands to be conveyed as:
(1) the 18 parcels of federal land comprising approximately 69,585 acres that are generally depicted as "Sealaska Selections" on certain Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization maps, and
(2) up to 76 cemetery sites and historical places that Sealaska must apply for and that comprise up to 490 acres of federal land located outside conservation system units.
Includes with those conveyances:
(1) public easements under the ANCSA,
(2) conservation easements to protect the aquatic and riparian habitat of certain anadromous water bodies,
(3) a ten-year easement for Forest System research activities on study plots, and
(4) an easement providing Sealaska access to and the use of the log transfer facility at Shipley Bay on Kosciusko Island. Keeps those 18 parcels of conveyed lands that are outside ANCSA withdrawal areas open for subsistence uses and noncommercial recreational uses by the public.
Allows Sealaska to impose reasonable restrictions on public access to and across the conveyed lands.
Requires Sealaska to allow existing guiding or outfitting special use permit holders to continue to operate on the conveyed lands for the remainder of the permit term and a subsequent ten-year renewal period.
Renames certain culturally and historically significant trade and migration routes and keeps them open for travel by Sealaska and the public.
Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to designate as conservation areas certain lands identified as the Bay of Pillars, Kushneahin Creek, Northern Prince of Wales, Western Kosciusko, Eastern Kosciusko, Sarkar Lakes, Honker Divide, and Eek Lake and Sukkwan Island LUD II Management Areas--Proposed. Conditions those designations on Sealaska's acceptance of this Act's conveyances.
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The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:
Slip Laws
Slip laws refer to enacted bills and joint resolutions in their original form as enacted by Congress, that is, before other laws amend them. Slip laws are cited as “Public Law XXX-YYY”, where XXX is the number of the Congress in which the bill or resolution was introduced.
- Public Law 85-508:
H.R. 7999 (85th): An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Alaska Into the Union. - Public Law 94-204:
S. 1469 (94th): An Act to provide, under or by amendment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, for the late enrollment of certain Natives, the establishment of an escrow account for the proceeds of certain lands, the treatment of certain payments an - Public Law 96-487:
H.R. 39 (96th): Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act - Public Law 108-452
United States Code
The United States Code is the compilation of permanent laws enacted by Congress. Temporary and other non-permanent laws do not appear in the United States Code. (About half of the United States Code is the law itself, called positive law. The other half is merely a compilation of the laws but has no legal significance.)
- Title 16: CONSERVATION
- Chapter 2: NATIONAL FORESTS
- Subchapter I: ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
- Section 539d: National forest timber utilization program
- Chapter 51: ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
- Subchapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Section 3102: Definitions
- Subchapter II: SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT AND USE
- Section 3113: Definitions
- Title 43: PUBLIC LANDS
- Chapter 33: ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
- Section 1601: Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- Section 1611: Native land selections
- Section 1613: Conveyance of lands
- Section 1615: Withdrawal and selection of public lands; funds in lieu of acreage
- Section 1616: Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska
- Chapter 33A: IMPLEMENTATION OF ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT AND ALASKA STATEHOOD
- Section 1636: Alaska land bank
Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large is the compilation of all laws enacted by Congress.
- 104 Stat. 4428