90 STAT. 1934
PUBLIC LAW 94-456—OCT. 4, 1976
Public Law 94-456 94th Congress An Act Oct. 4, 1976 [S. 3651] Klukwan Village, Alaska. Additional land. Withdrawal of public lands. 43 USC 1602.
43 USC 1618. 43 USC 1613.
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rjiQ amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for the withdrawal of lands for the village of Klukwan. Alaska, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. (a) Section 16(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688, 705, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 1604, 1615) is further amended by striking " K l u k w a n, Southeast.". (b) Section 16(d) of such Act is amended to read as follows: " (d)(1) The Secretary is authorized and directed to withdraw seventy thousand acres of public lands, as defined in section 3 of this Act, in order that the Village Corporation for the village of Klukwan may select twenty-three thousand and forty acres of land. Such Corporation and the shareholders thereof shall otherwise participate fully in the benefits provided by this Act to the same extent as they would have participated had they not elected to acquire title to their former reserve as provided by section 19(b) of this Act: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall affect the existing entitlement of a n j Regional Corporation to lands pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of this Act: Provided further, That no such lands shall be withdrawn from an area previously w i t h d r a w n as a forest reserve without prior consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further, That the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not become effective unless and until the Village Corporation for the village of Klukwan shall quitclaim to Chilkat Indian Village, organized under the provisions of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended by the Act of May 1, 1936 (49 Stat. 1250), all its right, title, and interest in the lands of the reservation defined in and vested by the Act of September 2, 1957 (71 Stat. 596), which lands are hereby conveyed and confirmed to said Chilkat Indian Village in fee simple absolute, free of trust and all restrictions upon alienation, encumbrance, or otherwise: Provided further, That the United States and the Village Corporation for the village of K l u k w a n shall also quitclaim to said Chilkat Indian Village any right or interest they may have in and to income derived from the reservation lands defined in and vested by the Act of September 2, 1957 (71 Stat. 597), after December 18, 1971, and prior to January 2, 1976. " (2) The lands withdrawn by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be located in the southeastern Alaska region and shall be of similar character and comparable value, to the extent possible, to those of the Chilkat Valley surrounding the village of Klukwan. Such withdrawal shall be made within six months of the date of enactment of this paragraph and the Village Corporation for the village of Klukwan shall select, within one year from the time that the withdrawal is made, and be conveyed, twenty-three thousand and forty acres. None of the lands withdrawn by the Secretary for selection by the Village Corporation for the village of K l u k w a n shall have been selected by, or be subject to an outstanding nomination for selection by, any other Native Corporation organized pursuant to this Act, or located on A d m i r a l t y Island.".
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