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S.J.Res. 89 · Public Lands and Natural Resources
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".
Introduced Oct 8, 2025 · Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8395)
What does this mean?

This resolution would cancel a recent federal decision that stopped new coal mining leases on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) — the federal agency that oversees mining, grazing, and other uses of government-owned land — in the Buffalo Field Office area of Wyoming, a major coal-producing region. The BLM had made that decision after a court ruled it needed to study the climate effects of coal leasing there; based on that study, the agency chose to stop offering new coal leases going forward. If this resolution passes, that no-new-leasing decision would be undone, and the BLM would go back to its older 2015 plan, which does allow new coal leasing in that area. In practice, this affects coal companies seeking to mine on that public land, as well as anyone concerned with the climate or environmental impact of continued coal leasing there.

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Bill Lifecycle
Real action history from Congress.gov — where this bill is in the process, and every recorded step along the way.
Introduced in Senate
Oct 8, 2025
Referred to Committee
Oct 8, 2025
Full action history (7)
Oct 8, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Oct 8, 2025Introduced in Senate
Nov 18, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 270.
Nov 18, 2025Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
Nov 19, 2025Measure laid before Senate by motion.
Nov 19, 2025Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 621.
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