HJRES 131
· 119th Congress
· Energy
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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Became Public Law No: 119-52.
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Dec 11, 2025
signed
Signed by President.
Dec 11, 2025
signed
Became Public Law No: 119-52.
Dec 10, 2025
sent
Presented to President.
Dec 04, 2025
floor
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S8500)
Dec 04, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 45. Record Vote Number: 632.
Dec 04, 2025
passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 45. Record Vote Number: 632.
Dec 04, 2025
floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 19, 2025
introduced
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Nov 18, 2025
floor
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 879. (consideration: CR H4750-4753)
Nov 18, 2025
floor
Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107 and H.R. 5214. The resolution provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides for one motion to recommit on H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214, and one motion to commit S.J. Res. 80.
Nov 18, 2025
floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.J. Res. 131.
Nov 18, 2025
floor
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Nov 18, 2025
floor
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.J. Res. 131, the Chair put the question on passage of the joint resolution and by voice vote announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Huffman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
Nov 18, 2025
floor
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4760)
Nov 18, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 209 (Roll no. 295). (text: CR H4750)
Nov 18, 2025
passed
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 209 (Roll no. 295). (text: CR H4750)
Nov 18, 2025
passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 17, 2025
committee
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 879 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107 and H.R. 5214. The resolution provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides for one motion to recommit on H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214, and one motion to commit S.J. Res. 80.
Oct 10, 2025
introduced
Introduced in House
Oct 10, 2025
introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Natural Resources Committee
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Introduced in House
Oct 10, 2025
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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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[H.J. Res. 131 Engrossed in House (EH)]
+[H.J. Res. 131 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
-<DOC>
+H.J.Res.131
-119th CONGRESS
-1st Session
-H. J. RES. 131
+One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
-_______________________________________________________________________
+of the
-JOINT RESOLUTION
+United States of America
+
+AT THE FIRST SESSION
+
+Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
+the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five
+
+Joint Resolution
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land
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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
+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.
-Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 2025.
+Speaker of the House of Representatives.
-Attest:
-
-Clerk.
-119th CONGRESS
-
-1st Session
-
-H. J. RES. 131
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-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''.
+Vice President of the United States and
+President of the Senate.
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