PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-296 (2) The areas in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) shall only be construed to mean those public lands which as of October 1, 1998, were subject to federal management for subsistence uses pursuant to Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. (b) SUBSECTION (a) REPEALED.— (1) The Secretary of the Interior shall certify before October . 1, 1999, if a bill or resolution has been passed by the Alaska State Legislature to amend the Constitution of the State of Alaska that, if approved by the electorate, would enable the implementation of state laws of general applicability consistent with, and which provide for the definition, preference, and participation specified in sections 803, 804, and 805 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. (2) Subsection (a) shall be repealed on October 1, 1999, unless prior to that date the Secretary of the Interior makes such a certification described in paragraph (1). (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION ACT. — Section 805 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3115) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking "one year after the date of enactment of this Act," (2) in subsection (d) by striking "within one year from the date of enactment of this Act,". (d) EFFECT ON TIDAL AND SUBMERGED LAND. —Nothing in this section invalidates, validates, or in any other way affects any claim of the State of Alaska to title to any tidal or submerged land in Alaska. SEC. 340. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to establish a national wildlife refuge in the Kankakee River watershed in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois. SEC. 341. Upon the condition that Skamania County conveys l6 USC 544g title acceptable to the Secretary of Agriculture to all right, title note. and interest in lands identified on a map dated September 29, 1998 entitled "Skamania County Lands to be Transferred", such lands being located on Table Mountain lying within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, there is hereby conveyed to Skamania County, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Wind River Nursery Site lands sind facilities and all interests therein, except for the corridor of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, as depicted on a map dated September 29, 1998, entitled "Wind River Conveyance", which is on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief, USDA Forest Service, Washington, D.C. The conveyance of lands to Skamania County shall become automatically effective upon a determination by the Secretary that Skamania County has conveyed acceptable title to the United States to the Skamania Coimty lands. Lands conveyed to the United States shall become part of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and shall have the status of lands acquired under the Act of Msirch 1, 1911, (commonly called the Weeks Act) and shall be -managed in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to the National Forest System. SEC. 342. (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.— I6 USC 90a-i (1) LAKE CHELAN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.— The bound- note. ary of the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, established
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