# H.J.Res. 60 (119th): This joint resolution allows off-road vehicles to be used in certain areas of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, which is in northern Arizona and southeastern Utah and contains Lake Powell

This joint resolution allows off-road vehicles to be used in certain areas of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, which is in northern Arizona and southeastern Utah and contains Lake Powell. Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the rule issued by the National Park Service (NPS) titled Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Motor Vehicles and published on January 13, 2025. Under the rule, the NPS limited the use of off-road vehicles, such as off-highway vehicles and all-terrain vehicles, in certain areas. For instance, the rule prohibited the use of off-road vehicles on an 8-mile segment of the Poison Spring Loop located on Route 633 proceeding north to Route 730 in the Orange Cliffs Special Management Unit. The rule also eliminated the authority of the NPS to open the upper portion of the Flint Trail in that unit to off-road vehicles. Additionally, the rule limited off-road vehicle use from certain roads to the shoreline of the lake.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: administrative_law. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: congressional_review_act. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: motor_vehicle_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: park_access. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: public_lands. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: recreational_access. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: regulatory_disapproval. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 110: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 236: On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 60. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 239: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 60. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure is a Congressional Review Act disapproval of a land-management rule. It does not directly advance or restrain a named moral harm. It involves prudential trade-offs between recreational access and resource or landscape protection, along with questions about administrative process. A prudent high-level judgment therefore places it in the mixed or prudential category.
Theological note: The issue touches on stewardship of creation, the responsible use of shared public lands, and the balance between recreational access and the protection of fragile landscapes and waters around Lake Powell. It also raises the question of whether agency rulemaking is being reviewed through proper, accountable process. These are prudential concerns rather than a direct moral violation, so the measure is relevant as a matter of stewardship and governance, not as a clear case of moral harm.

## Recorded votes

Roll 110: On Passage. Yea 219 · Nay 205 · Other 9.
Roll 236: On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 60. Yea 53 · Nay 47 · Other 0.
Roll 239: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 60. Yea 50 · Nay 43 · Other 7.

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