USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

JIMMY CARTER AS PRESIDENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the name of the bill President Carter signed to protect the land in Alaska?
A
Alaska Act
B
Alaska Land Act
C
Alaska National Lands Conservation Act
D
Alaska Conservation Lands Act
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Spanning 3 administrations and 5 sessions of Congress, what had been called the “Alaska lands bill” was enacted into law on December 2, 1980 as the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) P.L. 96-487.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) is a United States federal law signed by President Jimmy Carter on December 2, 1980.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roughly two-thirds of Alaska, or approximately 222 million acres, are federally owned or managed. In 1980, Congress passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) designating more than 100 million acres of federal land in Alaska as new or expanded conservation system units.

Detailed explanation-4: -View the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act as signed into law on December 2, 1980 (Public Law 96-487, 94 Stat. 2371).

Detailed explanation-5: -The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), passed by Congress in 1980, mandates that rural residents of Alaska be given a priority for subsistence uses of fish and wildlife. (View Title VIII of ANILCA-Subsistence Management and Use Findings).

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