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 117 STAT. 1358

PUBLIC LAW 108–129—NOV. 17, 2003

Public Law 108–129 108th Congress An Act Nov. 17, 2003 [S. 924] 16 USC 668dd note.

To authorize the exchange of lands between an Alaska Native Village Corporation and the Department of the Interior, 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. DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this Act, the term— (1) ‘‘ANCSA’’ means the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); (2) ‘‘ANILCA’’ means the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); (3) ‘‘Calista’’ means the Calista Corporation, an Alaska Native Regional Corporation established pursuant to ANCSA; (4) ‘‘Identified Lands’’ means approximately 10,943 acres of lands (including surface and subsurface estates) designated as ‘‘Proposed Village Site’’ on a map entitled ‘‘Proposed Newtok Exchange,’’ dated September, 2002, and available for inspection in the Anchorage office of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; (5) ‘‘limited warranty deed’’ means a warranty deed which is, with respect to its warranties, limited to that portion of the chain of title from the moment of conveyance from the United States to Newtok to and including the moment at which such title is validly reconveyed to the United States; (6) ‘‘Newtok’’ means the Newtok Native Corporation, an Alaska Native Village Corporation established pursuant to ANCSA; (7) ‘‘Newtok lands’’ means approximately 12,101 acres of surface estate comprising conveyed lands and selected lands identified as Aknerkochik on the map referred to in paragraph (4) and that surface estate selected by Newtok on Baird Inlet Island as shown on the map; and (8) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 2. LANDS TO BE EXCHANGED.

(a) LANDS EXCHANGED TO THE UNITED STATES.—If, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, Newtok expresses to the Secretary in writing its intent to enter into a land exchange with the United States, the Secretary shall accept from Newtok a valid, unencumbered conveyance, by limited warranty deed, of the Newtok lands previously conveyed to Newtok. The Secretary shall also accept from Newtok a relinquishment of irrevocable prioritized selections for approximately 4,956 acres for those validly selected lands not yet conveyed to Newtok.

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