This resolution would block a Bureau of Land Management resource management plan for the Central Yukon area in Alaska, issued in November 2024, using the Congressional Review Act. The plan governs how millions of acres of federal land in interior Alaska are managed — including rules around mining, subsistence activities, and wildlife protection. Overturning it would affect Alaska Natives, miners, hunters, and other Alaskans who depend on access to these public lands.
Environmental Concerns
- BLM Central Yukon resource management plan — Nullified under the Congressional Review Act
- Protective coverage across interior Alaska federal lands — Conservation and subsistence provisions removed with the plan
- Mining and extraction availability on Central Yukon acreage — Reopened with the underlying plan rescinded
- BLM authority to reissue a similar plan — Substantially similar rules barred under CRA
Corporate Benefits
- Extraction-industry access to interior Alaska federal lands — Restored after CRA disapproval
Congressional Summary
This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) relating to the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for Alaska’s Central Yukon planning area and issued on November 12, 2024. The Central Yukon RMP modified the prior RMP for the area, including by designating 21 areas of critical environmental concern or research natural areas, encompassing approximately 3,611,000 acres.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-07-22
- Date Added
- 2026-04-06
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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