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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2016

To exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for 
 certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 10, 2025

 Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
 Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for 
 certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, 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. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil 
Spill Recovery Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES; FINDINGS.

    (a) 

=== Purposes ===
-The purposes of this Act are--

    (1) to authorize, direct, and expedite the exchange of land 
 and interests in land between Chugach Alaska and the United 
 States; and

    (2) to consolidate Federal ownership of the surface and 
 subsurface estate of Federal land and interests acquired under 
 the Program.

    (b) 

=== Findings ===
-Congress finds that--

    (1) on March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran 
 aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11,000,000 
 gallons of crude oil, spreading in the months that followed and 
 covering approximately 1,300 miles of coastline, with immense 
 impact for fish and wildlife and their habitats, and for local 
 industries and communities;

    (2) civil settlement funds of $900,000,000 paid by Exxon to 
 the United States and the State of Alaska were used to 
 establish the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council (referred 
 to in this section as ``EVOSTC'') and to develop the Program;

    (3) through the Program, the EVOSTC dedicated nearly 60 
 percent of the funds to acquire fee title of, and conservation 
 easements on, the surface estate of more than 600,000 acres in 
 the area impacted by the oil spill, including 241,000 acres of 
 surface estate land and conservation easements in the Chugach 
 Region, giving the United States ownership of, and conservation 
 easements on, 241,000 acres of formerly Native-owned land 
 within the Chugach Region;

    (4) the conflict described in the Chugach Region Land Study 
 Report and in this Act occurred when surface estate was 
 purchased by the EVOSTC for conservation purposes while 
 development rights remained for the subsurface (dominant 
 estate) owned by Chugach Alaska, which shall be resolved by 
 Chugach Alaska trading approximately 231,000 acres of 
 subsurface estate under surface fee and conservation easements 
 on surface land owned by the Federal Government for 65,374 
 acres of fee simple land owned by the Federal Government;

    (5) most of the surface land and conservation easements on 
 surface land in the Chugach Region described in paragraph

    (3) that were acquired by the EVOSTC were purchased from 4 Alaska 
 Native Village Corporations--
        (A) Chenega Corporation;
        (B) the English Bay Corporation;
            (C) the Eyak Corporation; and
            (D) the Tatitlek Corporation;

    (6) in accordance with 

section 14 of the Alaska Native 
 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613), when a Village 
 Corporation selects and receives title to the surface estate to 
 fulfill its land entitlement, the Regional Corporation receives 
 title to the subsurface, resulting in split ownership between 
 Alaska Native entities from the same region;

    (7) Chugach Alaska holds the dominant subsurface estate to 
 approximately 241,000 acres of surface land acquired by the 
 EVOSTC from the Village Corporations under paragraph

    (5) that 
 is protected under the Program;

    (8) none of the acquisitions described in paragraph

    (5) by 
 the EVOSTC included the subsurface interests owned by Chugach 
 Alaska, despite awareness by the EVOSTC of the provisions in 
 the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
 seq.) creating split ownership and the existing right of the 
 subsurface owner to use the surface if it constitutes 
 reasonable use in the development of subsurface resources;

    (9) due to the split estate ownership described in 
 paragraph

    (8) , which became a split between Chugach Alaska and 
 the Federal Government, there is a clear conflict with the 
 preservation goal of the Program and the responsibility of 
 Chugach Alaska, on behalf of the Alaska Native shareholders of 
 Chugach Alaska, to develop the subsurface estate under the 
 land;

    (10) recognizing the conflicts between the mandates in the 
 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on 
 Native Corporations and the goals of the Program, and the 
 significant social and economic impact of the Program on the 
 region and on Chugach Alaska and the land held by Chugach 
 Alaska, Congress directed, in 

section 1113 of the John D. 
 Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act 
 (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 614), that the Bureau of Land 
 Management conduct a study and identify accessible and 
 economically viable Federal land that could be exchanged with 
 Chugach Alaska, and to recommend exchange options that would 
 consolidate ownership of the surface and subsurface estates of 
 land in the Program;

    (11) the Bureau of Land Management submitted the Chugach 
 Region Land Study Report to Congress in December 2022, over a 
 year after the 18-month deadline;

    (12) in the Chugach Region Land Study Report, the Bureau of 
 Land Management explained that the Program acquisitions have 
 greatly increased the complexity and the costs of any 
 development by Chugach Alaska of its subsurface interests, 
 significantly reduced Native-owned land and Native control over 
 management of land in the region, and, along with the larger 
 oil spill cleanup effort, highly disrupted the socio-cultural 
 environment and economies in the Alaska Native communities in 
 the region;

    (13) the Chugach Region Land Study Report identifies land 
 available for exchange from both the Federal Government and 
 Chugach Alaska to inform a land exchange to address the impact 
 of the Program on Chugach Alaska and the ability of Chugach 
 Alaska to meet its responsibilities to its Native shareholders 
 under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 
 et seq.);

    (14) the land exchange between Chugach Alaska and the 
 Federal Government in this Act--
        (A) furthers objectives under the Alaska Native 
 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), 
 including balancing land selections between areas that 
 are significant in cultural history and traditions and 
 areas that have potential economic value for 
 development; and
        (B) facilitates more efficient Federal land 
 management of the Program by Federal acquisition of 
 nearly 231,000 acres of subsurface estate that 
 underlies federally owned surface fee and conservation 
 easements to perfect conservation of the surface, which 
 is the purpose of the Program; and

    (15) the land exchange in this Act, based on the findings 
 in this section, is in the public interest.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) ANSCA terms.--The terms ``Native Corporation'', 
 ``Regional Corporation'', and ``Village Corporation'' have the 
 meanings given those terms in 

section 3 of the Alaska Native 
 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602).

    (2) Chugach alaska.--The term ``Chugach Alaska'' means the 
 Chugach Alaska Corporation, a Regional Corporation.

    (3) Chugach region land study report.--The term ``Chugach 
 Region Land Study Report'' means the report and recommendations 
 submitted to Congress by the Secretary pursuant to 

section 1113 
 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
 Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9; 133 Stat. 614).

    (4) Federal exchange land.--The term ``Federal exchange 
 land'' means the approximately 65,374 acres of fee simple land 
 located in the Chugach Region as described in 

section 4

    (e) .

    (5) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means 
 the parcels of subsurface land comprising approximately 231,000 
 acres--
        (A) owned by Chugach Alaska and conveyed to Chugach 
 Alaska pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
 Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.);
        (B) described in 

section 4

    (f) ; and
            (C) for which--
            (i) the United States has acquired fee 
 title to the surface estate or a conservation 
 easement on the surface estate pursuant to the 
 Program; or
            (ii) the State has acquired fee title to, 
 and the United States has acquired a 
 conservation easement in, the surface estate 
 pursuant to the Program.

    (6) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the Exxon Valdez 
 Oil Spill Habitat Protection and Acquisition Program of the 
 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council.

    (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
 of the Interior.

    (8) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Alaska.

SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, if Chugach Alaska offers to convey to the Secretary all 
rights, title, and interest in and to the non-Federal land, the 
Secretary shall accept the offer and convey in exchange all rights, 
title, and interest of the Federal Government in and to the Federal 
exchange land.

    (b) Condition on Acceptance.--Title to the non-Federal land 
exchanged in subsection

    (a) shall be in a form that is acceptable to 
the Secretary.
            (c) Treatment of Land Conveyed.--Except as otherwise provided, any 
land conveyed to Chugach Alaska under subsection

    (a) shall be 
considered to be land conveyed by the Secretary under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
            (d) Valid Existing Rights.--The conveyances under subsection

    (a) shall be subject to any valid existing rights, reservations, rights-of-
way, or other encumbrances of third parties in, to, or on the Federal 
exchange land or the non-Federal land as of the date of enactment of 
this Act.

    (e) Conveyance of Federal Exchange Land.--On receipt of title to 
the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall simultaneously convey to 
Chugach Alaska--

    (1) all rights, title, and interest in and to the National 
 Forest System land of the Forest Service identified in the 
 Chugach Regional Land Study and Report, comprising 
 approximately 63,414 total acres, comprising--
        (A) T. 3 N., R. 10 E., Seward Meridian, Drier Bay 
 Parcel, comprising approximately 2,996 acres of surface 
 estate;
        (B) T. 17 and 18 S., R. 7 and 8 E., Copper River 
 Meridian, Kushtaka Lake Parcel, comprising 
 approximately 7,876 acres of surface and subsurface 
 estate;
            (C) T. 2 N., R. 1 and 2 E., Seward Meridian, Snow 
 River Parcel, comprising approximately 11,462 acres of 
 surface and subsurface estate;
            (D) T. 17 and 18 S., R. 8 W., Copper River 
 Meridian, Hinchinbrook Island Parcel, comprising 
 approximately 2,617 acres of surface and subsurface 
 estate;
        (E) T. 17 S., R. 7 E., secs. 5, 8, 18, 19, and 30 
 through 33, Copper River Meridian, Kushtaka Lake 
 Parcel, comprising approximately 6,375 acres of surface 
 and subsurface estate;
        (F) T. 18 S., R. 7 E., secs. 6 and 7, Copper River 
 Meridian, Kushtaka Lake Parcel, comprising 
 approximately 1,280 acres of surface and subsurface 
 estate;
        (G) T. 16 S., R. 5 E., secs. 24 through 26 and 36, 
 Copper River Meridian, Martin River Parcel, comprising 
 approximately 2,240 acres of surface and subsurface 
 estate;
        (H) T. 16, S., R. 6 E., secs. 16, 19 through 21, 
 and 25 through 36, Copper River Meridian, Martin River 
 Parcel, comprising approximately 8,305 acres of surface 
 and subsurface estate;
            (I) T. 17 S., R. 6 E., secs. 1 through 4, and 10, 
 Copper River Meridian, Martin River Parcel, comprising 
 approximately 3,170 acres of surface and subsurface 
 estate;
        (J) T. 16 S., R. 4 E., secs. 1 through 4, 9 through 
 13, and 24, Copper River Meridian, Johnson River 
 Parcel, comprising approximately 5,200 acres of surface 
 and subsurface estate;
        (K) T. 16 S., R. 5 E., secs. 5 through 9, and 15 
 through 22, Copper River Meridian, Johnson River 
 Parcel, comprising approximately 6,165 acres of surface 
 and subsurface estate; and
            (L) T. 19 S., R. 15 E., secs. 12 through 14, 23, 
 24, 26, 27, 33, and 34, Copper River Meridian, Robinson 
 Mountains Parcel, comprising approximately 5,728 acres 
 of surface and subsurface estate; and

    (2) all rights, title, and interest in and to the Federal 
 land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and National 
 Park Service identified in the Chugach Regional Land Study and 
 Report, comprising approximately 1,960 total acres, 
 comprising--
        (A) T. 21 S., R. 24 E., Copper River Meridian, Taan 
 Fjord Parcel, comprising approximately 450 acres of 
 surface and subsurface estate;
        (B) T. 21 and 22 S., R. 24 E., Copper River 
 Meridian, Kageet Point Parcel, comprising approximately 
 310 acres of surface and subsurface estate; and
            (C) T. 9 S., R. 2 W., secs. 5 and 6, Copper River 
 Meridian, Thompson Pass Parcel, comprising 1,200 acres 
 of surface and subsurface estate.

    (f) Conveyance of Non-Federal Land.--

    (1) Conveyance.--The non-Federal land to which Chugach 
 Alaska may convey to the Secretary all rights, title, and 
 interest, that the Secretary determines to be applicable, 
 includes--
        (A) the approximately 130,469.93 subsurface acres, 
 which comprises--
            (i) T. 13 S., R. 1 W., 

sec. 19, Copper 
 River Meridian, comprising approximately 467 
 acres;
            (ii) T. 13 S., R. 2 W., secs. 23 through 
 27, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 2,627 acres;
            (iii) T. 15 S., R. 2 W., secs. 3 through 9, 
 17 through 19, and 29 through 33, Copper River 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 8,277.36 
 acres;
            (iv) T. 16 S., R. 2 W., secs. 1 through 4, 
 and 6, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 2,373.34 acres;
            (v) T. 14 S., R. 3 W., secs. 32 and 33, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 240 acres;
            (vi) T. 15 S., R. 3 W., secs. 3 through 7, 
 portions of secs. 8 and 9, and secs. 12, 13, 
 18, 19, 24, 25, 35, and 36, Copper River 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 3,486.36 
 acres;
            (vii) T. 16 S., R. 3 W., secs. 1, 11, and 
 15, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 962 acres;
            (viii) T. 13 S., R. 4 W., secs. 26, 27, and 
 32 through 34, Copper River Meridian, 
 comprising approximately 2,494.05 acres;
            (ix) T. 14 S., R. 4 W., secs. 1 through 11, 
 15 through 21, 25, 30, and 31, Copper River 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 6,750.98 
 acres;
            (x) T. 15 S., R. 4 W., secs. 8 through 12, 
 16 through 22, and 24, Copper River Meridian, 
 comprising approximately 5,839.15 acres;
            (xi) T. 13 S., R. 5 W., secs. 3, 9 through 
 11, 14 through 20, a portion of 

sec. 21, and 
 secs. 31 and 36, Copper River Meridian, 
 comprising approximately 4,216.36 acres;
            (xii) T. 14 S., R. 5 W., 

sec. 1, a portion 
 of 

sec. 2, secs. 6 through 12, 14 through 21, 
 29, and 30, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 9,057.6 acres;
            (xiii) T. 15 S., R. 5 W., secs. 23 and 24, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 292.97 acres;
            (xiv) T. 12 S., R. 6 W., secs. 11, 13, 14, 
 23, and 24, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 1,980.69 acres;
            (xv) T. 12 S., R. 7 W., secs. 32, 34, 35, 
 and 36, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 343 acres;
            (xvi) T. 13 S., R. 7 W., secs. 1 through 
 22, 24, 25, and 27 through 36, Copper River 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 17,234.88 
 acres;
            (xvii) T. 14 S., R. 7 W., secs. 2, 3, and 
 6, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 203 acres;
            (xviii) T. 13 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1, 9 
 through 11, 13 through 29, and 32 through 36, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 9,282.25 acres;
            (xix) T. 14 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1 through 5, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 629.25 acres;
            (xx) T. 13 S., R. 9 W., 

sec. 24, Copper 
 River Meridian, comprising approximately 10 
 acres;
            (xxi) T. 10 S., R. 10 W., 

sec. 32, Copper 
 River Meridian, comprising approximately 1.19 
 acres;
            (xxii) T. 3 N., R. 7 E., secs. 1 through 4, 
 8 through 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, and 29, 
 Seward Meridian, comprising approximately 9,314 
 acres;
            (xxiii) T. 4 N., R. 7 E., secs. 11, 14, 15, 
 21 through 28, and 33 through 36, Seward 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 8,684.96 
 acres;
            (xxiv) T. 3 N., R. 8 E., secs. 4 through 7, 
 18, and 19, Seward Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 1,120.50 acres;
            (xxv) T. 4 N., R. 8 E., secs. 29 through 
 32, and 36, Seward Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 1,404.25 acres;
            (xxvi) T. 1 N., R. 10 E., secs. 5 and 8, 
 Seward Meridian, comprising approximately 743 
 acres;
            (xxvii) T. 3 S., R. 2 W., secs. 22, 23, 25, 
 26, 33, 35, and 36, Seward Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 2,125 acres;
            (xxviii) T. 4 S., R. 2 W., secs. 2, 3, 4, 
 and 11, Seward Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 1,225 acres;
            (xxix) T. 5 S., R. 3 W., secs. 18, 19, 20, 
 23, 26 through 29, and 32 through 36, Seward 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 3,670 acres;
            (xxx) T. 5 S., R. 4 W., 

sec. 13, Seward 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 380 acres;
            (xxxi) T. 6 S., R. 4 W., 

sec. 7, Seward 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 613 acres;
            (xxxii) T. 5 S., R. 5 W., 

sec. 33, Seward 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 620 acres;
            (xxxiii) T. 6 S., R. 5 W., secs. 4, 9, 28, 
 29, 32, and 33, Seward Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 3,205 acres;
            (xxxiv) T. 7 S., R. 5 W., 

sec. 4, Seward 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 230 acres;
            (xxxv) T. 8 S., R. 6 W., secs. 7 through 
 12, 14 through 22, and 27 through 34, Seward 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 6,797.39 
 acres;
            (xxxvi) T. 7 S., R. 7 W., secs. 1, 2, 5, 6, 
 8, 9, 11 through 14, 16, 17, 23, and 24, Seward 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 6,031.78 
 acres;
            (xxxvii) T. 8 S., R. 7 W., secs. 24, 25, 
 35, and 36, Seward Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 705.65 acres; and
            (xxxviii) T. 7 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1, 5, 8, 
 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 26 (lots 1 
 through 4), 27, 28, and 29, Seward Meridian, 
 comprising approximately 6,831.97 acres;
        (B) the approximately 24,911.65 subsurface acres in 
 which the fee title to the surface estate has been 
 acquired by the State, and a conservation easement in 
 the surface estate has been acquired by the United 
 States, pursuant to the Program, which comprises--
            (i) T. 16 S., R. 4 W., 

sec. 6, Copper River 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 157.49 
 acres;
            (ii) T. 15 S., R. 5 W., secs. 35 and 36, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 1,280 acres;
            (iii) T. 16 S., R. 5 W., secs. 3, 4, 10, 
 11, and 12, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 1,479 acres;
            (iv) T. 11 S., R. 8 W., secs. 4 and 9, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 579 acres;
            (v) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., 

sec. 1, Copper River 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 130 acres;
            (vi) T. 9 S., R. 9 W., secs. 26, 27, 33, 
 34, and 35, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 1,524.26 acres;
            (vii) T. 10 S., R. 10 W., secs. 15, 16, 22, 
 23, 27, 28, 32, and 33, Copper River Meridian, 
 comprising approximately 2,183.65 acres;
            (viii) T. 4 N., R. 7 E., secs. 12 and 13, 
 Seward Meridian, comprising approximately 1,145 
 acres;
            (ix) T. 3 N., R. 8 E., secs. 12 and 13, 
 Seward Meridian, comprising approximately 304 
 acres;
            (x) T. 4 N., R. 8 E., secs. 1 through 5, 7 
 through 30, and 33 through 35, Seward Meridian, 
 comprising approximately 14,712.25 acres; and
            (xi) T. 4 N., R. 9 E., secs. 6, 7, 17, 18, 
 and 19, Seward Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 1,417 acres; and
            (C) the approximately 75,655.4 subsurface acres in 
 which a conservation easement in the surface estate has 
 been acquired by the United States pursuant to the 
 Program, which comprises--
            (i) T. 13 S., R. 2 W., secs. 33 and 34, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 1,131.75 acres;
            (ii) T. 14 S., R. 2 W., secs. 4 through 8, 
 and 31, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 2,104.92 acres;
            (iii) T. 14 S., R. 3 W., secs. 12 through 
 16, 21 through 23, and 28 through 31, Copper 
 River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 5,319.37 acres;
            (iv) T. 14 S., R. 3 W., secs. 6 through 8, 
 and 17 through 20, Copper River Meridian, 
 comprising approximately 3,899.44 acres;
            (v) T. 15 S., R. 3 W., secs. 8 and 9, and 
 the southern part of 

sec. 13, Copper River 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 125 acres;
            (vi) T. 16 S., R. 3 W., secs. 1, 11, 12, 
 14, and 15, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 506 acres;
            (vii) T. 14 S., R. 4 W., secs. 28 and 29, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 660.15 acres;
            (viii) T. 14 S., R. 4 W., secs. 1, 5 
 through 8, 10 through 15, 22 through 27, and 34 
 through 36, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 3,516 acres;
            (ix) T. 15 S., R. 5 W., secs. 27, 28, 33, 
 and 34, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 1,455.63 acres;
            (x) T. 11 S., R. 6 W., secs. 25, 26, and 34 
 through 36, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 2,088.26 acres;
            (xi) T. 12 S., R. 6 W., secs. 1 through 3, 
 8 through 10, and 16 through 19, Copper River 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 2,777.5 
 acres;
            (xii) T. 11 S., R. 7 W., 

sec. 31, Copper 
 River Meridian, comprising approximately 577.8 
 acres;
            (xiii) T. 12 S., R. 7 W., 

sec. 5 through 7, 
 10 through 15, and 18 through 24, Copper River 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 6,596.93 
 acres;
            (xiv) T. 13 S., R. 7 W., secs. 18 and 19, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 700 acres;
            (xv) T. 10 S., R. 8 W., secs. 33 and 34, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 1,197 acres;
            (xvi) T. 11 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1 through 4, 
 10 through 16, 21 through 26, 31, 35, and 36, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 7,647.41 acres;
            (xvii) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1, 12 
 through 14, and 24, Copper River Meridian, 
 comprising approximately 591.75 acres;
            (xviii) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1 through 
 3, 10, 11, 14 through 16, 21 and 22, Copper 
 River Meridian, comprising approximately 2,112 
 acres;
            (xix) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., secs. 5 through 8, 
 18, and 19, Copper River Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 1,220.5 acres;
            (xx) T. 13 S., R. 8 W., secs. 13, 14, 17, 
 19 through 21, 23, 24, and 28 through 30, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 1,400 acres;
            (xxi) T. 11 S., R. 9 W., secs. 22, 23, 25, 
 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36, Copper River Meridian, 
 comprising approximately 1,157.75 acres;
            (xxii) T. 12 S., R. 9 W., secs. 1 through 
 4, 9 through 15, 22, 23, 24, 26, and 27, Copper 
 River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 6,445.71 acres;
            (xxiii) T. 13 S., R. 9 W., secs. 24 and 25, 
 Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately 
 345.33 acres;
            (xxiv) T. 2 N., R. 7 E., 

sec. 1, Seward 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 64.16 acres;
            (xxv) T. 3 N., R. 7 E., secs. 24, 25, and 
 36, Seward Meridian, comprising approximately 
 385.75 acres;
            (xxvi) T. 1 N., R. 8 E., secs. 11, 14, 15, 
 22, 23, 26, and 27, Seward Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 1,667.65 acres;
            (xxvii) T. 2 N., R. 8 E., secs. 2 through 
 11, 26, 30, 31, 32, and 35, Seward Meridian, 
 comprising approximately 4,339.84 acres;
            (xxviii) T. 3 N., R. 8 E., secs. 1 through 
 4, 8 through 11, 14 through 17, 19 through 23, 
 and 26 through 35, Seward Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 11,339.4 acres;
            (xxix) T. 4 N., R. 8 E., 

sec. 35, Seward 
 Meridian, comprising approximately 1.5 acres;
            (xxx) T. 1 N., R. 9 E., secs. 1, 2, 11 
 through 14, and 24, Seward Meridian, comprising 
 approximately 1,560.25 acres; and
            (xxxi) T. 1 N., R. 10 E., secs. 6, 7, 17 
 through 20, 29 and 30, Seward Meridian, 
 comprising approximately 2,720.65 acres.

    (2) Management.--Land acquired by the Secretary under this 
 subsection shall--
        (A) become part of the unit of Federal land in 
 which the land acquired by the Secretary is located; 
 and
        (B) be administered in accordance with that unit of 
 Federal land.

    (3) Exclusion of village corporation development and 
 shareholder sites.--Notwithstanding paragraph

    (1) , Chugach 
 Alaska shall exclude from the conveyance of non-Federal land 
 all rights, title, and interest in any land, not to exceed a 
 total of 209 acres, that--
        (A) a Village Corporation has retained development 
 rights, other than timber development rights; or
        (B) has been designated for a shareholder homesite 
 program.

SEC. 5. MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS.

    (a) Minor Errors.--The Secretary and Chugach Alaska may correct, by 
mutual agreement, any minor errors in any map, acreage estimate, or 
description of any land conveyed or exchanged under this Act.

    (b) Conflict.--If there is a conflict between a map, an acreage 
estimate, or a description of land in this Act, the map shall control 
unless the Secretary and Chugach Alaska mutually agree otherwise.
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