United StatesProviding 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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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Dec 11Signed by President.Became Law
- Dec 11Became Public Law No: 119-51.Minor
- Dec 3Presented to President.To President
- Nov 20Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Vote recorded On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 130. Result: Joint Resolution Passed.Senate
- Nov 20Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 43. Record Vote Number: 623. (consideration: CR S8249-8259; text: CR S8249)Passed Senate
- Nov 20Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 19Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Vote recorded Legislative vote recorded. Result: Passed.House
- Nov 18Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 879. (consideration: CR H4746-4750)
- Nov 18Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107 and H.R. 5214. The resolution provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides for one motion to recommit on H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214, and one motion to commit S.J. Res. 80.
- Nov 18DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.J. Res. 130.
- Nov 18The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- Nov 18POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.J. Res. 130, the Chair put the question on passage of the joint resolution and by voice vote announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Huffman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- Nov 18Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4759)
- Nov 18Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 212 (Roll no. 294). (text: CR H4746)Passed House
- Nov 18Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Nov 17Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 879 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107 and H.R. 5214. The resolution provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides for one motion to recommit on H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214, and one motion to commit S.J. Res. 80.
- Oct 8Introduced in House
- Oct 8Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.Introduced