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[CITE: 43USC1633]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
   CHAPTER 33A--IMPLEMENTATION OF ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT AND 
                            ALASKA STATEHOOD
 
Sec. 1633. Administrative provisions


(a) Limitations concerning easements

    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 
[43 U.S.C. 1616(b)(1)] 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

    Whenever, after a conveyance has been made by this Act or under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 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 [43 U.S.C. 1616(b)(1)], 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 [43 U.S.C. 1621(f)].

(c) Status of certain lease offers

    Offers for noncompetitive oil and gas leases under the Mineral 
Leasing Act of 1920 [30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.] which were filed but which 
did not result in the issuance of a lease on or before December 18, 
1971, on lands selected by, and conveyed before, on, or after December 
2, 1980, to, Native Corporations or to individual Natives under 
paragraph (5) or (6) of section 14(h) [43 U.S.C. 1613(h)(5) or (6)] as 
part of the entitlement to receive land under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.] shall not constitute valid 
existing rights under section 14(g) of such Act [43 U.S.C. 1613(g)] or 
under this Act.

(d) Limitation

    This Act is not intended to modify, repeal, or otherwise affect any 
provision of the Act of January 2, 1976 (89 Stat. 1145), 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 [43 U.S.C. 1621(k)].

(Pub. L. 96-487, title IX, Sec. 903, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2433.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsecs. (b) to (d), 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 Title 
16, Conservation, and Tables.
    The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in subsecs. (b) 
and (c), is Pub. L. 92-203, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, 
which is classified generally to chapter 33 (Sec. 1601 et seq.) of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 1601 of this title and Tables.
    The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, referred to in subsec. (c), is act 
Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, as amended, known as the Mineral 
Leasing Act, which is classified generally to chapter 3A (Sec. 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 section 181 
of Title 30 and Tables.
    Act of January 2, 1976 (89 Stat. 1145), as amended or supplemented 
by Public Laws 94-456 and 95-178, referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 
94-204, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1145, 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 Pub. L. 94-456, Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1934, which 
amended section 1615 of this title and provisions set out as notes under 
section 1611 of this title, and Pub. L. 95-178, Nov. 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 
1369, which amended sections 1613, 1615, and 1628 of this title, enacted 
a provision set out as a note under section 1611 of this title, and 
amended a provision set out as a note under section 1611 of this title. 
For complete classification of these Acts to the Code, see Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1641 of this title.
