H.R. 2815 · Where this bill is now
Became law
Public Law 119-93, May 19, 2026
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryFinalizes Cape Fox land entitlement in Alaska
Cape Fox Corporation, an Alaska Native village corporation, has been waiting to receive land as part of a long-standing entitlement. This act lets Cape Fox skip a requirement to take land near Saxman, Alaska, and instead select about 180 acres in Tongass National Forest. If Cape Fox notifies the Department of the Interior of its choice within 90 days, the federal government must hand over the surface land to Cape Fox and the subsurface rights to Sealaska Corporation, another Alaska Native regional corporation. The public keeps access rights to the land.
How it affects you
This change is specific to Cape Fox and the Alaska Native communities it represents. Most people won't be directly affected, though it does resolve a long-standing land dispute and transfer some federal forest land to Alaska Native entities.
Read the official summary (Public Law, May 19, 2026)
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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 2815
AN ACT
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
Sponsor: Rep. Nicholas Begich (R-AK-At Large) · Introduced Apr 10, 2025 · Native Americans · 5 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action May 19, 2026: “Became Public Law No: 119-93.”