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H.J.Res. 130

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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 Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment.

Sponsor
RHarriet M. Hageman· Wyoming
Introduced
October 8, 2025
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action
Became Public Law No: 119-51.December 11, 2025
[119th Congress Public Law 51]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

[[Page 139 STAT. 700]]

Public Law 119-51
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 ``Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and 
Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment''. <<NOTE: Dec. 11, 
2025 - [H.J. Res. 130]>> 

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 ``Buffalo 
Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan 
Amendment'' (issued November 20, 2024, as a record of decision and 
approved resource management plan amendment, and a letter of opinion 
from the Government Accountability Office dated September 18, 2025, 
printed in the Congressional Record on September 29, 2025, on pages 
S6825-S6826, 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. 130 (S.J. Res. 89):
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
Nov. 18, considered and passed House.
Nov. 20, considered and passed Senate.

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In plain terms

This bill disapproves a specific rule made by the Bureau of Land Management regarding the Buffalo Field Office's resource management plan. The bill states that it will have no effect. This action is part of Congress's authority to review and reject certain regulations under the Congressional Review Act.

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  • Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to 'Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment' and such rule shall have no force or effect.

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