This part gives Cape Fox new land. Cape Fox must send a notice within 90 days. Then the top of the land goes to Cape Fox. What is under it goes to Sealaska. That ends what both are owed.
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 4 in the PDF
What the document says
“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.”
Subsection (a). Cape Fox has 90 days from enactment to give the Secretary of the Interior written notice that it selects the Federal land, and on receiving that notice the Secretary is required to convey the land to Cape Fox. Federal land is the surface land defined in section 2.
What the document actually says
“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.”
That sentence, in plain words
Cape Fox has 90 days to send a note. The note picks the land. Then the Secretary must hand the land over.
What this is about
The land is the 180 acres named earlier. Cape Fox picks it by sending the note.
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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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The document says “should”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 4 in the PDF
What the document says
“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.”
Subsection (c). It states the intent of Congress that the Secretary of the Interior finish both conveyances as soon as practicable after receiving the written notice of selection, and no later than 180 days after receiving it. The subsection is written as an intent rather than as a direction.
What the document actually says
“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.”
That sentence, in plain words
Congress wants this done fast. It must be done within 180 days of the note.
What this is about
The law calls this the intent of Congress. It sets an outer limit of 180 days.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 4 in the PDF
What the document says
“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)).”
Subsection (d). The conveyance of the Federal land to Cape Fox and of the subsurface interest to Sealaska Corporation are together treated as fulfilling the entitlement of Cape Fox under section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the entitlement of Sealaska Corporation to any subsurface interest in that land under section 14(f) of the same Act. Neither section is indexed here.
What the document actually says
“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)).”
That sentence, in plain words
These hand-overs pay off what the two groups are owed. Nothing more is owed after that.
What this is about
An older law said each was owed land. That law is named here. It is not indexed on this site.
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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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“Selection Outside Exterior Selection Boundary,” Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025, section 4. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/cape-fox-land-entitlement-finalization-act-2025/section-4/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
Cite the document when the claim is about what the document says. Cite this page when the indexing, the wording or the record of what has happened is what is being relied on.
What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out
Each of the four subsections: the notice of selection and the conveyance of the surface estate, the conveyance of the subsurface estate to Sealaska Corporation, the timing Congress states as its intent, and the provision that the two conveyances fulfill the entitlement of each corporation.
Nothing in the section is left out.
The section names sections 14(f) and 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and neither that Act nor those sections are indexed here, so nothing recorded says what entitlement either corporation held before this Act. The Federal land is the acreage the Map depicts, and the Map is not reproduced on this site.
