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H.J.Res. 105

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 "North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".

Sponsor
RJulie Fedorchak· North Dakota
Introduced
July 10, 2025
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action
Became Public Law No: 119-49.December 11, 2025
[119th Congress Public Law 49]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

[[Page 139 STAT. 698]]

Public Law 119-49
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 ``North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision 
and Approved Resource Management Plan''. <<NOTE: Dec. 11, 2025 - [H.J. 
Res. 105]>> 

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 ``North 
Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management 
Plan'' (issued January 14, 2025, as a record of decision and approved 
resource management plan, 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 S3556-S3558, concluding that such 
record of decision and approved resource management plan 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. 105 (S.J. Res. 62):
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
Sept. 3, considered and passed House.
Oct. 8, considered and passed Senate.

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This bill disapproves a rule from the Bureau of Land Management regarding the North Dakota Field Office's Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan. It states that this rule will have no legal effect.

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