Highway Claims Resolution Act of 2005
Latest action · Aug 8, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
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.
- IntroducedJul 26, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Highway Claims Resolution Act of 2005 - Permits, for a four-year period following the enactment of this Act, the filing of claims asserting the existence and validity of right-of-ways, pursuant to a repealed section of the Revised Statutes (R.S. 2477), to build highways across public land not reserved for public uses. Deems a failure to make and prove such claim a relinquishment of all right-of-way rights. Requires claimants to submit evidence in support of a claim within six years of the claim filing.
Declares that claimants shall have the burden of proof that the grant of a right-of-way was validly accepted.
Directs an authorized officer (designated by the Secretary of the Interior) to review evidence submitted and determine whether the claim is presumptively valid. Subjects to judicial review the administrative record of the final decision of an authorized officer.
Prohibits charging a state, county, or local government a fee for the filing of a claim.
Allows the United States to retain exclusive possession or control of federal conservation, tribal, or defense lands traversed by a valid right-of-way, upon payment to the claimant of an amount set by the relevant district court.
Requires the recording of recognized claims.
Recognizes the prior adjudication of claimed rights-of-way by courts of competent jurisdiction. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter provisions of the: (1) Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 regarding rights-of-way with respect to public lands and National Forest System lands; or (2) Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act regarding Alaska's transportation and utility network.
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 Jul 26, 2005 |
| Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee | Referred Aug 8, 2005 | |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Aug 8, 2005 | |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Aug 8, 2005 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 8, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
- Aug 8, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
- Aug 8, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
- Jul 27, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1622-1624)
- Jul 26, 2005Introduced in House
- Jul 26, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1622Outlines E1623 | Mark Udall D-CO | Jul 27, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way under former section 2477 of the Revised Statutes, for the benefit of private landowners, State and local governments, and the public.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Highway Claims Resolution Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Administrative remedies
- Alaska
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Claims
- Compensation (Law)
- Department of the Interior
- Eminent domain
- Evidence (Law)
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Indian lands
- Indigenous peoples
- Judicial review
- Landowners
- Law
- Limitation of actions
- Maps
- Military bases
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public meetings
- Public records
- Right of property
- Right-of-way
- Roads and highways
- Surveying
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 26, 2005Introduced in House
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