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Representative Nick Begich (R-AK) introduced H.J. Res. 106, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval, which would reverse the Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Resource Management Plan (RMP). The CRA is an extreme and blunt tool that is being used by anti-environmental members of Congress who want to permanently strip away protections for our environment, communities, wildlife, and natural heritage. This RMP guides land management and protections for 13.3 million acres of interior and arctic Alaska, including habitat for caribou, Dall sheep, polar bears, and many other species, along with subsistence areas critical to local and Native communities. The RMP for some of the most culturally significant landscapes in the U.S., was developed over a decade with careful consultation with Native nations and BLM stakeholders. Rather than going through the established agency consultation and update process, this CRA circumvents public input and bans the BLM from not only issuing this RMP but any other RMP like it in the future, permanently restricting public lands protections across these unique and sacred landscapes so they can further be opened up to mining and drilling. On September 3, the House approved H.J. Res. 106 by a vote of 215-210 (House roll call vote 225). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. On October 10, the Senate approved H.J.Res. 106 by a vote of 50-46 (Senate roll call vote 560).
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