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provisions of this section shall be forfeited to the United 

 States by appropriate proceedings instituted by the At- 

 torney General for that purpose In the United States 

 District Court for the District of Alaska. 



"(J) The schools and colleges provided for In this Act 

 shall forever remain under the exclusive control of the 

 State, or Its governmental subdivisions, and no part of 

 the proceeds arising from the sale or disposal of any lands 

 granted herein for educational purposes shall be used for 

 the support of any sectarian or denominational school, 

 college, or university. 



■'(k) Grants previously made to the Territory of Alaska 

 are hereby confirmed and transferred to the State of 

 Alaska upon Its admission. Effective upon the admission 

 of the State of Alaska Into the Union, section 1 of the 

 Act of March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1214; 48 U.S.C, sec. 353), as 

 amended, and the last sentence of section 35 of the Act 

 of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 450; 30 U.S.C, sec. 191), as 

 amended, are repealed and all lands therein reserved 

 under the provisions of section 1 as of the date of this 

 Act [July 7, 1958] shall, upon the admission of said State 

 Into the Union, be granted to said State for the purposes 

 for which they were reserved; but such repeal shall not 

 afreet any outstanding lease, permit, license, or contract 

 Issued under said section 1. as amended, or any rights or 

 powers with respect to such lease, permit, license, or con- 



tract, and shall not affect the disposition of the proceeds 

 or Income derived prior to such repeal from any lands re- 

 served under said section 1, as amended, or derived there- 

 after from any disposition of the reserved lands or an 

 Interest therein made prior to such repeal. 



"(i) The grants provided for In this Act shall be In Ueu 

 of the grant of land for purposes of Internal Improve- 

 ments made to new States by section 8 of the Act of Sep- 

 tember 4. 1841 (5 Stat. 455). and sections 2378 and 2379 

 of the Revised Statutes (43 VSC. sec. 857), and In lieu 

 of the swampland grant made by the Act of September 

 28, 1850 (9 Stat. 520), and section 2479 of the Revised 

 Statutes (43 U.S.C, sec. 982). and in lieu of the grant of 

 thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative 

 In Congress made by the Act of July 2. 1862, as amended 

 (12 Stat. 503: 7 U.S.C. sees. 301-308). which grants are 

 hereby declared not to extend to the State of Alaska. 



"(m) The Submerged Lands Act of 1953 (Public Law 31. 

 Eighty-third Congress, first session; 67 Stat. 29) shall be 

 applicable to the State of Alaska and the said State shall 

 have the same rights as do existing States thereunder. 

 (As amended Pub. L. 86-70, §2(b). June 25, 1959. 73 

 Stat. 141; Pub. L. 86-173, Aug. 18. 1959. 73 Stat. 395; Pub. 

 L. 86-786. §§ 3, 4. Sept. 14. 1960. 74 Stat. 1025; Pub. L. 88- 

 135. Oct. 8. 1963. 77 Stat. 223; Pub. L. 88-289. Mar. 25. 

 1964, 78 Stat. 169.)" 



4. Delegation of Functions of Fish and Wildlife Conservation 



Ex. Ord. 10654 



(See Ex. Ord. 10654 under Title IV Executive Orders) 



5. Endangered Species of Fish and Wildlife 



16 US.C. 1531-1543 



(d) Imports and exports. 



(e) Reports. 



(f) Designation of ports. 



(g) Violations. 



1539. 



(b) 

 (C) 

 (d) 



Exceptions, 

 (a) Permits, 



Hardship exemptions. 



Notice and review. 



Permit and exemption policy. 

 (e) Alaska natives. 



1640. Penalties and enforcement. 



(a) Civil penalties. 



(b) Criminal violations. 



(c) District court Jurisdiction. 



(d) Rewards. 



(e) Enforcement. 



(f) Regulations. 



(g) Citizen suits. 



(h) Coordination with other laws. 



1641. Endangered plants. 



1542. Authorization of appropriations. 



1543. Construction with Marine Mammal Protection Act 



of 1972. 



§ 1531. Congressional findings and declaration of pur- 

 poses and policy. 



(a) The Congress finds and declares that — 



(1) various species of fish, wildlife, and plants 

 in the United States have been rendered extinct as 

 a consequence of economic growth and develop- 

 ment untempered by adequate concern and con- 

 servation; 



(2) other species of fish, wildlife, and plants 

 have been so depleted in numbers that they are in 



