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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8973
To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in land
in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Mr. YOUNG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain
interests in land in the State of Alaska, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. CANYON VILLAGE.
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(a)
CONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding
section
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2653.3(c) of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-
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cessor regulations), or the withdrawal made by section
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303(2)(A) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Con-
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servation Act (Public Law 96–487; 94 Stat. 2390), the
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Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as
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the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall convey to Kian Tr’ee Corporation,
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for the Native Village of Canyon Village, the surface estate
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in the land selected by the Kian Tr’ee Corporation pursu-
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ant to section 14(h)(2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
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ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(2)).
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(b) LIMITATION.—The conveyance under subsection
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(a) shall not exceed 6,400 acres.
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(c) SUBSURFACE ESTATE.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Unless Doyon, Limited,
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elects to receive conveyance under paragraph (2),
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the Secretary shall convey to Doyon, Limited, the
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subsurface estate in the land conveyed under sub-
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section (a).
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(2) ALTERNATE SELECTION.—At the option of
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Doyon, Limited, in lieu of accepting the conveyance
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under paragraph (1)—
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(A) Doyon, Limited, may receive a convey-
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ance from existing selections on land withdrawn
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pursuant to section 11(a)(3) of the Alaska Na-
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tive
Claims
Settlement
Act
(43
U.S.C.
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1610(a)(3)) that is equal in acreage to the sub-
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surface that would otherwise be conveyed under
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paragraph (1);
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(B) Doyon, Limited, shall notify the Sec-
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retary (acting through the Alaska State Office
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of the Bureau of Land Management) of the
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preference of Doyon, Limited, not later than 90
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days after the date of enactment of this Act;
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and
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(C) the Secretary shall convey to Doyon,
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Limited, the subsurface estate selected under
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subparagraph (A).
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