S.J. Res. 80, Public Law 119-47

The disapproved land-management decision no longer has legal force or effect.

What the law does ​

• Rejects the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision issued on April 25, 2022.
• Removes the decision’s legal force and effect.

Who it affects ​

• The Bureau of Land Management.
• Energy and environmental interests affected by management of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

Context ​

The Government Accountability Office found that the decision was a rule subject to congressional review.

Breakdown ​

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 rejects the Bureau of Land Management’s 2022 decision governing the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. As a result, that decision has no legal force or effect.

Key takeaways

• Congress disapproves the Bureau of Land Management’s National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision.
• The affected decision was issued on April 25, 2022.
• The Government Accountability Office concluded that the decision qualified as a rule subject to congressional review.
• The rejected rule has no force or effect.
• The joint resolution was approved on December 5, 2025.