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Ill STAT. 1260 PUBLIC LAW 105-57—OCT. 9, 1997 16 USC 668dd SEC. 9. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO ALASKA. (a) IN GENERAL.— Nothing in this Act is intended to affect— (1) the provisions for subsistence uses in Alaska set forth in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487), including those in titles III and VIII of that Act; (2) the provisions of section 102 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, the jurisdiction over subsistence uses in Alaska, or any assertion of subsistence uses in Alaska in the Federal courts; and (3) the manner in which section 810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act is implemented in national wildlife refuges in Alaska. (b) CONFLICTS OF LAWS.—If any conflict arises between any provision of this Act and any provision of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, then the provision in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act shall prevail. Approved October 9, 1997. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1420: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 105-106 (Comm. on Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 143 (1997): June 3, considered and passed House. Sept. 10, considered and passed Senate, amended. Sept. 23, House concurred in Senate amendments. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 33 (1997): Oct. 9, Presidential statement.