vesting date for reconveyances

vesting date for reconveyances Sec. 1404. (a) Section 14(c)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act is amended by inserting “as of December 18, 1971 (except that occupancy of tracts located in the Pribilof Islands shall be determined as of the date of initial conveyance of such tracts to the appropriate Village Corporation)” after “title to the surface estate in the tract occupied”. (b) Section 14(c)(2) of such Act is amended by inserting “as of December 18, 1971” after “title to the surface estate in any tract occupied”. (c) Section 14(c)(4) of such Act is amended to read: “(4) the Village Corporation shall convey to the Federal Government, State, or to the appropriate Municipal Corporation, title to the surface estate for airport sites, airway beacons, and other navigation aids as such existed on December 18, 1971, together with such additional acreage and/or easements as are necessary to provide related governmental services and to insure safe approaches to airport runways as such airport sites, runways, and other facilities existed as of December 18, 1971.” .