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H.J.Res. 104

Became law

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 "Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".

Sponsor
RTroy Downing· Montana
Introduced
July 10, 2025
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action
Became Public Law No: 119-48.December 11, 2025
[119th Congress Public Law 48]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

[[Page 139 STAT. 697]]

Public Law 119-48
119th Congress

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 ``Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and 
Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment''. <<NOTE: Dec. 11, 
2025 - [H.J. Res. 104]>> 

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 ``Miles City 
Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan 
Amendment'' (issued November 20, 2024, as a record of decision and 
resource management plan amendment, and a letter of opinion from the 
Government Accountability Office dated June 25, 2025, printed in the 
Congressional Record on June 26, 2025, on pages S3552-S3554, concluding 
that such record of decision and resource management plan amendment is a 
rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no 
force or effect.

Approved December 11, 2025.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 104 (S.J. Res. 61):
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
Sept. 3, considered and passed House.
Oct. 7, 8, considered and passed Senate.

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This bill disapproves a specific rule from the Bureau of Land Management regarding the Miles City Field Office's resource management plan. The bill states that it will have no effect. This means that Congress is rejecting this particular decision about land management.

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