Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
Where it stands
- Introduced4/10/25
- Passed HousePassed 12/15/25
- SenatePassed 2/26/26
- PresidentSigned 5/19/26
- LawPublic Law 119-93
Passed the House by voice vote on December 15, 2025. Passed the Senate by unanimous consent on February 26, 2026. Became Public Law 119-93 on May 19, 2026.
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent — no individual positions were recorded.
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.
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4/10/25
What happens next
Became Public Law 119-93.
All actions (23)
- 4/10/25Introduced in House
- 4/10/25Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 5/13/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- 5/20/25Subcommittee Hearings Held
- 9/17/25Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
- 9/17/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 9/17/25Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- 10/31/25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-354.
- 10/31/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.
- 12/15/25Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 12/15/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5879-5880)
- 12/15/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2815.
- 12/15/25Passed/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)
- 12/15/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5879-5880)
- 12/15/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 12/16/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 2/26/26Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- 2/26/26Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- 2/26/26Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S697-699)
- 3/3/26Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 5/12/26Presented to President.
- 5/19/26Signed by President.
- 5/19/26Became Public Law No: 119-93.