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Overturns the Bureau of Land Management's Miles City Field Office resource management plan, treating it as a rule under the Congressional Review Act so that it has no force or effect.

Official title: 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 "Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote
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Senate
Introduced 10-JUL-2025
Referred 10-JUL-2025
On the calendar 07-OCT-2025
Key points
  • Disapproves the Bureau of Land Management rule titled Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, issued November 20, 2024
  • Relies on a June 25, 2025 Government Accountability Office opinion that the plan is a rule under the Congressional Review Act
  • States that the rule shall have no force or effect
AI-generated from the Placed on Calendar Senate text of 07-OCT-2025 · verify · report an error
Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in Senate, 10-JUL-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor Steve Daines (R-MT) Cosponsors · 1
■ 1 R
1 Republican
congress.gov page Placed on Calendar Senate (07-OCT-2025) Introduced in Senate (10-JUL-2025)