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 109 STAT. 356 PUBLIC LAW 104-42 —NOV. 2, 1995 (b) REQUIREMENT. — The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall release to the Secretary of the Interior information relevant to the report required under subsection (a). SEC. 107. TRANSFER OF WRANGELL INSTITUTE. (a) PROPERTY TRANSFER.—In order to effect a recision of the ANCSA settlement conveyance to Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated of the approximately 134.49 acres and structures located thereon ("property") known as the Wrangell Institute in Wrangell, Alaska, upon certification to the Secretary by Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, that the Wrangell Institute property has been offered for transfer to the City of Wrangell, property bidding credits in an amount of $475,000, together with adjustments from January 1, 1976 made pursuant to the methodology used to establish the Remaining Obligation Entitlement in the Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States Department of the Interior and Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated dated April 11, 1986, shall be restored to the Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, property account in the Treasury established under section 12(b) of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94^-204, 43 U.S.C. 1611 note), as amended, referred to in such section as the "Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, property account". Acceptance by the City of Wrangell, Alaska of the property shall constitute a waiver by the City of Wrangell of any claims for the costs of remediation related to asbestos, whether in the nature of participation or reimbursement, against the United States or Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated. The acceptance of the property bidding credits by Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, Alaska of the property shall constitute a waiver by Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated of any claims for the costs of remediation related to asbestos, whether in the nature of participation or reimbursement, against the United States. In no event shall the United States be required to take title to the property. Such restored property bidding credits may be used in the same manner as any other portion of the account. (b) HOLD HARMLESS.— Upon acceptance of the property bidding credits by Cook Inlet Region, Inc., the United States shall defend and hold harmless Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, and its subsidiaries in any and all claims arising from asbestos or any contamination existing at the Wrangell Institute property at the time of transfer of ownership of the property from the United States to Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated. SEC. 108. SHISHMAREF AIRPORT AMENDMENT. The Shishmaref Airport, conveyed to the State of Alaska on January 5, 1967, in Patent No. 1240529, is subject to reversion to the United States, pursuant to the terms of that patent for nonuse as an airport. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration is hereby directed to exercise said reverter in Patent No. 1240529 in favor of the United States within twelve months of the date of enactment of this section. Upon revesting of title, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States shall immediately thereafter transfer all right, title, and interest of the United States in the subject lands to the Shishmaref Native Corporation. Nothing in this section shall relieve the State, the United States, or any other potentially responsible party of liability, if any, under existing law for the cleanup of hazardous or solid wastes on the property, nor shall the United States or Shishmaref Native Corporation become liable for the cleanup of the property solely

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