Congress rejects North Dakota land management plan from January 2025.
H.J.Res. 105 — 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 "North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan". · Filed by Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) · Introduced Jul 10, 2025 · Signed
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What it does
Congress voted to disapprove a land management plan for North Dakota. The Bureau of Land Management made this plan. The disapproval makes the plan no longer valid. Congress used the Congressional Review Act to reject it.
Who it affects
The Bureau of Land Management must decide what to do next. Companies that drill for oil, mine minerals, or build wind and solar power may be affected. People who hunt, fish, or camp on public lands may be affected.
One thing to notice
The bill rejects the plan but does not say what rules will replace it. The Bureau of Land Management will need to make new decisions.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jul 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 10, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
- Sep 3, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 211 (Roll no. 226). (text: CR H3791)”
- Oct 8, 2025 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 45. Record Vote Number: 556”
- Dec 1, 2025 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
- Dec 11, 2025 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-49”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
3 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 4 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $453,600 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 21 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 61% of bills with any report.
Julie Fedorchak, who sponsored the bill, received $993,850 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Americans for Prosperity — $390,000 in 1 report
- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership — $50,000 in 1 report
- The Conservation Alliance — $13,600 in 2 reports
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- Bureau of Land Management — A federal agency that manages public lands owned by the United States.
- Congressional Review Act — A law that lets Congress reject rules made by federal agencies.
- disapprove — To officially reject or say no to something.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,440 characters) on Jul 10, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-17.
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