Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 6.djvu/418

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110 STAT. 4240 PUBLIC LAW 104-333 —NOV. 12, 1996 in his discretion, determines to be the principal provider or providers of governmental services within the State; and "(11) is a unit of general government, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior on the basis of the same principles as were used by the Secretary of Commerce on January 1, 1983, for general statistical purposes; (ii) any area in Alaska that is within the boundaries of a census area used by the Secretary of Commerce in the debennial census, but that is not included within the boundary of a governmental entity described under clause (i); "(iii) the District of Columbia; "(iv) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; "(v) Guam; and "(vi) the Virgin Islands. "(B) the term 'governmental services' includes, but is not limited to, those services that relate to public safety, the environment, housing, social services, transportation, and governmental administration.". (b) PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES. —Section 6902(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall make a payment for each fiscal year to each unit of general local government in which entitlement land is located as set forth in this chapter. A unit of general local government may use the payment for any governmental purpose. Alaska. "(2) For each unit of general local government described in section 6901(2)(A)(ii), the Secretary of the Interior shall make a payment for each fiscal year to the State of Alaska for entitlement land located within such unit as set forth in this chapter. The State of Alaska shall distribute such pa3anent to home rule cities and general law cities (as such cities are defined by the State) located within the boundaries of the unit of general local government for which the payment was received. Such cities may use monies received under this paragraph for any governmental purpose. ". SEC. 1034. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any of the Alaska Native Village Corporations of Tyonek Native Corporation, Ninilchik Native Association, Inc., Knikatnu Inc., Seldovia Native Association, Inc., Chikaloon Moose Creek Native Association, Inc., and the Alaska Native Regional Corporation, Cook Inlet Region, Inc. may commence litigation at any time within 12 months of enactment of this Act in Federal District Court for Alaska to challenge any determination by the Department of the Interior that such native corporations will not receive conveyance of lands described in "Appendix C" of the Deficiency Agreement dated August 31, 1976. SEC. 1035. REGULATIONS OF FISHING IN CERTAIN WATERS OF ALASKA. (a) IN GENERAL.—Local residents who are descendants of Katmai residents who lived in the Naknek Lake and River Drainage shall be permitted, subject to reasonable regulations established by the Secretary of the Interior, to continue their traditional fishery for red fish within Katmai National Park (the national park and