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S. 3617 (118th)

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2024

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Introduced

18 January 2024

Last action

20 December 2024 · Floor

Status

Held at the desk.

Sponsors

Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

24 March 2026

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Summary

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2024 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.

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Timeline

  1. 18 January 2024

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 18 January 2024

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 12 June 2024

    Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-394.

    Source: Committee

  4. 19 November 2024

    Reported

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    Source: Committee

  5. 21 November 2024

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 606.

    Source: Calendars

  6. 21 November 2024

    Reported

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

  7. 21 November 2024

    Reported

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

  8. 19 December 2024

    Passed

    Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7218; text: CR S7219--7220)

    Source: Floor

  9. 19 December 2024

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Floor

  10. 20 December 2024

    Floor

    Held at the desk.

    Source: Floor

  11. 20 December 2024

    Floor

    Received in the House.

    Source: Floor

  12. 20 December 2024

    Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

    Source: Floor

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Documents

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