text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``ANCSA Unrecognized Community 
  Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017''.
  
  SEC. 2. UNRECOGNIZED SOUTHEAST ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITIES RECOGNITION 
                AND COMPENSATION.
  
      (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to redress the 
  omission of the southeastern Alaska communities of Haines, Ketchikan, 
  Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell from eligibility by authorizing the 
  Native people enrolled in the communities--
              (1) to form Urban Corporations for the communities under 
          the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
          seq.); and
              (2) to receive certain settlement land pursuant to that 
          Act.
      (b) Establishment of Additional Native Corporations.--Section 16 of 
  the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615) is amended by 
  adding at the end the following:
      ``(e) Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, 
  and Wrangell, Alaska.--
              ``(1) In general.--The Native residents of each of the 
          Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and 
          Wrangell, Alaska, may organize as Urban Corporations.
              ``(2) Effect on entitlement to land.--Nothing in this 
          subsection affects any entitlement to land of any Native 
          Corporation established before the date of enactment of this 
          subsection pursuant to this Act or any other provision of 
          law.''.
      (c) Shareholder Eligibility.--Section 8 of the Alaska Native Claims 
  Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1607) is amended by adding at the end the 
  following:
      ``(d) Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, 
  and Wrangell.--
              ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall enroll to each of 
          the Urban Corporations for Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, 
          Tenakee, or Wrangell those individual Natives who enrolled 
          under this Act to the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, 
          Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell, respectively.
              ``(2) Number of shares.--Each Native who is enrolled to an 
          Urban Corporation for Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, 
          or Wrangell pursuant to paragraph (1) and who was enrolled as a 
          shareholders of the Regional Corporation for Southeast Alaska 
          on or before March 30, 1973, shall receive 100 shares of 
          Settlement Common Stock in the respective Urban Corporation.
              ``(3) Natives receiving shares through inheritance.--If a 
          Native received shares of stock in the Regional Corporation for 
          Southeast Alaska through inheritance from a decedent Native who 
          originally enrolled to the Native Village of Haines, Ketchikan, 
          Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell and the decedent Native was 
          not a shareholder in a Village or Urban Corporation, the Native 
          shall receive the identical number of shares of Settlement 
          Common Stock in the Urban Corporation for Haines, Ketchikan, 
          Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell as the number of shares 
          inherited by that Native from the decedent Native who would 
          have been eligible to be enrolled to the respective Urban 
          Corporation.
              ``(4) Effect on entitlement to land.--Nothing in this 
          subsection affects entitlement to land of any Regional 
          Corporation pursuant to section 12(b) or 14(h)(8).''.
      (d) Distribution Rights.--Section 7 of the Alaska Native Claims 
  Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1606) is amended--
              (1) in subsection (j)--
                      (A) by striking ``(j) During'' and inserting the 
                  following:
      ``(j) Distribution of Corporate Funds and Other Net Income.--
              ``(1) In general.--During'';
                      (B) by striking ``Not less'' and inserting the 
                  following:
              ``(2) Minimum allocation.--Not less'';
                      (C) by striking ``In the case'' and inserting the 
                  following:
              ``(3) Thirteenth regional corporation.--In the case''; and
                      (D) by adding at the end the following:
              ``(4) Native villages of haines, ketchikan, petersburg, 
          tenakee, and wrangell.--Native members of the Native Villages 
          of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell who 
          become shareholders in an Urban Corporation for such a Native 
          Village shall continue to be eligible to receive distributions 
          under this subsection as at-large shareholders of the Regional 
          Corporation for Southeast Alaska.''; and
              (2) by adding at the end the following:
      ``(s) Effect of Amendatory Act.--Section 2 of the ANCSA 
  Unrecognized Community Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017 and 
  the amendments made by that section shall not affect--
              ``(1) the ratio for determination of revenue distribution 
          among Native Corporations under this section; or
              ``(2) the settlement agreement among Regional Corporation 
          or Village Corporations or other provisions of subsection (i) 
          or (j).''.
      (e) Compensation.--The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
  U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
  
  ``SEC. 43. URBAN CORPORATIONS FOR HAINES, KETCHIKAN, PETERSBURG, 
                TENAKEE, AND WRANGELL.
  
      ``(a) Offer of Compensation.--
              ``(1) In general.--On incorporation of the Urban 
          Corporations for Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and 
          Wrangell, the Secretary, in consultation and coordination with 
          the Secretary of Commerce, and in consultation with 
          representatives of each such Urban Corporation and the Regional 
          Corporation for Southeast Alaska, shall offer as compensation, 
          pursuant to this Act, 1 township of land (23,040 acres) to each 
          of the Urban Corporations for Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, 
          Tenakee, and Wrangell, in accordance with this subsection.
              ``(2) Local areas of historical, cultural, traditional, and 
          economic importance.--
                      ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall offer as 
                  compensation under this subsection local areas of 
                  historical, cultural, traditional, and economic 
                  importance to Alaska Natives from the Villages of 
                  Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, or Wrangell.
                      ``(B) Selection of land.--In selecting the land to 
                  be withdrawn and conveyed pursuant to this section, the 
                  Secretary--
                              ``(i) shall give preference to land with 
                          commercial purposes;
                              ``(ii) may include subsistence and cultural 
                          sites, aquaculture sites, hydroelectric sites, 
                          tideland, surplus Federal property, and eco-
                          tourism sites; and
                              ``(iii) shall not include land within a 
                          conservation system unit (as defined in section 
                          102 of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
                          Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3102)).
                      ``(C) Contiguous, compact sites.--The land selected 
                  pursuant to this section shall be contiguous and 
                  reasonably compact tracts if practicable.
                      ``(D) Valid existing rights.--The land selected 
                  pursuant to this section shall be subject to all valid 
                  existing rights and all other provisions of section 
                  14(g), including any lease, contract, permit, right-of-
                  way, or easement (including a lease issued under 
                  section 6(g) of the Act of July 7, 1958 (commonly known 
                  as the `Alaska Statehood Act') (48 U.S.C. note prec. 
                  21; Public Law 85-508)).
      ``(b) Acceptance or Rejection of Offer.--
              ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
          the offer of compensation from the Secretary under subsection 
          (a), each of the Urban Corporations for Haines, Ketchikan, 
          Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell shall accept or reject the 
          offer.
              ``(2) Resolution.--To accept or reject the offer, each such 
          Urban Corporation shall provide to the Secretary a properly 
          executed and certified corporate resolution that states that 
          the offer proposed by the Secretary was voted on, and either 
          approved or rejected, by a majority of the shareholders of the 
          Urban Corporation.
              ``(3) Rejection of offer.--If the offer is rejected--
                      ``(A) the Secretary, in consultation with 
                  representatives of the Urban Corporation that rejected 
                  the offer and the Regional Corporation for Southeast 
                  Alaska, shall revise the offer; and
                      ``(B) the Urban Corporation shall have an 
                  additional 180 days within which to accept or reject 
                  the revised offer.
      ``(c) Withdrawal and Conveyance of Land and Title.--Not later than 
  180 days after receipt of a corporate resolution of an Urban 
  Corporation approving an offer of the Secretary under subsection 
  (b)(1), the Secretary shall (as appropriate)--
              ``(1) withdraw the land;
              ``(2) convey to the Urban Corporation title to the surface 
          estate of the land; and
              ``(3) convey to the Regional Corporation for Southeast 
          Alaska title the subsurface estate for the land.
      ``(d) Conveyance of Roads, Trails, Log Transfer Facilities, Leases, 
  and Appurtenances.--The Secretary shall, without consideration of 
  compensation, convey to the Urban Corporations of Haines, Ketchikan, 
  Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, by quitclaim deed or patent, all 
  right, title, and interest of the United States in all roads, trails, 
  log transfer facilities, leases, and appurtenances on or related to the 
  land conveyed to the Corporations pursuant to subsection (c).
      ``(e) Settlement Trust.--
              ``(1) In general.--The Urban Corporations of Haines, 
          Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell may establish a 
          settlement trust in accordance with section 39 for the purposes 
          of promoting the health, education, and welfare of the trust 
          beneficiaries, and preserving the Native heritage and culture, 
          of the communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, 
          and Wrangell, respectively.
              ``(2) Proceeds and income.--The proceeds and income from 
          the principal of a trust established under paragraph (1) 
          shall--
                      ``(A) first be applied to the support of those 
                  enrollees, and the descendants of the enrollees, who 
                  are elders or minor children; and
                      ``(B) then to the support of all other 
                  enrollees.''.
target: ANCSA Unrecognized Community Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to permit the Alaska Native residents of each of the Alaska Native villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Alaska Native urban corporations and to receive certain settlement land.  These urban corporations may establish a settlement trust to promote the health, education, and welfare of the trust beneficiaries, and preserve the Alaska Native heritage and culture of their communities. 
feat_title: ANCSA Unrecognized Community Landless Natives Authorization Act of 2017