Signed into law
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".
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.)
- Measure
- S.J.Res. 80 · 119th Congress
- Latest action
- December 5, 2025
- Policy changes
- 1
- Source
- CRS summary (Public Law) · Congress.gov
Became Public Law No: 119-47.
Who wrote it
Sponsor
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK)Joined by 1 cosponsor, 1 of them from the day it was introduced. Introduced September 18, 2025.
All 1 cosponsors
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) · original
How Congress voted
Senate · October 30, 2025
Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 45. Record Vote Number: 599.
52 yea · 45 nay · 3 other · Republicans 51–0 · Democrats 1–43 · Independents 0–2 · Official record
House · November 19, 2025
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 209 (Roll no. 296).
216 yea · 209 nay · 8 other · Republicans 213–1 · Democrats 3–208 · Official record
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Provision 1
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.
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