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S.J.Res. 91 (119th): 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 "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision".

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 "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision".

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Recorded summary

This joint resolution would nullify a Bureau of Land Management record of decision issued December 9, 2024, for the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The 2024 decision made about 1.2 million of the program area's roughly 1.6 million acres unavailable for leasing and requires the statutory minimum of 400,000 acres to be offered in a specified lease sale, subject to stipulations. If enacted, the resolution would restore the 2020 decision, which made the entire program area available for leasing, and bar the agency from reissuing a substantially similar rule.

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Theological note: Scripture grants humanity dominion over creation as stewardship (Genesis 1:28; Genesis 2:15), which calls for care for the land and attention to the common good and the needs of neighbors, including energy provision. Questions about how much of a wild area to open to extraction involve weighing conservation against development. Scripture does not settle the specific acreage or leasing balance, so this issue is one of prudential stewardship rather than a clear direct moral harm.

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Recorded votes

Roll 630 · December 3, 2025, 02:53 PM · On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 91 · Motion to Proceed Agreed to (49-47)

Yea 49 · Nay 47 · Other 4

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