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SJRES 61 119th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of the Interior Land use and conservation Mining Montana

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…

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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".

Introduced: July 10, 2025 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
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Oct 7, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 179.
Oct 7, 2025
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
Jul 10, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 10, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) relating to the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for the Miles City Field Office in Montana and issued on November 20, 2024. 

By way of background, such an amendment revises an RMP, which guides the management of lands administered by BLM. This Miles City Field Office RMP Amendment made no acres available for coal leasing and 1,745,040 acres unavailable for further consideration for coal leasing.

What's happening now October 7, 2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 179.

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Sheehy, Tim
Montana · Jul 10, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 61: 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".. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-SJRES-61/
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"S.J. Res. 61: 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".." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-SJRES-61/.
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S.J. Res. 61, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-SJRES-61/.
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[S.J. Res. 61: 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".](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-SJRES-61/)
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