An Act to provide for the withdrawal from the public domain of certain lands in the Big Delta area, Alaska, for continued use by the Department of the Army at Fort Greely, and for other purposes
PL 87-327 (H.R.2283), enacted 09/26/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-327-SEPT. 26, 1961 
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agents. Thereafter the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to law shall 
provide for the appropriate use or disposition of all or any part of the 
land withdrawn and reserved under provisions of this Act. Nothing 
in this subsection, however, shall be construed to prevent the Secretary 
of the Army at that time from making application for further with-
drawal and reservation of all or part of said lands under laws and 
regulations then existing. 
Approved September 26, 1961. 
Public Law 87-327 
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To provide for the withdrawal from the public domain of certain lands in the 
Big Delta area, Alaska, for continued use by the Department of the Army 
at Fort Greely, and for other purposes. 
September 26, 1961 
[H. R. 2283] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subject to 
valid existing rights public lands aggregating approximately five 
hundred and seventy-two thousand acres of land in the Big Delta 
area, Fairbanks recording precinct, Alaska, as more fully described in 
application (serial number Fairbanks 019269) from the Department 
of the Army to the Department of the Interior and set forth in the 
Federal Kegister May 8,1958, page 3071 (Federal Register Document 
58-3480; filed. May 7, 1958; 8:53 antemeridian), are hereby with-
drawn from all forms of appropriation under the public lands laws 
including the mining and mineral leasing laws and disposals of ma-
terials under the Act of July 31, 1947, as amended (61 Stat. 681; 
30 U.S.C. 601-604), and reserved for the use of the Department of 
the Army as the Fort Greely maneuver area for a period of ten years, 
or if extended by the Secretary of the Interior for a period of fifteen 
years, or for any shorter period as may be determined by the Secre-
tary of the Army upon notice to the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior may, with the concurrence of 
the Secretary of the Army, authorize use or disposition of any of 
the lands or resources withdrawn and reserved by subsection (a) of 
this section. 
(c) To the extent that the Secretary of the Army determines it 
to be consistent with military requirements and tlie public safety: 
(1) the lands withdrawn and reserved by this Act, or selected por-
tions thereof, shall be open during legally established seasons for 
hunting, fishing, and trapping, and militaij operations affecting 
the same shall be suspended during such periods and (2) access across 
the lands, or selected portions thereof, shall be permitted to public 
hunting, fishing, and trapping areas. 
(d) Upon request of the Secretary of the Interior at the time of 
final termination of the reservation effected by this Act, the Depart-
ment of the Army shall make safe for nonmilitary uses the land 
withdrawn and reserved, or such portions thereof as may be specified 
by the Secretary of the Interior, by neutralizing unexploded ammu-
nition, bombs, artillery projectiles, or other explosive objects and 
chemical agents. Thereafter the Secretary of the Interior pursuant 
to law sha'l ])rovide for the appropriate use or disposition of all or 
any part of the land withdrawn and reserved under provisions of 
this Act. Nothing in this subsection, however, shall be construed to 
prevent the Secretary of the Army at that time from making appli-
cation for further withdrawal and reservation of all or part of said 
lands under laws and regulations then existing. 
Approved September 26, 1961. 
Alaska. 
Reservation of 
lands. 
Use for hunt in g 
and fishing. 
Disposition.