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43 U.S.C. § 1607 — Village Corporations

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43 U.S.C. § 1607 — Village Corporations

**(a) Organization of Corporation prerequisite to receipt of patent to lands or benefits under chapter** The Native residents of each Native village entitled to receive lands and benefits under this chapter shall organize as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State before the Native village may receive patent to lands or benefits under this chapter, except as otherwise provided. **(b) Regional Corporation: approval of initial articles; review and approval of amendments to articles and annual budgets; assistance in preparation of articles and other documents** The initial articles of incorporation for each Village Corporation shall be subject to the approval of the Regional Corporation for the region in which the village is located. Amendments to the articles of incorporation and the annual budgets of the Village Corporations shall, for a period of five years, be subject to review and approval by the Regional Corporation. The Regional Corporation shall assist and advise Native villages in the preparation of articles of incorporation and other documents necessary to meet the requirements of this subsection. **(c) Applicability of section 1606** The provisions of subsections (g), (h) (other than paragraph (4)), and (o) of [section 1606 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1606&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply in all respects to Village Corporations, Urban Corporations, and Group Corporations.

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43 U.S.C. § 1606 — Regional Corporations

**(a) Division of Alaska into twelve geographic regions; common heritage and common interest of region; area of region commensurate with operations of Native association; boundary disputes, arbitration** For purposes of this chapter, the State of Alaska shall be divided by the Secretary within one year after December 18, 1971, into twelve geographic regions, with each region composed as far as practicable of Natives having a common heritage and sharing common interests. In the absence of good cause shown to the contrary, such regions shall approximate the areas covered by the operations of the following existing Native associations: (1) Arctic Slope Native Association (Barrow, Point Hope); (2) Bering Straits Association (Seward Peninsula, Unalakleet, Saint Lawrence Island); (3) Northwest Alaska Native Association (Kotzebue); (4) Association of Village Council Presidents (southwest coast, all villages in the Bethel area, including all villages on the Lower Yukon River and the Lower Kuskokwim River); (5) Tanana Chiefs’ Conference (Koyukuk, Middle and Upper Yukon Rivers, Upper Kuskokwim, Tanana River); (6) Cook Inlet Association (Kenai, Tyonek, Eklutna, Iliamna); (7) Bristol Bay Native Association (Dillingham, Upper Alaska Peninsula); (8) Aleut League (Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands and that part of the Alaska Peninsula which is in the Aleut League); (9) Chugach Native Association (Cordova, Tatitlek, Port Graham, English Bay, Valdez, and Seward); (10) Tlingit-Haida Central Council (southeastern Alaska, including Metlakatla); (11) Kodiak Area Native Association (all villages on and around Kodiak Island); and (12) Copper River Native Association (Copper Center, Glennallen, Chitina, Mentasta). Any dispute over the boundaries of a region or regions shall be res

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16 U.S.C. § 1155 — Authority of Secretary of Commerce

**(a) Regulations with respect to taking of fur seals on Pribilof Islands and on lands subject to United States jurisdiction** The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations with respect to the taking of fur seals on the Pribilof Islands and on lands subject to the jurisdiction of the United States as he deems necessary and appropriate for the conservation, management, and protection of the fur seal population, and to dispose of any fur seals seized or forfeited pursuant to this chapter, and to carry out the provisions of the Convention, and shall deliver to authorized agents of the parties such fur seal skins as the parties are entitled to under the Convention. **(b) Agreements with public and private entities** The Secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with any public or private agency or person for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Convention and of this subchapter, including but not limited to the taking of fur seals on the Pribilof Islands, and the curing and marketing of the sealskins and other seal parts, and may retain the proceeds therefrom. **(c) Taking of fur seals on Saint Paul and Saint George Islands; preference; separate fund in Treasury** The Secretary shall give preference to the village corporations of Saint Paul and Saint George Islands established pursuant to [section 1607 of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1607&num=0&edition=prelim) for the taking of fur seals on the village corporations’ respective islands, and the curing and marketing of the sealskins and other seal parts, and may retain the proceeds therefrom. Any proceeds therefrom will be deposited in a separate fund in the Treasury and will be available to the Secretary, subject to appropriations, for the purpos

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16 U.S.C. § 6574 — Eligibility and enrollment of lands in program

**(a) In general** The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, shall describe and define forest ecosystems that are eligible for enrollment in the healthy forests reserve program. **(b) Eligibility** To be eligible for enrollment in the healthy forests reserve program, land shall be private forest land, or private land being restored to forest land, the enrollment of which will maintain, restore, enhance, or otherwise measurably— (1) increase the likelihood of recovery of a species that is listed as endangered or threatened under [section 1533 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1533&num=0&edition=prelim); or (2) improve the well-being of a species that— (A) is— (i) not listed as endangered or threatened under such section; and (ii) a candidate for such listing, a State-listed species, or a special concern species; or (B) is deemed a species of greatest conservation need by a State wildlife action plan. **(c) Other considerations** In enrolling land that satisfies the criteria under subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall give additional consideration to land the enrollment of which will— (1) improve biological diversity; (2) conserve forest land that provides habitat for species described in subsection (b); and (3) increase carbon sequestration. **(d) Enrollment by willing owners** The Secretary of Agriculture shall enroll land in the healthy forests reserve program only with the consent of the owner of the land. **(e) Methods of enrollment** (1) **Authorized methods** — Land may be enrolled in the healthy forests reserve program in accordance with— (A) a 10-year cost-share agreement; (B) a 30-year easemen

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25 U.S.C. § 5332 — Retention of Federal employee coverage, rights and benefits by employees of tribal organizations

**(a) to (d) Omitted** **(e) Eligible employees; Federal employee programs subject to retention** Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 8347(o), 8713, and 8914 of title 5, executive order, or administrative regulation, an employee serving under an appointment not limited to one year or less who leaves Federal employment to be employed by a tribal organization, the city of St. Paul, Alaska, the city of St. George, Alaska, upon incorporation, or the Village Corporations of St. Paul and St. George Islands established pursuant to [section 1607 of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1607&num=0&edition=prelim), in connection with governmental or other activities which are or have been performed by employees in or for Indian communities is entitled, if the employee and the tribal organization so elect, to the following: (1) To retain coverage, rights, and benefits under subchapter I of chapter 81 (“Compensation for Work Injuries”) of title 5, and for this purpose his employment with the tribal organization shall be deemed employment by the United States. However, if an injured employee, or his dependents in case of his death, receives from the tribal organization any payment (including an allowance, gratuity, payment under an insurance policy for which the premium is wholly paid by the tribal organization, or other benefit of any kind) on account of the same injury or death, the amount of that payment shall be credited against any benefit payable under subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, as follows: (A) payments on account of injury or disability shall be credited against disability compensation payable to the injured employee; and (B) payments on account of death shall be credited against death compensation pay

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43 U.S.C. § 1620 — Taxation

**(a) Fund revenues exemption; investment income taxable** Revenues originating from the Alaska Native Fund shall not be subject to any form of Federal, State, or local taxation at the time of receipt by a Regional Corporation, Village Corporation, or individual Native through dividend distributions (even if the Regional Corporation or Village Corporation distributing the dividend has not segregated revenue received from the Alaska Native Fund from revenue received from other sources) or in any other manner. This exemption shall not apply to income from the investment of such revenues. **(b) Shares of stock exemption** The receipt of shares of stock in the Regional or Village Corporations by or on behalf of any Native shall not be subject to any form of Federal, State or local taxation. **(c) Land or land interests exemption; basis for sale or other disposition, adjustment; basis for interest in mine, well, other natural deposit, or block of timber, adjustment** The receipt of land or any interest therein pursuant to this chapter or of cash in order to equalize the values of properties exchanged pursuant to [section 1621(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1621/f&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not be subject to any form of Federal, State, or local taxation. The basis for determining gain or loss from the sale or other disposition of such land or interest in land for purposes of any Federal, State, or local tax imposed on or measured by income shall be the fair value of such land or interest in land at the time of receipt, adjusted as provided in [section 1016 of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section1016&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended: Provided, however, That the

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43 U.S.C. § 1607 — Village Corporations

Page 447 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 1607 immediate family members who are Natives or descendants of Natives to promote the health, education, or welfare of such shareholders or family members is expressly authorized and con- firmed. Eligibility for such benefits need not be based on share ownership in the Native Corpora- tion and such benefits may be provided on a basis other than pro rata based on share owner- ship. (Pub. L. 92–203, § 7, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 691; Pub. L. 96–487, title XIV, § 1401(a), (c), Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2491, 2492; Pub. L. 100–241, §§ 4, 5, 12(a), Feb. 3, 1988, 101 Stat. 1790, 1792, 1810; Pub. L. 102–415, §§ 4, 8, Oct. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 2113, 2114; Pub. L. 104–10, § 1(a), May 18, 1995, 109 Stat. 155; Pub. L. 104–42, title I, § 109(a), Nov. 2, 1995, 109 Stat. 357; Pub. L. 105–333, §§ 8, 12, Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3134, 3135; Pub. L. 106–194, § 2, May 2, 2000, 114 Stat. 242; Pub. L. 110–453, title II, § 206, Dec. 2, 2008, 122 Stat. 5030.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2008—Subsec. (g)(1)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 110–453 added cl. (iii) and struck out former cl. (iii) which read as fol- lows: ‘‘The amendment authorized by clause (i) may provide that Settlement Common Stock issued to a Na- tive pursuant to such amendment (or stock issued in exchange for such Settlement Common Stock pursuant to subsection (h)(3) of this section or section 1629c(d) of this title) shall be deemed canceled upon the death of such Native. No compensation for this cancellation shall be paid to the estate of the deceased Native or to any person holding the stock.’’ 2000—Subsec. (h)(1)(C)(iii). Pub. L. 106–194 inserted be- fore period at end ‘‘, notwithstanding an adoption, re- linquishment, or termination of parental rights that may have altered or seve

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