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from all forms of appropriation under the public 

 land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing 

 laws, and from selection under the Alaska Statehood 

 Act, and from selection by Regional Corporations 

 pursuant to section 1610 of this title, up to, but not 

 to exceed, eighty million acres of unreserved public 

 lands in the State of Alaska, including previously 

 classified lands, which the Secretary deemis are suit- 

 able for addition to or creation as units of the Na- 

 tional Park, Forest, Wildlife Refuge, and Wild and 

 Scenic Rivers Systems: Provided, That such with- 

 drawals shall not affect the authority of the State 

 and the Regional and Village Corporations to make 

 selections and obtain patents within the areas with- 

 drawn pursuant to section 1610 of this title. 



(B) Lands withdrawn pursuant to paragraph (A) 

 hereof must be withdrawn within nine months of 

 December 18, 1971, All unreserved public lands not 

 withdrawn under paragraph (A) or subsection 

 (d) (1) of this section shall be available for selection 

 by the State and for appropriation imder the public 

 land laws. 



(C) Every six months, for a period of two years 

 from December 18, 1971, the Secretary shall advise 

 the Congress of the location, size and values of lands 

 withdrawn pursuant to paragraph (A) and submit 

 his recommendations with respect to such lands. 

 Any lands withdrawn piu-suant to paragraph (A) 

 not recommended for addition to or creation as units 

 of the National Park, Forest, Wildlife Refuge, and 

 Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems at the end of the 

 two years shall be available for selection by the 

 State and the Regional Corporations, and for appro- 

 priations under the public land laws. 



(D) Areas recommended by the Secretary pursu- 

 ant to paragraph (C) shall remain withdrawn from 

 any appropriation under the public land laws until 

 such time as the Congress acts on the Secretary's 

 recommendations, but not to exceed five years from 

 the recommendation dates. The withdrawal of areas 

 not so recommended shall terminate at the end of 

 the two year period. 



(E) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

 subsection, initial identification of lands desired to 

 be selected by the State pursuant to the Alaska 

 Statehood Act and by the Regional Corporations 

 pursuant to section 1611 of this title may be made 

 within any area withdrawn pursuant to this sub- 

 section (d), but such lands shall not be tentatively 

 approved or patented so long as the withdrawals 

 of such areas remain in effect: Provided, That selec- 

 tion of lands by Village Corporations pursuant to 

 section 1611 of this title shall not be affected by such 

 withdrawals and such lands selected may be pat- 

 ented and such rights granted as authorized by this 

 chapter. In the event Congress enacts legislation 

 setting aside any areas withdrawn under the provi- 

 sions of this subsection which the Regional Corpora- 

 tions or the State desired to select, then other un- 

 reserved public lands shall be made available for 

 alternative selection by the Regional Corporations 

 and the State. Any time periods established by law 

 for Regional Corporations or State selections are 

 hereby extended to the extent that delays are caused 

 by compliance with the provisions of this subsection 

 (2). 



(3) Any lands withdrawn under this section shall 

 be subject to administration by the Secretary imder 

 applicable laws and regulations, and his authority 

 to make contracts and to grant leases, permits, 

 rights-of-way, or easements shall not be impaired 

 by the withdrawal. (Pub. L. 92-203, § 17, Dec. 18, 

 1971, 85 Stat. 706.) 



§1617. Indian allotment authority in Alaska; revoca- 

 tion; charging allotments on pending application 

 against statutory acreage grant. 



(a) No Native covered by the provisions of this 

 chapter, and no descendant of his, may hereafter 

 avail himself of an allotment under the provisions 

 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 389), as 

 amended and supplemented, or the Act of Jime 25, 

 1910 (36 Stat. 863) . Further, the Act of May 17, 1906 

 (34 Stat. 197) , as amended, is hereby repealed. Not- 

 withstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, 

 any application for an allotment that is pending be- 

 fore the Department of the Interior on December 18, 

 1971, may, at the option of the Native applicant, be 

 approved and a patent issued in accordance with 

 said 1887, 1910, or 1906 Act, as the case may be, in 

 which event the Native shall not be eligible for a 

 patent under section 1613(h)(5) of this title. 



(b) Any allotments approved pursuant to this sec- 

 tion during the four years following December 18, 

 1971, shall be charged against the two million acre 

 grant provided for in section 1613(h) of this title. 

 (Pub. L. 92-203, § 18, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 710.) 



S 1618. Reservations; revocation; excepted reserve; 

 acquisition of title to surface and subsurface 

 estates in reserve: election of Village Corpora- 

 tions. 



(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

 and except where inconsistent with the provisions of 

 this chapter, the various reserves set aside by legisla- 

 tion or by Executive or Secretarial Order for Native 

 use or for administration of Native affairs, including 

 those created under section 497 of Title 25, are 

 hereby revoked subject to any valid existing rights of 

 non-Natives. This section shall not apply to the 

 Annette Island Reserve established by section 495 

 of Title 25 and no person enrolled in the Metlakatla 

 Indian community of the Annette Island Reserve 

 shall be eligible for benefits under this chapter. 



(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 

 of this chapter, any Village (Corporation or Corpora- 

 tions may elect within two years to acquire title to 

 the surface and subsurface estates in any reserve set 

 aside for the use or benefit of its stockholders or 

 members prior to December 18, 1971. If two or more 

 villages are located on such reserve the election must 

 be made by all of the members or stockholders of 

 the Village Corporations concerned. In such event, 

 the Secretary shall convey the land to the Village 

 Corporation or Corporations, subject to valid exist- 

 ing rights as provided in section 1613(g) of this 

 title, and the Village Corporation shall not be eligible 

 for any other land selections under this chapter or 

 to any distribution of Regional Corporations funds 

 pursuant to section 1606 of this title, and the en- 

 rolled residents of the Village Corporation shall not 

 be eligible to receive Regional Corporation stock. 

 (Pub. L. 92-203, § 19, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 710.) 



