Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 22 — Rights-of-Way and Other Easements in Public Lands
§ 971a. Alaskan lands within highway, telephone, and pipeline withdrawals; disposal; amendment of land description of claim or entry on adjoining lands
Statutory text
Upon revocation of a withdrawal for highways, telephone lines, or pipelines, in Alaska, the lands involved shall be subject to disposal only under laws specified by the Secretary of the Interior, subject to easements as established by the Secretary. Notwithstanding any statutory limitation on the area which may be included in an unpatented claim or entry, the Secretary may permit the amendment of the land description of a claim or entry on adjoining lands to include the restored lands.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 84–848 § 1 · 70 Stat. 731
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 971a
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 848, § 1, 70 Stat. 898.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 848, § 1, 70 Stat. 898.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
This section was formerly classified to section 420 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
Credits
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 848, § 1, 70 Stat. 898.)