118 STAT. 3582 PUBLIC LAW 108–452—DEC. 10, 2004 TITLE II—ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT SEC. 201. LAND AVAILABLE AFTER SELECTION PERIOD. (a) IN GENERAL.—To make certain Federal land available for conveyance to a Native Corporation that has sufficient remaining entitlement, the Secretary may waive the filing deadlines under sections 12 and 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611, 1615) if— (1) the Federal land is— (A) located in a township in which all or any part of a Native Village is located; or (B) surrounded by— (i) land that is owned by the Native Corporation; or (ii) selected land that will be conveyed to the Native Corporation; (2) the Federal land— (A) became available after the end of the original selec- tion period; (B)(i) was not selected by the Native Corporation because the Federal land was subject to a competing claim or entry; and (ii) the competing claim or entry has lapsed; or (C) was previously an unavailable Federal enclave within a Native selection withdrawal area; (3)(A) the Secretary provides the Native Corporation with a specific time period in which to decline the Federal land; and (B) the Native Corporation does not submit to the Secretary written notice declining the land within the period established under subparagraph (A); and (4) the State has voluntarily relinquished any valid State selection or top-filing for the Federal land. (b) CONGRESSIONAL ACTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to a parcel of Federal land if Congress has specifically made other provisions for disposition of the parcel of Federal land. SEC. 202. COMBINED ENTITLEMENTS. Section 12 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611) is amended— (1) in the second sentence of subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Regional Corporation shall’’ and inserting ‘‘Regional Corpora- tion shall, not later than October 1, 2005,’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(f)(1) The entitlements received by any Village Corporation under subsection (a) and the reallocations made to the Village Corporation under subsection (b) may be combined, at the discretion of the Secretary, without— ‘‘(A) increasing or decreasing the combined entitlement; or ‘‘(B) increasing the limitation on selections of Wildlife Refuge System land, National Forest System land, or State- selected land under subsection (a). 43 USC 1611 note. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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