Nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), issued on December 9, 2024, and related to the record of decision…
S.J.Res. 91119th Congress

Nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), issued on December 9, 2024, and related to the record of decision…

Passed the SenateSen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)1 section · 1 min read
Version: Placed on Calendar Senate · Dec 2, 2025

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S.J. Res. 91 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

Calendar No. 280 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 91

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".

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

October 28, 2025

Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

December 2, 2025

Committee discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c), and placed on the calendar

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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".

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.

Calendar No. 280

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. J. RES. 91

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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".

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December 2, 2025

Committee discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c), and placed on the calendar

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