Congressional Rejection of National Park Service Motor Vehicle Rule
February 21, 2025
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Current status: signed.
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This resolution immediately nullifies a federal regulation governing where and how motor vehicles may be operated within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, reverting the area to its previous regulatory status.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
National Park Service
The agency is prohibited from enforcing the specific rule that was disapproved.
Visitors to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Motor vehicle access and usage rules in the recreation area will remain as they were prior to the now-invalidated rule.
Current stage: signed.
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Summary
Key Facts
- Congress formally disapproved the National Park Service rule titled 'Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Motor Vehicles'.
- The rule is declared to have no force or effect.
- The resolution was enacted as Public Law 119-13.
- The resolution was approved on May 23, 2025.
- The House passed the resolution on April 29, 2025.
- The Senate passed the resolution on May 8, 2025.
- The rule was originally published in the Federal Register at 90 Fed. Reg. 2621.
Why It Matters
This resolution immediately nullifies a federal regulation governing where and how motor vehicles may be operated within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, reverting the area to its previous regulatory status.
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Voting Record
Total
93
Yes
50
No
43
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (93)
John Hickenlooper
D · no
Kirsten Gillibrand
D · no
John Hoeven
R · yes
Christopher Murphy
D · no
Pete Ricketts
R · yes
Steve Daines
R · yes
Thomas Tillis
R · yes
Elissa Slotkin
D · no
Jon Husted
R · yes
Tammy Baldwin
D · no
Roger Marshall
R · yes
John Fetterman
D · no
Jon Ossoff
D · no
Ron Wyden
D · no
Alex Padilla
D · no
James Lankford
R · yes
Rick Scott
R · yes
Cindy Hyde-Smith
R · yes
Angela Alsobrooks
D · no
Elizabeth Warren
D · no
Chuck Grassley
R · yes
Ben Lujan
D · no
James Justice
R · yes
Ted Cruz
R · yes
+ 69 more
Total
424
Yes
219
No
205
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (424)
Al Green
D · no
Anna Paulina Luna
R · yes
Tom Barrett
R · yes
Emilia Sykes
D · no
Mike Flood
R · yes
Scott DesJarlais
R · yes
Wesley Hunt
R · yes
Virginia Foxx
R · yes
Suzanne Bonamici
D · no
Elijah Crane
R · yes
Robert Latta
R · yes
Darrell Issa
R · yes
Teresa Leger Fernandez
D · no
Gwen Moore
D · no
Bonnie Watson Coleman
D · no
Lisa McClain
R · yes
William Keating
D · no
Ryan Mackenzie
R · yes
Derek Tran
D · no
André Carson
D · no
Michael Baumgartner
R · yes
Dale Strong
R · yes
Steven Horsford
D · no
Frederica Wilson
D · no
+ 400 more
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Use of Congressional Review Act
Congress utilized the Congressional Review Act to bypass the standard rulemaking process and directly invalidate an agency regulation.
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Sources
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