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 "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision".
What this bill does
AI plain-language summaryThis joint resolution cancels a 2022 plan created by the Bureau of Land Management for managing the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, a roughly 23-million-acre area on Alaska's North Slope. The 2022 plan had replaced a 2020 plan and closed about 48% of the reserve to oil and gas leasing to protect things like wildlife and food sources for local communities. By canceling the 2022 plan, this resolution would remove those protections and go back to the 2020 plan.
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Oct 30, 2025Discussion (4)
Explain what is at stake in this bill.
Both sides are misrepresenting this bill. If you read the actual text, it's more nuanced than either party admits.
The cost estimates on this are wildly optimistic. CBO's own analysis shows it'll cost 2-3x what sponsors claim.
People voting NO on this haven't read past the title. The enforcement mechanisms in Section 4 are actually quite reasonable.
My senator co-sponsored this and I'm genuinely disappointed. Expected better judgment on fiscal responsibility.