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H.J.Res. 104119th CongressPublic Lands and Natural Resources
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 "Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".
Sponsored by Rep. Troy Downing (R-MT) · 1 active : 1 Republican
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-48.
Where it standsBecame law52 representatives score as swing votes
Became law
- House: passedSep 3, 2025
- Senate: passedOct 8, 2025
- President: Signed into lawDec 11, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govThis joint resolution opens certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in eastern Montana to coal leasing. Specifically, it nullifies the
rule
issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) relating to the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for the Miles City Field Office in Montana. The BLM approved the RMP Amendment on November 20, 2024. The RMP Amendment made no acres available for coal leasing and 1,745,040 acres unavailable for further consideration for coal leasing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
On PassagePassed211 yea, 208 naySeptember 3, 2025 · Roll call 224
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 42 | 1 | 2% |
| Middle | 265 | 0 | 0% |
| Entrenched | 107 | 0 | 0% |
| All |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReferred to
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of the Interior
- Land use and conservation
- Mining
- Montana
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 78Middle 30–70
- 14Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has. Where the Senate has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
