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".
Summary
What This Bill Does
This joint resolution disapproves the Bureau of Land Management's Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment under the Congressional Review Act. The text cites a Government Accountability Office opinion concluding that the BLM planning decision is a CRA-covered rule. The legal result is that the Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment has no force or effect for the Buffalo Field Office area in northeastern Wyoming.
Who Benefits and How
Powder River Basin coal interests, oil and gas operators, grazing permittees, and other public-land users in northeastern Wyoming benefit because the disapproval removes the BLM planning amendment as a binding layer of land-use restrictions or mitigation duties. These actors may face a more favorable pathway when seeking leases, permits, grazing authorizations, or rights-of-way under earlier and remaining rules.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Bureau of Land Management bears the implementation burden of managing Buffalo Field Office lands without relying on the disapproved amendment. Conservation organizations, wildlife-habitat advocates, nearby residents, and communities concerned about coal, oil, gas, or grazing impacts lose the protections or constraints created by the amendment, and CRA consequences limit BLM's ability to put a substantially similar replacement back in place without congressional authorization.
Key Provisions
- Blocks the BLM Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment from having force or effect under the Congressional Review Act.
- Limits BLM from issuing a substantially similar replacement rule unless Congress authorizes it.
- Directs future land-use, leasing, grazing, or right-of-way decisions back to remaining statutes, prior plans, and site-specific review.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Nullifies the Bureau of Land Management's Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment under the Congressional Review Act.
Key Policy Areas
Natural Resources, Energy, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
Nullifies the Bureau of Land Management's Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment under the Congressional Review Act.
Policy Domains
CRA disapproval of Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Powder River Basin coal interests
- Wyoming oil and gas operators
- Public-land grazing permittees
- Energy and public-land contractors
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Bureau of Land Management
- Wildlife-habitat advocates
- Communities relying on the Buffalo Field Office amendment's protections
- Department of the Interior
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Signed into LawBecame Public Law No: 119-51.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 43. …
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay …
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - …
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 130
H.J.Res. 130
On Passage
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "bureau_of_land_management"
- → Bureau of Land Management
- "government_accountability_office"
- → Government Accountability Office
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