This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), issued on December 9, 2024, and related to the record of decision (ROD) for the program that leases, develops, produces, and transports oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain program area within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The 2024 ROD that is being nullified by this resolution replaced the 2020 ROD that made all of the approximately 1.6 million acres of the program area available for oil and gas leasing. The 2024 ROD adopted Alternative D2 in the 2024 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, which made approximately 1.2 million acres unavailable for leasing or exploration in order to protect and conserve resources and certain uses in these areas. However, the 2024 ROD requires the statutory minimum of 400,000 acres to be made available for oil and gas leasing in a specified lease sale, subject to certain stipulations and operating procedures. Under current law, those acres must be located in the areas with the highest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 91 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 91
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land
Management relating to ``Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Record of Decision''.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 28, 2025
Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following
joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources
_______________________________________________________________________
JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land
Management relating to ``Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Record of Decision''.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the
rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ``Coastal
Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision'' (issued December
9, 2024, as a record of decision, and a letter of opinion from the
Government Accountability Office dated August 25, 2025, printed in the
Congressional Record on September 2, 2025, on pages S5557-S5560,
concluding that such record of decision is a rule under the
Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
<all>
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 280.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 47. Record Vote Number: 630.
Roll Call #630 (Senate)Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S8473)
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Llama 3.2 · runs locally in your browser
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line