CONVEYANCE OF CEMETERY SITES AND HISTORICAL PLACES.

SEC. 204. CONVEYANCE OF CEMETERY SITES AND HISTORICAL PLACES. Section 14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(1)) is amended—(1) by striking “(1) The Secretary” and inserting the following:“(1)(A) The Secretary”;(2) by striking “Only title” and inserting the following:“(B) Only title”; and(3) by adding at the end the following:“(C)(i) Notwithstanding acreage allocations made before the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary may convey any cemetery site or historical place—“(I) with respect to which there is an application on record with the Secretary on the date of enactment of this paragraph; and “(II) that is eligible for conveyance.“(ii) Clause (i) shall also apply to any of the 188 closed applications that are determined to be eligible and reinstated under Secretarial Order No. 3220 dated January 5, 2001. “(D) No applications submitted for the conveyance of land under subparagraph (A) that were closed before the date of enactment of this paragraph may be reinstated other than those specified in subparagraph (C)(ii). “(E) After the date of enactment of this paragraph—“(i) no application may be filed for the conveyance of land under subparagraph (A); and“(ii) no pending application may be amended, except as necessary to conform the application to the description in the certification of eligibility of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.“(F) Unless, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, a Regional Corporation that has filed an application for a historic place submits to 118 STAT. 3585 the Secretary a statement on the significance of and the location of the historic place—“(i) the application shall not be valid; and“(ii) the Secretary shall reject the application.“(G) The State and the head of the Federal agency with administrative jurisdiction over the land shall have 30 days to provide written comments to the Secretary—“(i) identifying any third party interest to which a conveyance under subparagraph (A) should be made subject; and“(ii) describing any easements recommended for reservation.”.