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".

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Congress acted within its express Property Clause power to direct use of federal reserve land, used lawful legislative procedure, infringed no rights, took no private property, and reduced rather than expanded federal restriction.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Congress has express authority over federal land under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, the Property Clause, which grants Congress power to dispose of and make all needful rules respecting territory and property belonging to the United States. Nullifying a Bureau of Land Management land-use plan for the National Petroleum Reserve through a joint resolution under Article I, Section 7 is a direct ex…
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  No provision of the first ten Amendments is infringed. The resolution does not restrict speech, religion, press or assembly under the First Amendment, does not implicate the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh or Eighth Amendments, and effects no taking of private property under the Fifth Amendment because oil and gas leases on federal reserve land are federal privileges, not vested private prop…
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The resolution removes a federal restriction on leasing rather than imposing a new restraint on person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It expands lawful opportunity for lease applicants and energy workers and leaves subsistence users subject only to the earlier 2020 plan rules, with no compelled conduct or belief. The government burden under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments is met because manag…
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  Federal reserve land is by nature a federal responsibility under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. An individual, county, or state cannot manage title to 23 million acres of federally owned reserve land; only the federal owner through Congress can decide lease availability. The resolution moves the decision from an executive agency rule back to an elected Congress under the Congressional Review Act…
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  No person is deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process under the Fifth Amendment. The joint resolution followed the prescribed legislative process in Article I, Section 7, with passage and presentment, becoming Public Law 119-47, plus the chapter 8 of title 5 review procedure with notice through Congress. No private land is taken and no just-compensation obligation under the Fifth…

Sources: Congress.gov: SJRES 80 summary