Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 43


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Chapter 33 - Notes
    Sec.                                                     
    1601.       Congressional findings and declaration of policy.     
    1602.       Definitions.                                          
    1603.       Declaration of settlement.                            
                  (a)  Aboriginal title extinguishment through prior
                        land and water area conveyances.              
                  (b)  Aboriginal title and claim extinguishment where
                        based on use and occupancy; submerged lands
                        underneath inland and offshore water areas and
                        hunting or fishing rights included.           
                  (c)  Aboriginal claim extinguishment where based on
                        right, title, use, or occupancy of land or
                        water areas; domestic statute or treaty
                        relating to use and occupancy; or foreign
                        laws; pending claims.                         
    1604.       Enrollment.                                           
                  (a)  Eligible Natives; finality of decision.        
                  (b)  Residence; order of priority in enrollment of
                        Natives not permanent residents; regional
                        family or hardship enrollment.                
                  (c)  Election of enrollment in thirteenth region, if
                        established, of Native nonresidents; dependent
                        household members as bound.                   
    1605.       Alaska Native Fund.                                   
                  (a)  Establishment in Treasury; deposits into Fund
                        of general fund, interest, and revenue sharing
                        moneys.                                       
                  (b)  Prohibition of expenditures for propaganda or
                        political campaigns; misdemeanor; penalty.    
                  (c)  Distribution of Fund moneys among organized
                        Regional Corporations; basis as relative
                        number of Native enrollees in each region;
                        reserve for payment of attorney and other
                        fees; retention of share in Fund until
                        organization of corporation.                  
    1606.       Regional Corporations.                                
                  (a)  Division of Alaska into twelve geographic
                        regions; common heritage and common interest
                        of region; area of region commensurate with
                        operations of Native association; boundary
                        disputes, arbitration.                        
                  (b)  Region mergers; limitation.                    
                  (c)  Establishment of thirteenth region for
                        nonresident Natives; majority vote; Regional
                        Corporation for thirteenth region.            
                  (d)  Incorporation; business for profit; eligibility
                        for benefits; provisions in articles for
                        carrying out chapter.                         
                  (e)  Original articles and bylaws: approval by
                        Secretary prior to filing, submission for
                        approval; amendments to articles: approval by
                        Secretary; withholding approval in event of
                        creation of inequities among Native
                        individuals or groups.                        
                  (f)  Board of directors; management; stockholders;
                        provisions in articles or bylaws for number,
                        term, and method of election.                 
                  (g)  Issuance of stock.                             
                  (h)  Settlement Common Stock.                       
                  (i)  Certain natural resource revenues; distribution
                        among twelve Regional Corporations;
                        computation of amount; subsection inapplicable
                        to thirteenth Regional Corporation; exclusion
                        from revenues.                                
                  (j)  Corporate funds and other net income,
                        distribution among: stockholders of Regional
                        Corporations; Village Corporations and
                        nonresident stockholders; and stockholders of
                        thirteenth Regional Corporation.              
                  (k)  Distributions among Village Corporations;
                        computation of amount.                        
                  (l)  Distributions to Village Corporations; village
                        plan: withholding funds until submission of
                        plan for use of money; joint ventures and
                        joint financing of projects; disagreements,
                        arbitration of issues as provided in articles
                        of Regional Corporation.                      
                  (m)  Distributions among Village Corporations in a
                        region; computation of dividends for
                        nonresidents of village; financing regional
                        projects with equitably withheld dividends and
                        Village Corporation funds.                    
                  (n)  Projects for Village Corporations.             
                  (o)  Annual audit; place; availability of papers,
                        things, or property to auditors to facilitate
                        audits; verification of transactions; report
                        to stockholders.                              
                  (p)  Federal-State conflict of laws.                
                  (q)  Business management group; investment services
                        contracts.                                    
                  (r)  Benefits for shareholders or immediate
                        families.                                     
    1607.       Village Corporations.                                 
                  (a)  Organization of Corporation prerequisite to
                        receipt of patent to lands or benefits under
                        chapter.                                      
                  (b)  Regional Corporation: approval of initial
                        articles; review and approval of amendments to
                        articles and annual budgets; assistance in
                        preparation of articles and other documents.  
                  (c)  Applicability of section 1606.                 
    1608.       Revenue sharing.                                      
                  (a)  Minerals within section.                       
                  (b)  Interim payments into Alaska Native Fund based
                        on percentage of gross value of produced or
                        removed minerals and of rentals and bonuses;
                        time of payment.                              
                  (c)  Patents; royalties: reservation of percentage
                        of gross value of produced or removed minerals
                        and of rentals and bonuses from disposition of
                        minerals.                                     
                  (d)  Distribution of bonuses, rentals, and royalties
                        from Federal disposition of minerals in public
                        lands; payments into Alaska Native Fund based
                        on percentage of gross value of produced
                        minerals and of rentals and bonuses; Federal
                        and State share calculation on remaining
                        balance.                                      
                  (e)  Federal enforcement; State underpayment:
                        deductions from grants-in-aid or other Federal
                        assistance equal to underpayment and deposit
                        of such amount in Fund.                       
                  (f)  Oil and gas revenues; amount payable equal to
                        Federal or State royalties in cash or kind.   
                  (g)  Alaska Native Fund payments; cessation;
                        reimbursement for advance payments.           
                  (h)  Final payment; order of computation.           
                  (i)  Outer Continental Shelf mineral revenues;
                        provisions of section inapplicable.           
    1609.       Limitation of actions.                                
                  (a)  Complaint, time for filing; jurisdiction;
                        commencement by State official; certainty and
                        finality of vested rights, titles, and
                        interests.                                    
                  (b)  Land selection; suspension and extension of
                        rights.                                       
    1610.       Withdrawal of public lands.                           
                  (a)  Description of withdrawn public lands;
                        exceptions; National Wildlife Refuge lands
                        exception; time of withdrawal.                
                  (b)  List of Native villages subject to chapter;
                        review; eligibility for benefits; expiration
                        of withdrawals for villages; alternative
                        eligibility; eligibility of unlisted villages.
    1611.       Native land selections.                               
                  (a)  Acreage limitation; proximity of selections and
                        size of sections and units; waiver.           
                  (b)  Allocation; reallocation considerations.       
                  (c)  Computation.                                   
                  (d)  Village Corporation for Native village at Dutch
                        Harbor; lands and improvements and patent for
                        Village Corporation.                          
                  (e)  Disputes over land selection rights and
                        boundaries; arbitration.                      
    1612.       Surveys.                                              
                  (a)  Areas for conveyance to Village Corporations;
                        monumentation of exterior boundaries;
                        meanderable water boundaries exempt from
                        requirement; land occupied as primary place of
                        residence or business, or for other purposes
                        and other patentable lands as subject to
                        survey.                                       
                  (b)  Withdrawals, selections, and conveyances
                        pursuant to chapter: current plats of surveys
                        or protraction diagrams; conformity to Land
                        Survey System.                                
    1613.       Conveyance of lands.                                  
                  (a)  Native villages listed in section 1610 and
                        qualified for land benefits; patents for
                        surface estates; issuance; acreage.           
                  (b)  Native villages listed in section 1615 and
                        qualified for land benefits; patents for
                        surface estates; issuance; acreage.           
                  (c)  Patent requirements; order of conveyance;
                        vesting date; advisory and appellate functions
                        of Regional Corporations on sales, leases, or
                        other transactions prior to final commitment. 
                  (d)  Rule of approximation with respect to acreage
                        limitations.                                  
                  (e)  Surface and/or subsurface estates to Regional
                        Corporations.                                 
                  (f)  Patents to Village Corporations for surface
                        estates and to Regional Corporations for
                        subsurface estates; excepted lands; mineral
                        rights, consent of Village Corporations.      
                  (g)  Valid existing rights preserved; saving
                        provisions in patents; patentee rights;
                        administration; proportionate rights of
                        patentee.                                     
                  (h)  Authorization for land conveyances; surface and
                        subsurface estates.                           
    1614.       Timber sale contracts; modification; timber from
                 contingency area.                                    
    1615.       Withdrawal and selection of public lands; funds in
                 lieu of acreage.                                     
                  (a)  Withdrawal of public lands; list of Native
                        villages.                                     
                  (b)  Native land selections; Village Corporations
                        for listed Native villages; acreage; proximity
                        of selections; conformity to Lands Survey
                        System.                                       
                  (c)  Tlingit-Haida settlement.                      
                  (d)  Withdrawal of lands for selection for village
                        of Klukwan; benefits under this chapter;
                        existing entitlements; forest reserves;
                        quitclaims to Chilkat Indian Village;
                        location, character, and value of lands to be
                        withdrawn; withdrawal and selection periods;
                        nonwithdrawal of lands selected or nominated
                        for selection by other Native Corporation or
                        located on Admiralty Island.                  
    1616.       Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission for
                 Alaska.                                              
                  (a), (b) Omitted.                                   
                  (c)  Prohibition against selection of lands from
                        withdrawn area in event of withdrawal of
                        utility and transportation corridor across
                        public lands.                                 
                  (d)  Public Land Order Numbered 4582 revoked;
                        withdrawal of unreserved public lands;
                        classification and reclassification of lands;
                        opening lands to appropriation;
                        administration; contracting and other
                        authority of Secretary not impaired by
                        withdrawal.                                   
    1617.       Indian allotment authority in Alaska; revocation;
                 charging allotments on pending application against
                 statutory acreage grant; relocation of allotment.    
                  (a)  Revocation of authority.                       
                  (b)  Charging allotment against statutory grant.    
                  (c)  Relocation of allotment.                       
    1618.       Revocation of reserved rights; excepted reserve;
                 acquisition of title to surface and subsurface
                 estates in reserve; election of Village Corporations;
                 restoration of land to Elim Native Corporation.      
                  (a)  Revocation of reserved rights; excepted
                        reserve.                                      
                  (b)  Acquisition of title to surface and subsurface
                        estates in reserve; election of Village
                        Corporations.                                 
                  (c)  Restoration of land to Elim Native Corporation.
    1619.       Attorney and consultant fees.                         
                  (a)  Holding moneys in Fund for authorized payments.
                  (b)  Claims; submission.                            
                  (c)  Filing date for filing of claims; form;
                        information.                                  
                  (d)  Rules for receipt, determination, and
                        settlement of claims.                         
                  (e)  Report to Congress; payment of claims; interest
                        restriction.                                  
                  (f)  Contract restriction; penalty.                 
                  (g)  Claims for costs in performance of certain
                        services: submission, form, information,
                        reasonableness, pro rata reductions; report to
                        Congress; payment of claims; interest
                        restriction.                                  
    1620.       Taxation.                                             
                  (a)  Fund revenues exemption; investment income
                        taxable.                                      
                  (b)  Shares of stock exemption.                     
                  (c)  Land or land interests exemption; basis for
                        sale or other disposition, adjustment; basis
                        for interest in mine, well, other natural
                        deposit, or block of timber, adjustment.      
                  (d)  Real property interests; exemption period for
                        conveyance of interests not developed or
                        leased or interests used solely for
                        exploration, interests taxable; derivative
                        revenues taxable; exchanges; simultaneous
                        exchanges.                                    
                  (e)  Public lands status of real property interests
                        exempt from real estate taxes for purposes of
                        Federal highway and education laws; Federal
                        fire protection services for real property
                        interests without cost.                       
                  (f)  Stocks of Regional and Village Corporations
                        exempt from estate taxes; period of exemption.
                  (g)  Resource information or analysis; professional
                        or technical services.                        
                  (h)  Date of incorporation as date of trade or
                        business; ordinary and necessary expenses.    
                  (i)  Personal Holding Company Act exemption.        
                  (j)  Shareholder homesites.                         
    1621.       Miscellaneous provisions.                             
                  (a)  Contract restrictions; percentage fee;
                        enforcement; liens, executions, or judgments. 
                  (b)  Patents for homesteads, headquarters sites,
                        trade and manufacturing sites, or small tract
                        sites; use and occupancy protection.          
                  (c)  Mining claims; possessory rights, protection.  
                  (d)  Purchase restrictions for personnel
                        inapplicable to chapter.                      
                  (e)  National Wildlife Refuge System; replacement
                        lands.                                        
                  (f)  Land exchanges.                                
                  (g)  National Wildlife Refuge System lands subject
                        of patents; Federal reservation of first
                        refusal rights; provision in patents for
                        continuing application of laws and regulations
                        governing Refuge.                             
                  (h)  Withdrawals of public lands; termination date. 
                  (i)  Administration of withdrawn lands; contracting
                        and other authority of Secretaries not
                        impaired by withdrawal.                       
                  (j)  Interim conveyances and underselections.       
                  (k)  National forest land patents; conditions.      
                  (l)  Land selection limitation; proximity to home
                        rule or first class city and Ketchikan.       
                  (m)  Licenses held by Alaska Native regional
                        corporations.                                 
    1622.       Annual reports to Congress until 1984; submission in
                 1985 of report of status of Natives, summary of
                 actions taken, and recommendations.                  
    1623.       Authorization of appropriations.                      
    1624.       Regulations; issuance; publication in Federal
                 Register.                                            
    1625.       Securities laws exemption.                            
                  (a)  Laws; termination date of exempt status.       
                  (b)  Status of Native Corporations after termination
                        date.                                         
                  (c)  Annual report to shareholders; shareholders of
                        record.                                       
                  (d)  Wholly owned subsidiaries; Settlement Trusts;
                        voluntary registration as Investment Company. 
    1626.       Relation to other programs.                           
                  (a)  Continuing availability of otherwise available
                        governmental programs.                        
                  (b)  Food stamp program.                            
                  (c)  Eligibility for need-based Federal programs.   
                  (d)  Federal Indian programs.                       
                  (e)  Minority and economically disadvantaged status.
                  (f)  Omitted.                                       
                  (g)  Civil Rights Act of 1964.                      
    1627.       Merger of Native corporations.                        
                  (a)  Applicability of State law.                    
                  (b)  Terms and conditions of merger; rights of
                        dissenting shareholders; rights and
                        liabilities of successor corporation.         
                  (c)  Alteration or elimination of dividend rights.  
                  (d)  Approval of merger or consolidation by
                        shareholders.                                 
                  (e)  Conveyance of right to withhold consent to
                        mineral exploration, development, etc., as
                        part of merger or consolidation.              
    1628.       Assignments by Regional Corporations of rights to
                 receive payments from Fund.                          
                  (a)  Recognition by Secretary; scope of recognition.
                  (b)  Nonrecognition by Secretary.                   
                  (c)  Claims against Secretary by stockholders of
                        Regional or Village Corporation for
                        recognition of assignment.                    
    1629.       Cape Krusenstern National Monument land exchange
                 between United States and NANA Regional Corporation,
                 Inc.                                                 
                  (a)  Definitions.                                   
                  (b)  Conveyances of lands and interests in lands.   
                  (c)  Exchange limited to designated lands.          
                  (d)  Easement in and to transportation system lands.
                  (e)  Compliance with local laws.                    
                  (f)  Reconveyance of easement by NANA.              
                  (g)  Construction materials taken from borrow sites
                        within easement.                              
                  (h)  Agreement as governing use of lands.           
                  (i)  use of construction materials from other sites.
                  (j)  Congressional consultation as prerequisite to
                        amendment of Agreement.                       
    1629a.      Relinquishment by NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., of
                 lands compact and contiguous to public lands in Cape
                 Krusenstern National Monument.                       
                  (a)  Terms and conditions.                          
                  (b)  Conveyance of lands to United States.          
                  (c)  Relinquishment of interests under filed
                        selection applications.                       
                  (d)  Termination date.                              
                  (e)  Effect on NANA's selection rights or
                        entitlement to lands.                         
    1629b.      Procedures for considering amendments and resolutions.
                  (a)  Coverage.                                      
                  (b)  Basic procedure.                               
                  (c)  Shareholder petitions.                         
                  (d)  Voting standards.                              
                  (e)  Voting power.                                  
                  (f)  Substantially all of the assets.               
    1629c.      Duration of alienability restrictions.                
                  (a)  General rule.                                  
                  (b)  Opt-out procedure.                             
                  (c)  Recapitalization procedure.                    
                  (d)  Opt-in procedure.                              
    1629d.      Dissenters rights.                                    
                  (a)  Coverage.                                      
                  (b)  Relationship to State procedure.               
                  (c)  Valuation of stock.                            
                  (d)  Form of payment.                               
                  (e)  Dividend adjustment.                           
    1629e.      Settlement Trust option.                              
                  (a)  Conveyance of corporate assets.                
                  (b)  Authority and limitations of a Settlement
                        Trust.                                        
                  (c)  Savings.                                       
    1629f.      Claims arising from contamination of transferred
                 lands.                                               
    1629g.      Open season for certain Alaska Native veterans for
                 allotments.                                          
                  (a)  In general.                                    
                  (b)  Eligible person.                               
                  (c)  Study and report.                              
                  (d)  Definitions.                                   
                  (e)  Regulations.                                   
    1629h.      Kake Tribal Corporation land transfer.                
                  (a)  In general.                                    
                  (b)  Effect on selection totals.                    
                  (c)  Lands subject to exchange.                     
                  (d)  Withdrawal.                                    
                  (e)  Maps.                                          
                  (f)  Watershed management.                          
                  (g)  Effective date.                                
                  (h)  Timber manufacturing; export restriction.      
                  (i)  Authorization of appropriations.               
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                   CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This chapter is referred to in sections 1631, 1632, 1633, 1634,
    1635, 1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, 1641, 1642 of this title; title 2
    section 658; title 5 section 3371; title 12 sections 1715z-13,
    1715z-13a, 4702; title 15 sections 637, 2229a; title 16 sections
    410hh, 410hh-3, 470bb, 1279, 1722, 1855, 3102, 3111, 3120, 3141,
    3164, 3215, 4302, 4702; title 18 section 208; title 20 sections
    1087uu-1, 1401, 4402, 6103, 7011, 7713, 9101; title 25 sections
    450b, 1452, 1603, 1801, 2021, 2403, 2511, 3001, 3002, 3112, 3202,
    3501, 3703, 3802, 3902, 4001, 4103; title 26 section 45A; title 29
    sections 705, 741; title 30 section 1306; title 31 section 7501;
    title 33 sections 1263, 1377; title 38 section 3115; title 40
    section 502; title 42 sections 290bb-25, 1490p-2, 1996a, 2991b,
    2992c, 3002, 3122, 3796dd-8, 3796gg-2, 4368b, 4762, 5061, 6502,
    8011, 8802, 9604, 9832, 10101, 12584, 13743, 13791, 13801, 13868,
    13911, 13971, 14151; title 44 section 3601; title 45 section 1212.
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