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Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2024
1/14/2025, 5:11 PM
Summary of Bill S 3617
The Cape Fox Corporation has been seeking to finalize their land entitlement for many years, and this bill would help to resolve any remaining issues and ensure that the tribe receives the land to which they are entitled. The bill would also provide the tribe with additional resources and support to help them manage and develop their land in a sustainable and responsible manner.
If passed, the Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2024 would be a significant step forward for the Cape Fox Corporation and would help to strengthen their community and promote economic development in the region. The bill has received bipartisan support in Congress and is seen as a positive step towards addressing the land rights of Native American tribes in the United States.
Congressional Summary of S 3617
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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Current Status of Bill S 3617
Bipartisan Support of Bill S 3617
Total Number of Sponsors
12Democrat Sponsors
0Republican Sponsors
12Unaffiliated Sponsors
0Total Number of Cosponsors
2Democrat Cosponsors
0Republican Cosponsors
2Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 3617
Primary Policy Focus
Native AmericansAlternate Title(s) of Bill S 3617
Comments
Zainab Durham
1 year ago
I can't believe this new bill, it's just not right. It's gonna hurt us all in the long run. I don't know how they can do this to us. This is gonna be bad for everyone, mark my words.
Chaim Carroll
1 year ago
This thing is just a bunch of nonsense. I don't know why they're even bothering with it. It's gonna mess everything up for us regular folks. I can't believe they're trying to push this through. It's gonna be a disaster, mark my words.
Kohen Glenn
1 year ago
I can't believe this new bill, it's gonna mess everything up for us! Why are they doing this to us? Who's gonna be affected by this?
