H.J.Res. 131
Became lawProviding 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.
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Official source on Congress.gov ↗[119th Congress Public Law 52] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [[Page 139 STAT. 701]] Public Law 119-52 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 ``Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision''. <<NOTE: Dec. 11, 2025 - [H.J. Res. 131]>> 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. Approved December 11, 2025. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 131 (S.J. Res. 91): --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025): Nov. 18, considered and passed House. Dec. 4, considered and passed Senate. <all>
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This bill disapproves a rule from the Bureau of Land Management regarding the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The bill states that it will have no effect, meaning that Congress does not support the rule and wants to prevent it from being implemented.
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Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to 'Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision' and such rule shall have no force or effect.
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