House adopts the resolution overturning the BLM rule on Alaska petroleum reserve planning
On Passage
NOV 18, 2025 · 8:59 PM ET
Party-line vote, except 3 Democrats and 1 Republican who crossed. 3 votes to spare over the 213 needed.
What the House was voting on
The House voted on whether to pass S.J.Res. 80, a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn a Bureau of Land Management plan for Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve. It would nullify the 2022 plan and reopen portions of the reserve to oil and gas leasing. The House passed it by 3 votes over the 213 needed.
Pass S.J.Res. 80 in the House.
Reject S.J.Res. 80 in the House.
Nullifies the 2022 plan for Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, restoring the earlier plan and its oil and gas leasing rules.
Signed into law on Dec. 5, 2025 as Public Law 119-47, 78 days after it was introduced.
- TIES
- A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.
213 is a majority of the 425 members voting yes or no. Members voting “present” or absent don’t count.
- TIES
- A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.
Party line, with 3 Democrats and 1 Republican crossing3 Democrats and 1 Republican crossed. It passed.
Every vote on S.J.Res. 80, in both chambersPassed the Senate. Passed the House.
CHAMBER CONTRASTThe Senate agreed to it 52–45 on Oct. 30, with 1 Democrat voting yes. The House agreed to it 216–209 on Nov. 18, with 3 Democrats voting yes.
- OCT 28Discharged from committeeDISCHARGED
- OCT 29#595Motion to proceedAGREED TO54–46
- OCT 30#599On adoptionPASSED52–451 Democrat voted yes
- NOV 18#290Previous question on the rule (H.Res. 879)AGREED TO217–211
- NOV 18#291On the rule (H.Res. 879)AGREED TO217–210
- NOV 18#296THIS VOTEOn adoptionPASSED216–2093 votes to spare over the 213 needed.
- NOV 25Sent to the PresidentTO PRESIDENT
- DEC 5Signed into lawSIGNED
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