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S.J.Res. 80119th CongressEnergy
A joint resolution 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 "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision".
Sponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) · 1 active : 1 Republican
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-47.
Where it standsBecame law8 senators score as swing votes
Became law
- Senate: passedOct 30, 2025
- House: passedNov 18, 2025
- President: Signed into lawDec 5, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govThis joint resolution reopens portions of the National Petroleum Reserve for oil and gas leasing. (The reserve is an approximately 23-million-acre area on Alaska’s North Slope.)
Specifically, the joint resolution nullifies a plan submitted by the Bureau of Land Management in a rule titled
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision
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and issued on April 25, 2022. The 2022 plan replaced the 2020 plan and closed approximately 48% of the reserve to oil and gas leasing in order to protect certain surface resources and uses, such as protecting wildlife and providing subsistence for communities. Thus, the joint resolution removes the protections provided under the 2022 plan and reverts to the 2020 plan.
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 PassagePassed216 yea, 209 nayNovember 18, 2025 · Roll call 296
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 37 | 3 | 8% |
| Middle | 177 | 1 | 1% |
| Entrenched | 206 | 0 | 0% |
| All |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Alaska
- Congressional oversight
- Department of the Interior
- Mining
- Oil and gas
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 61Middle 30–70
- 31Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . 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
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
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.
