HJRES 131
Became law
Disapproves the Bureau of Land Management's December 2024 record of decision on oil and gas leasing in the Coastal Plain and declares it to have no force or effect.
Official title: 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.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
10-OCT-2025
Referred
10-OCT-2025
On the calendar
17-NOV-2025
Passed
18-NOV-2025
Senate
Received
19-NOV-2025
Passed
04-DEC-2025
President
Presented
10-DEC-2025
Signed
11-DEC-2025
Became law
11-DEC-2025
- Disapproves the Bureau of Land Management rule 'Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision,' issued December 9, 2024.
- Declares that the rule has no force or effect.
- Relies on a Government Accountability Office opinion dated August 25, 2025, that the record of decision is a rule under the Congressional Review Act.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Public Law, 11-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
Energy
No cosponsors.