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substantiveOct 8, 2025 · Senate roll call · passage · Result: Joint Resolution Passed

On the Joint Resolution — H. J. Res. 104

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

In plain language

  • House joint resolution in the 119th Congress.
  • Opens certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in eastern Montana to coal leasing.
  • House passed it on Sep 4, 2025 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

This joint resolution opens certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in eastern Montana to coal leasing. Specifically, it nullifies the rule issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) relating to the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for the Miles City Field Office in Montana. The BLM approved the RMP Amendment on November 20, 2024. The RMP Amendment made no acres available for coal leasing and 1,745,040 acres unavailable for further consideration for coal leasing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Roll-call breakdown

Yea52

Republican: 52

Nay47

Democrat: 45 · Independent: 2

Present0

Not Voting1

Republican: 1

How each member voted (100)

Yea (52)

Nay (47)

Not Voting (1)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.