Disapproves and nullifies the Bureau of Land Management’s North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan issued January 14, 2025, declaring that the plan has no force or effect. The disapproval is based on a Government Accountability Office opinion that the document is a rule under the Congressional Review Act, so Congress is using that process to invalidate it.

The immediate effect is to stop implementation of that BLM plan for lands managed by the North Dakota field office. That changes the legal basis for land-use designations, leasing, permitting, and other actions the plan would have authorized, creating near-term regulatory uncertainty for developers, local governments, tribes, recreation users, and conservation interests in the affected area.