PUBLIC LAW 107-362—DEC. 19, 2002 116 STAT. 3021 Public Law 107-362 107th Congress An Act To resolve the claims of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to lands adjacent to the Russian Dec. 19, 2002 River in the State of Alaska. [H.R. 3048] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Russian River Land Act. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Contracts. This Act may be cited as the "Russian River Land Act". SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress makes the following findings: (1) Certain lands adjacent to the Russian River in the area of its confluence with the Kenai River contain abundant - archaeological resources of significance to the Native people of the Cook Inlet Region, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, and the citizens of the United States. (2) Those lands at the confluence of the Russian River and Kenai River contain abundant fisheries resources of great
- significance to the citizens of Alaska.
(3) Cook Inlet Region, Inc., an Alaska Native Regional Corporation formed under the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (hereinafter in this Act referred to as "ANCSA"), has selected lands . in the area pursueint to section 14(h)(1) of such Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(1)), for their values as historic and cemetery sites. (4) The United States Bureau of Land Management, the Federal agency responsible for the adjudication of ANCSA selec- • tions has not finished adjudicating Cook Inlet Region, Inc.'s selections under section 14(h)(1) of that Act as of the date of the enactment of this Act. (5) The Bureau of Indian Affairs has certified a portion of Cook Inlet Region, Inc.'s selections under section 14(h)(1) of ANCSA as containing prehistoric and historic cultural artifacts, and meeting the requirements of section 14(h)(1) of that Act. (6) A portion of the selections under section 14(h)(1) of ANCSA made by Cook Inlet Region, Inc., and certified by - the Bureau of Indian Affairs lies within the Chugach National • Forest over which the United States Forest Service is the agency currently responsible for the administration of public activities, archaeological features, and natural resources. (7) A portion of the selections under section 14(h)(1) of ANCSA and the lands certified by the Bureau of Indian Affairs lies within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge over which the United States Fish and Wildlife Service is the land managing
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