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 PUBLIC LAW 94-456—OCT. 4, 1976

90 STAT. 1935

SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to convey immediately to the State of Alaska, subject to valid existing rights, the following described lands for park, recreation, airport, or other public purposes: Seward Meridan, Alaska T.13N.,E.4W. Section 28, Ei/sWVa, Ei/2Wi/2NWy4, Wy2NWi/4NWi4,

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Containing 265 acres, more or less. SEC. 3. The first sentence of subsection 12(b) of the Act of January 2, 1976 (89 Stat. 1145, 1151), is amended by changing the matter preceding the first colon to read as follows: "(b) The Secretary shall make the following conveyances to the Region, in accordance with the specific terms, conditions, procedures, covenants, reservations, and other restrictions set forth in the document entitled 'Terms and Conditions for Land Consolidation and Management in Cook Inlet Area', which was submitted to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs on December 10, 1975, and clarified on August 31, 1976, the terms of which, as clarified, are hereby incorporated herein and ratified as to the duties and obligations of the United States and the Region, as a matter of Federal law.". SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary is authorized to convey lands under application for selection by Village Corporations within Cook Inlet Region to the Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, for reconveyance by the Region to such Village Corporations. Such lands shall be conveyed as partial satisfaction of the statutory entitlement of such Village Corporations from lands withdrawn pursuant to section 11(a) (3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (hereinafter, "The Settlement Act"), and with the consent of the Region affected, as provided in section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (89 Stat. 1145, 1150),,from lands outside the boundaries of Cook Inlet Region. This authority shall not be employed to increase or decrease the statutory entitlement of any Village Corporation or Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated. For the purposes of counting acres received in computing statutory entitlement, the Secretary snail count the number of acres or acre selections surrendered by Village Corporations in any exchange for any other lands or selections. (b) The Secretary shall not be required to survey any land conveyed pursuant to subsection 4(a) until the Village Corporation entitlement for all eligible Village Corporations has been conveyed. With respect to the conveyances made by the Secretary in the manner authorized by subsection 4(a), the Secretary shall survey the exterior boundaries of each entire area conveyed to Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, pursuant to subsection 4(a) and monument to boundary lines at angle points and intervals of approximately two miles on straight lines. The Secretary shall not be required to provide ground survey or monumentation along meanderable water boundaries. Each township corner located within the exterior boundary of land conveyed shall be located and monumented. Any areas within such tracts

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