H.R. 2815 · Signed into law · Native Americans
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
Sponsor: Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK)
What it does
- Waives the statutory core township selection requirement for Cape Fox Corporation, allowing it to decline approximately 185 acres of previously selected land within the township containing Saxman, Alaska.
- Permits Cape Fox to select and receive approximately 180 acres of surface land within the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, outside its current selection boundary, by submitting written notice to the Department of the I
- Requires the Department of the Interior to convey the selected federal surface land to Cape Fox and the subsurface estate of the same land to Sealaska Corporation (the Alaska Native regional corporation) upon submission
- Reserves a public access easement on the federal land conveyed to Cape Fox and Sealaska to maintain public use rights.
Official summary
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…
Latest action
May 19, 2026: Became Public Law No: 119-93.
Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources