Title 43Public LandsRelease 119-73

§1613a ANCSA amendment

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 33— - ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT › § 1613a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the federal government gave land in Alaska to a Native Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and that corporation (or its successor) later traded that land for other Alaska land within the same region and gave it to another Native Corporation, the land is still treated as having been transferred under that Act. "Same region" means the area called a "region" in section 9(a) of the Act.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §1613a

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All land and interests in land in the State of Alaska conveyed by the Federal Government under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) to a Native Corporation and reconveyed by that Native Corporation, or a successor in interest, in exchange for any other land or interest in land in the State of Alaska and located within the same region (as defined in section 9(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1608(a)),11 So in original. The comma probably should be preceded by an additional closing parenthesis. to a Native Corporation under an exchange or other conveyance, shall be deemed, notwithstanding the conveyance or exchange, to have been conveyed pursuant to that Act.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 92–203, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1601 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2006, and not as part of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 1613a

Title 43Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73