{"format":1,"id":"119-hjres-131","congress":119,"number":"H.J.Res. 131","kind":"joint_resolution","group":"bills","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.","title_source":"Display Title","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\".","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","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\"."},{"type":"Display Title","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."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","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\"."}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 119-52","introduced":"2025-10-10","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-11-18","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h295","question":"On Passage","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”","result":"Passed","yea":217,"nay":209,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll295.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-12-04","vote":{"id":"119-2025-s632","question":"On the Joint Resolution","title":"H.J. Res. 131","result":"Joint Resolution Passed","yea":49,"nay":45,"present":0,"not_voting":6,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00632.xml"}}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2025-12-11"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 119-52.","date":"2025-12-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-12-11","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This joint resolution opens public land for oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the record of decision (ROD) issued by the Bureau of Land Management on December 9, 2024, 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."},{"k":"p","t":"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 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."}],"words":175},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Expresses congressional disapproval of the Bureau of Land Management's \"Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision\" issued December 9, 2024, and provides that the rule has no force or effect.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/131/text/enr#HBC605ABD2ACC413DAD8F9C42C0021532"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional Review Act disapproval of the Bureau of Land Management's Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that Congress disapproves the Bureau of Land Management rule titled \"Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision,\" issued December 9, 2024.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/131/text/enr#HBC605ABD2ACC413DAD8F9C42C0021532"}},{"text":"Provides that the disapproved rule \"shall have no force or effect.\"","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/131/text/enr#HBC605ABD2ACC413DAD8F9C42C0021532"}},{"text":"Refers to a Government Accountability Office letter of opinion dated August 25, 2025, which concludes that the record of decision is a rule under the Congressional Review Act.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/131/text/enr#HBC605ABD2ACC413DAD8F9C42C0021532"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/131/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/131","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/131/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hjres-131.png","v":"8b30b38bed19","alt":"Votes on Record. H.J.Res. 131, 119th Congress: 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. House: 217 Yea, 209 Nay. Senate: 49 Yea, 45 Nay. Outcome: Became law, 11 Dec 2025."}}