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THE HAIDA A.MENDKENT 



To ame.-.d Public Law 99-664 to provide for the selection of certain 

 lands in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. 



12. (a) WITHDRAWAL. — The following lands are withdrawn, subject 

 to valid existing rights from all forms of appropriation under the 

 public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, 

 and from selection under the Alaska Statehood Act, as amended: 



LEGAL DESCRIPTION 



(b) SELECTION. — For a period of one year after the date of 

 enactment of this Act, Haida Corporation shall be entitled to 

 select lands from the lands withdrawn pursuant to this section. 

 Haida Corporation shall notify the Secretary of the Interior which 

 lands so withdrawn Haida Corporation wishes to select and shall 

 designate which Haida Exchange Lands and/or outstanding selection 

 rights under Section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

 Haida Corporation intends to exchange or relinguish in return for 

 its selections hereunder. After their selection, the surface 

 estate in lands selected by Kaida Corporation pursuant to this 

 subsection shall be conveyed to Haida Corporation and the 

 subsurface estate in such lands shall be conveyed to Sealaska 

 Corporation in partial fulfillment of such corporations' 

 entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and 

 pursuant to the provisions of that act, provided that the United 



