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type: "LegalText"
title: "43 U.S.C. § 971a"
description: "Alaskan lands within highway, telephone, and pipeline withdrawals; disposal; amendment of land description of claim or entry on adjoining lands"
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title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
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chapter_name: "RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS"
section: "971a"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 971a"
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# 43 U.S.C. § 971a - Alaskan lands within highway, telephone, and pipeline withdrawals; disposal; amendment of land description of claim or entry on adjoining lands
## Text
Upon revocation of a withdrawal for highways, telephone lines, or pipelines, in Alaska, the lands involved shall be subject to disposal only under laws specified by the Secretary of the Interior, subject to easements as established by the Secretary. Notwithstanding any statutory limitation on the area which may be included in an unpatented claim or entry, the Secretary may permit the amendment of the land description of a claim or entry on adjoining lands to include the restored lands.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 848, § 1, 70 Stat. 898.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification This section was formerly classified to section 420 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.