Alaska lawmakers have introduced legislation to strike down a Biden-era land use plan that would tie up acreage Republicans want to use for drilling and other kinds of development.
Rep. Nick Begich (R-Alaska) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution this week that’s part of a recent push by lawmakers in Western states to negate former President Joe Biden’s resource management plans.
They are trying to use the fast-track congressional maneuver, which only requires simple majorities in both chambers, because the Bureau of Land Management failed to submit the actions as rules during the end of the last administration. That gave Republicans an opening to strike down the plans.
The legislation is the latest in a long running fight in Alaska. Republican Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski have relentlessly charged Democratic administrations with unfairly restricting land and treating the state differently than the Lower 48.
