H.R. 1071 — A bill for the acquisition by the United States by exchange of certain native owned lands or interests in lands in Alaska. | PoliFocus

H.R. 107198th Congress

A bill for the acquisition by the United States by exchange of certain native owned lands or interests in lands in Alaska.

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources

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Summary

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, under specified circumstances, to select acreage within the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge owned and designated for conveyance to the United States by the Koniag, Incorporated, Regional Native Corporation (Koniag).

Establishes guidelines for land transfers and for the determination of fair value. Provides for binding arbitration according to the rules of the American Arbitration Association if Koniag and the Secretary cannot agree upon land values. Declares that the primary measure of the land's fair value will be its value to the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.

Retains the rights of Koniag members and their families to the continued use of the transferred lands for subsistence purposes.

Authorizes the Secretary and Koniag to execute future land transfers under this Act in accordance with its arbitration guidelines.

Declares that land interests acquired under this Act shall become part of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.

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Related Legislation

S. 340A bill for the acquisition by the United States by exchange of certain native owned lands or interests in lands in Alaska.
1984-01-17Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from OMB. Unfavorable.
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Legislative Actions

1983-01-27
Introduced in House
1983-01-27
Introduced in House
1983-01-27
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
1983-03-02
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
1983-03-02
Ordered to be Reported.
1983-03-24
Reported to House by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 98-45 (Part I).
1983-03-24
Reported to House by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 98-45 (Part I).
1983-03-24
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Sequentially, for a Period Ending not Later than Apr 8, 83.
1983-04-08
House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Discharged by Motion.
1983-04-08
House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Discharged by Motion.
1983-04-08
Placed on Union Calendar No: 31.
1983-04-12
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
1983-04-12

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