Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act of 2003

Summary

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act of 2003 - Provides that Cape Fox Corporation shall not be required under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to select or receive conveyance of 160 nonproductive acres. Permits Cape Fox to select and the Secretary of the Interior to convey 99 acres of the surface estate of Tongass National Forest lands outside Cape Fox's current exterior selection boundary. Directs the Secretary to convey the subsurface estate to those lands to Sealaska Corporation. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to offer and, if accepted by Cape Fox, to exchange specified Tongass National Forest lands for lands and interests identified by Cape Fox from specified lands previously conveyed to it. States that the Cape Fox land conveyed to the Federal Government shall include a public trail easement unless the Secretary of Agriculture agrees otherwise. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon conveyance by Cape Fox of such lands and conveyance and relinquishment by Sealaska of the subsurface estate underlying those lands and other specified Tongass National Forest lands, to convey to Sealaska Tongass National Forest lands selected by Sealaska from a specified area. Requires: (1) such exchange to be considered a modification of the Sealaska Corporation/United States Forest Service Split Estate Exchange Agreement; and (2) conveyances under this Act by the Federal Government to be considered to be conveyances pursuant to ANCSA. Subjects Federal lands conveyed to Cape Fox and Sealaska under this Act to reservations of public easements only as mutually agreed to in the relevant exchange agreements, with such easements to be for access across the lands conveyed for use of national forests or other public land.

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Timeline

1. 30 April 2003

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 30 April 2003

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 30 April 2003

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 6 May 2003

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.

   Source: Committee

5. 1 October 2003

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

   Source: Committee

6. 1 October 2003

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 15 October 2003

   Calendars

   Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 189.

   Source: Calendars

8. 15 October 2003

   Reported

   Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-313.

   Source: Committee

9. 15 October 2003

   Reported

   Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-313.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Reported in House · 15 October 2003 · Official file
• Introduced in House · 30 April 2003 · Official file

Documents

6 official files

• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 15 October 2003

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 15 October 2003

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• Reported to House without amendment

  summary · EN · 15 October 2003

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 30 April 2003

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 30 April 2003

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 30 April 2003

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Sponsors

• DON YOUNG · R · Sponsor
• · hsii00 · Standing

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