text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native 
  Communities Recognition and Compensation Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
  
      (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
              (1) in 1971, Congress enacted the Alaska Native Claims 
          Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) to recognize and settle 
          the aboriginal claims of Alaska Natives to the land Alaska 
          Natives had used for traditional purposes;
              (2) that Act awarded approximately $1,000,000,000 and 
          44,000,000 acres of land to Alaska Natives and provided for the 
          establishment of Native Corporations to receive and manage the 
          funds and land;
              (3) pursuant to that Act, Alaska Natives have been enrolled 
          in 1 of 13 Regional Corporations;
              (4) most Alaska Natives reside in communities that are 
          eligible under that Act to form a Village or Urban Corporation 
          within the geographical area of a Regional Corporation;
              (5) Village or Urban Corporations established under that 
          Act received cash and surface rights to the settlement land 
          described in paragraph (2) and the corresponding Regional 
          Corporation received cash and land that includes the subsurface 
          rights to the land of the Village or Urban Corporation;
              (6) the southeastern Alaska communities of Haines, 
          Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell are not listed 
          under that Act as communities eligible to form Village or Urban 
          Corporations, even though the population of those villages 
          comprises greater than 20 percent of the shareholders of the 
          Regional Corporation for Southeast Alaska and display historic, 
          cultural, and traditional qualities of Alaska Natives;
              (7) the communities described in paragraph (6) have sought 
          full eligibility for land and benefits under that Act for more 
          than 3 decades;
              (8) in 1993, Congress directed the Secretary of the 
          Interior to prepare a report examining the reasons why the 
          communities listed in paragraph (6) had been denied eligibility 
          to form Village or Urban Corporations and receive land and 
          benefits pursuant to that Act;
              (9) the report described in paragraph (8), published in 
          February, 1994, indicates that--
                      (A) the communities listed in paragraph (6) do not 
                  differ significantly from the Southeast Alaska 
                  communities that were permitted to form Village or 
                  Urban Corporations under that Act;
                      (B) the communities are similar to other 
                  communities that are eligible to form Village or Urban 
                  Corporations under that Act and receive land and 
                  benefits under that Act--
                              (i) in actual number and percentage of 
                          Native Alaskan population; and
                              (ii) with respect to the historic use and 
                          occupation of land;
                      (C) each such community was involved in advocating 
                  the settlement of the aboriginal claims of the 
                  community; and
                      (D) some of the communities appeared on early 
                  versions of lists of Native Villages prepared before 
                  the date of the enactment of that Act, but were not 
                  included as Native Villages under that Act;
              (10) the omissions described in paragraph (9) are not 
          clearly explained in any provision of that Act or the 
          legislative history of that Act; and
              (11) on the basis of the findings described in paragraphs 
          (1) through (10), Alaska Natives who were enrolled in the 5 
          unlisted communities and the heirs of the Alaska Natives have 
          been inadvertently and wrongly denied the cultural and 
          financial benefits of enrollment in Village or Urban 
          Corporations established pursuant to that Act.
      (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to redress the omission of 
  the communities described in subsection (a)(6) from eligibility by 
  authorizing the Native people enrolled in the communities--
              (1) to form Urban Corporations for the communities of 
          Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell under the 
          Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 
          and
              (2) to receive certain settlement land and other 
          compensation pursuant to that Act.
  
  SEC. 3. 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.''.
  
  SEC. 4. 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).''.
  
  SEC. 5. 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.--The Unrecognized Southeast Alaska 
  Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act and the amendments 
  made by that Act 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).''.
  
  SEC. 6. 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, and other appropriate compensation 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; and
                              ``(ii) may include subsistence and cultural 
                          sites, aquaculture sites, hydroelectric sites, 
                          tideland, surplus Federal property and eco-
                          tourism sites.
                      ``(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)).
              ``(3) Capital expenses.--The Secretary shall offer as 
          compensation under this subsection $650,000 for capital 
          expenses associated with corporate organization and 
          development, including expenses for--
                      ``(A) the identification of forest and land parcels 
                  for selection and withdrawal;
                      ``(B) making conveyance requests, receiving title, 
                  preparing resource inventories, land and resource use, 
                  and development planning;
                      ``(C) land and property valuations;
                      ``(D) corporation incorporation and start-up;
                      ``(E) advising and enrolling shareholders;
                      ``(F) issuing stock; and
                      ``(G) seed capital for resource development.
              ``(4) Additional compensation.--
                      ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall offer as 
                  compensation under this subsection such additional 
                  forms of compensation as the Secretary considers 
                  appropriate, including grants and loan guarantees to be 
                  used for planning, development and other purposes for 
                  which Native Corporations are organized under this Act 
                  and any additional financial compensation.
                      ``(B) Allocation.--Any additional compensation 
                  offered under this paragraph shall be allocated among 
                  the 5 Urban Corporations on a pro rata basis based on 
                  the number of shareholders in each Urban Corporation.
      ``(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), the 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.''.
  
  SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
  
      There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
  to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
target: Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to permit the Native residents of each of the Native Villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Urban Corporations and to receive certain settlement lands and other compensation pursuant to this Act.
feat_title: To provide for the recognition of certain Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.