Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/131

Official text excerpt

Public Law 119–52: 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”. 
 Public Law 52 
 Public Law 119–52 139 Stat. 701 
 2025-12-11 
 2025-12-11 
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 PUBLIC LAW 119–52—DEC. 11, 2025 
 139 STAT. 701 
 Public Law 119–52 
 119th Congress 
 
 
 
 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”. Dec. 11, 2025 [ H.J. Res. 131 ] 
 
   Resolved   by   the   Senate   and   House   of   Representatives   of   the   United   States   of   America   in   Congress   assembled, 
 
 That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to “Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision” (issued December 9, 2024, as a record of decision, and a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated August 25, 2025, printed in the Congressional Record on September 2, 2025, on pages S5557–S5560, concluding that such record of decision is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no force or effect. 
 
 
 Approved December 11, 2025 . 
 
 
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY — H.J. Res. 131 ( S.J. Res. 91 ): 
 
 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025): 
 Nov. 18, considered and passed House. Dec. 4, considered and passed Senate. 
 
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