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# 43 U.S.C. § 971d - Effect on valid existing Alaskan rights

## Text

Nothing in sections 971a to 971e of this title shall affect adversely any valid existing rights.

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 848, § 4, 70 Stat. 898.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 420c of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.