Legislation· Dec 2025Sponsored by Dan Sullivan (R)
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".
Nullifies a 2022 rule that closed half the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to oil and gas leasing.
Tradeoff
Reopens about 11 million acres of Alaska's North Slope to oil and gas development. Removes protections for wildlife habitat and Native subsistence uses that the 2022 plan had established.
What's in it
The Senate agreed to proceed on October 29, 2025 (54-46). It passed the resolution on October 30, 2025 (52-45). The House passed it on November 18, 2025 (216-209), and it became law.
Senate
Introduced
(Sep 18, 2025)
Senate
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources(Sep 18, 2025)
Senate
Taken away from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Discharged by petition(Oct 28, 2025)
A petition forced the committee to release the bill without acting on it.
Senate
On the
Motion to Proceed to S.J.Res. 80
Motion to Proceed Agreed to(Roll #595 · Oct 29, 2025)
54 yeanay 46Senate
On the Joint Resolution
Joint Resolution Passed(Roll #599 · Oct 30, 2025)
52 yeanay 45House
Received from the Senate
Received(Oct 31, 2025)
House
Passage of the bill
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
Passed(Roll #296 · Nov 18, 2025)
216 yeanay 209House
Sent to the President
(Nov 25, 2025)
White House · Signature
Signed
Donald Trump (R)
Enacted
Became law(Dec 5, 2025)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Final passage· 119th Congress · 2025–2027