Subject to the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary may dispose of sand, stone, gravel, and vegetative materials located below highwater mark of navigable waters of the Territory of Alaska. Any contract, unexecuted in whole or in part, for the disposal under this subchapter of materials from land, title to which is transferred to a future State upon its admission to the Union, and which is situated within its boundaries, may be terminated or adopted by such State.
July 31, 1947, ch. 406, § 4 Aug. 31, 1950, ch. 830 64 Stat. 572 (, as added , .)
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
section 601 of this titleFor transfer of certain enforcement functions of Secretary or other appropriate officer or entity in Departments of Agriculture and the Interior under this subchapter to Federal Inspector of Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of Energy, then to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, see note set out under .
Admission of Alaska as State
Pub. L. 85–50872 Stat. 339 section 21 of Title 48Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished , on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, , 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of , , , set out as notes preceding , Territories and Insular Possessions.