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 "North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".

Bill: 119-hjres-105
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fedorchak, Julie [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-07-10
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of the Interior

Land use and conservation

Mining

North Dakota
Latest action: action_date: 2025-10-10
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-07-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) relating to the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the North Dakota Field Office and issued on January 8, 2025.&nbsp;</p><p>By way of background, an RMP guides the management of lands administered by BLM. The 2025 North Dakota&nbsp;RMP modified the 1988&nbsp;RMP, including by limiting development of oil and gas in low-potential areas and new coal leasing to areas within four miles of existing mines.</p>

tv_txt: IIA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 105 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 4, 2025 Received 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 North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (issued January 14, 2025, as a record of decision and approved resource management plan, and a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated June 25, 2025, printed in the Congressional Record on June 26, 2025, on pages S3556–S3558, concluding that such record of decision and approved resource management plan is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

Passed the House of Representatives September 3, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 105 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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 North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (issued January 14, 2025, as a record of decision and approved resource management plan, and a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated June 25, 2025, printed in the Congressional Record on June 26, 2025, on pages S3556–S3558, concluding that such record of decision and approved resource management plan is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

Passed the House of Representatives September 3, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 105 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2025 Ms. Fedorchak 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 rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (issued January 14, 2025, as a record of decision and approved resource management plan, and a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated June 25, 2025, printed in the Congressional Record on June 26, 2025, on pages S3556–S3558, concluding that such record of decision and approved resource management plan is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no force or effect.