Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act of 2003
Latest action · Oct 15, 2003 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 189.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act of 2003 - (Sec. 3) States 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.
(Sec. 4) 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.
(Sec. 5) 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.
(Sec. 6) 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. Considers such exchange to be a modification of the Sealaska Corporation/United States Forest Service Split Estate Exchange Agreement.
(Sec. 7) Requires the exchanges in this Act to be of lands of equal value. Excludes Cape Fox, Sealaska, and the United States from being subject to liability for the presence of any hazardous substance in land or interests therein solely as a result of conveyances under this Act. Considers the Federal lands conveyed to Cape Fox and Sealaska under this Act to be conveyed pursuant to ANCSA. Classifies lands or interests therein transferred to the United States under this Act as part of the Tongass National Forest. Prohibits lands conveyed to or selected by the State of Alaska under the Alaska Statehood Act from being eligible for selection or conveyance under this Act without the consent of the State of Alaska.
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, including easements necessary for access across the lands conveyed for use of national forests or other public land. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to add an equal number of acres to old growth reserves on the Tongass National Forest as are transferred out of Federal ownership by this Act.
(Sec. 8) Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2003Markup Oct 1, 2003Reported Oct 15, 2003 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 15, 2003Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-313.
- Oct 15, 2003Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 189.
- Oct 1, 2003Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 1, 2003Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- May 6, 2003Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
- Apr 30, 2003Introduced in House
- Apr 30, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Oct 7, 2003H.R. 1899, Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act of 2003<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 1, 2003</p>
- Oct 7, 2003H.R. 1899, Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act of 2003Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 1, 2003
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 108-490 | CAPE FOX LAND ENTITLEMENT ADJUSTMENT ACT; NEVADA NATIONAL FOREST DISPOSAL ACT; CRAIG RECREATION LAND PURCHASE ACT; CENTRAL NEVADA RURAL CEMETERIES ACT; AND TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE FOREST COUNTIES PAYMENTS COMMITTEE53 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Mar 10, 2004 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1354 | Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act of 2003 | Related bill | Sep 15, 2004 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act related to Cape Fox Corporation and Sealaska Corporation, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act of 2003
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Cape Fox Land Entitlement Adjustment Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Alaska
- Commerce
- Easements
- Environmental Protection
- Government liability
- Indian claims
- Indian lands
- Indigenous peoples
- Land transfers
- Law
- Liability for environmental damages
- Logging
- Lumber trade
- Minorities
- National forests
- Old growth forests
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Sports and Recreation
- Trails
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 15, 2003Reported in House
- Apr 30, 2003Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.