43 U.S.C. § 1637
Use of protraction diagrams
United States · Title 43 — PUBLIC LANDS · Status: effective
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- 43 U.S.C. § 1637, Use of protraction diagrams, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/486408
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With the agreement of the party to whom a patent is to be issued under this chapter, or the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.], the Secretary, in his discretion, may base such patent on protraction diagrams in lieu of field surveys. Any person or corporation receiving a patent under this chapter or the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.] on the basis of a protraction diagram shall receive any gain or bear any loss of acreage due to errors, if any, in such protraction diagram.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally