S.J.Res. 80Senate joint resolution · 119th CongressSigned into lawEnergy

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".

Sponsored byDan SullivanR-AKIntroduced Sep 18, 2025Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Dec 5, 2025) No: 119-47.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Dec 5, 2025

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.)

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.

Face Value

as enrolled
100Narrow

How much of this bill its name accounts for.

  • Every bill starts at100
  • Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

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What Congress did

3 recorded
  • decisive vote

    House · Nov 18, 2025

    Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.

    216209

    Passed

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  • On the decisive vote

    Senate · Oct 30, 2025

    5245

    Joint Resolution Passed

    Every vote →
  • On the

    Senate · Oct 29, 2025

    Whether to start debating it at all. Not a vote on the bill itself.

    5446

    Motion to Proceed Agreed to

    Every vote →

Who lobbied on this

1 organization

These organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.

  • Human Rights Campaignno position stated
    …Act, 2026 H.R. 5214: District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025 H.Res. 879: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) H.R. 5474: No DEI in DC Act S. Res. 503: A resolution recognizing the third commemoration of the anti-LGBTQ+ attack that occurred on… filing ↗

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