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[H.R. 2815 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2815

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six


                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Cape Fox Land Entitlement 
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 Corporation for the Native Village of 
    Saxman, Alaska, organized pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
    Settlement 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 entitled ``Cape Fox 
    Village Corporation Final Selection'' 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 receive conveyance of the approximately 185 acres 
of unconveyed land described in subsection (b) located within the 
township in which the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, is located.
    (b) Land Described.--The land referred to in subsection (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 Meridian.
SEC. 4. SELECTION OUTSIDE EXTERIOR SELECTION BOUNDARY.
    (a) Selection and Conveyance of Surface Estate.--Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, if Cape Fox submits to 
the Secretary a written notice of selection of the Federal land, the 
Secretary 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 Federal land under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall convey to Sealaska Corporation the subsurface estate to 
that Federal 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), respectively, 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 subsections (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 interest 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 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(b)) to allow for 
access to National 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 Secretary of 
Agriculture, and Cape Fox, the conveyances under this legislation shall 
be subject to any valid existing rights, reservations, rights-of-way, 
and other encumbrances of third parties in, to, or on the Federal land 
as of the date of enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.