Alaska Statehood Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(2)(A), (E), is Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, as amended, which is set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

The public land laws, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), (2)(B) to (D), are classified generally to this title.

The mining laws and the mineral leasing laws, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), are classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.

Subsecs. (a) and (b) of this section, which related to the establishment, membership, compensation, procedures, duties and powers of the Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska and authorized the Commission to identify public easements across selected lands in Alaska, were omitted pursuant to former subsec. (a)(10) of this section which provided that the Commission was to cease to exist effective June 30, 1979.

1976—Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 94–204 extended the life of the Commission from Dec. 31, 1976 to June 30, 1979, directed the submission of multiple reports, with an interim report to be submitted on or before May 30, 1976, and extended from May 30, 1976 to May 30, 1979 the date on or before which the final report shall be submitted.