Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
Public Law 119-93 · H.R. 2815 · 119th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Donald Trump (R) on May 19, 2026 · Native Americans
Sponsor: Rep. Nicholas Begich (R-AK)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
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.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Natural Resources Committee · House · discharged from, markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
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Related bills
2 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.
S. 3617 (118th Congress)Cross-Congress related bill
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2024
S. 1008Identical billPrimaryCompanionBillBecameLawPublic law contains the textSecondaryCompanionBillBecameLaw
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 22 actions.
- May 19, 2026Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 119-93.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- May 12, 2026FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Mar 3, 2026FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Feb 26, 2026FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 16, 2025CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 15, 2025FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2815.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Oct 31, 2025CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-354.
- Sep 17, 2025CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
- May 20, 2025CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee Hearings Held
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- May 13, 2025CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- Apr 10, 2025CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.