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 118 STAT. 3585 PUBLIC LAW 108–452—DEC. 10, 2004 the Secretary a statement on the significance of and the location of the historic place— ‘‘(i) the application shall not be valid; and ‘‘(ii) the Secretary shall reject the application. ‘‘(G) The State and the head of the Federal agency with administrative jurisdiction over the land shall have 30 days to provide written comments to the Secretary— ‘‘(i) identifying any third party interest to which a conveyance under subparagraph (A) should be made subject; and ‘‘(ii) describing any easements recommended for reservation.’’. SEC. 205. ALLOCATIONS BASED ON POPULATION. Section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(8)) is amended by adding at the end the fol- lowing: ‘‘(C)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub- section, as soon as practicable after enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall allocate to a Regional Corporation eligible for an allocation under subparagraph (A) the Regional Corporation’s share of 200,000 acres from lands withdrawn under this subsection, to be credited against acreage to be allocated to the Regional Corporation under subparagraph (A). ‘‘(ii) Clause (i) shall apply to Chugach Alaska Corpora- tion pursuant to the terms of the 1982 CNI Settlement Agreement. ‘‘(iii) With respect to Cook Inlet Region, Inc., or Koniag, Inc.— ‘‘(I) clause (i) shall not apply; and ‘‘(II) the portion of the 200,000 acres allocated to Cook Inlet Region Inc. or Koniag, Inc., shall be retained by the United States. ‘‘(iv) This subparagraph shall not affect any prior agreement entered into by a Regional Corporation other than the agreements specifically referred to in this subpara- graph.’’. SEC. 206. AUTHORITY TO WITHDRAW LAND. Section 14(h)(10) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(10)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘(10) Notwithstanding’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(10)(A) Notwithstanding’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(B) If a Regional Corporation does not have enough valid selections on file to fulfill the remaining entitlement of the Regional Corporation under paragraph (8), the Secretary may use the withdrawal authority under subparagraph (A) to with- draw land that is vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved on the date of enactment of this subparagraph for selection by, and conveyance to, the Regional Corporation to fulfill the entitlement.’’. SEC. 207. REPORT ON WITHDRAWALS. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— Applicability. Deadline. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00119 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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