H.J.Res. 131 (119th): 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 "Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision".

This CRA joint resolution would nullify the Bureau of Land Management's December 9, 2024 Record of Decision for oil and gas leasing in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The 2024 ROD made about 1.2 million of roughly 1.6 million program acres unavailable for leasing or exploration and required a statutory minimum of 400,000 acres to be offered in a specified lease sale. If enacted, disapproval would revert to the 2020 ROD, which made all program acres available for leasing.

Theological note: Scripture grants humanity stewardship over creation (Gen. 2:15; Ps. 24:1), which bears on how public lands and wilderness are managed. Energy development and lawful labor also fall within ordinary human provision and vocation. This issue requires prudential weighing of creation care, the common good, and economic need. It is not a clear direct moral evil under this framework, so it is relevant to stewardship but not a final candidate judgment.

• Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
• Lane: arctic_refuge. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: energy_development. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: environmental_stewardship. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: land_management. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
• Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
• Roll 295: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
• Roll 632: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 131. Vote type: final_passage.
• Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure turns on a real policy tradeoff between oil and gas development and protection of a sensitive wilderness area. Development and resource stewardship are both legitimate goods, and the dispute is prudential rather than a direct advancement or restraint of a named moral evil.
• Theological note: Scripture grants humanity stewardship over creation (Gen. 2:15; Ps. 24:1), which bears on how public lands and wilderness are managed. Energy development and lawful labor also fall within ordinary human provision and vocation. This issue requires prudential weighing of creation care, the common good, and economic need. It is not a clear direct moral evil under this framework, so it is relevant to stewardship but not a final candidate judgment.

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