To prohibit the implementation of the Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Buffalo, Wyoming Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management.
This bill would block the federal government from implementing, administering, or enforcing the Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment (ARMPA) for the Buffalo, Wyoming Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The ARMPA is tied to a specific notice published in the Federal Register announcing the availability of the Record of Decision and the ARMPA for that field office (November 27, 2024). In effect, if enacted, the measure would keep the Buffalo Field Office’s current land-use planning framework in place and prevent the changes proposed in the ARMPA from taking effect. Introduced in the House by Rep. Hageman on January 7, 2025, the bill directs that the Secretary of the Interior may not implement, administer, or enforce the Buffalo ARMPA described in the referenced notice, thereby halting the planned amendments unless Congress acts otherwise.
Key Points
- 1Prohibits implementation, administration, and enforcement of the Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Buffalo, Wyoming Field Office of the BLM.
- 2Ties the prohibition to the ARMPA and the specific government notice: “Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Buffalo Field Office, Wyoming” published in the Federal Register (89 Fed. Reg. 93650, November 27, 2024).
- 3Targets only the Buffalo Field Office in Wyoming; does not explicitly suspend or alter planning for other BLM field offices.
- 4Requires action by the Secretary of the Interior to refrain from implementing that ARMPA, effectively preserving the status quo for Buffalo pending further legislative or administrative action.
- 5Introduced in the House by Rep. Hageman (Committee on Natural Resources), with a clear scope limitation to this single ARMPA rather than a broad reform of BLM planning.