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HR 2815 119th Congress House Native Americans Alaska Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Federal-Indian relations Land transfers

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025

Introduced: April 10, 2025 Introduced by: Begich, Nicholas J. Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 23 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Passed/agreed to in House: 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
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025

This bill 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 bill 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 bill 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 bill'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 bill reserves a public access easement on the federal land conveyed to Cape Fox and Sealaska.

What's happening now May 19, 2026

Became Public Law No: 119-93.

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