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This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) relating to the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for Alaska’s Central Yukon planning area and issued on November 12, 2024. The Central Yukon RMP modified the prior RMP for the area, including by designating 21 areas of critical environmental concern or research natural areas, encompassing approximately 3,611,000 acres.
Action Timeline
2025-10-07
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 181.
2025-10-07
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
2025-10-07
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
2025-07-22
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2025-07-22
Introduced in Senate
Frequently Asked Questions
Did SJRES.63 pass?
SJRES.63 is still alive. Current stage: INTRODUCED. Pass likelihood: pending.
What does SJRES.63 do?
This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) relating to the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for Alaska’s Central Yukon planning area and issued on November 12, 2024. The Central Yukon RMP modified the prior RMP for the area, including by designating 21 areas of critical environmental concern or research natural areas, encompassing approximately 3,611,000 acres.
Who sponsored SJRES.63?
SJRES.63 was sponsored by Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).
Full Bill Text
IIA Calendar No. 181 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 63 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 22, 2025 Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Ms. Murkowski ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources October 7, 2025 Committee discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c), and placed on the calendar 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 Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan . That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (issued November 12, 2024, as a record of decision and resource management plan, and a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated June 25, 2025, printed in the Congressional Record on June 26, 2025, on pages S3554–S3556, concluding that such record of decision and resource management plan is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no force or effect. October 7, 2025 Committee discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c), and placed on the calendar
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