The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
H.J.Res. 130 Signed into law

Sponsored by Harriet M. Hageman (R)

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.

Cancels a rule that blocked federal coal leasing in Wyoming's Buffalo Field Office.

Tradeoff

Reverses the BLM's 2024 decision to stop offering coal for lease on federal land in the Buffalo Field Office area. Returns to the 2015 resource management plan that allows coal leasing.

What's in it

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The House passed this 214-212 on November 18, 2025. The Senate passed it 51-43 on November 20, 2025, and it was signed into law.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Oct 8, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(Oct 8, 2025)

  3. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed(Roll #294 · Nov 18, 2025)

    214 yeanay 212

  4. Senate

    Received from the House

    Received(Nov 19, 2025)

  5. Senate

    On the Joint Resolution

    Joint Resolution Passed(Roll #623 · Nov 20, 2025)

    51 yeanay 43

  6. House

    Sent to the President

    (Dec 3, 2025)

  7. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Donald Trump (R)

  8. Enacted

    Became law(Dec 11, 2025)

Final passage· 119th Congress · 2025–2027