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Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
To provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes.
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Summary
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
This act waives a statutory core township selection requirement for the Cape Fox Corporation and allows Cape Fox to receive other lands to fulfill its remaining land entitlement. Cape Fox is an Alaska Native village corporation for the Alaska Native village of Saxman, Alaska.
Specifically, the act states that Cape Fox shall not be required to receive its previously selected land of approximately 185 acres located within the township in which the Alaska Native village of Saxman, Alaska, is located. Instead, the act allows Cape Fox to receive land outside of Cape Fox's current exterior selection boundary upon written notice of the new selection to the Department of the Interior.
In particular, if Cape Fox submits written notice of its selection of approximately 180 acres of surface land within the Tongass National Forest in Alaska to Interior within 90 days of the act's enactment, then Interior must convey the federal land to Cape Fox. Upon conveyance of the surface estate of the federal land to Cape Fox, Interior must convey the subsurface estate of the federal land to Sealaska Corporation (the Alaska Native regional corporation representing southeastern Alaska).
The act reserves a public access easement on the federal land conveyed to Cape Fox and Sealaska.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- May 19, 2026 Became Public Law No: 119-93.
- May 19, 2026 Signed by President.
- May 12, 2026 Presented to President.
- Mar 3, 2026 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Feb 26, 2026 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S697-699)
- Feb 26, 2026 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 26, 2026 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 16, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 15, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 15, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5879-5880)
- Dec 15, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2815.
- Dec 15, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5879-5880)
- Dec 15, 2025 Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Oct 31, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.
- Oct 31, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-354.
- Sep 17, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 17, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 17, 2025 Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
- May 20, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held
- May 13, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- Apr 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Apr 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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