On the recordJune 5, 2012
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, S. 292 ratifies the Salmon Lake Area Ownership and Consolidation Agreement signed in 2007 by the State of Alaska, the United States, and the Bering Straits Native Corporation. {time} 1740 The agreement resolves overlapping claims to certain public lands by the State of Alaska, the United States, and the Bering Straits Native Corporation. The claims arose from the implementation of the Alaska Statehood Act of 1958 and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. Though similar legislation sponsored by the gentleman from Alaska, and the sponsor in the House of this bill, Mr. Young, passed by 410 0 in the 111th Congress, the Committee on Natural Resources undertook regular order on S. 292, including a hearing in the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, and a markup in the full committee, which reported the bill out favorably. I am unaware of any opposition to S. 292, and so I urge full House support for the motion to suspend the rules and pass this bill today. With that, I reserve the balance of my time.
