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 "Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".

What This Bill Does

This bill is a formal effort by Congress to cancel a specific land management rule created by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the federal agency responsible for overseeing millions of acres of public land. The rule in question is a management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a large protected area covering roughly 1.9 million acres in southern Utah. The BLM's plan outlines how that land should be used, protected, and managed going forward.

How It Works

Congress has the legal authority, under a law called the Congressional Review Act, to vote to strike down federal agency rules it disagrees with. This bill uses that process to disapprove — essentially veto — the BLM's management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante. If the bill passes both the House and Senate and is signed by the President, the BLM's resource management plan would be nullified and could not be replaced with a substantially similar rule without new congressional approval.

Who It Affects

This bill primarily affects people with a stake in how Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is used. That includes ranchers and farmers who graze livestock on the land, energy and mining companies interested in potential resources in the area, outdoor recreation businesses, conservation groups, tourists, and the local communities in southern Utah that depend on the monument economically. Depending on one's perspective, the BLM's management plan either restricts or protects various uses of the land, so overturning it would shift how those activities are permitted or limited going forward.