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114 STAT. 868 PUBLIC LAW 106-283—OCT. 6, 2000 or otherwise affect the Corporation's remaining entitlement under section 16(b). "(c) LANDS SUBJECT TO EXCHANGE.—(1) The lands to be transferred to the City of Kake under subsection (a) are the surface and subsurface estate to approximately 1,430 acres of land owned by Kake Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Corporation, and depicted as 'KTC Land to City of Kake' on the map entitled 'Kake Land Exchange-2000', dated May 2000. "(2) The lands subject to relinquishment by the State of Alaska and to conveyance to Kake Tribal Corporation and Sealaska Corporation under subsection (a) are the surface and subsurface estate to approximately 1,389 acres of Federal lands depicted as 'Jenny Creek-Land Selected by the State of Alaska to KTTC on the map entitled'Kake Land Exchange-2000', dated May 2000. "(3) In addition to the transfers authorized under subsection (a), the Secretary may acquire from Sealaska Corporation the subsurface estate to approximately 1,127 acres of land depicted as 'KTC Land-Conservation Easement to SEAL Trust' on the map entitled 'Kake Land Exchange-2000', dated May 2000, through a land exchange for the subsurface estate to approximately 1,168 acres of Federal land in southeast Alaska that is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary. Any exchange under this paragraph shall be subject to the mutual consent of the United States Forest Service and Sealaska Corporation. "(d) WITHDRAWAL.— Subject to valid existing rights, the lands described in subsection (c)(2) are withdrawn from all forms of location, entry, and selection under the mining and public land laws of the United States and from leasing under the mineral and Expiration date. geothermal leasing laws. This withdrawal expires 18 months after the effective date of this section. "(e) MAPS. —The maps referred to in this Act shall be maintained on file in the Office of the Chief, United States Forest Service, the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, and the Office of the Petersburg Ranger District, Alaska. "(f) WATERSHED MANAGEMENT. —The United States Forest Service may cooperate with Kake Tribal Corporation and the City of Kake in developing a watershed management plan that provides for the protection of the watershed in the public interest. Grants may be made, and contracts and cooperative agreements may be entered into, to the extent necessary to assist the City of Kake and Kake Tribal Corporation in the preparation and implementation of a watershed management plan for the land within the City of Kake's municipal watershed. "(g) EFFECTIVE DATE. —This section is effective upon the execution of one or more conservation easements that, subject to valid existing rights of third parties— "(1) encumber all lands depicted as 'KTC Land to City of Kake' and 'KTC Land-Conservation Easement to SEAL Trust' on a map entitled 'Kake Land Exchange-2000' dated May 2000; "(2) provide for the relinquishment by Kake Tribal Corporation of the Corporation's development rights on lands described in paragraph (1); and "(3) provide for perpetual protection and management of lands depicted as 'KTC Land to City of Kake' and 'KTC Land- Conservation Easement to SEAL Trust' on the map described in pargigraph (1) as— "(A) a watershed;