On Passage — S J RES 80 — 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 “National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision

- This Senate joint resolution from the 119th Congress is described in the title as 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 "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision". - The official summary says this joint resolution reopens portions of the National Petroleum Reserve for oil and gas leasing. - (The reserve is an approximately 23-million-acre area on Alaska’s North Slope.) Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies a plan submitted by the Bureau of Land Management in a rule titled National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision and issued on April 25, 2022. - The 2022 plan replaced the 2020 plan and closed approximately 48% of the reserve to oil and gas leasing in order to protect certain surface resources and uses, such as protecting wildlife and providing subsistence for communities. - Thus, the joint resolution removes the protections provided under the 2022 plan and reverts to the 2020 plan. - Roll-call votes recorded on this measure: on October 29, 2025, the Senate vote on the recorded question was PROCEDURAL and Motion to Proceed Agreed to; on October 30, 2025, the Senate vote on the recorded question was SUBSTANTIVE (passage) and Joint Resolution Passed; and on November 19, 2025, the House vote on passage was SUBSTANTIVE (passage) and Passed.