Senate joint resolution · S.J.Res. 91 (119th Congress)
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code…
U.S. Senate
Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (U.S. Senator for Alaska, Republican)
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A 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 "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision".
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Summary
This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), issued on December 9, 2024, and related to the record of decision (ROD) for the program that leases, develops, produces, and transports oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain program area within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The 2024 ROD that is being nullified by this resolution replaced the 2020 ROD that made all of the approximately 1.6 million acres of the program area available for oil and gas leasing. The 2024 ROD adopted Alternative D2 in the 2024 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, which made approximately 1.2 million acres unavailable for leasing or exploration in order to protect and conserve resources and certain uses in these areas. However, the 2024 ROD requires the statutory minimum of 400,000 acres to be made available for oil and gas leasing in a specified lease sale, subject to certain stipulations and operating procedures. Under current law, those acres must be located in the areas with the highest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons.
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Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · U.S. Senate
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Full history
- Dec 4, 2025
Introduced
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
U.S. Senate
- Dec 4, 2025
Indefinitely Postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
U.S. Senate
- Dec 3, 2025
Measure Laid Before Senate by motion. (consideration: cr S8473)
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S8473)
U.S. Senate
- Dec 3, 2025
Passed a chamber
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 47. Record Vote Number: 630.
U.S. Senate
- Dec 2, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 280.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 280.
U.S. Senate
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- Dec 2, 2025
In committee
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
U.S. Senate
- Oct 28, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate
- Oct 28, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Oct 28, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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