PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980
94 STAT. 2533
pursuant to section 103(e)(2) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1702 (1976)). (5) All lands withdrawn under this subsection shall be subject to section 2 of Public Law 94-204 (43 U.S.C. 1613). 43 USC 1613 (g) INTERIM MANAGEMENT.—Until Congress takes final action on ^°^any legislation transmitted by the President pursuant to this section or until lands agreed to by the participants in the study are conveyed, whichever comes first, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall manage lands under their control in the Chugach region in close consultation with Chugach Natives, Incorporated, and, to the maximum extent possible, in such a manner so as not to adversely affect or preclude any option which the participants in the study may consider. (h) RELINQUISHED AREAS.—Any lands within the exterior boundaries of a conservation system unit or a national forest previously selected by Chugach Natives, Incorporated, but relinquished by Chugach Natives, Incorporated, shall, upon receipt of any such relinquishment become a part of the unit and administered accordingly. (i) CONVEYANCE OF EXISTING SELECTIONS.—Prior to the enactment
of new legislation to implement the recommendations of the study, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent Chugach Natives, Incorporated, from notifying the Secretary of its desire to receive conveyance of lands previously selected or the power of the Secretary to adjudicate such selections and to convey those lands properly selected. ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION LANDS
1431 (a) PURPOSES; REFERENCE DOCUMENT.—In order to further the purposes of: (1) satisfying land entitlements in the Arctic Slope Region; (2) consolidating and exchanging land holdings for the mutual benefit of the United States and the Native Corporations within the Arctic Slope region; and (3) providing for oil and gas operations in the Kurupa Lake area, consistent with environmental protection; Congress enacts this section. The specific terms, conditions, procedures, covenants, reservations and other restrictions set forth in the document entitled "Terms and Conditions for Land Exchanges and Resolution of Conveyancing Issues in Arctic Slope Region, Between the Department of the Interior and Arctic Slope Regional Corporation" (hereafter in this section referred to as "Terms and Conditions"), which was executed on June 29, 1979, and subsequently submitted to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, are hereby incorporated in this section, and are ratified, as to the duties and obligations of the United States and the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, as a matter of Federal law. (b) TRANSFER TO THE UNITED STATES.—The Secretary is authorized to accept from Arctic Slope Regional Corporation a relinquishment of all right, title, and interest of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in the following described lands: SEC.
Fairbanks Meridian Township 34 north, range 21 west, sections 4 through 9, 16 through 18;
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