This joint resolution would disapprove the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management titled "Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan." The record of decision and approved resource management plan was issued January 13, 2025. A Government Accountability Office letter dated January 15, 2026 concluded that the record of decision and approved resource management plan is a rule under the Congressional Review Act; that letter was printed in the Congressional Record on February 25, 2026 (pages S675-677). The text of the resolution states that Congress disapproves the rule and that the rule "shall have no force or effect." The resolution was introduced in the Senate on March 4, 2026 by Senators Mike Lee and John Curtis and was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
If enacted, the specific BLM rule named in the resolution would be nullified and would have no force or effect. No publicly available information on other direct effects, implementation steps, or timelines is included in the resolution text or metadata. The resolution is currently at the committee referral stage.
No publicly available information on costs or budgetary effects is included in the resolution text or metadata.
The resolution was introduced by Senators Mike Lee and John Curtis to disapprove the BLM rule. No publicly available information in the text or metadata states the sponsors' detailed reasons, findings, or supporting arguments.
No publicly available information on opponents' views, objections, or supporting arguments is included in the resolution text or metadata.