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".

This resolution disapproves, under the Congressional Review Act, a Bureau of Land Management rule tied to the Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, issued November 20, 2024. That underlying plan amendment made no BLM land available for coal leasing and placed roughly 1,745,040 acres off-limits to further consideration for coal leasing, citing greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. A Government Accountability Office opinion concluded the plan amendment qualified as a rule subject to congressional review. Because Congress disapproved the rule and the President signed the resolution, the rule now has no force or effect. Under the Congressional Review Act, the agency generally may not reissue a substantially similar rule without new statutory authority.

The Bureau of Land Management, which administers the affected land, and coal companies or other parties interested in leasing the roughly 1.7 million acres in the Miles City Field Office area of eastern Montana that had been placed off-limits by the nullified rule.

With the rule voided, the land previously excluded from coal leasing consideration becomes eligible again, potentially opening it to future coal development. The reversal also limits the Bureau of Land Management's ability to reissue a similar plan restricting coal leasing on that land without new congressional action.