,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aa1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,young of ,alaska introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,pribilof      
,islands ,transition ,act to require the
 ,secretary of ,commerce to provide     
notice of certification that no further 
corrective action is required at sites  
and operable units covered by the       
,pribilof ,islands ,environmental       
,restoration agreement1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,pribilof ,islands  
,transition ,act ,amendments of #bjad4  
#b4 ,requirement of notice regarding    
certification under ,pribilof ,islands  
,transition ,act  7a7 ,lands ,section   
#bje of the ,fur ,seal ,act of #aiff    
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aafe7 is amended--  7#a7
 in subsection 7f7--  7,a7 by           
designating the text as paragraph 7#a72 
and  7,b7 by adding at the end the      

following3  7#b7 ,in addition to the    
authority in paragraph 7#a71 the        
,secretary may transfer or exchange land
 or interests therein on the ,pribilof  
,islands to the village corporations    
identified in section #aje7;c71 in      
accordance with section #bb7;f7 of the  
,alaska ,native ,claims ,settlement ,act
 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #afba7 as necessary or  
appropriate to facilitate the transfer  
of lands and related improvements not   
specified for transfer in the document  
entitled ,transfer of ,property on the  
,pribilof ,islands3 ,descriptions1      
,terms and ,conditions4  2 and  7#b7 by 
adding at the end the following3  7g7   
7#a7 ,notwithstanding any other         
provision of law1 the village           
corporations identified in section      
#aje7;c7 shall have a first priority    
right to acquire any ,federal land on   
their respective islands 7and related   
improvements on such land7 that is not  
specified for transfer in the document  
entitled ,transfer of ,property on the  

,pribilof ,islands3 ,descriptions1      
,terms and ,conditions and that1 after  
,october #ca1 #aihc--  7,a7 ceases to be
 actually used by the ,federal          
,government in connection with the      
administration of any ,federal          
installation2 or  7,b7 is in excess of  
the smallest practicable tract1 as      
determined by the ,secretary or the     
,secretary of the department in which   
the ,coast ,guard is operating1         
enclosing land actually used in         
connection with the administration of   
any ,federal installation1 as described 
in section #c7;e7 of the ,alaska ,native
 ,claims ,settlement ,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4
 #afjb7;e774  7#b7 ,not later than #cj  
days after determining that ,federal    
land meets either of the criteria       
specified in subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7
 of paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall
 notify the relevant village corporation
 of that determination4  7#c7 ,not later
 than #ij days after receiving          
notification under paragraph 7#b71 the  

relevant village corporation shall      
notify the ,secretary of the            
corporation's intent to exercise the    
priority right to acquire property      
authorized under paragraph 7#a7 with    
respect to the property4  4  7b7 ,notice
 of certification ,section #aje of the  
,pribilof ,islands ,transition ,act     
7title ,i of ,public ,law #ajf-efb2 #af 
,u4,s4,c4 #aafa note7 is amended--  7#a7
 in subsection 7a77#a71 by striking ,the
 ,secretary and inserting               
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#b7 and     
effective on the date the ,secretary    
publishes the notice of certification   
required by subsection 7b77#e71 the     
,secretary2  7#b7 in subsection 7b7--   
7,a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,a71 by striking
 #bje and inserting #bje7;a72 and  7,b7 
by adding at the end the following3     
7#e7 ,notice of certification ,the      
,secretary shall promptly publish and   
submit to the ,committee on ,natural    
,resources of the ,house of             
,representatives and the ,committee on  

,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate notice that the         
certification described in paragraph    
7#b7 has been made4  2 and  7#c7 in     
subsection 7c7--  7,a7 in the matter    
preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking   
makes the certification described in    
subsection 7b77#b7 and inserting        
publishes the notice of certification   
required by subsection 7b77#e72 and     
7,b7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking     
,section #bje and inserting ,subsections
 7a71 7b71 7c71 and 7d7 of section #bje4