H.J. Res. 106, Public Law 119-50

The November 12, 2024, plan no longer has legal force, reversing federal land-management decisions for Alaska’s Central Yukon region.

What the law does ​

• Disapproves the Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan.
• Declares the rejected plan legally ineffective.

Who it affects ​

• Bureau of Land Management officials responsible for the Central Yukon region.
• People and organizations using or affected by federal land in the Central Yukon region.

Context ​

The Government Accountability Office determined that the plan qualified as 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 “Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan”. ​

This joint resolution rejects the Bureau of Land Management’s Central Yukon land-use decision and resource management plan issued on November 12, 2024. As a result, the plan has no legal force or effect.

Key takeaways

• Congress disapproves the Bureau of Land Management’s Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan.
• The rejected plan was issued on November 12, 2024.
• The Government Accountability Office concluded that the plan qualified as a rule subject to congressional review.
• The rule has no force or effect.
• The joint resolution was approved on December 11, 2025.