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US HJR151

Joint Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/4/2026

Primary Sponsor

Celeste Maloy

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Disapproves and nullifies the Bureau of Land Management's Resource Management Plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, issued January 13, 2025

  • Uses the Congressional Review Act (chapter 8 of title 5, U.S. Code) to overturn the BLM rule, rendering it with no force or effect

  • References a Government Accountability Office opinion dated January 15, 2026, confirming the management plan qualifies as a "rule" subject to congressional review

  • Introduced March 4, 2026 by Rep. Maloy (Utah) with 6 cosponsors, primarily from Utah and Nevada, and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

Legislative Description

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 "Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".

Public lands and natural resources

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

3/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources3/4/2026

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