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 PUBLIC LAW 102-415 —OCT. 14, 1992 106 STAT. 2115 including improvements on the lands, located at Palmer and Matanuska, Alaska: and (2) the lands of the University of Alaska Fur Farm Experiment Station, consisting of approximately 37 acres, including improvements on the lands, located at Petersburg, Alaska, subject to the terms of— (A) the lease between the Forest Service and the University of Alaska dated March 29, 1978; and (B) the agreement between the parties listed in subparagraph (A) dated March 2, 1983. SEC. 10. MINORITY BUSINESS. Section 29(e) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1626(e)) is amended by inserting "and economically disadvantaged" after "minority" each place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (2). SEC. 11. SHAREHOLDER HIRE. Section 29(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1626(g)) 18 amended— (1) by striking "defined in" and inserting "of entities excludedfromthe definition of'employer* by"; and (2) by strildng "section 701(b)" and inserting "section 701(b)(l)''. SEC. 12. ALASKA NATIVE ALLOTMENTS. Section 905 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (43 U.S.C. 1634) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(fKlXA) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (6) of subsection (a), and subject to subparagraph (B), each Alaska Native allotment application made pursuant to the Act entitled 'An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to allot homesteads to the natives of Alaska', approved May 17, 1906 (34 Stat. 197), that— "(i) was pending before the Department of the Interior on or before December 18, 1971; and "(ii) describes lands within the National Petroleiun Reserve- Alaska that have been selected, interim conveyed, or patented to a Village Corporation or Regional Corporation, is reinstated only for the purpose of this section, subject to this section. "(B) The reinstatement under subparagraph (A) shall be carried out regardless of whether the application was— "(i) relinquished by the applicant; or "(ii) denied by the Department of the Interior, if the denial was based solely on the gix>imds that land within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaslui was luiavailable. "(2)(A) To the extent that the application describes lands (or any interest in the lands) that have been selected, interim conveyed, or patented to a Village Corporation or Regional Corporation, the Secretary is authorized to accept from the Village Corporation or Regional Corporation the reconveyance or relinquishment of the lands (or any interest in the lands). "(B)(i) To the extent that the application describes lands (or any interest in the lands) that a Village Corporation is not willing to reconvey or relinquish piu^uant to subparagraph (A), the applicant may relinquish any claim to any portion of the lands (or any interest in the lands) or may, with the consent of the 59-194 O—93 11: QL 3 (Pt. 3)

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