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shall contain such conditions as the Secretary deems 

 necessary to assure that: 



(1) the sale of any timber from such lands 

 shall, for a period of five years, be subject to the 

 same restrictions relating to the export of timber 

 from the United States as are applicable to na- 

 tional forest lands in Alaska under rules and 

 regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture; and 



(2) such lands are managed under the prin- 

 ciple of sustained yield and under management 

 practices for protection and enhancement of en- 

 vironmental quality no less stringent than such 

 management practices on adjacent national forest 

 lands for a period of twelve years. 



(0 Land selection limitation; proximity to home rule 

 or first class city and Ketchikan. 



Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, no 

 Village or Regional Corporation shall select lands 

 which are within two miles from the boundary, as 

 it exists on December 18, 1971, of any home rule 

 or first class city (excluding boroughs) or which are 

 within six miles from the boundary of Ketchikan. 

 (Pub. L. 92-203, § 22, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 713.) 



§1622. Annual reports to Congress until 1984; sub- 

 mission in 1985 of report of status of Natives, 

 summary of actions taken, and recommendations. 



The Secretary shall submit to the Congress aimual 



reports on implementation of this chapter. Such 

 reports shall be filed by the Secretary armually imtil 

 1984. At the beginning of the first session of Con- 

 gress in 1985 the Secretary shall submit, through 

 the President, a report of the status of the Natives 

 and Native groups in Alaska, and a summary of 

 actions taken under this chapter, together with such 

 recommendations as may be appropriate. (Pub. L. 

 92-203, § 23, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 715.) 



§ 1623. Authorization of appropriations. 



There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 

 this chapter. (Pub. L. 92-203, § 24, Dec. 18, 1971, 

 85 Stat. 715.) 



§1624. Regulations; issuance; publication in Federal 

 Register. 



The Secretary is authorized to issue and publish 

 in the Federal Register, pursuant to the Administra- 

 tive Procedure Act, such regulations as may be nec- 

 essary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. 

 (Pub. L. 92-203, § 25, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 715.) 



3. Alaska Statehood Act Relating to Fish and Wildlife 

 48 US.C. Chap. 2— Alaska §6 



Chapter 2.— ALASKA 



Admission as State 

 Alaska was admitted Into the Union on January 3. 19SB. 

 upon Issuance of Proc. No. 3269. Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.B. 81, 

 73 Stat. cl6, set out below, as required by sections 1 and 

 8(c) of the Alaska Statehood Law. Pub. L. 8&-508, July 

 7. 1958. 72 Stat. 339, set out below. 



Alaska Statebood 

 Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, as amended, 

 provided: 



"Sec. 6 I Selection from public lands; fish and wildlife 

 resources; public school support; mineral leases, permits, 

 leases, or contracts; mineral land grants; schools and 

 colleges; confirmation of grants; Internal Improvements; 

 submerged lands.) 



"(a) For the purposes of furthering the development 

 of and expansion of communities, the State of Alaska Is 

 hereby granted and shall be entitled to select, within 

 twenty-five years after the date of the admission of the 

 State of Alaska Into the Union, from lands within na- 

 tional forests In Alaska which are vacant and unappro- 

 priated at the time of their selection not to exceed four 

 hundred thousand acres of land, and from the other pub- 

 lic lands of the United States In Alaska which are vacant, 

 unappropriated, and unreserved at the time of their 

 selection not to exceed another four hundred thousand 

 acres of land, all of which shall be adjacent to established 

 communities or suitable for prospective community cen- 

 ters and recreational areas. Such lands shall be selected 

 by the State of Alaska with the approval of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture as to national forest lands and with the 

 approval of the Secretary of the Interior as to other pub- 

 lic lands: Prow'ded, That nothing herein contained shall 

 affect any valid existing claim, location, or entry under 

 the laws of the United States, whether for homestead, 

 mineral, right-of-way, or other purpose whatsoever, or 

 shall affect the rights of any such owner, claimant, lo- 

 cator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of the 

 land so occupied : Provided further. That for the purposes 



of this section the term 'public lands of the United 

 States In Alaska which are vacant, unappropriated, and 

 unreserved' shall Include, without limiting the use there- 

 of, the retained or reserved Interest of the United States 

 In lands which have been disposed of with a reservation 

 to the United States of all minerals or any specified min- 

 eral or minerals. 



"(b) The State of Alaska. In addition to any other 

 grants made In this section. Is hereby granted and shall 

 be entitled to select, within twenty-five years after the 

 admission of Alaska Into the Union, not to exceed one 

 hundred and two million five hundred and fifty thousand 

 acres from the public lands of the United States in 

 Alaska which are vacant, unappropriated, and unre- 

 served at the time of their selection: Prot>ided, That 

 nothing herein contained shall affect any valid existing 

 claim, location, or entry under the laws of the United 

 States, whether for homestead, mineral, right-of-way. or 

 other purpose whatsoever, or shall affect the rights of 

 any such owner, claimant, locator, or entryman to the 

 full use and enjoyment of the lands so occupied: And 

 provided further. That no selection hereunder shall be 

 made In the area north and west of the line described 

 In section 10 without approval of the President or his 

 designated representative. 



"(c) Block 32, and the structures and Improvements 

 thereon. In the city of Juneau are granted to the State 

 of Alaska for any or all of the following purposes or a 

 combination thereof: A residence for the Governor, a 

 State museum, or park and recreational use. 



"(d) Block 19. and the structures and Improvements 

 thereon, and the Interests of the United States In blocks 

 C and 7. and the structures and Improvements thereon, 

 In the city of Juneau, are hereby granted to the State of 

 Alaska. 



"(e) All real and personal property of the United 

 States situated In the Territory of Alaska which Is specifi- 

 cally used for the sole purpose of conservation and pro- 

 tection of the flsherles and wildlife of Alaska, under the 

 provisions of the Alaska game law of July 1, 1943 (57 Stat. 

 301; 48 U.S.C. sees 192-211), as amended, and under the 

 provisions of the Alaska commercial fisheries, laws of 

 June 26, 1§06 (34 Stat. 478: 48 U.S.C. sees. 230 — 239 and 



