§ 1629a. — Relinquishment by NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., of lands compact and contiguous to public lands in Cape Krusenstern National Monument.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1629a]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 33--ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
Sec. 1629a. Relinquishment by NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.,
of lands compact and contiguous to public lands in Cape
Krusenstern National Monument
(a) Terms and conditions
The terms and conditions of this section are solely applicable to
the lands described in paragraph A(1) of the Agreement, which is defined
by section 1629(a)(1) of this title and modified by section 1629 of this
title, and shall not affect the relinquishment by NANA described in
section B(1) of such Agreement.
(b) Conveyance of lands to United States
NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (``NANA''), may convey by quit-claim
deed to the United States all of its interest in the surface and
subsurface estate in any lands described in subsection (a) of this
section: Provided, however, That NANA can relinquish only lands that are
compact and contiguous to other public lands within the Krusenstern
National Monument and, if the lands to be relinquished have been
disturbed by NANA, the Secretary must first determine that such
disturbance has not rendered the lands incompatible with Monument
values. Whenever NANA executes a quit-claim deed pursuant to this
section, it shall be entitled to designate and have conveyed to it any
lands outside the boundaries of the Cape Krusenstern National Monument
and any other conservation system unit, as established and defined by
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487;
94 Stat. 2371, et seq.), covered by any of its pending selection
applications filed under the entitlement provisions of either section
1611(b), 1611(c) or 1613(h)(8) of this title. Lands conveyed to NANA
pursuant to this subsection shall be of a like estate and equal in
acreage to that conveyed by NANA to the United States. The lands
conveyed to NANA pursuant to this subsection shall be in exchange for
the lands conveyed by NANA to the United States and there shall be no
change in the charges previously made to NANA's land entitlements with
respect to the lands conveyed by NANA to the United States. Lands
received by NANA pursuant to this subsection are Settlement Act lands.
(c) Relinquishment of interests under filed selection applications
NANA may relinquish any interest it has under selection applications
filed pursuant to this chapter in the surface and subsurface estate in
lands described in subsection (a) of this section by formally
withdrawing such application pursuant to this section: Provided,
however, That NANA can relinquish only interests in lands that are
compact and contiguous to other public lands within the Krusenstern
National Monument and, if the lands have been disturbed by NANA, the
Secretary must first determine that such disturbance has not rendered
the lands incompatible with Monument values. Whenever NANA formally
withdraws a selection application pursuant to this section, it shall be
entitled to designate and have conveyed to it lands outside the
boundaries of Cape Krusenstern National Monument and any other
conservation system unit, as established and defined by the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487; 94 Stat.
2371, et seq.) pursuant to any of its pending selection applications
filed under either section 1611(b), 1611(c) or 1613(h)(8) of this title.
Lands conveyed to NANA under this subsection shall be of a like estate
and equal in acreage to the interest which NANA relinquished, and when
the lands are conveyed to NANA, the conveyance shall be charged against
the same entitlement of NANA as if the lands had been conveyed pursuant
to the relinquished selection applications. Lands received by NANA
pursuant to this subsection are Settlement Act lands.
(d) Termination date
The provisions of this section shall remain in effect only until
December 18, 1991.
(e) Effect on NANA's selection rights or entitlement to lands
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter or amend in any way
NANA's selection rights or to increase or diminish NANA's total
entitlement to lands pursuant to this chapter.
(Pub. L. 92-203, Sec. 35, as added Pub. L. 99-96, Sec. 1, Sept. 25,
1985, 99 Stat. 462.)
References in Text
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, referred to in
subsecs. (b) and (c), is Pub. L. 96-487, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2371, as
amended. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 3101 of Title 16, Conservation, and
Tables.
