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B-118678 1 (1976-06-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddkr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISIOl FILE: ,-lls6g MATTER OF: DIGEST: 1. -J 2. Alaska 'lative Clais Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971 pro- vides that nineral lease revenues are generally to be S istrthucd as providd in Alaslka Statehood Act. klaska Statehood Act prescribs no specific scheme of distribu- tion but merely refers to Alatsa's share of revenues distributed under Ureral Leasin!. Act. ICSA does not adopt sclihee of distributicn in effect under Iineral Leasinq Act in 1959, when Ala.vke Statehood Act was enacted, and therefore docs not repeal by implication portion of 16 U.S.C. § 715s which is apparently in conflict with Kinoral LeAing Act. The Attorney General of Alaska has asked that we reconsider our decision, Mratter of Disposition of receipts From Leases of Oil and Gas Rights 'dithin National Uill.Uife hefuge System, 55 Conp. Gen. 117 (1975). In that decision, we concluded that receipts from oil and ns leases on wildlife refu-es created by withdravals of public lands are required to be distributcd purnuant to 16 U.S.C. 5 715s(c) (1970), rather than pursuant to the fineral Leanin' Act, 30 U.F.C. 5 181 et Iae. (1970). Upon consideiration of the arguments of the Attorney General and the conents of the folicitor of the Departmen=It of the Interior, we con- elude that our decision tnust be affirmed. Until it was amended in 1964, the Act of June 15. 1935, ch. 261, I 401, 49 Stat'. 1383, as amended, the statute which prescribed the dis- position of receipts from. privileges granted on national wildlife THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 1 .OF THE UNITEO TATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 DATE: JUN 1976 Disposition of Receipts Prom Leases of Oil and Cas 7ig-lhts 14ithin the National Wildlife Refuge System-- Reconsideration Upon reconsideration, decision in 55 Corp. Cen. 117 (1975) is affirned. Receipts from oil and ras leases on lands within National Wildlife Pefuge System, and administered by Fish and Vildlife Service, whether lands were made part of System by acquisition or by reservation fro public domain, are required to be disposed of pur- suant to 16 U.S.C. § 715s (1979) rather thnn rursuant to Mineral Leasin- Act which generally prescribes disposition of receipts from leases of rineral rights in public lands. I

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