[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR2653.1]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2650_ALASKA NATIVE SELECTIONS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart 2653_Miscellaneous Selections
 
Sec. 2653.1  Conveyance limitations.

    (a) Under section 14(h) of the Act, a total of 2 million acres may 
be selected for cemetery sites and historical places, Native groups, 
corporations formed by the Native residents of Sitka, Kenai, Juneau, and 
Kodiak, for primary places of residence, and for Native allotments 
approved as provided in section 18 of the Act. Selections must be made 
before July 1, 1976. Of this total amount:
    (1) 500,000 acres will be set aside to be used by the Secretary to 
satisfy applications filed pursuant to section 14(h) (1), (2), and (5) 
of the Act. The 500,000 acres will be allocated by: (i) Dividing 200,000 
acres among the regions based on the number of Natives enrolled in each 
region; and, (ii) dividing 300,000 acres equally among the regions;

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    (2) 92,160 acres will be set aside for possible allocation by the 
Secretary to corporations formed by the Natives residing in Sitka, 
Kenai, Juneau, and Kodiak;
    (3) 400,000 acres will be set aside to be used by the Secretary to 
satisfy Native allotment applications approved prior to December 18, 
1975, under the Act of May 17, 1906 (34 Stat. 197), the Act of February 
8, 1887 (24 Stat. 389), as amended and supplemented, and the Act of June 
25, 1910 (36 Stat. 863). Any Native allotment applications pending 
before the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Land Management on 
December 18, 1971, will be considered as pending before the Department. 
Those allotment applications which have been determined to meet the 
requirements of the acts cited herein and for which survey has been 
requested before December 18, 1975, shall be considered approved under 
section 14(h)(6) of the Act and shall be charged against the acreage.
    (b) After subtracting the number of acres used in accordance with 
paragraph (a) of this section from 2 million acres, the remainder will, 
after July 1, 1976, be reallocated by the Secretary among the regional 
corporations in accordance with the number of Natives enrolled in each 
region.
    (c) No Native allotment applications pending before the Secretary on 
December 18, 1971, will be rejected solely for the reason that the 
acreage set aside by paragraph (a)(3) of this section has been 
exhausted.

[38 FR 14218, May 30, 1973, as amended at 41 FR 14737, Apr. 7, 1976]