repeal of laws related to disposal

repeal of laws related to disposal Sec. 703. (a) Effective on and after the tenth anniversary of the date of approval of this Act, the statutes and parts of statutes listed below as “Alaska Settlement Laws”, and effective on and after the date of approval of this Act, the remainder of the following statutes and parts of statutes are hereby repealed: Act of Chapter Section Statute atLarge 43 U.S. Code 1. Sale and Disposal Laws: Mar. 3, 1891 561 9 26: 1099 671. Revised Statute 2354 673. 674. May 18, 1898 344 2 30: 418 675. Revised Statute 2360 676. Revised Statute 2357 678. June 1880 227 3.4 21: 238 679–680. Mar. 2, 1889 381 4 25: 854 681. Mar. 1, 1907 2286 34: 1052. 682. Revised Statute 2861 688. Revised Statute 2362. 689. Revised Statute 2363 690. Revised Statute 2368 691, Revised Statute 2366 692. Revised Statute 2369 693. Revised Statute 2370 694. Revised Statute 2371 605. Revised Statute 2374 696. Revised Statute 2372 697. Feb. 24, 1909 181 35: 645 May 21, 1926 353 The 2 provisos only. 44: 591 Revised Statute 2375 698. Revised Statute 2376 699. Mar. 2, 1889 381 25: 854 700. 90 STAT. 2790 Act of Chapter Section Statute atLarge 43 U.S. Code 2. Townsite Reservation and Sale: Revised Statute 2380 711. Revised Statute 2381 712. Revised Statute 2382 713. Aug. 24, 1954 904 68: 792 Revised Statute 2383 714. 715. Revised Statute 2380 717. Revised Statute 2387 718. Revised Statute 2388 719. Revised Statute 2389 720. Revised Statute 2391 721. 722. Revised Statute 2393 723. Revised Statute 2894. 724. Mar. 3, 1877 113 1, 3, 4 19: 392 725–727. Mar. 3, 1891 561 16 26: 1101 728. July 9, 1914 138 38: 454 730. Feb. 9, 1903 531 32: 820 731. 3. Drainage Under State Laws: May 20, 1908 181 1–7 35:171 1021–1027. Mar. 3, 1919 113. 40: 1321 1028. May 1, 1958 P.L. 85–387 72: 99 1029–1034. Jan. 17, 1920 47 41: 392 1041–1048. 4. Abandoned Military Reservation: July 5, 1884. 214 5 23: 104 1074. Aug. 21, 1916 361 39: 518 1075. Mar. 3, 1893 208 27: 593 1076. The following words only: “Provided, That the President is hereby authorized by proclamation to withhold from sale and grant for public use to the municipal corporation in which the same is situated all or any portion of any abandoned military reservation not exceeding twenty acres in one place. Aug. 23, 1894 314— 23: 491 1077, 1078. Feb. 11, 1903 543 32: 822 1079. Feb. 15, 1895 92 28: 664 1080, 1077. Apr. 23, 1904 1496 33: 306 1081. 5. Public Lands; Oklahoma: May 2, 1890 182 Last paragraph of sec. 18 and secs. 20, 21, 22, 24, 27. 26: 90 1091–1094, 1096, 1007. Mar. 3, 1891 543 16 26: 1026 1098. Aug. 7, 1946 772 .. 1,2 60: 872 1100–1101. Aug. 3, 1955 498 1–8 69; 445 1102–1102g. May 14, 1890 207.. 26: 109 1111–1117. Sept. 1, 1893 J. Res. 4 28: 11 1118. May 11, 1896 168 1, 2 29: 116 1119. Jan. 18, 1897 62 1–3, 5, 7 29: 490 1131–1134. June 23, 1897 8 30: 105 Mar. 1, 1899 328 30: 966 6. Sales of Isolated Tracts: Revised Statute 2455. 1171. Feb. 26, 1895 133 28: 687 June 27, 1906 3554 34: 517 Mar. 28, 1912 67 37: 77 Mar. 9, 1928 164 45: 253 June 28, 1934.. 865 14 48: 1274 July 30, 1947 383 61: 630 Apr. 24, 1928 428 45: 457 1171a. May 23, 1930 313 46: 377 1171b. Feb. 4, 1919 40: 1055 1172. May 10, 1920 178 595 1173. Aug. 11, 1921 62 42: 159 1175. May 19, 1928 337 44: 566 1176. Feb. 14, 1931 170 46: 1105 1177. 7. Alaska Special Laws: Mar. 3, 1891 561 11 26: 1099 732. May 25, 1926 379 44:620 733–736. May 29, 1963 P.L. 88–34 77: 52 July 24, 1947 305 61: 414 738. Aug. 17, 1961 P.L. 87–147 75: 384 270–13. Oct. 3, 1962 P.L. 87–742 76: 740 July 19, 1963 P.L. 86–06 77: 80 687b–5. May 14, 1898 299 30: 400 270. Mar. 3, 1903 1002 32: 1028 Apr. 29, 1950 137 1 64: 94 Aug. 3, 1955 496.. 69:444 270. 687a–2. Apr. 29, 1950 137 2–5 64: 95 270–5, 260–6. July 11, 1956 571 2 70: 529 270–7, 687q–1, 270–7. July 8, 1916 228 39:852 270–8, 270–9 June 28, 1918 110 40: 632. 270–10, 270–14. July 11, 1956 571 1 70: 528 8. Alaska Settlement Laws: Mar. 8, 1922 96 1 42: 415 270–11. Aug. 23, 1958. P.L. 85–725 1, 4 72: 730 Apr. 13, 1926 121 41: 243 270–15. Apr. 29, 1950 134 3 64: 93 270–16. 270–17. May 14, 1898 299 10 30: 413 270–4, 687a to 687a–5. 90 STAT. 2791 Act of Chapter Section Statute atLarge 43 U.S. Code Mar. 3, 1927 323 44: 1364 May 26, 1934 357 48: 809 Aug. 23, 1958 P.L. 85–725 3 72: 730 Mar. 3, 1891 561 13 26: 1100 687a–6. Aug. 30, 1949 521 63: 679 687b to 687b–4. 9. Pittman Underground Water Act: Sept. 22, 1922 400. 42: 1012 356. (c) Effective on and after the tenth anniversary of the date of approval of this Act, section 2 of the Act of March 8, 1922 (42 Stat. 415, 416), as amended by section 2 of the Act of August 23, 1958 (72 Stat. 730), is further amended to read: “The coal, oil, or gas deposits reserved to the United States in accordance with the Act of March 8, 1922 (42 Stat. 415; 43 U.S.C. 270–11 et seq.), as added to by the Act of August 17, 1961 (75 Stat. 384; 43 U.S.C. 270–13), and amended by the Act of October 3, 1962 (76 Stat. 740; 43 U.S.C. 270–13), shall be subject to disposal by the United States in accordance with the provisions of the laws applicable to coal, oil, or gas deposits or coal, oil, or gas lands in Alaska in force at the time of such disposal. Any person qualified to acquire coal, oil, or gas deposits, or the right to mine or remove the coal or to drill for and remove the oil or gas under the laws of the United States shall have the right at all times to enter upon the lands patented under the Act of March 8, 1922, as amended, and in accordance with the provisions hereof, for the purpose of prospecting for coal, oil, or gas therein, upon the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of a bond or undertaking to be filed with him as security for the payment of all damages to the crops and improvements on such lands by reason of such prospecting. Any person who has acquired from the United States the coal, oil, or gas deposits in any such land, or the right to mine, drill for, or remove the same, may reenter and occupy so much of the surface thereof incident to the mining and removal of the coal, oil, or gas therefrom, and mine and remove the coal or drill for and remove oil and gas upon payment of the damages caused thereby to the owner thereof, or upon giving a good and sufficient bond or undertaking in an action instituted in any competent court to ascertain and fix said damages: Provided, That the owner under such limited patent shall have the right to mine the coal for use on the land for domestic purposes at any time prior to the disposal by the United States of the coal deposits: Provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the exploration upon or entry of any coal deposits withdrawn from such exploration and purchase.”. (d) Section 3 of the Act of August 30, 1949 (63 Stat. 679; 43 U.S.C. 687b et seq.), is amended to read: “Notwithstanding the provisions of any Act of Congress to the contrary, any person who prospects for, mines, or removes any minerals from any land disposed of under the Act of August 30, 1949 (63 Stat. 679), shall be liable for any damage that may be caused to the value of the land and tangible improvements thereon by such prospecting for, mining, or removal of minerals. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair any vested right in existence on August 30, 1949.”.