HR 2815
Became law
Requires the Interior Department to convey about 180 acres of Tongass National Forest land to Cape Fox Village Corporation, with the underlying mineral rights going to Sealaska Corporation, to finalize Cape Fox's land entitlement under Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Official title: Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
10-APR-2025
Referred
10-APR-2025
Approved by committee
17-SEP-2025
Reported
31-OCT-2025
On the calendar
31-OCT-2025
Passed
15-DEC-2025
Senate
Received
16-DEC-2025
Passed
26-FEB-2026
President
Presented
12-MAY-2026
Signed
19-MAY-2026
Became law
19-MAY-2026
- Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey about 180 acres of Tongass National Forest surface land to Cape Fox if Cape Fox gives written notice of its selection within 90 days of enactment
- Directs conveyance of the subsurface estate of that land to Sealaska Corporation, with a stated congressional goal of completing both conveyances within 180 days of the notice
- Waives the requirement that Cape Fox select about 185 acres of unconveyed land in the Native Village of Saxman's township, and reserves a public access easement from George Inlet to inland National Forest land on Revillagigedo Island
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Public Law, 19-MAY-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Senate)
Native Americans
No cosponsors.