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the revenues and lands granted by this chapter shall 

 not be subject to lien, execution or judgment to fulfill 

 such a contract. 



(b) Patents for homesteads, headquarters sites, trade 

 and manufacturing sites, or small tract sites; use 

 and occupancy protection. 



The Secretary is directed to promptly issue patents 

 to all persons who have made a lawful entry on the 

 public lands in compliance with the public land laws 

 for- the purpose of gaining title to homesteads, head- 

 quarters sites, trade and manufacturing sites, or 

 small tract sites (section 682 of this title) , and who 

 have fulfilled all requirements of the law prerequisite 

 to obtaining a patent. Any person who has made a 

 lawful entry prior to August 31, 1971, for any of 

 the foregoing purposes shall be protected in his right 

 of use and occupancy until all the requirements of 

 law for a patent have been met even though the 

 lands involved have been reserved or withdrawn in 

 accordance with Public Land Order 4582, as 

 amended, or the withdrawal provisions of this chap- 

 ter: Provided, That occupancy must have been main- 

 tained in accordance with the appropriate public 

 land law: Provided further, That any person who 

 entered on public lands in violation of Public Land 

 Order 4582, as amended, shall gain no rights. 



(c) Mining claims; possessory rights; protection. 



On any lands conveyed to Village and Regional 

 Corporations, any person who prior to August 31, 

 1971, initiated a valid mining claim or location under 

 the general mining laws and recorded notice of said 

 location with the appropriate State or local ofiBce 

 shall be protected in his' possessory rights, if all re- 

 quirements of the geiieral mining laws are complied 

 with, for a period of five years and may, if all re- 

 quirements of the general mining laws are com- 

 plied with, proceed to patent. 



(d) Purchase restrictions for personnel inapplicable 

 to chapter. 



The provisions of section 11 of this title shall not 

 apply to any land grants or other rights granted 

 under this chapter. 



(e) National Wildlife Refuge System; replacement 

 lands. 



If land within the NaUonal WUdlife Refuge System 

 is selected by a Village Corporation pursuant to the 

 provisions of this chapter, the secretary shall add 

 to the Refuge System other public lands in the State 

 to replace the lands selected by the VUlage 

 Corporation. 



(f) Land exchanges. 



The Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, and the 

 Secretary of Agriculture are authorized to exchange 

 any lands or interests therein in Alaska under their 

 jurisdiction for lands or interests therein of the Vil- 

 lage Corporations, Regional Corporations, individ- 

 uals, or the State for the purpose of effecting land 

 consolidations or to facilitate the management or 

 development of the land. Exchanges shall be on the 

 basis of equal value, and either party to the exchange 

 may pay or accept cash in order to equalize the value 

 of the properties exchanged. 



(g) National Wildlife Refuge System lands subject of 

 patents; Federal reservation of first refusal 

 rights; provision in patents for continuing appli- 

 cation of laws and regulations governing Refuge. 



If a patent is issued to any Village Corporation for 

 land in the National Wildlife Refuge System, the 

 patent shall reserve to the United States the right 

 of first refusal if the land is ever sold by the Village 

 Corporation. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

 this chapter, every patent issued by the Secretary 

 pursuant to this chapter — which covers lands lying 

 within the boundaries of a National Wildlife Refuge 

 on December 18, 1971, shall contain a provision that 

 such lands remain subject to the laws and regula- 

 tions governing use and development of such Refuge. 



(h) Withdrawals of public lands; termination date. 



(1) AH withdrawals made under this chapter, ex- 

 cept as otherwise provided in this subsection, shall 

 terminate within four years of December 18, 1971: 

 Provided, That any lands selected by Village or 

 Regional Corporations or by a Native group under 

 section 1611 of this title shall remain withdrawn 

 until conveyed pursuant to section 1613 of this title. 



(2) The withdrawal of lands made by section 

 1610(a)(2) and section 1615 of this title shall ter- 

 minate three years from December 18, 1971. 



(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply 

 to any withdrawals made under section 1616 of this 

 title. 



(4) The Secretary is authorized to terminate any 

 withdrawal made by or pursuant to this chapter 

 whenever he determines that the withdrawal is no 

 longer necessary to accomplish the purposes of this 

 chapter. 



(i) Administration of withdrawn lands; contracting 

 and other authority of Secretaries not impaired 

 by withdrawal. 

 Prior to a conveyance pursuant to section 1613 of 

 this title, lands withdrawn by or pursuant to sec- 

 tions 1610, 1613, and 1615 of this title shall be sub- 

 ject to administration by the Secretary, or by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture in the case of National 

 Forest lands, under applicable laws and regulations, 

 and their authority to make contracts and to grant 

 leases, permits, rights-of-way, or easements shall 

 not be impaired by the withdrawal. 



(j) Administration actions in absence of protraction 

 diagrams and nonconformity to Land Survey Sys- 

 tem to accomplish purposes of chapter; deed 

 notation of adjustments to insure beneficiaries 

 of land grants their full entitlement. 

 In any area of Alaska for which protraction dia- 

 grams of the Bureau of Land Management or the 

 State do not exist, or which does not conform to the 

 United States Land Survey System, or which has not 

 been surveyed in a manner adequate to withdraw 

 and grant the lands provided for under this chapter, 

 the Secretary shall take such actions as are neces- 

 sary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, and 

 the deeds granted shall note that upon completion of 

 an adequate survey appropriate adjustments will be 

 made to insure that the beneficiaries of the land 

 grants receive their full entitlement. 



(k) National forest land patents; conditions. 



Any patents to lands under this chapter which are 

 located within the boundaries of a national forest 



