43 U.S.C. § 1633 | Administrative provisions

(a)

Limitations concerning easements

43 U.S.C. 1616(b)(1)With respect to lands conveyed to Native Corporations or Native Groups the Secretary shall reserve only those easements which are described in section 17(b)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [] and shall be guided by the following principles:

(1)

all easements should be designed so as to minimize their impact on Native life styles, and on subsistence uses; and

(2)

each easement should be specifically located and described and should include only such areas as are necessary for the purpose or purposes for which the easement is reserved.

(b)

Acquisition of future easements

43 U.S.C. 1601 43 U.S.C. 1621(f)Whenever, after a conveyance has been made by this Act or under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [ et seq.], the Secretary determines that an easement not reserved at the time of conveyance or by operation of subsection (a) of this section is required for any purpose specified in section 17(b)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, he is authorized to acquire such easement by purchase or otherwise. The acquisition of such an easement shall be deemed a public purpose for which the Secretary may exercise his exchange authority pursuant to section 22(f) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [].

(c)

Status of certain lease offers

30 U.S.C. 181December 18, 1971December 2, 198043 U.S.C. 1613(h)(5)43 U.S.C. 1601 43 U.S.C. 1613(g)Offers for noncompetitive oil and gas leases under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 [ et seq.] which were filed but which did not result in the issuance of a lease on or before , on lands selected by, and conveyed before, on, or after , to, Native Corporations or to individual Natives under paragraph (5) or (6) of section 14(h) [ or (6)] as part of the entitlement to receive land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [ et seq.] shall not constitute valid existing rights under section 14(g) of such Act [] or under this Act.

(d)

Limitation

January 2, 197689 Stat. 1145 43 U.S.C. 1621(k)This Act is not intended to modify, repeal, or otherwise affect any provision of the Act of (), as amended or supplemented by Public Laws 94–456 and 95–178, and shall not be construed as imposing any additional restriction on the use or management of those lands described in section 22(k) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [].

Pub. L. 96–487, title IX, § 903Dec. 2, 198094 Stat. 2433(, , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 96–487Dec. 2, 198094 Stat. 2371 section 3101 of Title 16This Act, referred to in subsecs. (b) to (d), is , , , known as the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under , Conservation, and Tables.

Pub. L. 92–203Dec. 18, 197185 Stat. 688 section 1601 of this titleThe Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (c), is , , , which is classified generally to chapter 33 (§ 1601 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85 41 Stat. 437 section 181 of Title 30The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, referred to in subsec. (c), is , , known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which is classified generally to chapter 3A (§ 181 et seq.) of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

January 2, 197689 Stat. 1145 Pub. L. 94–204Jan. 2, 197689 Stat. 1145 Pub. L. 94–456Oct. 4, 197690 Stat. 1934 section 1615 of this title section 1611 of this title Pub. L. 95–178Nov. 15, 197791 Stat. 1369 section 1611 of this title section 1611 of this titleAct of (), as amended or supplemented by Public Laws 94–456 and 95–178, referred to in subsec. (d), is , , , which enacted sections 1625 to 1627 of this title, amended sections 1615, 1616, 1620, and 1621 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 1604, 1605, 1611, 1613, 1618, and 1625 of this title, as amended and supplemented by , , , which amended and provisions set out as notes under , and , , , which amended sections 1613, 1615, and 1628 of this title, enacted a provision set out as a note under , and amended a provision set out as a note under . For complete classification of these Acts to the Code, see Tables.