---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2653.0-3"
title: "43"
number: "2653.0-3"
heading: "Authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2653.0-3"
---

# §2653.0-3. Authority.


Section 14(h) of the Act requires the Secretary to withdraw and to convey 2 million acres of unreserved and unappropriated public lands located outside the areas withdrawn by sections [11](/cfr/43/11.md) and [16](/cfr/43/16.md) of the Act. The Secretary will convey the land in part as follows:

- (a) Title to existing cemetery sites and historical places to the regional corporations for the regions in which the lands are located;
- (b) Title to the surface estate to any Native group that qualifies pursuant to this subpart 2653;
- (c) Title to the surface estate of lands to the Natives residing in each of the cities of Sitka, Kenai, Juneau, and Kodiak, who have incorporated;
- (d) **Title to the surface estate of land to a Native as a primary place of residence.**
- (e) Title to the regional corporations for lands selected, if any remain, pursuant to section 14(h)(8) of the Act; and
- (f) Title to the subsurface estate to the regional corporations of lands conveyed under paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(d)](#d) of this section and title to the regional corporations to the subsurface estate to those lands not located in a National Wildlife Refuge under [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[38 FR 14218, May 30, 1973, as amended at 41 FR 14737, Apr. 7, 1976]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 25, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of December 18, 1971; Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et seq. ), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 14218, May 30, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[38 FR 14218, May 30, 1973, as amended at 41 FR 14737, Apr. 7, 1976]