CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 599

119th Congress · Session 1 · October 30, 2025

The vote on whether to pass the joint resolution

A joint resolution is a bill by another name: it goes to the other chamber and then to the President. Most of them are used to overturn a rule an agency has made.

What was being voted on

119-SJRES-80 — 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 "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision".

This joint resolution provides for congressional disapproval of a specific rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management. The rule in question relates to the "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision." This record of decision was issued on April 25, 2022. A letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated July 24, 2025, concluded that this record of decision is a rule under the Congressional Review Act. By passing this resolution, the rule shall have no force or effect.

The Senate recorded this as
On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 80
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 "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision".
Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 52Nay: 45Not Voting: 3100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D14301
Independent I0200
Republican R51002
Official record
How each member voted (100)
52 yea, 45 nay, 3 not voting