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equitable basis after considering historic use, sub- 

 sistence needs, and population. The action of the 

 Secretary or the Corporation shall not be subject to 

 judicial review. Each Village Corporation shall select 

 the acreage allocated to it from the lands mthdrawn 

 by section 1610(a) of this title. 



(c) Computation. 



The difference between thirty-eight million acres 

 and the 22 million acres selected by Village Corrwra- 

 tions pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this 

 section shall be allocated among the eleven Regional 

 Corporations (which excludes the Regional Corr>o- 

 ration for southeastern Alaska) as follows : 



(1) The number of acres each Regional Corpora- 

 tion is entitled to receive shall be computed (A) by 

 determining on the basis of available data the 

 percentages of all land in Alaska (excluding the 

 southeastern region) that is within each of the 

 eleven regions, (B) by applying that percentage to 

 thirty-eight million acres reduced by the acreage in 

 the southeastern region that is to be selected pur- 

 suant to section 1615 of this title and (C) by deduct- 

 ing from the figiu-e so computed the number of acres 

 within that region selected pursuant to subsections 

 (a) and (b) of this section. 



(2) In the event that the total number of acres 

 selected within a region pursuant to subsections (a) 

 and (b) of the section exceeds the percentage of the 

 reduced thirty-eight million acres allotted to that 

 region pursuant to subsection (c) (1) (B) of this sec- 

 tion, that region shall not be entitled to receive any 

 lands under this subsection (c) . For each region so 

 affected the difference between the acreage calcu- 

 lated pursuant to subsection (c) (1) (B) of this sec- 

 tion and the acreage selected pursuant to subsections 

 (a) and (b) shall be deducted from the acreage cal- 

 culated under subsection (c)(1)(C) of this section 

 for the remaining regions which will select lands 

 under this subsection (c) . The reductions shall be ap- 

 portioned among the remaining regions io that each 

 region's share of the total reduction bears the same 

 proportion to the total reduction as the total land 

 area in that region (as calculated pursuant to sub- 

 section (c) (1) (A) of this section ' bears to the total 

 land area in all of the regions whose allotments are 

 to be reduced pursuant to this paragraph. 



(3) Before the end of the fourth year after De- 

 cember 18, 1971, each Regionaul Corporation shall 

 select the acreage allocated to it from the lands 

 within the region withdrawn pursuant to section 

 1610(a)(1) and from the lands within the region 

 withdrawn pursuant to section 1610(a) (3) of this 

 title to the extent lands withdrawn pursuant to sec- 

 tion 1610(a) (1) of this title are not sufficient to sat- 

 isfy its allocation: Provided, That within the lands 

 withdrawn by section 1610(a)(1) of this title the 

 Regional Corporation may select only even num- 

 bered townships in even numbered ranges, and only 

 odd numbered townships in odd numbered ranges. 



(d) Village Corporation for Native village at Dutch 

 Harbor; lands and improvements and patent for 

 Village Corporation. 



To insure that the Village Corporation for the Na- 

 tive village at Dutch Harbor, if found eligible for 

 land grants under this chapter, has a full oppor- 



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tunity to select lands within and near the village, no 

 federally owned lands, whether improved or not, 

 shall be disposed of pursuant to the Federal surplus 

 property disposal laws for a period of two years from 

 December 18, 1971. The Village Corporation may se- 

 lect such lands and improvements and receive patent 

 to txicm pursuant to section 1613(a) of this title. 



(e) Disputes over land selection rights and bound- 

 aries; arbitration. 



Any dispute over the land selection rights and the 

 boundaries of Village Corporations shall be resolved 

 by a board of arbitrators consisting of one person 

 selected by each of the Village Corporations in- 

 volved, and an additional one or two persons, which- 

 ever is needed to make an odd number of arbitra- 

 tors, such additional person or persons to be selec- 

 ted by the arbitrators selected by the Village Cor- 

 porations. (Pub. L. 92-203, § 12, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 

 Stat. 701.) 



§ 1612. Surveys. 



(a) Areas for conveyance to Village Corporations; 

 monumentation of exterior boundaries; meander- 

 able water boundaries exempt from requirement; 

 land occupied as primary place of residence or 

 business, or for other purposes and other patent- 

 able lands as subject to survey. 



The Secretary shall survey the areas selected or 

 designated for conveyance to Village Corporations 

 pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. He shall 

 monument only exterior boundaries of the selected 

 or designated areas at angle points and at intervals 

 of approximately two miles on straight lines. No 

 ground survey or monumentation will be required 

 along meanderable water boundaries. He shall sur- 

 vey within the areas selected or designated land oc- 

 cupied as a primary place of residence, as a primary 

 place of business, and for other purposes, and any 

 other land to be patented under this chapter. 



(b) Withdrawals, selections, and conveyances pur- 

 suant to chapter: current plats of surveys or 

 protraction diagrams; conformity to Land Survey 

 System. 



All withdrawals, selections, and conveyances pur- 

 suant to this chapter shall be as shown on current 

 plats of survey or protraction diagrams of the Bu- 

 reau of Land Management, or protraction diagrams 

 of the Bureau of the State where protraction dia- 

 grams of the Bureau of Land Management are not 

 available, and shall conform as nearly as practicable 

 to the United States Land Survey System. (Pub. L. 

 92-203, § 13, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 702.) 



§1613. Conveyance of lands. 



(a) Native villages listed in section 1610 and qualified 

 for land benefits; patents for surface estates; 

 issuance; acreage. 

 Immediately after selection by a Village Corpora- 

 tion for a Native village listed in section 1610 of this 

 title which the Secretary finds is qualified for land 

 benefits under this chapter, the Secretary shall issue 

 to the Village Corporation a patent to the surface 

 estate in the number of acres shown in the following 

 table: 



