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H.R. 2815 · 119th Congress

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025

Introduced Apr 10, 2025Policy area: Native AmericansPublic Law 119-93

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Became law

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Became Public Law No: 119-93.

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.

Actions

  1. Became Public Law No: 119-93.

  2. Signed by President.

  3. House

    Presented to President.

  4. Senate

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  5. Senate

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S697-699)

  6. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  7. Senate

    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  8. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  9. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  10. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5879-5880)

  11. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2815.

  12. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5879-5880)

Show 10 earlier actions
  1. House

    Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  2. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.

  3. House

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-354.

  4. House

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

  5. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  6. House

    Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged

  7. House

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  8. House

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.

  9. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  10. Introduced in House