On the Joint Resolution — H.J. Res. 131
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.
In plain language
- House joint resolution in the 119th Congress.
- Replaced the 2020 ROD that made all of the approximately 1.6 million acres of the program area available.
- House passed it on Nov 19, 2025 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)
This joint resolution opens public land for oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies the record of decision (ROD) issued by the Bureau of Land Management on December 9, 2024, for the program that leases, develops, produces, and transports oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain program area within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The 2024 ROD that is being nullified by this resolution replaced the 2020 ROD that made all of the approximately 1.6 million acres of the program area available for oil and gas leasing. The 2024 ROD made approximately 1.2 million acres unavailable for leasing or exploration in order to protect and conserve resources and certain uses in these areas. However, the 2024 ROD requires the statutory minimum of 400,000 acres to be made available for oil and gas leasing in a specified lease sale, subject to certain stipulations and operating procedures. Under current law, those acres must be located in the areas with the highest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons.
Roll-call breakdown
Republican: 49
Democrat: 42 · Independent: 2 · Republican: 1
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Democrat: 3 · Republican: 3
How each member voted (100)
Yea (49)
- Ashley Moody (Republican–FL)
- Bernie Moreno (Republican–OH)
- Bill Cassidy (Republican–LA)
- Bill Hagerty (Republican–TN)
- Chuck Grassley (Republican–IA)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican–MS)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican–WY)
- Dan Sullivan (Republican–AK)
- David McCormick (Republican–PA)
- Deb Fischer (Republican–NE)
- Eric Schmitt (Republican–MO)
- James C. Justice (Republican–WV)
- James E. Risch (Republican–ID)
- James Lankford (Republican–OK)
- Jim Banks (Republican–IN)
- John Barrasso (Republican–WY)
- John Boozman (Republican–AR)
- John Cornyn (Republican–TX)
- John Hoeven (Republican–ND)
- John Kennedy (Republican–LA)
- John R. Curtis (Republican–UT)
- John Thune (Republican–SD)
- Jon Husted (Republican–OH)
- Joni Ernst (Republican–IA)
- Josh Hawley (Republican–MO)
- Katie Boyd Britt (Republican–AL)
- Kevin Cramer (Republican–ND)
- Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK)
- Markwayne Mullin (Republican–OK)
- Marsha Blackburn (Republican–TN)
- Mike Crapo (Republican–ID)
- Mike Lee (Republican–UT)
- Mike Rounds (Republican–SD)
- Mitch McConnell (Republican–KY)
- Pete Ricketts (Republican–NE)
- Rand Paul (Republican–KY)
- Rick Scott (Republican–FL)
- Roger F. Wicker (Republican–MS)
- Roger Marshall (Republican–KS)
- Ron Johnson (Republican–WI)
- Shelley Moore Capito (Republican–WV)
- Steve Daines (Republican–MT)
- Ted Budd (Republican–NC)
- Ted Cruz (Republican–TX)
- Thom Tillis (Republican–NC)
- Tim Scott (Republican–SC)
- Tim Sheehy (Republican–MT)
- Todd Young (Republican–IN)
- Tom Cotton (Republican–AR)
Nay (45)
- Alex Padilla (Democrat–CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (Democrat–MN)
- Andy Kim (Democrat–NJ)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (Democrat–MD)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (Independent–ME)
- Ben Ray Luján (Democrat–NM)
- Bernard Sanders (Independent–VT)
- Brian Schatz (Democrat–HI)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat–NV)
- Charles E. Schumer (Democrat–NY)
- Chris Van Hollen (Democrat–MD)
- Christopher A. Coons (Democrat–DE)
- Cory A. Booker (Democrat–NJ)
- Edward J. Markey (Democrat–MA)
- Elissa Slotkin (Democrat–MI)
- Elizabeth Warren (Democrat–MA)
- Gary C. Peters (Democrat–MI)
- Jack Reed (Democrat–RI)
- Jacky Rosen (Democrat–NV)
- Jeff Merkley (Democrat–OR)
- John Fetterman (Democrat–PA)
- John W. Hickenlooper (Democrat–CO)
- Jon Ossoff (Democrat–GA)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democrat–NY)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democrat–DE)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (Democrat–NH)
- Maria Cantwell (Democrat–WA)
- Mark Kelly (Democrat–AZ)
- Mark R. Warner (Democrat–VA)
- Martin Heinrich (Democrat–NM)
- Mazie K. Hirono (Democrat–HI)
- Michael F. Bennet (Democrat–CO)
- Patty Murray (Democrat–WA)
- Peter Welch (Democrat–VT)
- Raphael G. Warnock (Democrat–GA)
- Richard Blumenthal (Democrat–CT)
- Richard J. Durbin (Democrat–IL)
- Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR)
- Ruben Gallego (Democrat–AZ)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat–RI)
- Susan M. Collins (Republican–ME)
- Tammy Baldwin (Democrat–WI)
- Tammy Duckworth (Democrat–IL)
- Tim Kaine (Democrat–VA)
- Tina Smith (Democrat–MN)
Not Voting (6)
- Adam B. Schiff (Democrat–CA)
- Christopher Murphy (Democrat–CT)
- Jeanne Shaheen (Democrat–NH)
- Jerry Moran (Republican–KS)
- Lindsey Graham (Republican–SC)
- Tommy Tuberville (Republican–AL)
Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.