[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR2653.0-3]



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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.  2653.0-3  Authority.





    Section 14(h) of the Act requires the Secretary to withdraw and to 

convey 2 million acres of unreserved and unappropriated public lands 

located outside the areas withdrawn by sections 11 and 16 of the Act. 

The Secretary will convey the land in part as follows:

    (a) Title to existing cemetery sites and historical places to the 

regional corporations for the regions in which the lands are located;

    (b) Title to the surface estate to any Native group that qualifies 

pursuant to this subpart 2653;

    (c) Title to the surface estate of lands to the Natives residing in 

each of the cities of Sitka, Kenai, Juneau, and Kodiak, who have 

incorporated;

    (d) Title to the surface estate of land to a Native as a primary 

place of residence.

    (e) Title to the regional corporations for lands selected, if any 

remain, pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of the Act; and

    (f) Title to the subsurface estate to the regional corporations of 

lands conveyed under paragraphs (b) and (d) of this section and title to 

the regional corporations to the subsurface estate to those lands not 

located in a National Wildlife Refuge under paragraph (c) of this 

section.



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