Utah’s Republican senators are seeking to kill a National Park Service rule banning off-road and all-terrain vehicles from a section of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) on Monday filed a Congressional Review Act resolution, S.J. Res. 30, to reverse an NPS rule finalized Jan. 13 in the closing days of former President Joe Biden’s administration. The CRA allows Congress to overturn recently finalized rules with simple majorities in both chambers of Congress.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is co-sponsoring the measure and has sway in pushing for a vote.
The Trump administration Feb. 11 placed the rule on pause, a day before it was set to go into effect in the 1.2-million-acre Glen Canyon NRA, which covers portions of southeast Utah and northern Arizona.
