43 USC § 971d - Effect on valid existing Alaskan rights

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s971d"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 971d - Effect on valid existing Alaskan rights"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "971d"
section_name: "Effect on valid existing Alaskan rights"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 848, § 4, 70 Stat. 898.)"
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# § 971d. Effect on valid existing Alaskan rights

Nothing in sections 971a to 971e of this title shall affect adversely any valid existing rights.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 848, § 4, 70 Stat. 898.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , Territories and Insular Possessions.