H.J.Res. 106 · 119th Congress

Overturns the Bureau of Land Management's 2024 land plan for Alaska's Central Yukon area

Official title: 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 "Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".1

Became lawConservation and development on federal lands

§1What it does

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This law uses the Congressional Review Act, which lets Congress overturn federal agency rules, to cancel the Bureau of Land Management's resource management plan for the Central Yukon planning area in Alaska, issued on November 12, 2024.2,3 A resource management plan guides how the agency manages the public lands it oversees in an area.3 The canceled plan had revised the area's earlier plan, including by designating 21 areas of critical environmental concern or research natural areas covering about 3.6 million acres.3

§2Status

StatusBecame law (Public Law 119-50).1
IntroducedJuly 14, 2025
SponsorRep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large]
Cosponsors0 cosponsors
Official recordH.J.Res. 106 on Congress.gov

§3How Congress voted

Why this matters: The official count.

House, September 3, 2025

On Passage: Passed — 215 yes, 210 no, 6 not voting.4

Senate, October 9, 2025

On the Joint Resolution: Joint Resolution Passed — 50 yes, 46 no, 4 not voting.5