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 "Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".
Summary
What This Bill Does
H.J.Res.151 is a Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution. It targets the Bureau of Land Management rule relating to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan and provides that the rule shall have no force or effect. The targeted resource-management plan governs monument land use, conservation standards, access, and development limits for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The practical result is not a new replacement rule; it is a congressional veto of the agency action, which can also restrict the agency from issuing a substantially similar rule without new statutory authority.
Who Benefits and How
Local grazing permittees benefit because disapproval would remove or prevent the regulatory obligations created by the rule. Members of Congress opposing the rule benefit because the CRA provides a direct vehicle to nullify the agency action. Regulated parties benefit from clearer congressional opposition to the rule and less near-term implementation risk. Outdoor recreation businesses benefit if disapproval reopens management flexibility around access and permitted uses.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Bureau of Land Management rulemaking staff must respond to congressional disapproval and may be constrained from issuing a substantially similar rule. Grand Staircase monument managers bear the burden if protections, standards, or program changes in the rule are blocked. Congressional oversight committees must handle the policy consequences of removing the rule without passing a replacement. Conservation organizations may lose the management plan's protections for habitat, cultural resources, and monument lands.
Key Provisions
- Provides congressional disapproval of the Bureau of Land Management rule relating to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan.
- Blocks the rule by declaring that it shall have no force or effect.
- Uses the Congressional Review Act rather than ordinary notice-and-comment rulemaking.
- Restricts the agency's ability to issue a substantially similar rule unless Congress authorizes it.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove the Bureau of Land Management rule relating to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan, causing that rule to have no force or effect.
Key Policy Areas
Administrative Law, Congressional Review Act
Primary Purpose
Uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove the Bureau of Land Management rule relating to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan, causing that rule to have no force or effect.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Local grazing permittees
- Members of Congress opposing the rule
- Regulated parties
- Congressional oversight committees
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Bureau of Land Management rulemaking staff
- Grand Staircase monument managers
- Congressional oversight committees
- Program administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
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