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 PUBLIC LAW 105-60 —OCT. 10, 1997 111 STAT. 1269 Public Law 105-60 105th Congress An Act To provide for the exchange of lands within Admiralty Island National Monument, Oct. 10, 1997 and for other purposes. [HR 1948] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. Hood Bay Land Exchange Act of SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1997. This Act may be cited as the "Hood Bay Land Exchange Act 16 USC 431 note, of 1997". 1132 note. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 16 USC 431 note, The Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act established the Admiralty Island National Monument which is managed by the Secretary of Agriculture, by and through the Forest Service. (2) The Forest Service has established a policy of encouraging the acquisition of private land inholdings within Admiralty Island National Monument on a willing buyer/willing seller basis. Congress has supported this policy, for example by passage of the Greens Creek Land Exchange Act of 1996 which provided for a land exchange of certain public and private lands in Admiralty Island National Monument. (3) Lands owned by Alaska Pulp Corporation, consisting of 54 acres, more or less, located in Hood Bay on Admiralty Island within the boundaries of the Kootznoowoo Wilderness are available for transfer to Federal ownership on a willing seller/willing buyer basis. The acquisition of these lands would provide Federal ownership of this valuable land in a critical area of Admiralty Island National Monument. (4) The United States is the owner of certain reversionary interests to 143.87 acres, more or less, located adjacent to Silver Bay near Sitka, Alaska, which interests were reserved in patent No. 1213671 issued to the Alaska Pulp Corporation on October 18, 1960. The transfer of the reversionary interests of the United States in such lands adjacent to Silver Bay to the Alaska Pulp Corporation would facilitate future use and development of that land. (5) The future acquisition by the United States of the Chaik Bay property on Admiralty Island to be incorporated into the Kootznoowoo Wilderness would be in the public interest.

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