43 USC 1629 - Open season for certain Alaska Native veterans for allotments

1 So in original. Probably should be capitalized.

land totaling 160 acres or less under the Act of

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Act of May 17, 1906, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (span)(1)(A), (3) and (c)(1)(B), (C), is act May 17, 1906, ch. 2469, 34 Stat. 197, which was classified to sections 270–1 to 270–3 of this title prior to its repeal by Puspan. L. 92–203, § 18(a), Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 710.

The Alaska Statehood Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(3)(B), is Puspan. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, which is set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Amendments

2004—Subsec. (span)(1)(A). Puspan. L. 108–452, § 306(1), inserted before semicolon at end “(except that the term ‘nonmineral’, as used in that Act, shall for the purpose of this subsection be defined as provided in section 1634(a)(3) of this title, except that such definition shall not apply to land within a conservation system unit)”.

Subsec. (span)(2). Puspan. L. 108–452, § 306(2), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), redesignated former subpars. (A) to (C) as cls. (i) to (iii), respectively, of subpar. (A), inserted “or based on other evidence acceptable to the Secretary” after “Department of Veterans Affairs” in cl. (ii), and added subpar. (B).

2000—Subsec. (a)(3)(I)(4). Puspan. L. 106–559, § 301(1), substituted “or” for “and Reindeer”.

Subsec. (a)(4)(B). Puspan. L. 106–559, § 301(2), substituted “; or” for “; and” at end.

Subsec. (span)(1)(B)(i). Puspan. L. 106–559, § 301(3), substituted “December 31” for “June 2”.

Subsec. (span)(2). Puspan. L. 106–559, § 301(4), inserted introductory provisions and struck out former introductory provisions which read as follows: “The personal representative of the estate of a decedent who was eligible under subsection (span)(1) of this section may, for the benefit of the heirs, select an allotment if, during the period specified in subsection (span)(1)(B) of this section, the decedent—”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Resources of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.