§ 3213. — Future executive branch actions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3213]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 3213. Future executive branch actions
(a) No future executive branch action which withdraws more than five
thousand acres, in the aggregate, of public lands within the State of
Alaska shall be effective except by compliance with this subsection. To
the extent authorized by existing law, the President or the Secretary
may withdraw public lands in the State of Alaska exceeding five thousand
acres in the aggregate, which withdrawal shall not become effective
until notice is provided in the Federal Register and to both Houses of
Congress. Such withdrawal shall terminate unless Congress passes a joint
resolution of approval within one year after the notice of such
withdrawal has been submitted to Congress.
(b) No further studies of Federal lands in the State of Alaska for
the single purpose of considering the establishment of a conservation
system unit, national recreation area, national conservation area, or
for related or similar purposes shall be conducted unless authorized by
this Act or further Act of Congress.
(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1326, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2488.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 96-487, Dec. 2,
1980, 94 Stat. 2371, as amended, known as the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this title and
Tables.
