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S.J.Res. 89 Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources

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 "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".

Introduced
Oct 8, 2025
Sponsor
Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. (R-WY)
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STAGE 5 OF 8 — SENATE FLOOR

Currently in the Senate. Last action: indefinitely postponed by senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: cr s8395) on Nov 20, 2025.

  1. Senate Introduced in Senate Oct 8, 2025
  2. Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Oct 8, 2025
  3. Senate Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c). Nov 18, 2025
  4. Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 270. Nov 18, 2025
  5. Senate Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 621. Nov 19, 2025
  6. Senate Measure laid before Senate by motion. Nov 19, 2025
  7. Senate
    On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 89 Nov 19, 2025
    Agreed Yea 51 Nay 47 Roll Call
  8. Senate Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8395) Nov 20, 2025

Cosponsors

1

Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCoalCongressional oversightDepartment of the InteriorMiningWyoming

Committees

  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
    • Discharged From , Nov 18, 2025
    • Referred To , Oct 8, 2025

Summary

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.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.

Summary as of: Introduced in Senate

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