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241 — 242). and June 6. 1924 (43 Stat. 465: 48 U.S.C. sees. 

 221 — 228). as supplemented and amended, shall be trans- 

 ferred and conveyed to the State of Alaska by the appro- 

 priate Federal agency: Provided, That the administration 

 and management of the fish and wildlife resources of Alas- 

 ka shall be retained by the Federal Government under ex- 

 isting laws until the first day of the first calendar year fol- 

 lowing the expiration of ninety calendar days after the 

 Secretary of the Interior certifies to the Congress that the 

 Alaska State Legislature has made adequate provision for 

 the administration, management, and conservation of said 

 resources In the broad national Interest: Provided, That 

 such transfer shall not Include lands withdrawn or other- 

 wise set apart as refuges or reservations for the protection 

 of wildlife nor facilities utilized In connection there- 

 with, or In connection with general research activities re- 

 lating to fisheries or wildlife. Sums of money that are 

 available for apportionment or which the Secretary of 

 the Interior shall have apportioned as of the date the 

 State of Alaska shall be deemed to be admitted into the 

 Union, for wildlife restoration in the Territory of Alaska, 

 pursuant to section 8(a) of the Act of September 2. 1937, 

 as amended (16 US.C, sec. 669g-l). and for fish restora- 

 tion and management In the Territory of Alaska, pursu- 

 ant to section 12 of the Act of August 9, 1950 ( 16 0.S.C., 

 sec. 777k), shall continue to be available for the period, 

 and under the terms and conditions in effect at the time, 

 the apportionments are made. Commencing with the 

 year during which Alaska is admitted into the Union, 

 the Secretary of the Treasury, at the close of each fiscal 

 year, shall pay to the State of Alaska 70 per centum of 

 the net proceeds, as determined by the Secretary of the 

 Interior, derived during such fiscal year from all sales of 

 sealskins or sea otter skins made In accordance with the 

 provisions of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (section 1151 et seq 

 of Title 16. Conservation). In arriving at the net pro- 

 ceeds, there shall be deducted from the receipts from all 

 sales all costs to the United States in carrying out the 

 provisions of the Fur Seal Act of 1966, including, but 

 not limited to. the costs of handling and dressing the 

 skins, the costs of making the sales, and all expenses In- 

 curred in the administration of the Prlbilof Islands, and 

 the payments made to any municipal corporation estab- 

 lished pursuant to section 206 of the Fur Seal Act of 

 1966 I section 1166 of title 16 1 and to the civil service 

 retirement and disability fund pursuant to section 208 of 

 the Fur Seal Act of 1966 section (1168 of title 16.) In 

 administering the Prlbilof Islands fund established by 

 section 407 of the Pur Seal Act of 1966 (section 1187 of 

 title 16 1, the Secretary shall consult with the State of 

 Alaska annually. Nothing in this Act shall be construed 

 as affecting the rights of the United States under the 

 provisions of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 and the Northern 

 Pacific Halibut Act of 1937 (16 US C. 772—7721)." (As 

 amended Pub. L. 89-702. title IV, § 408(b). Nov. 2. 1966, 

 80 Stat. 1098.) 



"(f) Five per centum of the proceeds of sale of public 

 lands lying within said State which shall be sold by the 

 United States subsequent to the admission of said State 

 into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident 

 to such rales, shall be paid to said State to be used for 

 the support of the public schools within said State. 



"(g) Except as provided in subsection (a), all lands 

 granted in quantity to and authorized to be selected by 

 the State of Alaska by this Act fhall be selected In such 

 manner as the laws of the State may provide, and In con- 

 formity with such regulations as the Secretary of the 

 Interior may prescribe. . All selections shall be made in 

 reasonably compact tracts, taking into account the situa- 

 tion and potential uses of the lands involved, and each 

 tract selected shall contain at least five thousand seven 

 hundred and sixty acres unless Isolated from other tracts 

 open to selection or. In the case of selections under subsec. 

 (a) of this section, one hundred and sixty acres. The au- 

 thorlty to make selections shall never be alienated or 

 bargained away, In whole or in part, by the State. Upon 

 the revocation of any order of withdrawal In Alaska, the 

 order of revocation shall provide for a period of not less 

 than ninety days before the date on which It otherwise 

 becomes effective. If subsequent to the admission of 



Alaska Into the Union, during which period the State 

 of Alaska shall have a preferred right of selection, 

 subject to the requirements of this Act. except as 

 against prior existing valid rights or as against equitable 

 claims subject to allowance and confirmation. Such pre- 

 ferred rlgho of selection shall have precedence over the 

 preferred right of application created by section 4 of the 

 Act of September 27. 1944 (58 Stat. 748; 43 U.S.C. , sec. 

 282), as now or hereafter amended, but not over other 

 preference rights now conferred by law. Where any lands 

 desired by the State are unsurveyed at the time of their 

 selection, the Secretary of the Interior shall survey the 

 exterior boundaries of the area requested without any 

 interior subdivision thereof and shall issue a patent for 

 such selected area In terms of the exterior boundary sur- 

 vey; where any lands desired by the State are surveyed 

 at the time of their selection, the boundaries of the area 

 requested shall conform to the public land subdivisions 

 established by the approval of the survey All lands duly 

 selected by the State of Alaska pursuant to this Act shall 

 be patented to the State by the Secretary of the Interior. 

 Following the selection of lands by the Staie and the 

 tentative approval of such selection by the Secretary of 

 the Interior or his designee, but prior to the Issuance of 

 final patent, the State is hereby authorized to execute 

 conditional leases and to make conditional sales of such 

 selected lands. As used in this subsection, the words 

 'equitable claims subject to allowance and confirmation' 

 include, without limitation, claims of holders of permits 

 Issued by the Department of Agriculture on lands elim- 

 inated from national forests, whose permits have been 

 terminated only because of such elimination and who own 

 valuable Improvements on such lands. 



"(h) Any lease, permit, license, or contract Issued 

 under the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 920 (41 

 Stat. 437; 30 USC. 181 and the following), as amended, 

 or under the Alaska Coal Leasing Act of October 20, 1914 

 (38 Stat. 741; 30 U.S.C' 432 and the following), as 

 amended, shall have the effect of withdrawing the lands 

 subject thereto from selection by the State of Alaska 

 under this Act. unless an application to select such lands 

 is filed with the Secretary of the Interior within a period 

 of ten years after the date of the admission of Alaska 

 into the Union. Such selections shall be made only from 

 lands that are otherwise open to selection under this Act. 

 When all of the lands subject to a lease, permit, license, 

 or contract are selected, the patent for the lands so 

 selected shall vest in the State of Alaska all the right, 

 title, and Interest of the United States in and to that 

 lease, permit. license, or contract that remains outstand- 

 ing on the effective date of the patent, including the 

 right to all the rentals, royalties, and other payments ac- 

 cruing after that date under that lease, permit, license, 

 or contract, and including any authority that may have 

 been retained by the United States to modify the terms 

 and conditions of that lease, permit, license, or contract: 

 Provided, That nothing herein contained shall affect the 

 continued validity of any such lease, permit, license, or 

 contract or any rights arising thereunder. Where only 

 a portion of the lands subject to a lease, permit, license, 

 or contract are selected, there shall be reserved to the 

 United States the mineral or minerals subject to that 

 lease, permit, license, or contract, together with such 

 further rights as may he necessary to the full and com- 

 plete enjoyment of all rights, privileges, and benefits 

 under or with respect to that lease, permit, license, or 

 contract; upon the termination of the lease, permit, li- 

 cense, or contract, title to the minerals so reserved to the 

 United States shall pass to the State of Alaska." 



"(1) All grants made or confirmed under this Act shall 

 Include mineral deposits. The grants of mineral lands to 

 the State of Alaska under subsections (a) and (b) of this 

 section are made upon the express condition that all 

 sales, grants, deeds, or patents for any of the mineral 

 lands so granted shall be subject to and contain a reserva- 

 tion to the State of all of the minerals In the lands so 

 sold, granted, deeded, or patented, together with the right 

 to prospect for, mine, and remove the same. Mineral de- 

 posits in such lands shall be subject to lease by the State 

 as the State legislature may direct: Provided, That any 

 lands or minerals hereafter disposed of contrary to the 



■ So in original. Probably should read "48 U.S.C". 



