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43 U.S.C. 1613: Conveyance of lands

Created in 1971 by Public Law 92-203. Changed by 4 later laws. 1 new law this Congress changed it.

22 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 16 U.S.C. 3102, 25 U.S.C. 3902, 30 U.S.C. 1702, 42 U.S.C. 6506a, 42 U.S.C. 9601.

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2004Pub. L. 108-452

1995Pub. L. 104-42

1980Pub. L. 96-487

1977Pub. L. 95-178

1971Pub. L. 92-203created it

43 U.S.C. 1613Conveyance of lands

(a)Native villages listed in section 1610 and qualified for land benefits; patents for surface estates; issuance; acreage

(b)Native villages listed in section 1615 and qualified for land benefits; patents for surface estates; issuance; acreage

(c)Patent requirements; order of conveyance; vesting date; advisory and appellate functions of Regional Corporations on sales, leases, or other transactions prior to final commitmentadded to

(d)Rule of approximation with respect to acreage limitations

(e)Surface and/or subsurface estates to Regional Corporations

(f)Patents to Village Corporations for surface estates and to Regional Corporations for subsurface estates; excepted lands; mineral rights, consent of Village Corporations

(g)Valid existing rights preserved; saving provisions in patents; patentee rights; administration; proportionate rights of patentee

(h)Authorization for land conveyances; surface and subsurface estates

This CongressBills that change it or would

H.R. 43Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025law

past change
enacted this Congress
proposed

This Congress

H.R. 43 Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025 · became law · changed (c)

How it got here

2004

Pub. L. 108–452, §203, designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added pars. (2) and (3). Law text · (d)
Pub. L. 108–452, §204, designated first sentence as subpar. (A) and second sentence as subpar. (B) and added subpars. (C) to (G). Law text · (h)
Pub. L. 108–452, §205, added subpar. (C). Law text · (h)
Pub. L. 108–452, §206, designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B). Law text · (h)

1995

Pub. L. 104–42 inserted last par. Law text · (c)

1980

Pub. L. 96–487, §1404(a), inserted "as of December 18, 1971 (except that occupancy of tracts located in the Pribilof Islands shall be determined as of the date of initial conveyance of such tracts to the appropriate Village Corporation)" after "in the tract occupied". · (c)
Pub. L. 96–487, §1404(b), inserted "as of December 18, 1971" after "in any tract occupied". · (c)
Pub. L. 96–487, §1405, inserted provision authorizing the Village Corporation and the Municipal Corporation or the State in trust to agree to a lesser amount than 1,280 acres and requiring any net revenues derived from the sale of surface resources harvested or extracted from lands … · (c)
Pub. L. 96–487, §1404(c), inserted "as such existed on December 18, 1971" after "navigation aids" and "as such airport sites, runways, and other facilities existed as of December 18, 1971" after "airport runways". Amendment, which directed that subsec. (c)(4) end with a period, was … · (c)
Pub. L. 96–487, §1406(a), inserted provision that only title to the surface estate be conveyed for lands located in a Wildlife Refuge when the cemetery or historical site is greater than 640 acres. · (h)
Pub. L. 96–487, §1406(b), inserted "unless the lands are located in a Wildlife Refuge" after "Regional Corporation". · (h), (5)
Pub. L. 96–487, §1406(c), substituted provision that any minerals reserved by the United States pursuant to the Act of Mar. 8, 1922, in a Native Allotment approved pursuant to section 1617 of this title during the period Dec. 18, 1971 through Dec. 18, 1975, be conveyed to the approp… · (h)
Pub. L. 96–487, §1406(d), added pars. (9) to (11). · (h)

1977

Pub. L. 95–178 designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B). · (h)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.