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 "Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".

The resolution would formally disapprove the Bureau of Land Management's Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan, issued November 12, 2024. Using the Congressional Review Act procedure, it states that Congress disapproves the rule and that it 'shall have no force or effect,' effectively voiding the plan. The underlying plan had modified the prior resource management plan for the area, including designating 21 areas of critical environmental concern or research natural areas covering roughly 3,611,000 acres. The resolution itself does not create a replacement land-use plan or direct the agency to take any specific new action beyond disapproval. Under the Congressional Review Act, a rule disapproved this way generally cannot be reissued in substantially the same form without new statutory authority.

The Bureau of Land Management and Interior Department officials who manage federal land in Alaska's Central Yukon planning area, along with businesses, tribes, conservation groups, and residents whose activities—such as mining, oil and gas development, recreation, or habitat protection—depend on how that land is designated and managed.

If enacted, the plan's environmental protections and land-use designations for roughly 3.6 million acres would be voided, likely triggering renewed planning or leaving prior management rules in place instead. The Congressional Review Act's bar on reissuing a similar rule could limit the agency's future options for managing the same area.

Because this is a Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution, it works differently from ordinary legislation: it requires no agency rulemaking of its own. If passed by both chambers and signed (or enacted over veto), the disapproved BLM rule immediately loses legal force. The Bureau of Land Management would then need to determine how to manage the Central Yukon planning area under the prior resource management plan or through new agency action, since the Congressional Review Act restricts issuing a substantially similar rule without new legal authority.