PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980
94 STAT. 2443
United States unless the agency responsible for administration waives such administration. (5) Nothing in this subsection shall relieve the State or the United States of any obligations under section 9 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or the fourth sentence of section 6(h) of the Alaska 43 USC 1608. Statehood Act. 48 USC note (m) EXTINGUISHMENT OF CERTAIN TIME EXTENSIONS.—Any exten- ^^^^- '^^• sions of time periods granted to the State pursuant to section 17(d)(2)(E) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act are hereby 43 USC 1616. extinguished, and the time periods specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall hereafter be applicable to State selections. (n) EFFECT ON THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS.—(1) Nothing in this section shall alter the rights or obligations of any party with regard to section 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94-204), sections 4 43 USC 1611 and 5 of the Act of October 4, 1976 (Public Law 94-456), or section 3 of.not%„..,, the Act of November 15, 1977 (Public Law 94-178). note. (2) Any conveyance of land to or confirmation of prior selections of 43 USC I6II the State made by this Act or selections allowed under this Act shall note. be subject to the rights of Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, to nominate lands outside of its region with such nominations to be superior to any selection made by the State after July 18, 1975, including any lands conveyed to the State pursuant to subsection (g) of this section, and to the duty of the Secretary, with consent of the State, to make certain lands within the Cook Inlet Region available to the Corporation, both in accordance with the provisions of section 12(b) of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94-204), as amended. (3) Nothing in this title shall prejudice a claim of validity or invalidity regarding any third-party interest created by the State of Alaska prior to December 18, 1971, under authority of section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood Act or otherwise. 48 USC note (4) Nothing in this Act shall affect any right of the United States or prec. 21. Alaska Natives to seek and receive damages against any party for trespass against, or other interference with, aboriginal interests if any, occurring prior to December 18, 1971. (o) STATUS OF LANDS WITHIN UNITS.—(1) Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, subject to valid existing rights any land withdrawn pursuant to section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and within the boundaries of any conservation 43 USC 1616. system unit. National Recreation Area, National Conservation Area, new national forest or forest addition, shall be added to such unit and administered accordingly unless, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, such land has been validly selected by and conveyed to a Native Corporation, or unless before the date of the enactment of this Act, such land has been validly selected by, and after the date of enactment of this Act is conveyed to the State. At such time as the entitlement of any Native Corporation to land under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act is satisfied, any land within 43 USC 1601 a conservation system unit selected by such Native Corporation shall, ^°^to the extent that such land is in excess of its entitlement, become part of such unit and administered accordingly: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall necessarily preclude the future conveyance to the State of those Federal lands which are specified in a list dated October 19, 1979, submitted by the State of Alaska and on file with the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That nothing in this subsection shall affect any conveyance to the State pursuant to subsections (b), (c), (d), or (g) of this section. (2) Until conveyed, all Federal lands within the boundaries of a conservation system unit. National Recreation Area, National Con-
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