Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 1.djvu/278

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114 STAT. 242 PUBLIC LAW 106-194—MAY 2, 2000 of Understanding (hereinafter referred to as the *MOU') to implement the provisions of this subsection. The MOU shall include among its provisions reasonable measures to protect plants and animals in the hot springs on the Conveyance Lands and on the land within Vi mile of the hot springs. The parties shall agree to meet periodically to review the matters contained in the MOU and to exercise their right to amend, replace, or extend the MOU. Such reviews shall include the authority to relocate any of the easements set forth in subparagraph (D) if the parties deem it advisable. "(B) INCORPORATION OF TERMS.— Elim shall incorporate the covenants, reservations, terms and conditions, in this subsection in any deed or other legal instrument by which it divests itself of any interest in all or a portion of the Conveyance Lands, including without limitation, a leasehold interest. "(C) SECTION i7(b) EASEMENTS. — The Bureau of Land Management, in consultation with Elim, shall reserve in the conveygmce to Elim easements to the United States pursuant to subsection 17(b) that are not in conflict with other easements specified in this paragraph. "(D) OTHER EASEMENTS.—The Bureau of Land Management, in consultation with Elim, shall reserve easements which shall include the right of the public to enter upon and travel along the Tubutulik River and Clear Creek within the Convey- ance Lands. Such easements shall also include easements for trails confined to foot travel along, and which may be established along each bank of, the Tubutulik River and Clear Creek. Such trails shall be 25 feet wide and upland of the ordinary high waterline of the water courses. The trails may deviate from the banks as necessary to go around man-made or natural obstructions or to portage around hazardous stretches of water. The easements shall also include one-acre sites along the water courses at reasonable intervals, selected in consultation with Elim, which may be used to launch or take out water craft from the water courses and to camp in non-permanent structures for a period not to exceed 24 hours without the consent of Elim. "(E) INHOLDERS. — The owners of lands held within the exterior boundaries of lands conveyed to Elim shall have all rights of ingress and egress to be vested in the inholder and the inholder's agents, employees, co-venturers, licensees, subsequent grantees, or invitees, and such easements shall be reserved in the conveyance to Elim. The inholder may not exercise the right of ingress and egress in a manner that may result in substantial damage to the surface of the lands or make any permanent improvements on Conveyance Lands without the prior consent of Elim. "(F) IDITAROD TRAIL. — The Bureau of Land Management may reserve an easement for the Iditarod National Historic Trail in the conveyance to Elim. "(7) IMPLEMENTATION.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this subsection.". SEC. 2. COMMON STOCK TO ADOPTED-OUT DESCENDANTS. Section 7(h)(l)(C)(iii) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606(h)(l)(C)(iii)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", notwithstanding an adoption.