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43 U.S.C. § 1605 — Alaska Native Fund
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**(a) Establishment in Treasury; deposits into Fund of general fund, interest, and revenue sharing moneys** There is hereby established in the United States Treasury an Alaska Native Fund into which the following moneys shall be deposited:
(1) $462,500,000 from the general fund of the Treasury, which are authorized to be appropriated according to the following schedule:
(A) $12,500,000 during the fiscal year in which this chapter becomes effective;
(B) $50,000,000 during the second fiscal year;
(C) $70,000,000 during each of the third, fourth, and fifth fiscal years;
(D) $40,000,000 during the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976; and
(E) $30,000,000 during each of the next five fiscal years, for transfer to the Alaska Native Fund in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year.
(2) Four percent interest per annum, which is authorized to be appropriated, on any amount authorized to be appropriated by this paragraph that is not appropriated within six months after the fiscal year in which payable.
(3) $500,000,000 pursuant to the revenue sharing provisions of [section 1608 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1608&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Prohibition of expenditures for propaganda or political campaigns; misdemeanor; penalty** None of the funds paid or distributed pursuant to this section to any of the Regional and Village Corporations established pursuant to this chapter shall be expended, donated, or otherwise used for the purpose of carrying on propaganda, or intervening in (including the publishing and distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. Any person who willfully violates the foregoing provision shall be guilty of
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**(a) Establishment in Treasury; deposits into Fund of general fund, interest, and revenue sharing moneys** There is hereby established in the United States Treasury an Alaska Native Fund into which the following moneys shall be deposited:
(1) $462,500,000 from the general fund of the Treasury, which are authorized to be appropriated according to the following schedule:
(A) $12,500,000 during the fiscal year in which this chapter becomes effective;
(B) $50,000,000 during the second fiscal year;
(C) $70,000,000 during each of the third, fourth, and fifth fiscal years;
(D) $40,000,000 during the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976; and
(E) $30,000,000 during each of the next five fiscal years, for transfer to the Alaska Native Fund in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year.
(2) Four percent interest per annum, which is authorized to be appropriated, on any amount authorized to be appropriated by this paragraph that is not appropriated within six months after the fiscal year in which payable.
(3) $500,000,000 pursuant to the revenue sharing provisions of [section 1608 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1608&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Prohibition of expenditures for propaganda or political campaigns; misdemeanor; penalty** None of the funds paid or distributed pursuant to this section to any of the Regional and Village Corporations established pursuant to this chapter shall be expended, donated, or otherwise used for the purpose of carrying on propaganda, or intervening in (including the publishing and distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. Any person who willfully violates the foregoing provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than twelve months, or both.
**(c) Distribution of Fund moneys among organized Regional Corporations; basis as relative number of Native enrollees in each region; reserve for payment of attorney and other fees; retention of share in Fund until organization of corporation** After completion of the roll prepared pursuant to [section 1604 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1604&num=0&edition=prelim), all money in the Fund, except money reserved as provided in [section 1619 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1619&num=0&edition=prelim) for the payment of attorney and other fees, shall be distributed at the end of each three months of the fiscal year among the Regional Corporations organized pursuant to [section 1606 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1606&num=0&edition=prelim) on the basis of the relative numbers of Natives enrolled in each region. The share of a Regional Corporation that has not been organized shall be retained in the Fund until the Regional Corporation is organized.
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**(a) Holding moneys in Fund for authorized payments** The Secretary of the Treasury shall hold in the Alaska Native Fund, from the appropriation made pursuant to [section 1605 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1605&num=0&edition=prelim) for the second fiscal year, moneys sufficient to make the payments authorized by this section.
**(b) Claims; submission** A claim for attorney and consultant fees and out-of-pocket expenses may be submitted to the Chief Commissioner of the United States Court of Claims for services rendered before December 18, 1971, to any Native tribe, band, group, village, or association in connection with:
(1) the preparation of this chapter and previously proposed Federal legislation to settle Native claims based on aboriginal title, and
(2) the actual prosecution pursuant to an authorized contract or a cause of action based upon a claim pending before any Federal or State Court or the Indians Claims Commission that is dismissed pursuant to this chapter.
**(c) Final date for filing of claims; form; information** A claim under this section must be filed with the clerk of the Court of Claims within one year from December 18, 1971, and shall be in such form and contain such information as the Chief Commissioner shall prescribe. Claims not so filed shall be forever barred.
**(d) Rules for receipt, determination, and settlement of claims** The Chief Commissioner or his delegate is authorized to receive, determine, and settle such claims in accordance with the following rules:
(1) No claim shall be allowed if the claimant has otherwise been reimbursed.
(2) The amount allowed for services shall be based on the nature of the service rendered, the time and labor required, the need for providing
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**(a) Eligible Natives; finality of decision** The Secretary shall prepare within two years from December 18, 1971, a roll of all Natives who were born on or before, and who are living on, December 18, 1971. Any decision of the Secretary regarding eligibility for enrollment shall be final.
**(b) Residence; order of priority in enrollment of Natives not permanent residents; regional family or hardship enrollment** The roll prepared by the Secretary shall show for each Native, among other things, the region and the village or other place in which he resided on the date of the 1970 census enumeration, and he shall be enrolled according to such residence. Except as provided in subsection (c), a Native eligible for enrollment who is not, when the roll is prepared, a permanent resident of one of the twelve regions established pursuant to [section 1606(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1606/a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be enrolled by the Secretary in one of the twelve regions, giving priority in the following order to—
(1) the region where the Native resided on the 1970 census date if he had resided there without substantial interruption for two or more years;
(2) the region where the Native previously resided for an aggregate of ten years or more;
(3) the region where the Native was born; and
(4) the region from which an ancestor of the Native came: 11 So in original. The colon probably should be a period.
The Secretary may enroll a Native in a different region when necessary to avoid enrolling members of the same family in different regions or otherwise avoid hardship.
**(c) Election of enrollment in thirteenth region, if established, of Native nonresidents; dependent household members as bound** A Native eli
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**(a) Division of Alaska into twelve geographic regions; common heritage and common interest of region; area of region commensurate with operations of Native association; boundary disputes, arbitration** For purposes of this chapter, the State of Alaska shall be divided by the Secretary within one year after December 18, 1971, into twelve geographic regions, with each region composed as far as practicable of Natives having a common heritage and sharing common interests. In the absence of good cause shown to the contrary, such regions shall approximate the areas covered by the operations of the following existing Native associations:
(1) Arctic Slope Native Association (Barrow, Point Hope);
(2) Bering Straits Association (Seward Peninsula, Unalakleet, Saint Lawrence Island);
(3) Northwest Alaska Native Association (Kotzebue);
(4) Association of Village Council Presidents (southwest coast, all villages in the Bethel area, including all villages on the Lower Yukon River and the Lower Kuskokwim River);
(5) Tanana Chiefs’ Conference (Koyukuk, Middle and Upper Yukon Rivers, Upper Kuskokwim, Tanana River);
(6) Cook Inlet Association (Kenai, Tyonek, Eklutna, Iliamna);
(7) Bristol Bay Native Association (Dillingham, Upper Alaska Peninsula);
(8) Aleut League (Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands and that part of the Alaska Peninsula which is in the Aleut League);
(9) Chugach Native Association (Cordova, Tatitlek, Port Graham, English Bay, Valdez, and Seward);
(10) Tlingit-Haida Central Council (southeastern Alaska, including Metlakatla);
(11) Kodiak Area Native Association (all villages on and around Kodiak Island); and
(12) Copper River Native Association (Copper Center, Glennallen, Chitina, Mentasta).
Any dispute over the boundaries of a region or regions shall be res
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**(a) Minerals within section** The provisions of this section shall apply to all minerals that are subject to disposition under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and supplemented [[30 U.S.C. 181](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section181&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(b) Interim payments into Alaska Native Fund based on percentage of gross value of produced or removed minerals and of rentals and bonuses; time of payment** With respect to conditional leases and sales of minerals heretofore or hereafter made pursuant to section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood Act, and with respect to mineral leases of the United States that are or may be subsumed by the State under section 6(h) of the Alaska Statehood Act, until such time as the provisions of subsection (c) become operative the State shall pay into the Alaska Native Fund from the royalties, rentals, and bonuses hereafter received by the State (1) a royalty of 2 per centum upon the gross value (as such gross value is determined for royalty purposes under such leases or sales) of such minerals produced or removed from such lands, and (2) 2 per centum of all rentals and bonuses under such leases or sales, excluding bonuses received by the State at the September 1969 sale of minerals from tentatively approved lands and excluding rentals received pursuant to such sale before December 18, 1971. Such payment shall be made within sixty days from the date the revenues are received by the State.
**(c) Patents; royalties: reservation of percentage of gross value of produced or removed minerals and of rentals and bonuses from disposition of minerals** Each patent hereafter issued to the State under the Alaska Statehood Act, including a patent of lands heretofore selected and tentati
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**(a)** All funds held in trust by the United States and carried in principal accounts on the books of the United States Treasury to the credit of Indian tribes shall be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury, at the request of the Secretary of the Interior, in public debt securities with maturities suitable to the needs of the fund involved, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, and bearing interest at rates determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration current market yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities.
**(b)** All funds held in trust by the United States and carried in principal accounts on the books of the United States Treasury to the credit of individual Indians shall be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury, at the request of the Secretary of the Interior, in public debt securities with maturities suitable to the needs of the fund involved, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, and bearing interest at rates determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration current market yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable securities.
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**(a) Deposit of tribal trust funds in banks** The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized in his discretion, and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to withdraw from the United States Treasury and to deposit in banks to be selected by him the common or community funds of any Indian tribe which are, or may hereafter be, held in trust by the United States and on which the United States is not obligated by law to pay interest at higher rates than can be procured from the banks. The said Secretary is also authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to withdraw from the United States Treasury and to deposit in banks to be selected by him the funds held in trust by the United States for the benefit of individual Indians: Provided, That no individual Indian money shall be deposited in any bank until the bank shall have agreed to pay interest thereon at a reasonable rate, subject, however, to the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the case of member banks, and of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the case of insured nonmember banks, except that the payment of interest may be waived in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior on any deposit which is payable on demand: Provided further, That no tribal or individual Indian money shall be deposited in any bank until the bank shall have furnished an acceptable bond or pledged collateral security therefor in the form of any public-debt obligations of the United States and any bonds, notes, or other obligations which are unconditionally guaranteed as to both interest and principal by the United States, except that no such bond or collateral shall be required to be furnished by any such bank which is entitled
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For the purposes of this chapter, the term—
**(a)** “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior;
**(b)** “Native” means a citizen of the United States who is a person of one-fourth degree or more Alaska Indian (including Tsimshian Indians not enrolled in the Metlaktla 11 So in original. Probably should be “Metlakatla”. Indian Community) Eskimo, or Aleut blood, or combination thereof. The term includes any Native as so defined either or both of whose adoptive parents are not Natives. It also includes, in the absence of proof of a minimum blood quantum, any citizen of the United States who is regarded as an Alaska Native by the Native village or Native group of which he claims to be a member and whose father or mother is (or, if deceased, was) regarded as Native by any village or group. Any decision of the Secretary regarding eligibility for enrollment shall be final;
**(c)** “Native village” means any tribe, band, clan, group, village, community, or association in Alaska listed in sections 1610 and 1615 of this title, or which meets the requirements of this chapter, and which the Secretary determines was, on the 1970 census enumeration date (as shown by the census or other evidence satisfactory to the Secretary, who shall make findings of fact in each instance), composed of twenty-five or more Natives;
**(d)** “Native group” means any tribe, band, clan, village, community, or village association of Natives in Alaska composed of less than twenty-five Natives, who comprise a majority of the residents of the locality;
**(e)** “Public lands” means all Federal lands and interests therein located in Alaska except: (1) the smallest practicable tract, as determined by the Secretary, enclosing land actually used in connection with the administration of any Federal instal
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**(a) Contract restrictions; percentage fee; enforcement; liens, executions, or judgments** None of the revenues granted by [section 1605 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1605&num=0&edition=prelim), and none of the lands granted by this chapter to the Regional and Village Corporation and to Native groups and individuals shall be subject to any contract which is based on a percentage fee of the value of all or some portion of the settlement granted by this chapter. Any such contract shall not be enforceable against any Native as defined by this chapter or any Regional or Village Corporation and the revenues and lands granted by this chapter shall not be subject to lien, execution or judgment to fulfill such a contract.
**(b) Patents for homesteads, headquarters sites, trade and manufacturing sites, or small tract sites; use and occupancy protection** The Secretary is directed to promptly issue patents to all persons who have made a lawful entry on the public lands in compliance with the public land laws for the purpose of gaining title to homesteads, headquarters sites, trade and manufacturing sites, or small tract sites ([43 U.S.C. 682](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section682&num=0&edition=prelim) 11 So in original. See References in Text note below.), and who have fulfilled all requirements of the law prerequisite to obtaining a patent. Any person who has made a lawful entry prior to August 31, 1971, for any of the foregoing purposes shall be protected in his right of use and occupancy until all the requirements of law for a patent have been met even though the lands involved have been reserved or withdrawn in accordance with Public Land Order 4582, as amended, or the wit
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 1605
1973, deadline had been met: Provided, That Natives en-
rolled under this Act shall be issued stock under the
Settlement Act together with a pro rata share of all fu-
ture distributions under the Settlement Act which
shall commence beginning with the next regularly
scheduled distribution after the enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That land entitlement of any Native
village, Native group, Village Corporation, or Regional
Corporation, all as defined in such Act, shall not be af-
fected by any enrollment pursuant to this Act, and that
no tribe, band, clan, group, village, community, or as-
sociation not otherwise eligible for land or other bene-
fits as a ‘Native village’, as defined in such Act, shall
become eligible for land or other benefits as a Native
village because of any enrollment pursuant to this Act:
Provided further, That no tribe, band, clan, village, com-
munity, or village association not otherwise eligible
for land or other benefits as a ‘Native group’, as defined
in such Act, shall become eligible for land or other ben-
efits as a Native group because of any enrollment pur-
suant to this Act: And provided further, That any ‘Na-
tive group’, as defined in such Act, shall not lose its
status as a Native group because of any enrollment
pursuant to this Act.
‘‘(b) The Secretary is authorized to poll individual
Natives properly enrolled to Native villages or Native
groups which are not recognized as Village Corpora-
tions under section 11 of the Settlement Act [section
1610 of this title] and which are included within the
boundaries of former reserves the Village Corporation
or Corporations of which elected to acquire title to the
surface and subsurface estate of said reserves pursuant
to subse
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