Sec. 1418. nana/cook inlet regional corporation lands

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## Sec. 1418 nana/cook inlet regional corporation lands ###

(a)The following lands are hereby withdrawn for selection pursuant to the provisions of section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and this section: #### Kateel River Meridian Township 32 north, range 18 west, sections 3 through 10, 13 through 36, except those lands within the Kelly River drainage; Township 32 north, range 17 west, sections 29 through 32, except those lands within the Kelly River drainage; Township 31 north, range 18 west; Township 31 north, range 17 west, sections 5 through 8, except those lands within the Kelly River drainage, 17 through 2, 29 through 32; Township 30 north, range 19 west, sections 1 through 18; Township 30 north, range 18 west, sections 1 through 9; and Township 30 north, range 17 west, section 6. ###

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(1)On or prior to one hundred and eighty days from the date of enactment of this Act, NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated, may select, pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native's Claims Settlement Act, from the lands withdrawn pursuant to subsection (a). In addition, on or prior to such date, Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, if it receives the written consent of NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated, and of the State of Alaska, may select from such lands, such selections to be credited against the Secretary's obligation under paragraph I(C)(1) of the document entitled, “Terms and Conditions for Land Consolidation and Management in the Cook Inlet Area as Clarified August 31, 1976”, and any such selections conveyed shall be conveyed in partial satisfaction of the entitlement of Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, under section 12 of Public Law 94–204, as amended. ####

(2)The lands selected by NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated, or Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, unless otherwise provided in a waiver of this paragraph (b)(2) by the Secretary, shall consist of tracts which— #####

(A)contain not less than eight sections or 5,120 acres, whichever is less; and #####

(B)have boundaries which follow section lines, except where such boundary is the border of a meanderable body of water, with no segment of an exterior line less than two miles in length (except where shorter segments are necessary

(1)to follow section lines where township lines are offset along standard parallels caused by the convergence of meridians,

(2)to conform to section lines where a section is less than standard size, or

(3)to avoid crossing the boundary lines of conservation system units created by this Act, or of lands which are unavailable for section). ###

(c)The Secretary shall convey the surface and subsurface estate of the acreage selected pursuant to subsection (b). Conveyances pursuant to this section shall be subject to valid existing rights and the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. ###

(d)Nothing in this section shall be deemed to increase or decrease the acreage entitlement of either NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated, or Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated under any section of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. ###

(e)Any lands withdrawn under subsection

(a)and not selected by either NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated or Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, shall return to the public domain subject to any prior withdrawals made by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the provisions of section 906(k) of this Act. ###

(f)Nothing in this section shall be construed as granting or denying to any Regional Corporation, including NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated, or Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, the right to select land pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act outside the areas withdrawn by sections 11 and 16 of such Act. ## doyon regional corporation lands

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Sec. 1418

nana/cook inlet regional corporation lands

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