Overview

• The Senate passed H.J.Res.104 on a 52–47 vote after House approval on Sept. 3, sending the measure to the White House.
• The Biden-era BLM plan for the Miles City field office would have issued no new leases across about 1.7 million acres, leaving only the Rosebud and Spring Creek mines operating.
• Sponsors including Sens. Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy said the reversal protects jobs, energy production and local revenue in Montana and Wyoming.
• Environmental groups led by Earthjustice said Congress short-circuited an ongoing public land-use planning process and warned economic trends still weigh against coal.
• The Powder River Basin supplied about 43% of U.S. coal in 2019, and use of the Congressional Review Act remains uncommon, with roughly 20 prior rule reversals since 1996.