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 PUBLIC LAW 95-178—NOV. 15, 1977

91 STAT. 1369

Public Law 95-178 95th Congress An Act To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 16(b) of the Act of December 18, 1971 (85 Stat. 688, 705), as amended (43 U.S.C. 1615), is further amended by deleting the last sentence thereof. SEC. 2. Section 14(h)(8) of the Act of December 18, 1971 (85 Stat. 688, 705), is amended by designating the existing paragraph as paragraph " (A) " and adding the following new paragraph (B): "(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for southeastern Alaska shall receive under this paragraph shall be selected and conveyed from lands that were withdrawn by subsections 16(a) and 16 (d) and not selected by the Village Corporations in southeastern Alaska; except lands on Admiralty Island in the Angoon withdrawal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.". SEC. 3. (a) Subsection (b) of section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94-204), as amended by the Act of October 4, 1976 (Public Law 94-456), is hereby amended to add at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Region, the Secretary, and/or the Administrator of General Services do not complete the nomination of lands referred to in subparagraphs (5) and (6) of this subsection by the dates set in subparagraphs 1(C)(1)(b) and 1(C)(2)(a) of the document referred to in this subsection, then, and in that event, these dates shall hereby automatically be extended by operation of this subsection for eighteen months. If these dates are hereby extended, the Secretary shall report to Congress at least thirty days prior to the occurrence of each such date as extended concerning the need for further remedial legislation. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the United States shall accept upon tender the State Deed of Title, including the State's legal descriptions, for lands to be reconveyed to the Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, pursuant to subsection (a) (1) of this section without requiring further survey prior to acceptance. Unless the boundaries of such lands have been specifically identified in a survey approved by the State or Federal Government, such lands shall be described by a metes and bounds description, or by aliquot parts of the Federal rectangular survey system, based wherever possible upon the Federal surveys initially performed to effect transfer and patent of said lands to the State of Alaska. Upon acceptance of a State Deed of Title said lands are hereby withdrawn from entry under the public land laws. Within sixty days the Secretary shall, without adjudication, issue conveyance to said lands of the interests conveyed by the State subject to any lawful reservations of rights or conditions contained in such State conveyance, as provided in the Terms and Conditions document, to Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, with patent to issue thereafter immediately following approval of survey. The Secre-

Nov. 15, 1977 [H.R. 8499] Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, amendment. Land conveyance, authorization. 43 USC 1613.

Cook Inlet area, ownership consolidation. 43 USC 1611 note. Nomination of lands, extension.

Report to Congress.

State lands, transfer and conveyance.

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