HJRES 130 · enacted · significant
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 "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".
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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 "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".
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What this bill does
- This joint resolution overturns a 2024 Bureau of Land Management rule that stopped federal coal leasing in Wyoming's Buffalo Field Office.
- The action affects coal companies, environmental groups, and the federal government's management of public lands in Wyoming.
- The measure takes effect immediately upon passage and restores the 2015 resource management plan allowing coal leasing to resume.
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How might resuming coal leasing on federal lands in Wyoming affect local communities economically compared to the environmental costs of continued extraction?
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What evidence supported the Bureau of Land Management's 2024 decision to stop coal leasing, and does that evidence still apply under the restored 2015 plan?
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Which stakeholders—coal companies, environmental groups, Wyoming residents, or the federal government—bear the greatest financial or regulatory burden from this rule reversal?
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Sponsor · R-WY
Harriet M. Hageman
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Introduced 2025-12-11
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Legislative timeline
2025-12-11 · President
Became Public Law No: 119-51.
2025-12-11 · BecameLaw
Became Public Law No: 119-51.
2025-12-11 · President
Signed by President.
2025-12-11 · BecameLaw
Signed by President.
2025-12-03 · house · Floor
Presented to President.
2025-12-03 · President
Presented to President.
2025-11-20 · senate · Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2025-11-20 · senate · Floor
Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 43. Record Vote Number: 623. (consideration: CR S8249-8259; text: CR S8249)
2025-11-20 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 43. Record Vote Number: 623.
2025-11-20 · senate · Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
2025-11-19 · senate · IntroReferral
Received in the Senate, read twice.
2025-11-18 · house · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-11-18 · house · Floor
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 212 (Roll no. 294). (text: CR H4746)
2025-11-18 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 212 (Roll no. 294). (text: CR H4746)
2025-11-18 · house · Floor
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4759)
2025-11-18 · house · Floor
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.J. Res. 130, the Chair put the question on passage of the joint resolution and by voice vote announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Huffman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
2025-11-18 · house · Floor
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
2025-11-18 · house · Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.J. Res. 130.
2025-11-18 · house · Floor
Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107 and H.R. 5214. The resolution provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides for one motion to recommit on H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214, and one motion to commit S.J. Res. 80.
2025-11-18 · house · Floor
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 879. (consideration: CR H4746-4750)
2025-11-17 · house · Floor
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 879 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107 and H.R. 5214. The resolution provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides for one motion to recommit on H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214, and one motion to commit S.J. Res. 80.
2025-10-08 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2025-10-08 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-10-08 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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