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[CITE: 16USC3209]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3209. Effect on prior withdrawals


(a) Rescission of prior reservations and withdrawals; management by 
        Secretary and Secretary of Agriculture of lands outside 
        boundaries established by this Act

    The withdrawals and reservations of the public lands made by Public 
Land Orders No. 5653 of November 16, 1978, 5654 of November 17, 1978, 
Public Land Orders numbered 5696 through 5711 inclusive of February 12, 
1980, Federal Register Documents No. 34051, of December 5, 1978 and No. 
79-17803 of June 8, 1979 and Proclamations No. 4611 through 4627, 
inclusive, of December 1, 1978, were promulgated to protect these lands 
from selection, appropriation, or disposition prior to December 2, 1980. 
As to all lands not within the boundaries established by this Act of any 
conservation system unit, national conservation area, national 
recreation area, or national forest addition, the aforesaid withdrawals 
and reservations are hereby rescinded on the effective date of this Act, 
and such lands shall be managed by the Secretary pursuant to the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 [43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.], or in 
the case of lands within a national forest, by the Secretary of 
Agriculture pursuant to the laws applicable to the national forests, 
unless otherwise specified by this Act. As to the Federal lands which 
are within the aforesaid boundaries, the aforesaid withdrawals and 
reservations are, on the effective date of this Act, hereby rescinded 
and superseded by the withdrawals and reservations made by this Act. 
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any other 
law, the Federal lands within the aforesaid boundaries established by 
this Act shall not be deemed available for selection, appropriation, or 
disposition except as expressly provided by this Act.

(b) Effective date

    This section shall become effective upon the relinquishment by the 
State of Alaska of selections made on November 14, 1978, pursuant to the 
Alaska Statehood Act which are located within the boundaries of 
conservation system units, national conservation areas, national 
recreation areas, and forest additions, established, designated, or 
expanded by this Act.

(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1322, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2487.)

                       References in Text

    Proclamations No. 4611 through 4627, inclusive, of December 1, 1978, 
referred to in subsec. (a), are Procs. No. 4611 through 4627, Dec. 1, 
1978, 93 Stat. 1446-1473, which are set out as notes under section 431 
of this title.
    This Act, referred to in text, 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.
    The effective date of this Act, referred in to subsec. (a), probably 
means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 96-487, which was approved Dec. 
2, 1980.
    The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to in 
subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 94-579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, as 
amended, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (Sec. 1701 et 
seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of Title 43 
and Tables.
    The Alaska Statehood Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 85-
508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, as amended, which is set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
