Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/1212

 89 STAT. 1152

43 USC 1621.

43 USC 1610.

43 USC 1611, 1^1^-

PUBLIC LAW 94-204—JAIV. 2, 1976 to the laws and regulations applicable thereto upon title thereafter vesting in the United States. The Secretary is authorized to acquire lands formerly within the range with the concurrence of the Region so long as the Region owns such lands. Section 22(e) of the Settlement Act, concerning refuge replacement, shall apply with respect to lands conveyed pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, except that the Secretary may designate for replacement land twice the amount of any land conveyed without restriction to a native corporation. No lands outside the exterior boundaries of Cook Inlet Region shall be conveyed to the Region, unless, in the following circumstances, the consent of other Native Corporations is obtained: (i) Where the township to be nominated is located within an area withdrawn as of December 15, 1975, pursuant to section 11(a) (1) of the Settlement Act, the Region shall obtain the consent of the Regional Corporation and Village Corporation affected. (ii) Where the township to be nominated is located within an area withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a)(3) of the Settlement Act as of December 15, 1975, the Region shall obtain the consent of the Region in which the township is located. There shall be established a buffer zone outside the withdrawals described in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) which zone shall extend one township from any such section 11(a)(3) withdrawal and one and one-half townships from any section 11(a)(1) withdrawal. Any nomination of a township within such zone shall be subject to the consent of the Region, or of the Village Corporation if adjacent to a section 11(a)(1) withdrawal: Provided, however, That the affected Regional Corporation may designate additional lands to be included by substitution in the buffer zone so long as the buffer zone location is no greater than two townships in width and the total acreage of the buffer zone is not enlarged. The affected Regional Corporation shall designate the enlarged buffer zone, if any, no later than six months following the passage of this Act. Any use or development by the Region of land conveyed under this paragraph shall give due protection to the existing subsistence uses of such lands by the residents of the area; and no easement across Village Corporation lands to lands conveyed under this paragraph shall be established without the consent of the said Village Corporation or Corporations. (c) The lands and interests conveyed to the Region under the foregoing subsections of this section and the lands provided by the State exchange under subsection (a)(1) of this section, shall be considered and treated as conveyances under the Settlement Act unless otherwise provided, and shall constitute the Region's full entitlement under sections 12(c) and 14(h)(8) of the Settlement Act. Of such lands, 3.58 townships of oil and gas and coal in the Kenai National Moose Range shall constitute the full surface and subsurface entitlement of the Region under section 14(h)(8). The lands which would comprise the difference in acreage between the lands actually conveyed under and referred to in the foregoing subsections of this section, and any final determination of what the Region's acreage rights under sections 12(c) and 14(h)(8) of the Settlement Act would have been, if the conveyances set forth in this section to the Region had not been executed, shall be retained by the United States and shall not be available for conveyance to any Regional Corporation or Village Corporation, notwithstanding any provisions of the Settlement Act to the contrary. (d)(1) The Secretary shall convey to the State of Alaska all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all of the following lands:

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