Legislation· Nov 2025Sponsored by Cynthia M. Lummis (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 "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".
Would overturn a federal rule blocking coal leasing on Wyoming public land.
Tradeoff
Revokes a 2024 Bureau of Land Management amendment that stopped coal leasing in the Buffalo Field Office. Restores the prior 2015 plan that allows federal coal to be leased.
What's in it
The Senate agreed to proceed to this bill on November 19, 2025, by a vote of 51–47. The bill has not yet been voted on for final passage.
Senate
Introduced
(Oct 8, 2025)
Senate
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources(Oct 8, 2025)
Senate
Taken away from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Discharged by petition(Nov 18, 2025)
A petition forced the committee to release the bill without acting on it.
Senate
On the
Motion to Proceed to S.J.Res. 89
Motion to Proceed Agreed to(Roll #621 · Nov 19, 2025)
51 yeanay 47
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
Recently introduced · no floor action yet