# H.J.Res. 140 (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 Public Land Order No

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 Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: congressional_review. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environmental_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: federal_authority. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: federal_land. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: federal_lands. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: land_management. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: land_use. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: land_withdrawal. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: mineral_development. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: minnesota. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: natural_resources. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: public_land. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: tribal_treaty_rights. 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 38: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 82: On the Motion to Table H.J.Res. 140. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 83: On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 140. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 84: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 140. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: Disapproval would remove a protective withdrawal and open land to mining, creating real environmental and treaty-related concerns for the watershed, wilderness, and Ceded Territory. Mineral development also has legitimate economic and energy purposes, and the dispute is primarily about how to weigh land protection against resource development. That combination is a prudential, mixed classification rather than a direct advancement of named moral harm.
Theological note: Scripture grants humanity stewardship over creation (Genesis 1:28; 2:15), which bears on the care of watersheds and wilderness. It also requires honest dealing and just regard for treaty obligations and the rights of neighbors, including the Ojibwe bands whose 1854 cession is named here. Mineral development can serve legitimate human needs, so this is a question of prudent stewardship and justice in land use rather than a clear case of direct moral evil.

## Recorded votes

Roll 38: On Passage. Yea 214 · Nay 208 · Other 9.
Roll 82: On the Motion to Table H.J.Res. 140. Yea 51 · Nay 48 · Other 1.
Roll 83: On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 140. Yea 51 · Nay 49 · Other 0.
Roll 84: On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 140. Yea 50 · Nay 49 · Other 1.

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