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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management titled "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation." The rule published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2016, addresses waste generated during oil and gas production.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.J.Res. 36 as passed House without amendment on Feb 3, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Feb 3, 2017Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveMay 10, 2017
House Feb 3, 2017 · the primary vote
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to “Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation”
Passed
221 Yea 191 Nay 20 not voting
Party-line vote 14 of 412 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Democrats, 11 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
432 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.J.Res. 36 and vote against it. 33 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.J.Res. 36 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
99 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.