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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 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 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, 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)].
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