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SJRES 89 · introduced · significant

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 "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".

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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 "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".

What this bill does

  • This joint resolution cancels a 2024 Bureau of Land Management rule that stopped federal coal leasing in Wyoming's Buffalo Field Office.
  • The rule affects coal companies seeking to lease federal land and environmental groups concerned about climate impacts.
  • It takes effect immediately upon passage and restores the previous 2015 plan that allows coal leasing.

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  1. 01

    How would restoring coal leasing on federal land in the Buffalo Field Office affect Wyoming's economy and local communities compared to the environmental costs of increased coal production?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the claim that the 2024 rule change caused problems significant enough to justify reversing the federal government's decision to halt new coal leases?

  3. 03

    Which groups would benefit financially from restoring coal leasing, and who bears the costs if climate and environmental impacts from increased coal production occur?

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Sponsor · R-WY

Cynthia M. Lummis

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-11-20 · senate · Floor

    Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8395)

  2. 2025-11-19 · senate · Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by motion.

  3. 2025-11-19 · senate · Floor

    Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 621.

  4. 2025-11-18 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 270.

  5. 2025-11-18 · senate · Discharge

    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).

  6. 2025-11-18 · Committee

    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).

  7. 2025-10-08 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  8. 2025-10-08 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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