The Alaska Land Transfer Acceleration Act () was a law passed on December 10, 2004. It was an attempt to resolve the conflicting

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s of three groups in time for the fiftieth anniversary of

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's statehood in 2009. The sections were divided into titles.

Titles

Title I was an attempt to speed up the State selection process. Title II was an attempt to finalize the Regional and Village Corporation land selections under ANCSA. Title III. In 2003, it was estimated that the remaining pending allotment applications totaled of land, approximately of which were erroneously conveyed to the State or to Native Corporations, and so no longer belong to the

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. Title IV. This stated the deadlines. Title V. The act authorized the Secretary of the Interior to create a field office of DOI's Office of Hearings and Appeals in Alaska to handle disputes related to the Alaska land transfers. Title VI. The act required the Secretary of the Interior, to deliver to

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a report within three years of the bill's passage. The report had to detail the progress on the Alaska land transfers. Finally, the act made actions necessary in carrying out the Act legal.

References

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