118 STAT. 3589 PUBLIC LAW 108–452—DEC. 10, 2004 revise the land description in the application to describe land other than the land that the applicant originally intended to claim if— ‘‘(A) the application— ‘‘(i) describes land selected by or conveyed by interim conveyance or patent to a Native Corporation formed to receive benefits under this Act; or ‘‘(ii) otherwise conflicts with an interest in land granted to a Native Corporation by the United States; ‘‘(B) the revised land description describes land selected by or conveyed by interim conveyance or patent to a Native Corporation of approximately equal acreage in substitution for the land described in the original application; ‘‘(C) the Director of the Bureau of Land Management has not adopted a final plan of survey for the final entitlement of the Native Corporation or its successor in interest; and ‘‘(D) the Native Corporation that selected the land or its successor in interest provides a corporate resolution authorizing reconveyance or relinquishment to the United States of the land, or interest in land, described in the revised application. ‘‘(2) The land description in an allotment application may not be revised under this section unless the Secretary has determined— ‘‘(A) that the allotment application is valid or would have been approved under section 905 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 1634) had the land in the allotment application been in Federal ownership on December 2, 1980; ‘‘(B) in consultation with the administering agency, that the proposed revision would not create an isolated inholding within a conservation system unit (as defined in section 102 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3102)); and ‘‘(C) that the proposed revision will facilitate completion of a land transfer in the State. ‘‘(3)(A) On obtaining title evidence acceptable under Depart- ment of Justice title standards and acceptance of a reconveyance or relinquishment from a Native Corporation under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall issue a Native allotment certificate to the applicant for the land reconveyed or relinquished by the Native Corporation. ‘‘(B) Any allotment revised under this section shall, when allotted, be made subject to any easement, trail, right-of-way, or any third-party interest (other than a fee interest) in existence on the revised allotment land on the date of revision.’’. SEC. 304. COMPENSATORY ACREAGE. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall adjust the acreage entitle- ment computation records for the State or an affected Native Cor- poration to account for any difference in the amount of acreage between the corrected description and the previous description in any conveyance document as a result of actions taken under section 18(d) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (as added by section 301) or section 18(e) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (as added by section 303), or for other voluntary reconveyances to the United States for the purpose of facilitating land transfers in the State. (b) LIMITATION.—No adjustment to the acreage conveyance com- putations shall be made where the State or an affected Native Records. 43 USC 1617 note. Certification. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00123 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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