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".
Sponsored by Dan Sullivan
Became Public Law No: 119-47.
Dec 5, 2025
This joint resolution nullifies a 2022 Bureau of Land Management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (a approximately 23-million-acre area on the North Slope) and reverts to the 2020 plan. The 2022 plan had closed approximately 48% of the reserve to oil and gas leasing to protect surface resources and uses including wildlife habitat and subsistence activities. By nullifying the 2022 plan, the joint resolution reopens those closed portions of the reserve for oil and gas leasing.
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This joint resolution reopens portions of the National Petroleum Reserve for oil and gas leasing. (The reserve is an approximately 23-million-acre area on Alaska’s North Slope.) Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies a plan submitted by the Bureau of Land Management in a rule titled National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision and issued on April 25, 2022. The 2022 plan replaced the 2020 plan and closed approximately 48% of the reserve to oil and gas leasing in order to protect certain surface resources and uses, such as protecting wildlife and providing subsistence for communities. Thus, the joint resolution removes the protections provided under the 2022 plan and reverts to the 2020 plan.