Sec. 1429. chugach regional corporation lands

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## Sec. 1429 chugach regional corporation lands ###

(a)Subject to valid existing rights, within one hundred and eighty days after the enactment of this Act, Chugach Natives, Incorporated, shall be entitled to select public lands not reserved for purposes other than National Forests from within the Chugach Region under section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act from within the boundaries of the Chugach National Forest. Chugach Natives, Incorporated, shall make no selection of lands within the areas identified on the maps entitled “Western Price William Sound Area Not Available for Chugach 14(h)(8) Selection” and “Copper River Delta Area Not Available for Chugach 14(h)(8) selection”, both dated April 1979. ###

(b)The Secretary shall receive and adjudicate such selections as though they were timely filed pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as though such lands were available for selection under such provision. ###

(c)The Secretary shall convey such lands selected pursuant to this authorization which otherwise comply with the applicable statutes and regulations: *Provided, however,* That the corporation shall make no selection of lands, which overlap selection applications filed by the State of Alaska under section 6(a) of the Alaska Statehood Act as amended, on or before September 1, 1978, and that any disapproval of such selection applications shall not vest any selection right in Chugach Natives, Incorporated. ###

(d)If Chugach Natives, Incorporated, elects to select any or all of its lands to which it is entitled under section 12(h)(8) of the Settlement Act from lands within the Chugach National Forest made available pursuant to this authority, the following lands within the Carbon Mountain regional deficiency area shall be adjudicated as though they were timely filed by Chugach Natives, Incorporated, under section 12(c) of the Settlement Act, notwithstanding any prior relinquishment of 12(c) selections and subsequent selection of these lands by Chugach Natives, Incorporated, under section 14(h)(8) of the Settlement Act. Township 16 south, range 9, east, sections 7 through 10, 16 through 31; Township 19 south, range 9 east, sections 1 through 36; Township 20 south, range 9 east, sections 1 through 36; and Township 20 south, range 10 east, sections 5 through 8, 17 through 20, 29 through 32. ###

(e)If legislation is enacted or a proposal implemented pursuant to section 1430 of this Act, selections by the Chugach Natives, Incorporated, under this section shall also be subject to the provisions of such legislation or proposal. ###

(f)The Secretary shall process the lands for conveyance under this section subject to the requirements of the Settlement Act for selection, tract size, and compactness. These selection shall also be subject to any requirements regarding contiguity which are agreed to as a result of the study established by section 1430.