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H.R. 2815 · 119th Congress · Public Law 119-93

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025

Became lawNative Americans
IntroducedApr 10, 2025
Passed HouseDec 15, 2025
Passed SenateFeb 26, 2026
To PresidentMay 12, 2026
Became lawMay 19, 2026

How this bill changes the law

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H.R. 2815 doesn't change any existing section of law. It created 5 new provisions of its own. Read from the bill text in its final form, as sent to the President.

New provisions of the bill's own

  • Sec. 2 Definitions
  • Sec. 3 Waiver of core township requirement for certain land
  • Sec. 4 Selection outside exterior selection boundary
  • Sec. 5 Public access easement
  • Sec. 6 Valid existing rights
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    What it does

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    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.

    Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Public Law, May 19, 2026).

    Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.

    What has happened

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    1. 2026-05-19Became Public Law No: 119-93.Library of Congress
    2. 2026-05-19Became Public Law No: 119-93.Library of Congress
    3. 2026-05-19Signed by President.Library of Congress
    4. 2026-05-19Signed by President.Library of Congress
    5. 2026-05-12Presented to President.House floor actions
    6. 2026-05-12Presented to President.Library of Congress
    7. 2026-03-03Message on Senate action sent to the House.Senate
    8. 2026-02-26Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S697-699)Senate
    9. 2026-02-26Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.Library of Congress
    10. 2026-02-26Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.Senate
    11. 2026-02-26Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.Library of Congress
    12. 2025-12-16Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Senate
    13. 2025-12-15Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.House floor actions
    14. 2025-12-15On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5879-5880)House floor actions
    15. 2025-12-15Passed/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)Library of Congress
    16. 2025-12-15DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2815.House floor actions
    17. 2025-12-15Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5879-5880)House floor actions
    18. 2025-12-15Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.House floor actions
    19. 2025-10-31Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.House floor actions
    20. 2025-10-31Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-354.House floor actions
    21. 2025-10-31Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-354.Library of Congress
    22. 2025-09-17Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.House committee actions
    23. 2025-09-17Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldHouse committee actions
    24. 2025-09-17Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs DischargedHouse committee actions
    25. 2025-05-20Subcommittee Hearings HeldHouse committee actions
    26. 2025-05-13Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.House committee actions
    27. 2025-04-10Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.House floor actions
    28. 2025-04-10Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
    29. 2025-04-10Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

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    After it became law

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    Nothing in the Federal Register names Public Law 119-93 yet (checked Oct 27, 2026). Many laws need no new rules: they set penalties, name a building, or fund something directly.