SJRES 91 — Congress 119
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".
Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/91
Congress.gov subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures; Congressional oversight; Department of the Interior; Mining; Oil and gas; Energy
Issues impacted: Regulation & Agency Oversight (ai, high), Public Lands & Wildlife (ai, high), Energy & Climate (taxonomy, high)
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119 SJ 91 IS: 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”. U.S. Senate 2025-10-28 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IIA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 91 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 28, 2025 Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Sullivan ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision . 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.
Plain-English summary
Confidence: high · Complexity: simple · Model: grok-4.5
Here’s the simple version. This joint resolution is Congress trying to cancel a Bureau of Land Management decision about oil and gas leasing on Alaska’s Coastal Plain.
They’d do it with the Congressional Review Act—a law that lets Congress vote to wipe out an agency rule so it has zero legal effect. The BLM issued a “record of decision” in December 2024 on the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The Government Accountability Office later said that decision counts as a rule under the Review Act, which opens the door for this move. If the resolution became law, that BLM decision would be dead—no force, no effect.
People who watch oil and gas leases, Alaska public lands, or how much say Congress gets over Interior Department choices would notice. The text doesn’t spell out every acre or lease term inside the BLM decision. It just says Congress disapproves it and strips its power.
It was introduced in the Senate and sent to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
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| Issue | Yea advances | Nay advances | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy & Climate | Expand domestic fossil and all-of-the-above production | Status quo / reject this change | Yea voids the BLM Coastal Plain oil-and-gas leasing ROD so that agency decision no longer governs; Nay keeps the ROD in effect. |
| Regulation & Agency Oversight | Disapprove or nullify agency rules | Preserve agency rules and standards | Yea is a CRA disapproval that nullifies the BLM rule; Nay leaves the agency decision in force. |
| Public Lands & Wildlife | Access and multiple-use public lands | Status quo / reject this change | Yea removes force from the BLM Coastal Plain leasing program decision on public lands; Nay retains that decision. |