Motion to Proceed Agreed to in the Senate on October 29, 2025 · 53 Yea, 46 Nay
Question: On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 80
In plain English: Congress is voting to cancel a Bureau of Land Management rule that limited oil and gas leasing in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. If approved, this action would allow more leasing by returning to an older management plan.
This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) titled National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision and issued on April 25, 2022. BLM's plan provides for the management of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, which is an approximately 23-million-acre area on Alaska’s North Slope. The 2022 plan replaced the 2020 plan and closed approximately 48% of the reserve to oil and gas leasing in order to protect certain surf…