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 "North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".

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HJRES 105 is a constitutional exercise of congressional authority over federal public lands. Under the Property Clause and the Congressional Review Act process, Congress lawfully nullified a Bureau of Land Management resource plan, reducing federal restriction and infringing no rights or due process protections.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Congress has explicit authority here. Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (Property Clause) grants Congress power to dispose of and make all needful rules respecting federal territory and property, which includes Bureau of Land Management resource plans. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause) supports the Congressional Review Act mechanism in chapter 8 of title 5, United States …
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  Nullification of an executive land-use plan does not abridge First Amendment speech, press, religion, assembly, or petition, nor does it implicate Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendment protections. No search, seizure, compelled testimony, or punishment is authorized. Tenth Amendment reserved powers are respected because Congress returns management discretion rather than imposi…
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The resolution expands rather than restricts individual sovereignty. By nullifying limits on oil and gas development in low-potential areas and new coal leasing beyond four miles of existing mines, it reduces federal restraint on lawful labor, enterprise, and use of leased resources. No restriction on person, speech, belief, or property is imposed, so no compelling justification burden arises.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  Federal public lands are inherently federal to manage, so individual, local, or state handling alone is not legally sufficient while title remains in the United States. The action does not consolidate upward; it reverses agency centralization by disapproving a 2025 Bureau of Land Management plan that limited oil, gas, and coal development, thereby restoring congressional control and leaving room f…
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  No person is deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process under Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause, and no property is taken for public use without just compensation. The joint resolution follows prescribed legislative process - bicameralism and presentment under Article I, Section 7, Clauses 2-3 - with public enrollment as Public Law 119-49. It removes a restriction rather than impo…

Sources: Congress.gov: HJRES 105 summary