article: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Kake Tribal Corporation Land Exchange Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SETTLEMENT ACT. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (Pub. L. 92-203, December 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), as amended, is further amended by adding a new section to read: ``SEC. 40. KAKE TRIBAL CORPORATION LAND EXCHANGE. ``(a) To provide Kake Tribal Corporation with land suitable for development, to acknowledge the corporation's return to public ownership land needed as a municipal watershed area, and to promote the public interest, the Secretary shall convey to the corporation approximately 2,427 acres of Federal land as described in subsection (c). The land to be conveyed includes-- ``(1) up to 388 acres in the Slate Lakes area, as described in (c)(2) of this section, if, within five years after the effective date of this section, the corporation has entered into an agreement to lease or otherwise convey some or all of the land to the operator of the Jualin Mine; or ``(2) at the corporation's option, the 388 acres mentioned in (1) of this subsection and the remaining 2,039 acres may be conveyed from the acres described in (c)(3) of this section. ``(b) Title to Surface and Subsurface.--Subject to valid existing rights and easements, the Secretary shall, no later than the deadlines specified in (c) (2) and (3) of this section, convey to Kake Tribal Corporation title to the surface estate in this land and convey to Sealaska Corporation title to the subsurface estate in that land. ``(c) Description and Deadlines.--The land covered by this section is in the Copper River Meridian and is further described as follows: ``(1) The land to be conveyed by Kake Tribal Corporation to the United States, no later than 90 days after the effective date of this section, as shown on the map dated ______ and labeled Attachment A, is the municipal watershed area and is described as follows: ``Municipal watershed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Approximate Section acres ------------------------------------------------------------------------ T56S, R72E 13......................................................... 82 23......................................................... 118 24......................................................... 635 25......................................................... 640 26......................................................... 346 34......................................................... 9 35......................................................... 349 36......................................................... 248 ------------ Approximate Total........................................ 2,427'' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ``(2) Kake Tribal Corporation shall have the option to select up to 388 acres in the Slate Lakes area, as shown on the map dated ______ and labeled Attachment B. This option shall remain in effect for five years after the date of enactment of this section. The land to be conveyed is identified on the following maps as: Slate lakes area ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Approximate Section Description acres ------------------------------------------------------------------------ T35S, R62E 22................................. E\1/2\................ 27 23................................. W\1/2\................ 152 26................................. W\1/2\................ 119 27................................. E\1/2\................ 23 T36S, R62E 1.................................. W\1/2\, NW\1/4\....... 38 Two utility corridors: One beginning in the northwest quarter of section 1, T36S, R62E, heading northwest through the northeast quarter of section 2, then heading northwest through section 26, T35S, R62E; another beginning in section 23, T35S, R62E, heading northeast, then heading northwest through section 23, then northwest through the southwest quarter of section 15, then northwest through section 16, then turning northeast in the northeast quarter of section 16 to the Jualin patented group. Approximate Total.................................... 388'' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ``(3) The remaining 2,039 acres of land to be conveyed to Kake Tribal Corporation, or the entire 2,427 acres if the option on the 388 acres mentioned in (2) of this subsection is not exercised, shall be land in the Hamilton Bay and Saginaw Bay areas and shall be conveyed within 90 days after the effective date of this section; this land is shown on the maps dated ______ and labeled Attachments C and D. ``(d) Timber Manufacturing.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, timber harvested from lands conveyed to Kake Tribal Council pursuant to this Act shall not be available for export as unprocessed logs from Alaska, nor may Kake Tribal Corporation sell, trade, exchange, substitute, or otherwise convey such logs to any other person for the purpose of exporting such logs from the State of Alaska. ``(e) Relation to Other Requirements.--The land conveyed to Kake Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Corporation under this section is, for all purposes, considered land conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. ``(f) Maps.--The maps referred to in this section shall be maintained on file in the Office of the Chief, United States Forest Service, and in the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Washington, DC. The acreage cited in this section is approximate, and if a discrepancy arises between cited acreage and the land depicted on the specified maps the maps shall control. The maps do not constitute an attempt by the United States to convey State or private land.''.
summary: Kake Tribal Corporation Land Exchange Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, subject to valid existing rights and easements, to enter into a land exchange under which there is conveyed to the: (1) Kake Tribal Corporation title to certain land suitable for development; (2) Sealaska Corporation title to subsurface estate in such land needed as a municipal watershed area; and (3) United States, by the Kake Corporation, specified lands. Directs that timber harvested from lands conveyed to the Kake Tribal Council shall not be made available for export as unprocessed logs from Alaska, nor may Kake Tribal Corporation sell, trade, exchange, substitute, or otherwise convey such logs to any other person for the purpose of exporting such logs from the State of Alaska.