The Secretary shall convey the subsurface estate to Sealaska Corporation
To provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes, section 4, Sec. 4.
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The Secretary shall convey the subsurface estate to Sealaska Corporation
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 4 in the PDF
What the document says
“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.”
Subsection (b). Once the surface estate goes to Cape Fox under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior is required to convey the subsurface estate in the same land to Sealaska Corporation.
What the document actually says
“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.”
That sentence, in plain words
Sealaska gets what is under the ground. That happens when Cape Fox gets the top.
What this is about
Land can be split in two. One part is the top. The other part is what lies below it.
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Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025, Public Law 119-93, sec. 4, 140 Stat. 828 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ93/html/PLAW-119publ93.htm
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“The Secretary shall convey the subsurface estate to Sealaska Corporation,” Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025, section 4, Sec. 4. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/cape-fox-land-entitlement-finalization-act-2025/proposal/sec04-subsurface-to-sealaska/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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