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PUBLIC LAW 86-508-JULY 7, 1958

SEC. 20. Section 2 of the Act of October 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 742; 48 U.S.C. sec. 433), is hereby repealed. SEC. 21. Nothing contained in this Act shall operate to confer United States nationality, nor to terminate nationality heretofore lawfully acquired, nor restore nationality heretofore lost under any law of the United States or under any treaty to which the United States may have been a party. SEC. 22. Section 101(a) (36) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 170, 8 U.S.C. sec. 1101 (a) (36)) is amended by deleting the word "Alaska,". SEC. 23. The first sentence of section 212(d)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 188, 8 U.S.C. sec. 1182 (d)(7)) is amended by deleting the word "x^laska,'\ SEC. 24. Nothing contained in this Act shall be held to repeal, amend, or modify the provisions of section 304 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 237, 8 U.S.C. sec. 1404). SEC. 25. The first sentence of section 310(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 239,8 U.S.C. sec. 1421 (a)) is amended by deleting the words "District Courts of the United States for the Territories of Hawaii and Alaska" and substituting therefor the words "District Court of the United States for the Territory of Hawaii". SEC. 26. Section 344(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 265, 8 U.S.C. sec. 1455 (d)) is amended by deleting the words "in Alaska and". SEC. 27. (a) The third proviso in section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended (46 U.S.C. sec. 883), is further amended by striking out the word "excluding" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "including". (b) Nothing contained in this or any other Act shall be construed as depriving the Federal Maritime Board of the exclusive jurisdiction heretofore conferred on it over common carriers engaged in transportation by water between any port in the State of Alaska and other ports in the United States, its Territories or possessions, or as conferring upon the Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction over transportation by water between any such ports. SEC. 28. (a) The last sentence of section 9 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the leasing of coal lands in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes", approved October 20, 1914 (48 U.S.C. 439), is hereby amended to read as follows: "All net profits from operation of Government mines, and all bonuses, royalties, and rentals under leases as herein provided and all other payments received under this Act shall be distributed as follows as soon as practicable after December 31 and June 30 of each year: (1) 90 per centum thereof shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State of Alaska for disposition by the legislature thereof; and (2) 10 per centum shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts." (b) Section 35 of the Act entitled "An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain, approved February 25, 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 191), is hereby amended by inserting immediately before the colon preceding the first proviso thereof the following: ", and of those from Alaska 521/^ per centum thereof shall be paid to the State of Alaska for disposition by the legislature thereof". 98395-5y-PT. 1-23

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