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 Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.

This joint resolution would cancel a government order from 2023 that blocked mining and energy drilling on about 225,504 acres of national forest land in three Minnesota counties for 20 years. That order was put in place to protect nearby waterways, wilderness areas, and tribal lands from possible damage caused by mining and energy exploration. If this resolution passes, the land would once again be open for companies to lease for mining minerals and developing geothermal energy.

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