119th Congress Native Americans
H.R. 2815: Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
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- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (completed)
- To the President (completed)
- Became law (completed)
Summary
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).
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The act reserves a public access easement on the federal land conveyed to Cape Fox and Sealaska.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Who scored on this bill
- 1Nicholas Begich SponsorIntroduced, marked up, reported, passed House, discharged, passed Senate, became law7 events+186
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History
- Signed by the President. Became Public Law 119-93.
- Presented to the President.
- Passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by Nicholas Begich.
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- Signed by President.
- Became Public Law No: 119-93.
- Presented to President.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S697-699)
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5879-5880)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2815.
- 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)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5879-5880)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-354.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.
- Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.