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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980

94 STAT. 2539

Umiat Meridian Township 2 south, range 23 east, sections 25 through 28,33 through 36; and Township 2 south, range 24 east, sections 1 through 24, 29 through 32. (2) the Secretary shall convey to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation all right, title and interest of the United States in the surface estate of the following described lands: All those lands on Kaktovik Island—Barter Island Group, Alaska, which were not properly selected by Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation on or before December 18, 1975, and which were not on January 1, 1979, in a defense withdrawal: Provided, That such lands when conveyed to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including section 22(g) of said Act, 43 USC 1601 except that the acreage limitation for Village Corporation selec- ^^^^ ^^21. tion of lands within the National Wildlife Refuge System shall not apply; (3) Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation shall identify additional lands it desires to acquire pursuant to this exchange from within the following described lands, and to the extent necessary to acquire the surface estate of an aggregate total of twenty-three thousand and forty acres, including the lands conveyed by the Secretary to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to subsection (g)(2) hereof: Umiat Meridian Township 7 north, ranges 32 through 36 east; Township 8 north, ranges 32 through 36 east; and Township 9 north, ranges 33 through 34 east; or such other adjacent lands as the Secretary and Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation may mutually agree upon. Upon the concurrence of the Secretary in the lands identified, he shall convey to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation all right, title and interest of the United States in the surface estate of the lands so identified: Provided, That such lands shall be contiguous to lands previously conveyed to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation pursuant to section 14(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Provided 43 USC 1613. further. That such lands when conveyed to Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation shall be subject to the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, including section 22(g) of said Act, except that the acreage limitation for Village Corporation selection of lands within the National Wildlife Refuge System shall not apply; (4) the Secretary is authorized to accept from Arctic Slope Regional Corporation a conveyance of all right, title and interest of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in the subsurface estate of the following described lands: Umiat Meridian Township 2 south, range 23 east, sections 25 through 28,33 through 36; and Township 2 south, range 24 east, sections 1 through 24, 29 through 32. (h) WEYUK LANDS TRANSFER.—Upon the concurrence of the Secre-

tary of Defense, the Secretary shall convey to Arctic Slope Regional