IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2815 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 16, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village 
Corporation established for the Native Village of 
Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cape Fox Land Enti-
tlement Finalization Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CAPE FOX.—The term ‘‘Cape Fox’’ means 
the Cape Fox Village Corporation, a Village Cor-
poration for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, 
organized pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the approximately 180 acres of surface land 
within the Tongass National Forest in the State of 
Alaska, as generally depicted on the Map. 
(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Cape Fox Village Corporation Final Selec-
tion’’ and dated December 18, 2023. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. WAIVER OF CORE TOWNSHIP REQUIREMENT FOR 
CERTAIN LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 16(b) of 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1615(b)), Cape Fox shall not be required to select or re-
ceive conveyance of the approximately 185 acres of 
unconveyed land described in subsection (b) located within 
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the township in which the Native Village of Saxman, Alas-
ka, is located. 
(b) LAND DESCRIBED.—The land referred to in sub-
section (a) is as follows: 
(1) Approximately 40 acres in T. 74 S., R.90 
E., sec. 10, SWNE, Copper River Meridian. 
(2) Approximately 144.57 acres in T. 75 S., 
R.91 E., sec. 1, lots 1, 3, and 4, Copper River Me-
ridian. 
SEC. 
4. 
SELECTION 
OUTSIDE 
EXTERIOR 
SELECTION 
BOUNDARY. 
(a) SELECTION AND CONVEYANCE OF SURFACE ES-
TATE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, if Cape Fox submits to the Secretary 
a written notice of selection of the Federal land, the Sec-
retary shall, on receiving that written notice, convey the 
Federal land to Cape Fox. 
(b) CONVEYANCE
OF SUBSURFACE ESTATE.—On 
conveyance to Cape Fox of the surface estate to the Fed-
eral land under subsection (a), the Secretary shall convey 
to Sealaska Corporation the subsurface estate to that Fed-
eral land. 
(c) TIMING.—It is the intent of Congress that the 
Secretary complete the conveyances to Cape Fox and 
Sealaska Corporation under subsections (a) and (b), re-
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spectively, as soon as practicable after the date on which 
the Secretary receives a written notice of the selection of 
Cape Fox under subsection (a), but not later than 180 
days after the date on which the Secretary receives that 
written notice. 
(d) ENTITLEMENT FULFILLED.—The conveyance of 
Federal land to Cape Fox and the subsurface interest in 
the Federal land to Sealaska Corporation under sub-
sections (a) and (b), respectively, shall be considered to 
fulfill the entitlement of— 
(1) Cape Fox under section 16 of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1615); and 
(2) Sealaska Corporation to any subsurface in-
terest in the Federal land under section 14(f) of that 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(f)). 
SEC. 5. PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT. 
The conveyance of the Federal land under section 4 
shall be subject to the reservation of a public easement 
under section 17(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)) to allow for access to Na-
tional Forest System land further inland on Revillagigedo 
Island from the George Inlet. 
SEC. 6. VALID EXISTING RIGHTS. 
Unless otherwise agreed to by the Secretary, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, and Cape Fox, the conveyances 
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under this legislation shall be subject to any valid existing 
rights, reservations, rights-of-way, and other encum-
brances of third parties in, to, or on the Federal land as 
of the date of enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 15, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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