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Calendar No. 636
119th CONGRESS
2d 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
September 17, 2026
Reported by Mr. Lee, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
_______________________________________________________________________
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,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Chugach Alaska Land
Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. PURPOSES; FINDINGS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) to authorize, direct, and expedite the
exchange of land and interests in land between Chugach Alaska
and the United States; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) to consolidate Federal ownership of the
surface and subsurface estate of Federal land and interests
acquired under the Program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Findings.--Congress finds that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) Chenega Corporation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the English Bay Corporation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the Eyak Corporation; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) the Tatitlek Corporation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (14) the land exchange between Chugach Alaska and
the Federal Government in this Act--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (15) the land exchange in this Act, based on the
findings in this section, is in the public interest.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Chugach alaska.--The term ``Chugach Alaska''
means the Chugach Alaska Corporation, a Regional
Corporation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal
land'' means the parcels of subsurface land comprising
approximately 231,000 acres--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) described in section 4(f);
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) for which--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill Habitat Protection and Acquisition Program of
the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of the Interior.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of
Alaska.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Conveyance of Federal Exchange Land.--On receipt of
title to the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall simultaneously
convey to Chugach Alaska--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) T. 3 N., R. 10 E., Seward Meridian,
Drier Bay Parcel, comprising approximately 2,996 acres
of surface estate;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) T. 2 N., R. 1 and 2 E., Seward
Meridian, Snow River Parcel, comprising approximately
11,462 acres of surface and subsurface
estate;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) T. 21 S., R. 24 E., Copper River
Meridian, Taan Fjord Parcel, comprising approximately
450 acres of surface and subsurface estate;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (f) Conveyance of Non-Federal Land.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the approximately 130,469.93
subsurface acres, which comprises--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) T. 13 S., R. 1 W., sec. 19,
Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately
467 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) T. 13 S., R. 2 W., secs. 23
through 27, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 2,627 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) T. 16 S., R. 2 W., secs. 1
through 4, and 6, Copper River Meridian,
comprising approximately 2,373.34
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (v) T. 14 S., R. 3 W., secs. 32
and 33, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 240 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vii) T. 16 S., R. 3 W., secs. 1,
11, and 15, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 962 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (viii) T. 13 S., R. 4 W., secs.
26, 27, and 32 through 34, Copper River
Meridian, comprising approximately 2,494.05
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xiii) T. 15 S., R. 5 W., secs. 23
and 24, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 292.97 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xiv) T. 12 S., R. 6 W., secs. 11,
13, 14, 23, and 24, Copper River Meridian,
comprising approximately 1,980.69
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xv) T. 12 S., R. 7 W., secs. 32,
34, 35, and 36, Copper River Meridian,
comprising approximately 343 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xvii) T. 14 S., R. 7 W., secs. 2,
3, and 6, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 203 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xix) T. 14 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1
through 5, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 629.25 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xx) T. 13 S., R. 9 W., sec. 24,
Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately
10 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxi) T. 10 S., R. 10 W., sec. 32,
Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately
1.19 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxiv) T. 3 N., R. 8 E., secs. 4
through 7, 18, and 19, Seward Meridian,
comprising approximately 1,120.50
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxv) T. 4 N., R. 8 E., secs. 29
through 32, and 36, Seward Meridian, comprising
approximately 1,404.25 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxvi) T. 1 N., R. 10 E., secs. 5
and 8, Seward Meridian, comprising
approximately 743 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxvii) T. 3 S., R. 2 W., secs.
22, 23, 25, 26, 33, 35, and 36, Seward
Meridian, comprising approximately 2,125
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxviii) T. 4 S., R. 2 W., secs.
2, 3, 4, and 11, Seward Meridian, comprising
approximately 1,225 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxx) T. 5 S., R. 4 W., sec. 13,
Seward Meridian, comprising approximately 380
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxxi) T. 6 S., R. 4 W., sec. 7,
Seward Meridian, comprising approximately 613
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxxii) T. 5 S., R. 5 W., sec. 33,
Seward Meridian, comprising approximately 620
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxxiii) T. 6 S., R. 5 W., secs.
4, 9, 28, 29, 32, and 33, Seward Meridian,
comprising approximately 3,205 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxxiv) T. 7 S., R. 5 W., sec. 4,
Seward Meridian, comprising approximately 230
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxxvii) T. 8 S., R. 7 W., secs.
24, 25, 35, and 36, Seward Meridian, comprising
approximately 705.65 acres; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) T. 16 S., R. 4 W., sec. 6,
Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately
157.49 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) T. 15 S., R. 5 W., secs. 35
and 36, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 1,280 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) T. 16 S., R. 5 W., secs. 3,
4, 10, 11, and 12, Copper River Meridian,
comprising approximately 1,479 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) T. 11 S., R. 8 W., secs. 4
and 9, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 579 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (v) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., sec. 1,
Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately
130 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vi) T. 9 S., R. 9 W., secs. 26,
27, 33, 34, and 35, Copper River Meridian,
comprising approximately 1,524.26
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (viii) T. 4 N., R. 7 E., secs. 12
and 13, Seward Meridian, comprising
approximately 1,145 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ix) T. 3 N., R. 8 E., secs. 12
and 13, Seward Meridian, comprising
approximately 304 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xi) T. 4 N., R. 9 E., secs. 6, 7,
17, 18, and 19, Seward Meridian, comprising
approximately 1,417 acres; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) T. 13 S., R. 2 W., secs. 33
and 34, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 1,131.75 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) T. 14 S., R. 2 W., secs. 4
through 8, and 31, Copper River Meridian,
comprising approximately 2,104.92
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) T. 14 S., R. 3 W., secs. 6
through 8, and 17 through 20, Copper River
Meridian, comprising approximately 3,899.44
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vi) T. 16 S., R. 3 W., secs. 1,
11, 12, 14, and 15, Copper River Meridian,
comprising approximately 506 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vii) T. 14 S., R. 4 W., secs. 28
and 29, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 660.15 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ix) T. 15 S., R. 5 W., secs. 27,
28, 33, and 34, Copper River Meridian,
comprising approximately 1,455.63
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (x) T. 11 S., R. 6 W., secs. 25,
26, and 34 through 36, Copper River Meridian,
comprising approximately 2,088.26
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xii) T. 11 S., R. 7 W., sec. 31,
Copper River Meridian, comprising approximately
577.8 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xiv) T. 13 S., R. 7 W., secs. 18
and 19, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 700 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xv) T. 10 S., R. 8 W., secs. 33
and 34, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 1,197 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xvii) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., secs. 1,
12 through 14, and 24, Copper River Meridian,
comprising approximately 591.75
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xix) T. 12 S., R. 8 W., secs. 5
through 8, 18, and 19, Copper River Meridian,
comprising approximately 1,220.5
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxiii) T. 13 S., R. 9 W., secs.
24 and 25, Copper River Meridian, comprising
approximately 345.33 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxiv) T. 2 N., R. 7 E., sec. 1,
Seward Meridian, comprising approximately 64.16
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxv) T. 3 N., R. 7 E., secs. 24,
25, and 36, Seward Meridian, comprising
approximately 385.75 acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxvi) T. 1 N., R. 8 E., secs. 11,
14, 15, 22, 23, 26, and 27, Seward Meridian,
comprising approximately 1,667.65
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxix) T. 4 N., R. 8 E., sec. 35,
Seward Meridian, comprising approximately 1.5
acres;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxx) T. 1 N., R. 9 E., secs. 1,
2, 11 through 14, and 24, Seward Meridian,
comprising approximately 1,560.25 acres;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xxxi) T. 1 N., R. 10 E., secs. 6,
7, 17 through 20, 29 and 30, Seward Meridian,
comprising approximately 2,720.65
acres.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Management.--Land acquired by the Secretary
under this subsection shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) become part of the unit of Federal
land in which the land acquired by the Secretary is
located; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) be administered in accordance with
that unit of Federal land.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) a Village Corporation has retained
development rights, other than timber development
rights; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) has been designated for a shareholder
homesite program.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 5. MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil
Spill Recovery Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to authorize, direct, and expedite the exchange of land
and interests in land between the Chugach Alaska Corporation
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.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) CAC.--The term ``CAC'' means the Chugach Alaska
Corporation, a Regional Corporation.
(2) Chugach region land study and report.--The term
``Chugach Region Land Study and Report'' means the report and
recommendations submitted to Congress by the Secretary of the
Interior pursuant to section 1113 of the John D. Dingell, Jr.
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9;
133 Stat. 614).
(3) 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).
(4) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land'' means
the parcels of subsurface land comprising approximately 231,000
acres--
(A) owned by CAC and conveyed to CAC 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.
(5) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the Habitat
Protection and Acquisition Program of the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill Trustee Council.
(6) Regional corporation.--The term ``Regional
Corporation'' has the meaning given that term in section 3 of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602).
(7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(8) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Alaska.
(9) Village corporation.--The term ``Village Corporation''
has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602).
SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, if CAC 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, pursuant to section 22(j)(1) of the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1621(j)(1)), in exchange all
rights, title, and interest of the Federal Government in and to the
Federal exchange land subject to the reservation of public easements
required under section 17(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(43 U.S.C. 1616(b)).
(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 CAC 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.--As soon as practicable
after the date on which the Secretary receives title to the non-Federal
land, the Secretary shall convey to CAC--
(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 CAC 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) Exclusion of village corporation development and
shareholder sites.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), CAC 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 CAC 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 CAC mutually agree otherwise.
Calendar No. 636
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2016
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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.
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September 17, 2026
Reported with an amendment