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 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 131.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEGICH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 168, October 10, 2025, Page H4533):
  Congress has the authority to enact this joint resolution pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution its powers, including the authority provided by chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code (the Congressional Review Act), to disapprove agency rules.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  383 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 131, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/131

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  235b2a7f6ebddfa3f04533ec8317302b12ced78bc6fd1314c3ff7b0437bcb2e0

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 131, last updated August 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.