Sec. 3. Finalization of entitlement
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If, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary receives a corporate resolution adopted by the board of directors of Sealaska agreeing to accept the conveyance of land described in subsection
(b)in accordance with this Act as full and final satisfaction of the remaining land entitlement of Sealaska under section 14(h) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1613(h) ), the Secretary shall— implement the provisions of this Act; and charge the entitlement pool under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8) ) 70,075 acres, reduced by the number of acres deducted under subsection (b)(2), in fulfillment of the remaining land entitlement for Sealaska under that Act, notwithstanding whether the surveyed acreage of the 18 parcels of land generally depicted on the maps as Sealaska Selections and patented under section 4 is less than or more than 69,585 acres, reduced by the number of acres deducted under subsection (b)(2). Except as provided in paragraph (2), the land described in subsection
(a)shall consist of— the 18 parcels of Federal land comprising approximately 69,585 acres that is generally depicted as Sealaska Selections on the maps; and a total of not more than 490 acres of Federal land for cemetery sites and historical places comprised of parcels that are applied for in accordance with section 5. The Secretary shall deduct from the number of acres of Federal land described in paragraph (1)(A) the number of acres of Federal land for which the Secretary has issued a conveyance during the period beginning on August 1, 2012, and ending on the date of receipt of the resolution under subsection (a). The Secretary, the Secretary of Agriculture, and Sealaska shall negotiate in good faith to make a mutually agreeable adjustment to the parcel of Federal land generally depicted on the maps entitled Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization , numbered 1 of 17, and dated October 17, 2012, and the map numbered 18 and dated December 21, 2012, to implement the deduction of acres required by subparagraph (A). The resolution filed by Sealaska in accordance with subsection
(a)shall— be final and irrevocable; and without any further administrative action by the Secretary, result in— the relinquishment of all existing selections made by Sealaska under subsection 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8) ); and the termination of all withdrawals by section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615), except to the extent a selection by a Village Corporation under subsections
(b)and
(d)of section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1615 ) remains pending, until the date on which those selections are resolved. If Sealaska fails to file the resolution in accordance with subsection (a)— the provisions of this Act shall cease to be effective; and the Secretary shall, not later than 27 months after the date of enactment of this Act, complete the interim conveyance of the remaining land entitlement to Sealaska under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) from prioritized selections on file with the Secretary on the date of enactment of this Act. Except as provided in subsections
(d)and (f), this Act provides the exclusive authority under which the remaining land entitlement of Sealaska under section 14(h) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)) may be fulfilled. Nothing in this Act affects any land that is— the subject of an application under subsection (h)(1) of section 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1613 ) that is pending on the date of enactment of this Act; and conveyed in accordance with that subsection.
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