Measure laid before Senate by motion.
This joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove a Bureau of Land Management rule implementing Public Land Order No. 7917, which withdrew certain Federal lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota.
The resolution states the specified rule (88 Fed.
Reg. 6308, Jan 31, 2023) shall have no force or effect.
Narrow and low-cost but faces Senate procedural barriers and uncertain executive acceptance; outcome depends on Senate clearance and presidential response.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is concise and well-targeted: it clearly identifies and nullifies a single administrative rule using the statutory mechanism for congressional disapproval. The core legal effect is unambiguous.
Progressives emphasize conservation and upholding the BLM withdrawal
Progressives emphasize conservation and upholding the BLM withdrawal
Likely opposes the resolution because it nullifies a BLM withdrawal of Federal lands.
They will view the withdrawal as a protection measure for public lands, conservation, and possibly recreation or cultural values.
Any claims about economic benefits from undoing the withdrawal would be treated skeptically and noted as uncertain without more detail.
Takes a pragmatic, evidence-seeking view.
Wants more specifics about what the withdrawal covered and its economic and environmental impacts before taking a firm stance.
Likely to weigh local input, federal land management goals, and any demonstrable harms or benefits.
Likely supports the resolution as restoring local and private economic opportunity by overturning a federal land withdrawal.
Views congressional disapproval as appropriate oversight of executive-branch land rules.
Emphasizes property rights, resource development, and limiting federal land restrictions.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Narrow and low-cost but faces Senate procedural barriers and uncertain executive acceptance; outcome depends on Senate clearance and presidential response.
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 140
On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 140
On the Motion to Table H.J.Res. 140
Progressives emphasize conservation and upholding the BLM withdrawal
Narrow and low-cost but faces Senate procedural barriers and uncertain executive acceptance; outcome depends on Senate clearance and presid…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is concise and well-targeted: it clearly identifies and nullifies a single administrative rule using the statutory mechanism for congressional disapproval. The core l…
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