§293b Conveyance of Abandoned School Properties in Alaska to Local Town or City Officials or School Authorities; Reservation of Rights and Claims by United States and Use Conditions; Violations and Forfeiture of Grant; Determinations; Reversion to United States

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must give to town or city officials or to school authorities in Alaska any U.S. land and buildings used for schools or public purposes when he decides the Alaska Native Service no longer needs them. The transfer must respect any existing valid rights or claims. The United States keeps any minerals under the land and the right to explore and take them under rules the Secretary makes. The land and buildings must be used only for school or public purposes, and school facilities must be open to all Native children in the area on the same terms as other children. If the local officials stop following these rules for at least one year, the Secretary may cancel the transfer. That decision is final, and the land and buildings then go back to the United States and become public land to be managed under the public land laws.