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118 STAT. 3592 PUBLIC LAW 108–452—DEC. 10, 2004 (c) CORRECTIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the priorities submitted under subsection (a) may not be revoked, rescinded, or modified by the Native Corporation. (2) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of receipt of a notification by the Secretary that there appears to be a technical error in the priorities, the Native Corporation may correct the technical error in accordance with any recommendations of, and in a manner prescribed by or acceptable to, the Secretary. (d) RELINQUISHMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—As of the date on which the Native Cor- poration submits its final priorities under subsection (a)— (A) any unprioritized, remaining selections of the Native Corporation— (i) are relinquished, but any part of the selections may be reinstated for the purpose of correcting a tech- nical error; and (ii) have no further segregative effect; and (B) all withdrawals under sections 11 and 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1610, 1615) under the relinquished selections are terminated. (2) RECORDS.—All relinquishments under paragraph (1) shall be included in Bureau of Land Management land records. (e) FAILURE TO SUBMIT PRIORITIES.—If a Native Corporation fails to submit priorities by the deadline specified in subsection (a)— (1) with respect to a Native Corporation that has priorities on file with the Secretary, the Secretary— (A) shall convey to the Native Corporation the remaining entitlement of the Native Corporation, as deter- mined based on the most recent priorities of the Native Corporation on file with the Secretary and in accordance with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); and (B) may reject any selections not needed to fulfill the entitlement; or (2) with respect to a Native Corporation that does not have priorities on file with the Secretary, the Secretary shall satisfy the entitlement by conveying land selected by the Sec- retary, in consultation with the appropriate Native Corporation, the Federal land managing agency with administrative jurisdic- tion over the land to be conveyed, and the State, that, to the maximum extent practicable, is— (A) compact; (B) contiguous to land previously conveyed to the Native Corporation; and (C) consistent with the applicable preliminary Regional Conveyance and Survey Plan referred to in section 401. (f) PLAN OF CONVEYANCE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— (A) identify any Native Corporation that does not have sufficient priorities on file; (B) develop priorities for the Native Corporation in accordance with subsection (e); and Deadline. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4