U.S. Senate · November 20, 2025
Roll call 623 · 119th Congress, session 1
H.J.Res. 130 — 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 Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan…
The vote on whether to pass the joint resolution A joint resolution is a bill by another name: it goes to the other chamber and then to the President. Most of them are used to overturn a rule an agency has made.
Passed
51 yes 43 no
The Senate said yes · recorded as “Joint Resolution Passed”
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
What was being voted on
119-HJRES-130 — 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 Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment.
This joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to officially disapprove of a specific rule. The rule in question is the Bureau of Land Management's "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment." Because of this resolution, that rule will no longer have any force or effect. The text notes the rule was issued on November 20, 2024. It also mentions a Government Accountability Office letter of opinion from September 18, 2025.
