S. 267Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)In Committee

A bill to provide for the correction of a survey of certain land in the State of Alaska.

Introduced February 1, 2017

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The bill directs the Interior Department, after consulting the Agriculture Department, to re‑survey a specific parcel of federal land inside the Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project in Alaska and then transfer that land to the State of Alaska. The purpose is to correct the existing survey and formally convey the land to the state. It affects the federal government and the State of Alaska by changing ownership of the identified tract.

Key Provisions

  • Within 18 months of enactment, the Secretary of the Interior must survey the exterior boundaries of the federal land shown as “Lost Creek” on the Swan Lake Project Boundary map dated February 1, 2016.
  • After the survey, the Secretary must issue a land patent to the State of Alaska, using the survey results and following the Alaska Statehood Act and the Federal Power Act.

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 128.

June 8, 2017

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Introduced in Senate

February 1, 2017

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

February 1, 2017

SenateCommittee

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

March 30, 2017

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-98.

June 8, 2017

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 128.

June 8, 2017

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Calendar No. 128

115th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 267

[Report No. 115–98]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 1, 2017

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

June 8, 2017

Reported by Ms. Murkowski, without amendment

A BILL

To provide for the correction of a survey of certain land in the State of Alaska.

1.

Conveyance of Federal land within the Swan Lake hydroelectric project boundary

Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall—

(1)

survey the exterior boundaries of the tract of Federal land within the project boundary of the Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2911) as generally depicted and labeled Lost Creek on the map entitled Swan Lake Project Boundary—Lot 2 and dated February 1, 2016; and

(2)

issue a patent to the State of Alaska for the tract described in paragraph (1) in accordance with—

(A)

the survey authorized under paragraph (1);

(B)

section 6(a) 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); and

(C)

section 24 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 818).

June 8, 2017

Reported without amendment