Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§3192a Restrictions on Use of Appropriated Funds
Title 16 › CHAPTER 51 — ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION › SUBCHAPTER VI — ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › § 3192a
Summary
No federal money from this Act or any later Act may be used by the Interior Secretary to buy State, private, or other non-federal land in Alaska, except for costs of land exchanges and for preparing land purchases. Before buying any such land or interest, the Secretary must first try to trade unreserved public lands.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §3192a
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act hereafter enacted may be used by the Secretary of the Interior, except with respect to land exchange costs and costs associated with the preparation of land acquisitions, in the acquisition of State, private, or other non-federal lands (or any interest therein) in the State of Alaska, unless, in the acquisition of any State, private, or other non-federal lands (or interest therein) in the State of Alaska, the Secretary seeks to exchange unreserved public lands before purchasing all or any portion of such lands (or interest therein) in the State of Alaska.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, and also as part of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, and not as part of Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act which comprises this chapter.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 3192a
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102