{"data":{"id":"us/43-u.s.c.-1637","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 U.S.C. § 1637","heading":"Use of protraction diagrams","body":"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.","path":["Title 43—PUBLIC LANDS","CHAPTER 33A—IMPLEMENTATION OF ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT AND ALASKA STATEHOOD"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc43@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:36Z","sha256":"7b077844c52537c194e4567f3a508e33cb19ace267d47bc246799a4811e82782","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-u.s.c.-1636","next":"us/43-u.s.c.-1638"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}