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§ 1613. —  Conveyance of lands.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1613]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
               CHAPTER 33--ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
 
Sec. 1613. Conveyance of lands


(a) Native villages listed in section 1610 and qualified for land 
        benefits; patents for surface estates; issuance; acreage

    Immediately after selection by a Village Corporation for a Native 
village listed in section 1610 of this title which the Secretary finds 
is qualified for land benefits under this chapter, the Secretary shall 
issue to the Village Corporation a patent to the surface estate in the 
number of acres shown in the following table:


                                                    It shall be entitled
      If the village had on the 1970 census          to a patent to an
 enumeration date a Native population  between--    area of public lands
                                                         equal to--

25 and 99........................................          69,120 acres.
100 and 199......................................          92,160 acres.
200 and 399......................................         115,200 acres.
400 and 599......................................         138,240 acres.
600 or more......................................         161,280 acres.


The lands patented shall be those selected by the Village Corporation 
pursuant to section 1611(a) of this title. In addition, the Secretary 
shall issue to the Village Corporation a patent to the surface estate in 
the lands selected pursuant to section 1611(b) of this title.

(b) Native villages listed in section 1615 and qualified for land 
        benefits; patents for surface estates; issuance; acreage

    Immediately after selection by any Village Corporation for a Native 
village listed in section 1615 of this title which the Secretary finds 
is qualified for land benefits under this chapter, the Secretary shall 
issue to the Village Corporation a patent to the surface estate to 
23,040 acres. The lands patented shall be the lands within the township 
or townships that enclose the Native village, and any additional lands 
selected by the Village Corporation from the surrounding townships 
withdrawn for the Native village by section 1615(a) of this title.

(c) Patent requirements; order of conveyance; vesting date; advisory and 
        appellate functions of Regional Corporations on sales, leases, 
        or other transactions prior to final commitment

    Each patent issued pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this 
section shall be subject to the requirements of this subsection. Upon 
receipt of a patent or patents:
        (1) the Village Corporation shall first convey to any Native or 
    non-Native occupant, without consideration, title to the surface 
    estate in the tract occupied as of December 18, 1971 (except that 
    occupancy of tracts located in the Pribilof Islands shall be 
    determined as of the date of initial conveyance of such tracts to 
    the appropriate Village Corporation) as a primary place of 
    residence, or as a primary place of business, or as a subsistence 
    campsite, or as headquarters for reindeer husbandry;
        (2) the Village Corporation shall then convey to the occupant, 
    either without consideration or upon payment of an amount not in 
    excess of fair market value, determined as of the date of initial 
    occupancy and without regard to any improvements thereon, title to 
    the surface estate in any tract occupied as of December 18, 1971 by 
    a nonprofit organization;
        (3) the Village Corporation shall then convey to any Municipal 
    Corporation in the Native village or to the State in trust for any 
    Municipal Corporation established in the Native village in the 
    future, title to the remaining surface estate of the improved land 
    on which the Native village is located and as much additional land 
    as is necessary for community expansion, and appropriate rights-of-
    way for public use, and other foreseeable community needs: Provided, 
    That the amount of lands to be transferred to the Municipal 
    Corporation or in trust shall be no less than 1,280 acres unless the 
    Village Corporation and the Municipal Corporation or the State in 
    trust can agree in writing on an amount which is less than one 
    thousand two hundred and eighty acres: Provided further, That any 
    net revenues derived from the sale of surface resources harvested or 
    extracted from lands reconveyed pursuant to this subsection shall be 
    paid to the Village Corporation by the Municipal Corporation or the 
    State in trust: Provided, however, That the word ``sale'', as used 
    in the preceding sentence, shall not include the utilization of 
    surface resources for governmental purposes by the Municipal 
    Corporation or the State in trust, nor shall it include the issuance 
    of free use permits or other authorization for such purposes;
        (4) the Village Corporation shall convey to the Federal 
    Government, State, or to the appropriate Municipal Corporation, 
    title to the surface estate for airport sites, airway beacons, and 
    other navigation aids as such existed on December 18, 1971, together 
    with such additional acreage and/or easements as are necessary to 
    provide related governmental services and to insure safe approaches 
    to airport runways as such airport sites, runways, and other 
    facilities existed as of December 18, 1971; and
        (5) for a period of ten years after December 18, 1971, the 
    Regional Corporation shall be afforded the opportunity to review and 
    render advice to the Village Corporations on all land sales, leases 
    or other transactions prior to any final commitment.

    There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for the purpose of providing technical assistance to Village 
Corporations established pursuant to this chapter in order that they may 
fulfill the reconveyance requirements of this subsection. The Secretary 
may make funds available as grants to ANCSA or nonprofit corporations 
that maintain in-house land planning and management capabilities.

(d) Rule of approximation with respect to acreage limitations

    The Secretary may apply the rule of approximation with respect to 
the acreage limitations contained in this section.

(e) Surface and/or subsurface estates to Regional Corporations

    Immediately after selection by a Regional Corporation, the Secretary 
shall convey to the Regional Corporation title to the surface and/or the 
subsurface estates, as is appropriate, in the lands selected.

(f) Patents to Village Corporations for surface estates and to Regional 
        Corporations for subsurface estates; excepted lands; mineral 
        rights, consent of Village Corporations

    When the Secretary issues a patent to a Village Corporation for the 
surface estate in lands pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this 
section, he shall issue to the Regional Corporation for the region in 
which the lands are located a patent to the subsurface estate in such 
lands, except lands located in the National Wildlife Refuge System and 
lands withdrawn or reserved for national defense purposes, including 
Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4, for which in lieu rights are 
provided for in section 1611(a)(1) of this title: Provided, That the 
right to explore, develop, or remove minerals from the subsurface estate 
in the lands within the boundaries of any Native village shall be 
subject to the consent of the Village Corporation.

(g) Valid existing rights preserved; saving provisions in patents; 
        patentee rights; administration; proportionate rights of 
        patentee

    All conveyances made pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to 
valid existing rights. Where, prior to patent of any land or minerals 
under this chapter, a lease, contract, permit, right-of-way, or easement 
(including a lease issued under section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood 
Act) has been issued for the surface or minerals covered under such 
patent, the patent shall contain provisions making it subject to the 
lease, contract, permit, right-of-way, or easement, and the right of the 
lessee, contractee, permittee, or grantee to the complete enjoyment of 
all rights, privileges, and benefits thereby granted to him. Upon 
issuance of the patent, the patentee shall succeed and become entitled 
to any and all interests of the State or the United States as lessor, 
contractor, permitter, or grantor, in any such leases, contracts, 
permits, rights-of-way, or easements covering the estate patented, and a 
lease issued under section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood Act shall be 
treated for all purposes as though the patent had been issued to the 
State. The administration of such lease, contract, permit, right-of-way, 
or easement shall continue to be by the State or the United States, 
unless the agency responsible for administration waives administration. 
In the event that the patent does not cover all of the land embraced 
within any such lease, contract, permit, right-of-way, or easement, the 
patentee shall only be entitled to the proportionate amount of the 
revenues reserved under such lease, contract, permit, right-of-way, or 
easement by the State or the United States which results from 
multiplying the total of such revenues by a fraction in which the 
numerator is the acreage of such lease, contract, permit, right-of-way, 
or easement which is included in the patent and the denominator is the 
total acreage contained in such lease, contract, permit, right-of-way, 
or easement.

(h) Authorization for land conveyances; surface and subsurface estates

    The Secretary is authorized to withdraw and convey 2 million acres 
of unreserved and unappropriated public lands located outside the areas 
withdrawn by sections 1610 and 1615 of this title, and \1\ follows:
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        (1) The Secretary may withdraw and convey to the appropriate 
    Regional Corporation fee title to existing cemetery sites and 
    historical places. Only title to the surface estate shall be 
    conveyed for lands located in a Wildlife Refuge, when the cemetery 
    or historical site is greater than 640 acres.
        (2) The Secretary may withdraw and convey to a Native group that 
    does not qualify as a Native village, if it incorporates under the 
    laws of Alaska, title to the surface estate in not more than 23,040 
    acres surrounding the Native group's locality. The subsurface estate 
    in such land shall be conveyed to the appropriate Regional 
    Corporation unless the lands are located in a Wildlife Refuge;
        (3) The Secretary may withdraw and convey to the Natives 
    residing in Sitka, Kenai, Juneau, and Kodiak, if they incorporate 
    under the laws of Alaska, the surface estate of lands of a similar 
    character in not more than 23,040 acres of land, which shall be 
    located in reasonable proximity to the municipalities. The 
    subsurface estate in such lands shall be conveyed to the appropriate 
    Regional Corporation unless the lands are located in a Wildlife 
    Refuge;
        (4) The Secretary shall withdraw only such lands surrounding the 
    villages and municipalities as are necessary to permit the 
    conveyance authorized by paragraphs (2) and (3) to be planned and 
    effected;
        (5) The Secretary may convey to a Native, upon application 
    within two years from December 18, 1971, the surface estate in not 
    to exceed 160 acres of land occupied by the Native as a primary 
    place of residence on August 31, 1971. Determination of occupancy 
    shall be made by the Secretary, whose decision shall be final. The 
    subsurface estate in such lands shall be conveyed to the appropriate 
    Regional Corporations unless the lands are located on a Wildlife 
    Refuge;
        (6) The Secretary shall charge against the 2 million acres 
    authorized to be conveyed by this section all allotments approved 
    pursuant to section 1617 of this title during the four years 
    following December 18, 1971. Any minerals reserved by the United 
    States pursuant to the Act of March 8, 1922 (42 Stat. 415), as 
    amended [43 U.S.C. 270-11 to 270-13],\2\ in a Native Allotment 
    approved pursuant to section 1617 of this title during the period 
    December 18, 1971, through December 18, 1975, shall be conveyed to 
    the appropriate Regional Corporation, unless such lands are located 
    in a Wildlife Refuge or in the Lake Clark areas as provided in 
    section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94-204), as 
    amended.
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        (7) The Secretary may withdraw and convey lands out of the 
    National Wildlife Refuge System and out of the National Forests, for 
    the purposes set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5) of this 
    subsection; and
        (8)(A) Any portion of the 2 million acres not conveyed by this 
    subsection shall be allocated and conveyed to the Regional 
    Corporations on the basis of population.
        (B) Such allocation as the Regional Corporation for southeastern 
    Alaska shall receive under this paragraph shall be selected and 
    conveyed from lands that were withdrawn by sections 1615(a) and 
    1615(d) of this title and not selected by the Village Corporations 
    in southeastern Alaska; except lands on Admiralty Island in the 
    Angoon withdrawal area and, without the consent of the Governor of 
    the State of Alaska or his delegate, lands in the Saxman and Yakutat 
    withdrawal areas are not available for selection or conveyance under 
    this paragraph.
        (9) Where the Regional Corporation is precluded from receiving 
    the subsurface estate in lands selected and conveyed pursuant to 
    paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5), or the retained mineral estate, if 
    any, pursuant to paragraph (6), it may select the subsurface estate 
    in an equal acreage from other lands withdrawn for such selection by 
    the Secretary, or, as to Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, from those 
    areas designated for in lieu selection in paragraph I.B.(2) of the 
    document identified in section 12(b) of Public Law 94-204. 
    Selections made under this paragraph shall be contiguous and in 
    reasonably compact tracts except as separated by unavailable lands, 
    and shall be in whole sections, except where the remaining 
    entitlement is less than six hundred and forty acres. The Secretary 
    is authorized to withdraw, up to two times the Corporation's 
    entitlement, from vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved public 
    lands, including lands solely withdrawn pursuant to section 
    1616(d)(1) of this title, and the Regional Corporation shall select 
    such entitlement of subsurface estate from such withdrawn lands 
    within ninety days of receipt of notification from the Secretary.
        (10) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1621(h) of 
    this title the Secretary, upon determining that specific lands are 
    available for withdrawal and possible conveyance under this 
    subsection, may withdraw such lands for selection by and conveyance 
    to an appropriate applicant and such withdrawal shall remain until 
    revoked by the Secretary.
        (11) For purposes set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), 
    and (6) of this subsection, the term Wildlife Refuges refers to 
    Wildlife Refuges as the boundaries of those refuges exist on 
    December 18, 1971.

(Pub. L. 92-203, Sec. 14, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 702; Pub. L. 95-178, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 1369; Pub. L. 96-487, title XIV, 
Secs. 1404, 1405, 1406(a)-(d), Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2493, 2494; Pub. 
L. 104-42, title I, Sec. 104, Nov. 2, 1995, 109 Stat. 355.)

                       References in Text

    Section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood Act, referred to in subsec. 
(g), is section 6(g) of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, as 
amended, which is set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48, 
Territories and Insular Possessions.
    Act of March 8, 1922, as amended, referred to in subsec. (h)(6), is 
act Mar. 8, 1922, ch. 96, 42 Stat. 415, as amended, which enacted 
sections 270-11 to 270-13 of this title. Sections 270-11 and 270-13 of 
this title were repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 703(a), Oct. 
21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Tables.
    Section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94-204), as 
amended, referred to in subsec. (h)(6), (9), is section 12 of Pub. L. 
94-204, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1150, which is set out as a note under 
section 1611 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1995--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-42 inserted last par.
    1980--Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 96-487, Sec. 1404(a), inserted ``as of 
December 18, 1971 (except that occupancy of tracts located in the 
Pribilof Islands shall be determined as of the date of initial 
conveyance of such tracts to the appropriate Village Corporation)'' 
after ``in the tract occupied''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 96-487, Sec. 1404(b), inserted ``as of 
December 18, 1971'' after ``in any tract occupied''.
    Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 96-487, Sec. 1405, inserted provision 
authorizing the Village Corporation and the Municipal Corporation or the 
State in trust to agree to a lesser amount than 1,280 acres and 
requiring any net revenues derived from the sale of surface resources 
harvested or extracted from lands reconveyed be paid to the Village 
Corporation by the Municipal Corporation or the State in trust.
    Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 96-487, Sec. 1404(c), inserted ``as such 
existed on December 18, 1971'' after ``navigation aids'' and ``as such 
airport sites, runways, and other facilities existed as of December 18, 
1971'' after ``airport runways''. Amendment, which directed that subsec. 
(c)(4) end with a period, was executed by substituting ``; and'' to 
reflect the probable intent of Congress.
    Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 96-487, Sec. 1406(a), inserted provision 
that only title to the surface estate be conveyed for lands located in a 
Wildlife Refuge when the cemetery or historical site is greater than 640 
acres.
    Subsec. (h)(2), (5). Pub. L. 96-487, Sec. 1406(b), inserted ``unless 
the lands are located in a Wildlife Refuge'' after ``Regional 
Corporation''.
    Subsec. (h)(6). Pub. L. 96-487, Sec. 1406(c), substituted provision 
that any minerals reserved by the United States pursuant to the Act of 
Mar. 8, 1922, in a Native Allotment approved pursuant to section 1617 of 
this title during the period Dec. 18, 1971 through Dec. 18, 1975, be 
conveyed to the appropriate Regional Corporation, unless such lands are 
located in a Wildlife Refuge or in the Lake Clark areas as provided in 
section 12 of Act Jan. 2, 1976, for provision that the Secretary charge 
against the 2 million acres authorized all allotments approved pursuant 
to section 1617 of this title during the four years following Dec. 18, 
1971.
    Subsec. (h)(9) to (11). Pub. L. 96-487, Sec. 1406(d), added pars. 
(9) to (11).
    1977--Subsec. (h)(8). Pub. L. 95-178 designated existing provisions 
as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B).


 Claim to Subsurface Estate of Lands in Wildlife Refuge; Entitlement to 
      In Lieu Surface or Subsurface Estate; Time Limitation; Waiver

    Section 1406(e) of Pub. L. 96-487 provided that: ``Any Regional 
Corporation which asserts a claim with the Secretary to the subsurface 
estate of lands selectable under section 14(h) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act [subsec. (h) of this section] which are in a 
Wildlife Refuge shall not be entitled to any in lieu surface or 
subsurface estate provided by subsections 12(c)(4) and 14(h)(9) of such 
Act [section 1611(c)(4) of this title and subsec. (h)(9) of this 
section]. Any such claim must be asserted within one hundred and eighty 
days after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 2, 1980]. Failure to 
assert such claim within the one-hundred-and-eighty-day period shall 
constitute a waiver of any right to such subsurface estate in a Wildlife 
Refuge as the boundaries of the refuge existed on the date of enactment 
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [Dec. 18, 1971].''


   Escrow Account Pending Conveyance of Withdrawn Lands; Proceeds Not 
 Deposited in Account; Payments; Interest; Deposit of Account in United 
States Treasury; Public Easements; Authority for Payment Out of Treasury 
                                  Funds

    Pub. L. 94-204, Sec. 2, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1146, as amended by 
Pub. L. 96-487, title XIV, Sec. 1411, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2497; Pub. 
L. 99-396, Sec. 22, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 846; Pub. L. 100-581, title 
II, Sec. 218, Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2942, provided that:
    ``(a)(1) During the period of the appropriate withdrawal for 
selection pursuant to the Settlement Act [this chapter], any and all 
proceeds derived from contracts, leases, licenses, permits, rights-of-
way, or easements, or from trespass occurring after the date of 
withdrawal of the lands for selection, pertaining to lands or resources 
of lands, including wildlife proceeds received between the date of 
withdrawal and the date of conveyance from harvests on lands conveyed 
pursuant to the Act, withdrawn for Native selection pursuant to the 
Settlement Act shall be deposited in an escrow account which shall be 
held by the Secretary until lands selected pursuant to that Act have 
been conveyed to the selecting Corporation or individual entitled to 
receive benefits under such Act.
    ``(2) Such proceeds which were received, if any, subsequent to the 
date of withdrawal of the land for selection, but were not deposited in 
the escrow account shall be identified by the Secretary within two years 
of the date of conveyance or this Act [probably means Dec. 2, 1980], 
whichever is later, and shall be paid, together with interest payable on 
the proceeds from the date of receipt by the United States to the date 
of payment to the appropriate Corporation or individual to which the 
land was conveyed by the United States: Provided, That the interest on 
proceeds received prior to January 2, 1976, shall be calculated and paid 
at the rate of the earnings on Individual Indian Moneys in the custody 
of the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to sections 463 and 465 of the 
Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 2 and 9) and invested by him pursuant to the 
Act of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a), from the date of receipt to 
January 2, 1976. Effective January 2, 1976, the interest so calculated 
shall be added to the principal amount of such proceeds. The interest on 
this total amount and on proceeds received on or after January 2, 1976, 
shall be calculated and paid as though such proceeds and previously 
calculated interest had been deposited in the escrow account from 
January 2, 1976, or the date of receipt, whichever occurs later, to the 
date of payment to the affected Corporation.[:] Provided further, That 
any rights of a Corporation or individual under this section to such 
proceeds shall be limited to proceeds actually received by the United 
States plus interest: And provided further, That moneys for such 
payments have been appropriated as provided in subsection (e) of this 
section.
    ``(3) Such proceeds which have been deposited in the escrow account 
shall be paid, together with interest accrued by the Secretary to the 
appropriate Corporation or individual upon conveyance of the particular 
withdrawn lands. In the event that a conveyance does not cover all of 
the land embraced within any contract, lease, license, permit, right-of-
way, easement, or trespass, the Corporation or individual shall only be 
entitled to the proportionate amount of the proceeds, including interest 
accrued, derived from such contract, lease, license, permit, right-of-
way, or easement, which results from multiplying the total of such 
proceeds, including interest accrued, by a fraction in which the 
numerator is the acreage of such contract, lease, license, permit, 
right-of-way, or easement which is included in the conveyance and the 
denominator is the total acreage contained in such contract, lease, 
license, permit, right-of-way, or easement; in the case of trespass, the 
conveyee shall be entitled to the proportionate share of the proceeds, 
including a proportionate share of interest accrued, in relation to the 
damages occurring on the respective lands during the period the lands 
were withdrawn for selection.
    ``(4) Such proceeds which have been deposited in the escrow account 
pertaining to lands withdrawn but not selected pursuant to such Act 
[this chapter], or selected but not conveyed due to rejection or 
relinquishment of the selection, shall be paid, together with interest 
accrued, as would have been required by law were it not for the 
provisions of this Act [enacting sections 1625 to 1627 of this title, 
amending sections 1615, 1616, 1620, and 1621 of this title, and enacting 
provisions set out as notes under sections 1604, 1605, 1611, 1613, 1618, 
and 1625 of this title].
    ``(5) Lands withdrawn under this subsection include all Federal 
lands identified under appendices A, B-1, and B-2 of the document 
referred to in section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94-
204) [set out as a note under section 1611 of this title] for Cook Inlet 
Region, Incorporated, and are deemed withdrawn as of the date 
established in subsection (a) of section 2 of the Act of January 2, 1976 
[this subsection].
    ``(b) The Secretary is authorized to deposit in the Treasury of the 
United States the escrow account proceeds referred to in subsection (a) 
of this section, and the United States shall pay interest thereon 
semiannually from the date of deposit to the date of payment with simple 
interest at the rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be 
the rate payable on short-term obligations of the United States 
prevailing at the time of payment: Provided, That the Secretary in his 
discretion may withdraw such proceeds from the United States Treasury 
and reinvest such proceeds in the manner provided by the first section 
of the Act of June 24, 1938 (52 U.S.C. 1037) [section 162a of Title 25, 
Indians]: Provided further, That this section shall not be construed to 
create or terminate any trust relationship between the United States and 
any corporation or individual entitled to receive benefits under the 
Settlement Act [this chapter].
    ``(c) Any and all proceeds from public easements reserved pursuant 
to section 17(b)(3) of the Settlement Act [section 1616(b)(3) of this 
title], from or after the date of enactment of this Act [Jan. 2, 1976], 
shall be paid to the grantee of such conveyance in accordance with such 
grantee's proportionate share.
    ``(d) To the extent that there is a conflict between the provisions 
of this section and any other Federal laws applicable to Alaska, the 
provisions of this section will govern. Any payment made to any 
corporation or any individual under authority of this section shall not 
be subject to any prior obligation under section 9(d) or 9(f) of the 
Settlement Act [section 1608(d) or section 1608(f) of this title].
    ``(e) The Secretary shall calculate the amounts payable pursuant to 
this section and notify the affected Corporation of the results of his 
calculations. The affected Corporation shall have thirty days in which 
to appeal the Secretary's calculations after which the Secretary shall 
promptly make a final determination of the amounts payable. The 
Secretary shall certify such final determinations to the Secretary of 
the Treasury and each determination shall constitute a final judgment, 
award, or compromise settlement under section 1304 of title 31 of the 
United States Code. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and 
directed to pay such amounts to the appropriate Corporation out of funds 
in the Treasury: Provided, That if the lands from which the proceeds and 
interest entitlement are derived have not been conveyed to the selecting 
Native Corporation at the time the Secretary makes his final 
determination, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed 
to pay such amount into the escrow account where it will earn interest 
and be disbursed in the same manner as other proceeds and interest.''


 Boundary Between Southeastern and Chugach Regions; Hunting and Fishing 
                 Rights of Natives of Village of Yakutat

    Pub. L. 94-204, Sec. 11, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1150, provided that: 
``The boundary between the southeastern and Chugach regions shall be the 
141st meridian: Provided, That the Regional Corporation for the Chugach 
region shall accord to the Natives enrolled to the Village of Yakutat 
the same rights and privileges to use any lands which may be conveyed to 
the Regional Corporation in the vicinity of Icy Bay for such purposes as 
such Natives have traditionally made thereof, including, but not limited 
to, subsistence hunting, fishing and gathering, as the Regional 
Corporation accords to its own shareholders, and shall take no 
unreasonable or arbitrary action relative to such lands for the primary 
purpose and having the effect, of impairing or curtailing such rights 
and privileges.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1610, 1611, 1615, 1617, 
1618, 1620, 1621, 1627, 1629a, 1629b, 1629d, 1632, 1633, 1635, 1636, 
1638, 1641 of this title; title 16 sections 3102, 3192; title 25 section 
3902; title 30 section 1702; title 45 section 1205.



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