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 PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980

94 STAT. 2513

Township 20 south, range 8 west, sections 1 through 28, 33 through 36; and Township 20 south, range 9 west, sections 22 through 27, 34 through 36. (b)(1) On or prior to one hundred and eighty days from the date of enactment of this Act, Ahtna, Incorporated, may select, pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, from the lands withdrawn pursuant to subsection (a). (2) The lands selected by Ahtna, Incorporated, unless otherwise provided in a waiver of this paragraph (b)(2) by the Secretary shall consist of tracts which: (A) contain not less than eight sections or one thousand two hundred and eighty acres, whichever is less; and (B) have boundaries which follow section lines, except where such boundary is the border of a navigable body of water, with no segment of an exterior line less than two miles in length (except where shorter segments are necessary (1) to follow section lines where township lines are offset along standard parallels caused by the conveyance of meridians, (2) to conform to section lines where a section is less than standard size, or (3) to avoid crossing the boundary lines of conservation system units created by this Act, or of lands which are unavailable for selection). (c) The Secretary shall convey the surface and subsurface estate of the acreage selected pursuant to subsection (b). Conveyances pursuant to this section shall be subject to valid existing rights and the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. , (d) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to increase or decrease the acreage entitlement of Ahtna, Incorporated, under any section of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. (e) Any lands withdrawn under subsection (a) and not selected by and conveyed to Ahtna, Incorporated, shall return to the public domain subject to any prior withdrawals made by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the provisions of section 906(k) of this Act.

Land selection. 43 USC 1613.

Land conveyance. 43 USC 1601 note.

43 USC 1616. Ante, p. 2437.

BERING STRAITS REGIONAL CORPORATION LANDS

SEC. 1424. (a) The following lands are hereby withdrawn for selection pursuant to the provisions of section 14(h)(8) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and this section: Kateel River Meridian Tract one—Township 6 north, range 36 west, sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10.11,14,15,16; Tract two—Township 1 north, range 40 west, sections 19, 20, 21,28-33; Tract three—Township 3 south, range 21 west, sections 23, 26, 35; Township 4 south, range 21 west, sections 1, 2, 3; Tract four—Township 7 south, range 35 west, sections 11, 14, 23, 26,34,35,36; Township 8 south, range 35 west, sections 1,2,3; Tract five—Township 8 south, range 33 west, sections 19, 20, 21, 27-34; Tract six—Township 10 south, range 9 west, section 31; Township 10 south, range 10 west, sections 35,36; Township 11 south, range 9 west, sections 6,7;

43 USC 1613.

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