S. 1008 · Where this bill is now
Became law through another bill
Its text was included in H.R. 2815, Public Law 119-93 (per the Congressional Research Service). This bill number itself: In committee.
See H.R. 2815 on Congress.gov ↗
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryAllows Cape Fox to select different Alaska lands
This bill changes the rules for how an Alaska Native village corporation called Cape Fox can receive land it's entitled to. Instead of taking about 185 acres in a specific township near the village of Saxman, Cape Fox can now choose different land, including about 180 acres in the Tongass National Forest. If Cape Fox makes this choice within 90 days, the federal government must transfer that land to Cape Fox, while a related regional corporation called Sealaska gets the subsurface rights (minerals and resources underground). The bill also keeps a public access easement on the land so people can still use it.
How it affects you
This change is primarily about fulfilling land rights for Cape Fox and the Alaska Native communities it represents. Most Americans won't be directly affected, though people who use the Tongass National Forest may see a change in what lands remain under federal control, though public access is preserved.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Mar 12, 2025)
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 corporation representing southeastern Alaska).
The bill 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 SessionS. 1008
A BILL
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) · Introduced Mar 12, 2025 · Native Americans · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 13, 2025: “Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 28.”