Sec. 1. Findings
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Congress finds that— the Cape Fox Corporation is a Village Corporation for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, organized pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ); similar to other Village Corporations in southeast Alaska, under section 16 of that Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1615 ), Cape Fox could select only 23,040 acres from land withdrawn for the purpose of that selection; under section 22(l) of that Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1621(l) )— the Village Corporations in southeast Alaska, other than Cape Fox, were restricted with respect to the selection of land within 2 miles of a home rule city (as that term is used in that Act); and to protect the watersheds in the vicinity, Cape Fox was restricted with respect to the selection of land within 6 miles of the boundary of the home rule city of Ketchikan, Alaska; the 6-mile restriction described in paragraph (3)(B) precluded Cape Fox from selecting valuable industrial sites and other commercial property located— within the townships in which the Native Village of Saxman is located, more particularly described as T.75 S., T.76 S., R.91 E., Copper River Meridian; and on surrounding land that is far removed from Ketchikan, Alaska, and its watersheds; as a result of the restriction described in paragraph (3)(B), only the remote, mountainous, northeast corner of the property described in paragraph (4)(A), which is nonproductive and has no known economic value, was available for selection by Cape Fox, as required under section 16(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1615(b) ); land selections by Cape Fox under that Act were further limited by the fact that— the Annette Island Indian Reservation is located within the applicable selection area; and land of that Reservation is unavailable for selection by Cape Fox;
Cape Fox is the only Village Corporation affected by the restrictions described in paragraphs (3)(B) and (6); and the Secretary has advised Congress that the predicament of Cape Fox is sufficiently unique to warrant the legislative remedy provided by this Act.
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