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[CITE: 43USC1618]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
               CHAPTER 33--ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
 
Sec. 1618. Reservations; revocation; excepted reserve; 
        acquisition of title to surface and subsurface estates in 
        reserve; election of Village Corporations
        
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except where 
inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, the various reserves 
set aside by legislation or by Executive or Secretarial Order for Native 
use or for administration of Native affairs, including those created 
under section 497 of title 25, are hereby revoked subject to any valid 
existing rights of non-Natives. This section shall not apply to the 
Annette Island Reserve established by section 495 of title 25 and no 
person enrolled in the Metlakatla Indian community of the Annette Island 
Reserve shall be eligible for benefits under this chapter.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this chapter, 
any Village Corporation or Corporations may elect within two years to 
acquire title to the surface and subsurface estates in any reserve set 
aside for the use or benefit of its stockholders or members prior to 
December 18, 1971. If two or more villages are located on such reserve, 
the election must be made by all of the members or stockholders of the 
Village Corporations concerned. In such event, the Secretary shall 
convey the land to the Village Corporation or Corporations, subject to 
valid existing rights as provided in section 1613(g) of this title, and 
the Village Corporation shall not be eligible for any other land 
selections under this chapter or to any distribution of Regional 
Corporations funds pursuant to section 1606 of this title, and the 
enrolled residents of the Village Corporation shall not be eligible to 
receive Regional Corporation stock.

(Pub. L. 92-203, Sec. 19, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 710.)


Grants to Native Group Corporations for Planning, Development, and Other 
                                Purposes

    Pub. L. 96-487, title XIV, Sec. 1413, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2498, 
provided that: ``The Secretary shall pay by grant to each of the Native 
Group Corporations established pursuant to section 14(h)(2) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [section 1613(h)(2) of this title] 
and finally certified as a Native Group, an amount not more than 
$100,000 or less than $50,000 adjusted according to population of each 
Group. Funds authorized under this section may be used only for 
planning, development, and other purposes for which the Native Group 
Corporations are organized under the Settlement Act [this chapter].''


   Grants to Village Corporations for Planning, Development and Other 
                                Purposes

    Pub. L. 94-204, Sec. 14, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1154, provided that:
    ``(a) The Secretary shall pay, by grant, $250,000 to each of the 
corporations established pursuant to section 14(h)(3) of the Settlement 
Act [section 1613(h)(3) of this title].
    ``(b) The Secretary shall pay, by grant, $100,000 to each of the 
following Village Corporations:
        ``(1) Arctic Village;
        ``(2) Elim;
        ``(3) Gambell;
        ``(4) Savoonga;
        ``(5) Tetlin; and
        ``(6) Venetie.
    ``(c) Funds authorized under this section may be used only for 
planning, development, and other purposes for which the corporations set 
forth in subsections (a) and (b) are organized under the Settlement Act 
[this chapter].
    ``(d) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 
the purpose of this section a sum of $1,600,000 in fiscal year 1976.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1615, 1627, 1635, 1641 of 
this title; title 16 section 3102.
