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43 U.S.C. § 1628 — Assignments by Regional Corporations of rights to receive payments from Fund

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43 U.S.C. § 1628 — Assignments by Regional Corporations of rights to receive payments from Fund

**(a) Recognition by Secretary; scope of recognition** Notwithstanding the provision of [section 3727 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3727&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary is authorized to recognize validly executed assignments made by Regional Corporations of their rights to receive payments from the Alaska Native Fund. Such assignments shall only be recognized to the extent that the Regional Corporation involved is not required to distribute funds pursuant to subsection (j) or (m) of [section 1606 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1606&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Nonrecognition by Secretary** The Secretary shall not recognize any assignment under this section which does not provide that the United States reserves the right to assert against the assignee and successors of the assignee, any setoff or counterclaim which the United States has against the assignor Corporation. **(c) Claims against Secretary by stockholders of Regional or Village Corporation for recognition of assignment** No stockholder of any Regional or Village Corporation shall have any claim against the Secretary or the United States as the result of any assignment duly recognized by the Secretary pursuant to this section.

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31 U.S.C. § 3727 — Assignments of claims

**(a)** In this section, “assignment” means— (1) a transfer or assignment of any part of a claim against the United States Government or of an interest in the claim; or (2) the authorization to receive payment for any part of the claim. **(b)** An assignment may be made only after a claim is allowed, the amount of the claim is decided, and a warrant for payment of the claim has been issued. The assignment shall specify the warrant, must be made freely, and must be attested to by 2 witnesses. The person making the assignment shall acknowledge it before an official who may acknowledge a deed, and the official shall certify the assignment. The certificate shall state that the official completely explained the assignment when it was acknowledged. An assignment under this subsection is valid for any purpose. **(c)** Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to an assignment to a financing institution of money due or to become due under a contract providing for payments totaling at least $1,000 when— (1) the contract does not forbid an assignment; (2) unless the contract expressly provides otherwise, the assignment— (A) is for the entire amount not already paid; (B) is made to only one party, except that it may be made to a party as agent or trustee for more than one party participating in the financing; and (C) may not be reassigned; and (3) the assignee files a written notice of the assignment and a copy of the assignment with the contracting official or the head of the agency, the surety on a bond on the contract, and any disbursing official for the contract. **(d)** During a war or national emergency proclaimed by the President or declared by law and ended by proclamation or law, a contract with the Department of Defense, the General Services Administ

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43 U.S.C. § 1606 — Regional Corporations

**(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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43 U.S.C. § 1611 — Native land selections

**(a) Acreage limitation; proximity of selections and size of sections and units; waiver** (1) During a period of three years from December 18, 1971, the Village Corporation for each Native village identified pursuant to [section 1610 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1610&num=0&edition=prelim) shall select, in accordance with rules established by the Secretary, all of the township or townships in which any part of the village is located, plus an area that will make the total selection equal to the acreage to which the village is entitled under [section 1613 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1613&num=0&edition=prelim). The selection shall be made from lands withdrawn by [section 1610(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1610/a&num=0&edition=prelim): Provided, That no Village Corporation may select more than 69,120 acres from lands withdrawn by [section 1610(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1610/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), and not more than 69,120 acres from the National Wildlife Refuge System, and not more than 69,120 acres in a National Forest: Provided further, That when a Village Corporation selects the surface estate to lands within the National Wildlife Refuge System or Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4, the Regional Corporation, for that region may select the subsurface estate in an equal acreage from other lands withdrawn in [section 1610(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1610/a&num=0&edition=prelim) within the region, if possible. (2) Selections made under this subsectio

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43 U.S.C. § 1628 — Assignments by Regional Corporations of

Page 487 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 1629 (e) Conveyance of right to withhold consent to mineral exploration, development, etc., as part of merger or consolidation The plan of merger or consolidation shall pro- vide that the right of any affected Village Cor- poration pursuant to section 1613(f) of this title to withhold consent to mineral exploration, de- velopment, or removal within the boundaries of the Native village shall be conveyed, as part of the merger or consolidation, to a separate enti- ty composed of the Native residents of such Na- tive village. (Pub. L. 92–203, § 30, as added Pub. L. 94–204, § 6, Jan. 2, 1976, 89 Stat. 1148; amended Pub. L. 100–241, § 12(c), Feb. 3, 1988, 101 Stat. 1810.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1988—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–241 substituted ‘‘while the Settlement Common Stock of all corporations sub- ject to merger or consolidation remains subject to alienability restrictions.’’ for ‘‘prior to December 19, 1991’’. § 1628. Assignments by Regional Corporations of rights to receive payments from Fund (a) Recognition by Secretary; scope of recogni- tion Notwithstanding the provision of section 3727 of title 31, the Secretary is authorized to recog- nize validly executed assignments made by Re- gional Corporations of their rights to receive payments from the Alaska Native Fund. Such assignments shall only be recognized to the ex- tent that the Regional Corporation involved is not required to distribute funds pursuant to sub- section (j) or (m) of section 1606 of this title. (b) Nonrecognition by Secretary The Secretary shall not recognize any assign- ment under this section which does not provide that the United States reserves the right to as- sert against the assignee and successors of the assignee, any setoff or cou

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