Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources".

This joint resolution would cancel a rule from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that was published on September 3, 2024. The rule requires oil and gas companies working on the Outer Continental Shelf to give the government an archaeological report that identifies potential archaeological resources on the sea floor before they can get approval for their activities. These archaeological resources are things like material remains from human life or activities that are at least 50 years old. Before this rule, companies only had to provide such reports when a government official had reason to think archaeological resources might be present in the area.

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