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[CITE: 16USC3207]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3207. Effect on existing rights; water resources

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting or restricting 
the power and authority of the United States or--
        (1) as affecting in any way any law governing appropriation or 
    use of, or Federal right to, water on lands within the State of 
    Alaska;
        (2) as expanding or diminishing Federal or State jurisdiction, 
    responsibility, interests, or rights in water resources development 
    or control, or
        (3) as superseding, modifying, or repealing, except as 
    specifically set forth in this Act, existing laws applicable to the 
    various Federal agencies which are authorized to develop or 
    participate in the development of water resources or to exercise 
    licensing or regulatory functions in relation thereto.

(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1319, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2486.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in provision preceding par. (1) and par. (3), 
is Pub. L. 96-487, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2371, as amended, 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 section 3101 of this title and Tables.
