Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Onshore Oil and Gas Operations; Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases; Measurement of Oil".

Bill: 115-hjres-82
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-16
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Department of the Interior

Energy revenues and royalties

Indian lands and resources rights

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management titled &quot;Onshore Oil and Gas Operations; Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases; Measurement of Oil.&quot;The rule published in the Federal Register on November 17, 2016, addresses onshore oil and gas operations and production.</p>

tv_txt: IA 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 82 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 16, 2017 Mr. Westerman (for himself, Mr. Pearce , Mr. Gosar , and Mr. Cramer ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to Onshore Oil and Gas Operations; Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases; Measurement of Oil .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Onshore Oil and Gas Operations; Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases; Measurement of Oil (81 Fed. Reg. 81462 (November 17, 2016)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.