# 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".

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: arctic_refuge. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: cra_disapproval. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: energy_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_stewardship. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: land_use. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: public_lands. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: resource_management. 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 630: On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 91. Vote type: cloture.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure concerns a balance between environmental conservation of an Arctic wildlife area and energy development on public land. Both sides invoke legitimate goods (stewardship of creation and resource provision, respectively), and the dispute is prudential. It does not directly advance a named moral harm such as abortion, sexual corruption, unjust war, surveillance abuse, or monetary plunder, so it does not fit the good or evil categories cleanly.
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.

## Recorded votes

Roll 630: On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 91. Yea 49 · Nay 47 · Other 4.

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