The U.S. Senate this week passed resolutions aimed at overturning Biden-era land management plans that limited mining and drilling activity in Montana, North Dakota, and Alaska.
Senate Republicans approved H.J. Res. 104 for Montana in a 52–47 vote and H.J. Res. 106 for Alaska in a 50–46 vote. The Senate also passed H.J. Res. 105 for North Dakota by a 51–47 margin.
The resolutions will now advance to President Donald Trump’s desk and are expected to be signed into law.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) welcomed the Congressional approval of H.J. Res. 104, a bill that seeks to repeal the former Biden administration’s land management plan for Montana’s Miles City Field Office….