United StatesA 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 "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".
What it does
This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on November 20, 2024, which amended the 2015 resource management plan (RMP) for the Buffalo Field Office in Wyoming to make no federal coal available for future leasing. Thus, the joint resolution requires the BLM to follow the 2015 RMP as it was before it was amended in 2024 and make coal available for leasing.
More detail
By way of background, the BLM developed the amendment to the plan in response to Western Organization of Resource Councils v. Bureau of Land Management. In that case, the court held that the BLM must evaluate the climate impacts of federal coal leasing in the Buffalo Field Office and include alternatives to limit or stop coal leasing in the evaluation in order to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act. After conducting the evaluation, the BLM amended the RMP and made BLM-managed coal resources in the Buffalo Field Office planning area unavailable for future leasing.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Postponed indefinitely
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Nov 20Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8395)Postponed indefinitely
- Nov 19Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 621.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 89. Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to.Senate
- Nov 19Measure laid before Senate by motion.
- Nov 18Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).Minor
- Nov 18Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 270.
- Oct 8Introduced in Senate
- Oct 8Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Introduced