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 102 STAT. 980

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PUBLIC LAW 100-395—AUG. 16, 1988

sources of the Senate, are hereby incorporated in this section and are ratified as to the duties and obligations of the United States and the State, as a matter of Federal law. "(c)(1) The execution of an interim conveyance or patent, as appropriate, by the Bureau of Land Management which conveys an area of land selected by a Native or Native Corporation which includes, surrounds, or abuts a lake, river, or stream, or any portion thereof, shall be the final agency action with respect to a decision of the Secretary of the Interior that such lake, river, or stream, is or is not navigable, unless such decision was validly appealed to an agency or board of the Department of the Interior on or before December 2, 1980. "(2) No agency or board of the Department of the Interior other than the Bureau of Land Management shall have authority to determine the navigability of a lake, river, or stream within an area selected by a Native or Native Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or this Act unless a determination by the Bureau of Land Management that such lake, river, or stream, is or is not navigable, was validly appealed to such agency or board on or before December 2, 1980. "(3) If title to land conveyed to a Native Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or this Act which underlies a lake, river, or stream is challenged in a court of competent jurisdiction and such court determines that such land is owned by the Native Corporation, the Native Corporation shall be awarded a money jud^nent against the plaintiffs in an amount equal to its costs and attorney's fees, including costs and attorney's fees incurred on appeal. "(d) For the purposes of this section, the terms 'navigable' and 'navigability' means navigable for the purpose of determining title to lands beneath navigable waters, as between the United States and the several States pursuant to the Submerged Lands Act and section 6(m) of the Alaska Statehood Act". SEC. 102. Nothing in this Act shall amend or alter any land exchange agreement to which the United States is a party, or any statute, including but not limited to the Act of January 2, 1976 (89 Stat. 1151) and section 506(c) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (94 Stat. 2409; Public Law 96-487), that authorizes, ratifies or implements such an agreement. SEC. 103. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall prepare a report that assesses the effects of the implementation of section 101 of this Act on Conservation System Units as defined in section 102(4) of the Alaska National Lanck Conservation Act and makes recommendations for appropriate action. (b) SCOPE OP REPORT.—The report required to be prepared tmder subsection (a) shall at a minimum— (1) identify and estimate the acreage of all lands currently atented to or selected by a Native, Native Corporation, or the tate pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, the Alaska Statehood Act, or this Act that is within the boundaries of Conservation System Units; (2) establish priorities for the acquisition of lands currently atented to or selected by a Native, Native Corporation or the tate that are within the boundaries of Conservation Ssrstem Units;

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