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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1629a. Relinquishment by NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., of lands compact and contiguous to public lands in Cape Krusenstern National Monument
(a) Terms and conditions
The terms and conditions of this section are solely applicable to
the lands described in paragraph A(1) of the Agreement, which is
defined by section 1629(a)(1) of this title and modified by section
1629 of this title, and shall not affect the relinquishment by NANA
described in section B(1) of such Agreement.
(b) Conveyance of lands to United States
NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. ("NANA"), may convey by
quit-claim deed to the United States all of its interest in the
surface and subsurface estate in any lands described in subsection
(a) of this section: Provided, however, That NANA can relinquish
only lands that are compact and contiguous to other public lands
within the Krusenstern National Monument and, if the lands to be
relinquished have been disturbed by NANA, the Secretary must first
determine that such disturbance has not rendered the lands
incompatible with Monument values. Whenever NANA executes a
quit-claim deed pursuant to this section, it shall be entitled to
designate and have conveyed to it any lands outside the boundaries
of the Cape Krusenstern National Monument and any other
conservation system unit, as established and defined by the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487; 94
Stat. 2371, et seq.), covered by any of its pending selection
applications filed under the entitlement provisions of either
section 1611(b), 1611(c) or 1613(h)(8) of this title. Lands
conveyed to NANA pursuant to this subsection shall be of a like
estate and equal in acreage to that conveyed by NANA to the United
States. The lands conveyed to NANA pursuant to this subsection
shall be in exchange for the lands conveyed by NANA to the United
States and there shall be no change in the charges previously made
to NANA's land entitlements with respect to the lands conveyed by
NANA to the United States. Lands received by NANA pursuant to this
subsection are Settlement Act lands.
(c) Relinquishment of interests under filed selection applications
NANA may relinquish any interest it has under selection
applications filed pursuant to this chapter in the surface and
subsurface estate in lands described in subsection (a) of this
section by formally withdrawing such application pursuant to this
section: Provided, however, That NANA can relinquish only interests
in lands that are compact and contiguous to other public lands
within the Krusenstern National Monument and, if the lands have
been disturbed by NANA, the Secretary must first determine that
such disturbance has not rendered the lands incompatible with
Monument values. Whenever NANA formally withdraws a selection
application pursuant to this section, it shall be entitled to
designate and have conveyed to it lands outside the boundaries of
Cape Krusenstern National Monument and any other conservation
system unit, as established and defined by the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487; 94 Stat. 2371,
et seq.) pursuant to any of its pending selection applications
filed under either section 1611(b), 1611(c) or 1613(h)(8) of this
title. Lands conveyed to NANA under this subsection shall be of a
like estate and equal in acreage to the interest which NANA
relinquished, and when the lands are conveyed to NANA, the
conveyance shall be charged against the same entitlement of NANA as
if the lands had been conveyed pursuant to the relinquished
selection applications. Lands received by NANA pursuant to this
subsection are Settlement Act lands.
(d) Termination date
The provisions of this section shall remain in effect only until
December 18, 1991.
(e) Effect on NANA's selection rights or entitlement to lands
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter or amend in any
way NANA's selection rights or to increase or diminish NANA's total
entitlement to lands pursuant to this chapter.
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