Vice Chair Stauber's CRA Resolution to Nullify Biden's Mining Ban Passes Senate

Washington, April 16, 2026 | Quinn Jenssen ((202) 738-0845)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate adopted H. J. Res. 140, a Congressional Review Act resolution sponsored by Congressional Western Caucus Vice Chair Pete Stauber (MN-08), on a vote of 50-49. Following passage, Western Caucus Chair Celeste Maloy (UT-02) made this statement:

“With the Senate's action today, the Republican Majority has sent twenty-three resolutions to President Trump's desk to peel back Biden regulations. Vice Chair Stauber's bill to re-open responsible energy and critical mineral production in Minnesota is exactly what America needs right now,” said Chair Celeste Maloy.
 
Legislative Digest

H.J. Res. 140, 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 Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN
Sponsor: Vice Chair Pete Stauber (MN-08)
Co-sponsors: Finstad (MN-01), Chair Maloy (UT-02), Executive Vice Chair Begich (AK-AL), Luna (FL-13)
Summary: By using the Congressional Review Act, this joint resolution would reverse a 2023 order from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) which withdrew 225,504 acres from mineral and geothermal leasing within the Superior National Forest in Minnesota.

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