Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 6.djvu/44

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104 STAT. 4434 PUBLIC LAW 101-626—NOV. 28, 1990 "(c) DURATION.—The withdrawal made pursuant to subsection (a) shall terminate ninety days after the United States has conveyed the surface and subsurface estates of all lands selected by Haida Corporation pursuant to subsection G:>) to Haida Corporation and Sealaska Corporation respectively, or one year after the date of enactment of this section, whichever is later. "(d) PROHIBITION. —Haida Corporation shall not be entitled to select lands pursuant to this Act or section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in the area referred to in section 508(7) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.". TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 16 USC 539e SEC. 501. POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF PREVIOUSLY HARVESTED LANDS. (a) No later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a study regarding the feasibility of acquiring private lands located within the boundary of the Tongass National Forest, which have been significantly harvested. Such study shall include, but not be limited to: (1) a description of such lands; (2) a status report regarding the ownership of such lands; (3) an assessment of the suitability of such lands for future timber management, including potential timber production; (4) an assessment of other present and future resource values associated with such lands; and (5) an estimate of the cost of acquiring such lands. (b) Upon completion of the study, the Secretary shall transmit it to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives. SEC. 502. LAKE FLORENCE NEGOTIATIONS. During the sixty-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary is directed to engage in expedited negotiations with Shee Atika, Inc., Atikon, Inc., and Sealaska for independent voluntary exchange agreements through which the United States would acquire all of the surface estate or all of the surface and subsurface estates held by these private parties in the Lake Florence, Lake Kathleen, and Wards Creek drainages of Admiralty