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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 "Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".
S. J. RES. 61 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 ``Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment''.
Summary
- Disapproves the Bureau of Land Management's "Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment" rule issued November 20, 2024
- Nullifies the rule, providing that it shall have no force or effect
- Acts under the Congressional Review Act procedures in title 5, United States Code
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Sponsor (1)
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Sen. Daines, Steve (R-MT)
1 cosponsor
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Sen. Sheehy, Tim (R-MT)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Steve Daines’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- Employer not reported $80,381
- ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $19,800
- APOLLO MANAGEMENT $15,400
- SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES $12,000
- FLORA FARMS $10,000
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Actions (4)
- Oct 7, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 179. · senate
- Oct 7, 2025 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c). · senate
- Jul 10, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
- Jul 10, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 10, 2025
Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Sheehy) 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 “Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment”.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to “Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment” (issued November 20, 2024, as a record of decision and resource management plan amendment, 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 S3552-S3554, concluding that such record of decision and resource management plan amendment is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
Calendar No. 179
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. J. RES. 61
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 “Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment”.
October 7, 2025
Committee discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c), and placed on the calendar
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