Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
Introduced Apr 10, 2025 by Rep. Nicholas J. Begich
Signed into law.
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.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- May 19, 2026Became Public Law No: 119-93.
- May 19, 2026Signed by President.
- May 12, 2026Presented to President.
- Mar 3, 2026Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Feb 26, 2026Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S697-699)
- Feb 26, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 26, 2026Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 16, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 15, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 15, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5879-5880)
- Dec 15, 2025Passed/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, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2815.
- Dec 15, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5879-5880)
- Dec 15, 2025Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Oct 31, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.
- Oct 31, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-354.
- Sep 17, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 17, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 17, 2025Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
- May 20, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- May 13, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- Apr 10, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Apr 10, 2025Introduced in House