PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] · R–UT
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-03-04 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This joint resolution proposes to invalidate the Bureau of Land Management’s management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. If enacted, it would remove that rule’s legal force, affecting the framework for managing the monument. The supplied text does not explain which land uses or activities would change.
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan
and such rule shall have no force or effect.
The proposal identifies the targeted decision and management plan as issued January 13, 2025. It cites a January 15, 2026 Government Accountability Office opinion concluding that the document is a rule under the Congressional Review Act—the law referenced as the basis for congressional review.
issued January 13, 2025, as a record of decision and approved resource management plan, and a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated January 15, 2026, printed in the Congressional Record on February 25, 2026, on pages S675–S677, concluding that such record of decision and approved resource management plan is a rule under the Congressional Review Act
The supplied September 19, 2026 source snapshot records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 4, 2026. It does not establish subsequent legislative action or enactment.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-19T23:37:03Z. 2026-03-04: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. 2026-03-04: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-03-04. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not cover other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not cover other versions or accompanying materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow preferential treatment, exemption, or carve-out was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. Its focus on a particular monument does not itself establish such a benefit. This conclusion does not cover other versions or accompanying materials.
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