119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Oct 8, 2025
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".
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Latest action (Nov 20, 2025): Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8395)
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Oct 8, 2025)
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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
Senate · Nov 19, 2025 · Roll call 621 · Motion to Proceed Agreed to
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8395)
Measure laid before Senate by motion.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 621. Roll call details
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 270.
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
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EARTHJUSTICE ACTION · lobbying firm or registrant: EARTHJUSTICE ACTION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$107,772
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…g our Dams Act FY26 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill S. 2296/H.R. 3838 NDAA 2026 Secure Minerals Act of 2025 (no bill number yet) H.J. Res. 130/S.J. Res.89 - 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 "B…
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NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$640,000
Spent on own lobbying
…on Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan" S. 3511, Permit Reform In Mining for Energy and Defense Act (PRIMED) Act, All Titles H.J.Res.130 / S.J.Res.89, 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 "Bu…
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