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 PUBLIC LAW 104-123—APR. 1, 1996 110 STAT. 879 Public Law 104-123 104th Congress An Act To provide fw the exchange of lands within Admiralty Mand Nation^ Monument, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Greens Creek Land Exchange Act oT 1995". SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act established the Admiralty Island National Monument and sections 503 and 504 of that Act provided special provisions under which the Greens Creek Claims would be developed. The provisions supplemented the general mining laws under which these claims were staked. (2) The Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Company, Inc., currently holds title to the Greens Creek Claims, and the area surrounding these claims has further mineral potential which is yet unexplored. (3) Negotiations between the United States Forest Service and the Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Company, Inc., have resulted in an agreement by which the area surrounding the Greens Creek Claims could be explored and developed under terms and conditions consistent with the protection of the values of the Admiralty Island National Monument. (4) The full effectuation of the Agreement, by its terms, requires the approval and ratification by Congress. M:C. 3. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Act— (1) the term "Agreement" means the document entitled the "Greens Creek Land Exchange Agreement" executed on December 14, 1994, by the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment on behalf of the United States and the Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Company and Kennecott Corporation; (2) the term "ANILCA" means the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public Law 96-487 (94 Stat. 2371); (3) the term "conservation system unit" has the same meaning as defined in section 102(4) of ANILCA; (4) the term "Greens Creek Claims" means those patented mining claims of Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Company Apr. 1, 1996 [H.R. 1266] Greens Creek Land Exchange Act of 1995. Alaska. 16 USC 431 note. Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Company, Inc.

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