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H.J.Res. 131

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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 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision.

Sponsor
RNicholas J. Begich III· Alaska
Introduced
October 10, 2025
Policy area
Energy
Latest action
Became Public Law No: 119-52.December 11, 2025
[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):
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
Nov. 18, considered and passed House.
Dec. 4, considered and passed Senate.

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Plain-language analysis

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In plain terms

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.

Hidden provisions

  • 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.

Questionable / off-intent provisions

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Junk / unrelated provisions

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