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

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.)
Editorial Notes
Codification

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