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Rules Committee advances GOP Congressional Review Act resolutions to roll back BLM land-management plans
Summary
Republican members urged overturning Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans for the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska, ANWR coastal plain and Buffalo Field Office via three CRAs; Democrats warned that using the CRA here would erase years of collaborative land-use planning and harm tribes, ecosystems and long-term planning.
The House Rules Committee considered three Congressional Review Act resolutions that would reverse recent Bureau of Land Management land-management decisions in Alaska and Wyoming and reopen millions of acres to energy development.
Chairman Bruce Westerman testified that S.J.Res.80, H.J.Res.130 and H.J.Res.131 would correct ‘‘misguided’’ resource-management plans finalized by the prior administration, restore leasing access in the National Petroleum…
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