Cancels a 2024 BLM plan that closed federal land in eastern Montana to coal leasing

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This joint resolution, which became law in December 2025, cancels a November 2024 amendment to the Bureau of Land Management's land-use plan for the area overseen by its Miles City Field Office in eastern Montana.^2,3 That amendment made no acres in the area available for coal leasing and ruled out about 1.75 million acres from further consideration for coal leasing, as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.^2,3 By canceling it, the resolution opens federal land in that area to coal leasing.^2,3 It was passed under the Congressional Review Act, which lets Congress cancel a recent federal agency rule through a joint resolution that becomes law.^2,3

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