{"format":1,"id":"119-sjres-80","congress":119,"number":"S.J.Res. 80","kind":"joint_resolution","group":"bills","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 \"National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision\".","title_source":"Display Title","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 \"National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision\".","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","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 \"National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision\"."},{"type":"Display Title","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 \"National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision\"."}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 119-47","introduced":"2025-09-18","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-11-18","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h296","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 “National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision","result":"Passed","yea":216,"nay":209,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll296.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-10-30","vote":{"id":"119-2025-s599","question":"On the Joint Resolution","title":"S.J. Res. 80","result":"Joint Resolution Passed","yea":52,"nay":45,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00599.xml"}}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2025-12-05"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 119-47.","date":"2025-12-05"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"senate","date":"2025-10-29","question":"On the Motion to Proceed","title":"Motion to Proceed to S.J.Res. 80","result":"Motion to Proceed Agreed to","yea":54,"nay":46,"present":0,"not_voting":0,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00595.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-12-05","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This joint resolution reopens portions of the National Petroleum Reserve for oil and gas leasing. (The reserve is an approximately 23-million-acre area on Alaska’s North Slope.)"},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies a plan submitted by the Bureau of Land Management in a rule titled National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision and issued on April 25, 2022. The 2022 plan replaced the 2020 plan and closed approximately 48% of the reserve to oil and gas leasing in order to protect certain surface resources and uses, such as protecting wildlife and providing subsistence for communities. Thus, the joint resolution removes the protections provided under the 2022 plan and reverts to the 2020 plan."}],"words":116},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Provides that Congress disapproves the Bureau of Land Management rule relating to the \"National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision\" and that the rule has no force or effect.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/80/text/enr"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional disapproval of the Bureau of Land Management's National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to \"National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision.\"","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/80/text/enr"}},{"text":"Provides that the disapproved rule shall have no force or effect.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/80/text/enr"}},{"text":"Identifies the rule as a record of decision issued April 25, 2022.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/80/text/enr"}},{"text":"Refers to a Government Accountability Office letter of opinion dated July 24, 2025, printed in the Congressional Record on July 28, 2025, concluding that the record of decision is a rule under the Congressional Review Act.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/80/text/enr"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/80/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/senate-joint-resolution/80","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/80/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-sjres-80.png","v":"324bbf9b518a","alt":"Votes on Record. S.J.Res. 80, 119th Congress: 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 \"National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision\". House: 216 Yea, 209 Nay. Senate: 52 Yea, 45 Nay. Outcome: Became law, 5 Dec 2025."}}