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".
Summary
What This Bill Does
This joint resolution disapproves the Bureau of Land Management's Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision 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 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision has no force or effect for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain.
Who Benefits and How
Oil and gas companies seeking leases or development opportunities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain benefit because the resolution removes the disapproved BLM leasing-program decision as a barrier or constraint. Alaska state revenue interests and contractors tied to exploration, drilling, roads, pads, and support services may also benefit if lease activity or project planning becomes easier under remaining law.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Bureau of Land Management bears the administrative burden of treating the Coastal Plain decision as void and managing any leasing questions through other authorities. Conservation organizations, wildlife advocates, Gwich'in and other Alaska Native communities concerned about caribou and subsistence impacts, and climate-policy advocates lose the specific BLM decision that limited or structured coastal plain oil-and-gas leasing, while the CRA limits a substantially similar replacement without new authorization.
Key Provisions
- Blocks the BLM Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision 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 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision under the Congressional Review Act.
Key Policy Areas
Natural Resources, Energy
Primary Purpose
Nullifies the Bureau of Land Management's Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision under the Congressional Review Act.
Policy Domains
CRA disapproval of Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Arctic coastal plain oil and gas lessees
- Alaska oilfield contractors
- Alaska state revenue interests
- Energy and public-land contractors
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Bureau of Land Management
- Gwich'in and Alaska Native subsistence communities
- Conservation and wildlife advocates
- Department of the Interior
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
Signed into LawSigned by President.
Became Public Law No: 119-52.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 45. …
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay …
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S8500)
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - …
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 131
H.J. Res. 131
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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