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 PUBLIC LAW 104-270—OCT. 9, 1996 110 STAT. 3303 (3) conduct hearings within the Alaska Native community on further ways in which the Commission's recommendations might be implemented; and (4) recommend enactment of specific provisions of law and other actions the Congress should take to implement such recommendations. (d) CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL CONTROL.—In developing its recommendations pursuant to subsection (c)(4), the Alaska Federation of Natives shall give specific attention to the ways in which the recommendations may be achieved at the local level with maximum local control of the implementation of the recommendations. (e) REPORT.— Not later than 12 months after the date on which the grant is made under subsection (b), the Alaska Federation of Natives shall submit a report on the study conducted under this section, together with the recommendations developed pursuant to subsection (c)(4), to the President and the Congress and to the Governor and legislature of the State of Alaska. In addition, the Alaska Federation of Natives shall make the report available to Alaska Native villages and organizations and to the general public. (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated $350,000 for the grant under subsection (b). (g) ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING.— The Congress encourages the State of Alaska to provide the additional funding necessary for the completion of the study under this section. Approved October 9, 1996. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3973: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 104-838 (Comm. on Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996): Sept. 26, considered and passed House. Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate.

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