shall consult with each relevant Federal agency or 
tribe regarding the evidence submitted for a claim 
and any objections raised regarding the claim’s va-
lidity. 
(2) 
CONCURRENCE
REQUIREMENT.—Before 
making a determination that a claim is presump-
tively valid, the authorized officer shall obtain the 
concurrence of each Federal agency responsible for 
management of lands affected by the claim. 
SEC. 7. RELATION TO OTHER LAW AND PRIOR DETERMINA-
TIONS. 
(a) RELATIONSHIP OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In making an administrative 
determination of whether the grant of a right-of-way 
pursuant to R.S. 2477 over unreserved public lands 
was validly accepted prior to the latest available 
date, the authorized officer shall apply Federal law 
and the law of the State in which the claimed right- 
of-way is located, and which was in effect on the lat-
est available date, to the extent that such State law 
is consistent with Federal law. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to limit or expand the appli-
cability of State law with respect to any matter re-
lating to the scope of a valid right-of-way established
pursuant to R.S. 2477, including, but not limited to, 
the type of road surface, maintenance, liability, and 
the extent of use. 
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND 
MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1976 AND ALASKA NATIONAL IN-
TEREST LANDS CONSERVATION ACT.—Nothing in this 
Act is intended to, or shall be constructed to, affect, 
change, alter, or modify title V of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.) 
or title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.). 
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO PRIOR DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) STATUS OF PRIORS DETERMINATIONS.—Ex-
cept as provided in this subsection, nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to apply to or affect the sta-
tus of any judicial or administrative determinations 
made prior to the date of enactment of this Act re-
garding any claim or assertion based on R.S. 2477. 
(2) FILING AND RECORDING OF CERTAIN DE-
TERMINATIONS.—Any final judicial or administrative 
determination regarding any claim or assertion 
based on R.S. 2477 made on or before the date that 
is 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act 
shall be filed with the relevant State office of the
Bureau of Land Management and recorded on the 
appropriate land records of the relevant State. 
(3) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO FILE.—Failure to 
file or record a determination pursuant to paragraph 
(2) shall be deemed to constitute a relinquishment of 
any rights purported to have been acquired under 
R.S. 2477. 
(4) REVIEW.—A deeming of relinquishment 
pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to review 
in the United States District Court for the District 
of Columbia or the United States District Court in 
the district within which the longest lineal portion of 
the claimed R.S. 2477 right-of-way lies. 
(5) TIME FOR FILING.—Any action initiated in 
district court pursuant to paragraph (4) shall be 
filed not later than 7 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. LIMITATION. 
Except with regard to a notice of a claim filed pursu-
ant to this Act during the period specified in section 3, 
no officer, agency, or court of the United States shall take 
any action to affirm the validity of any assertion that any 
person or entity other than the United States has a prop-
erty interest in a right-of-way pursuant to R.S. 2477.
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to implement this Act. 
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