This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on November 20, 2024, which amended the 2015 resource management plan (RMP) for the Buffalo Field Office in Wyoming to make no federal coal available for future leasing. Thus, the joint resolution requires the BLM to follow the 2015 RMP as it was before it was amended in 2024 and make coal available for leasing.
By way of background, the BLM developed the amendment to the plan in response to Western Organization of Resource Councils v. Bureau of Land Management. In that case, the court held that the BLM must evaluate the climate impacts of federal coal leasing in the Buffalo Field Office and include alternatives to limit or stop coal leasing in the evaluation in order to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act. After conducting the evaluation, the BLM amended the RMP and made BLM-managed coal resources in the Buffalo Field Office planning area unavailable for future leasing.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2025-11-20 | Vote | Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 43. Record Vote Number: 623. (consideration: CR S8249-8259; text: CR S8249) | Senate |
| 2025-11-20 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. | Senate |
| 2025-11-19 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate, read twice. | Senate |
| 2025-11-18 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2025-11-18 | Vote | On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 212 (Roll no. 294). (text: CR H4746) | House floor actions |
| 2025-11-18 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4759) | House floor actions |
| 2025-11-18 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.J. Res. 130, the Chair put the question on passage of the joint resolution and by voice vote announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Huffman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced. | House floor actions |
| 2025-11-18 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. | House floor actions |
| 2025-11-18 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.J. Res. 130. | House floor actions |
| 2025-11-18 | Floor | Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107 and H.R. 5214. The resolution provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides for one motion to recommit on H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214, and one motion to commit S.J. Res. 80. | House floor actions |
| 2025-11-18 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 879. (consideration: CR H4746-4750) | House floor actions |
| 2025-11-17 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 879 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107 and H.R. 5214. The resolution provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides for one motion to recommit on H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214, and one motion to commit S.J. Res. 80. | House floor actions |
| 2025-10-08 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House floor actions |
| 2025-10-08 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |