Approve the 2020 National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Integrated Activity Plan

What has happened

1. Feb 25, 2026 Done

   BLM published the record of decision for the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska Integrated Activity Plan, adopting the alternative drawn from the 2020 plan. Leasing followed at once: BLM held the first NPR-A lease sale since 2019 on the strength of it, generating over $163 million, and in May 2026 began a rulemaking to pre-approve qualifying production sites. Most of the reserve is open to leasing, which is what the Quote asks for.

   • BLM: Notice of Availability of the 2025 Record of Decision for the Final EIS for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, Integrated Activity Plan

     Primary Executive branch Feb 25, 2026

   • Interior press release: Interior Generates over $163 million from National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale

     Primary Executive branch Mar 18, 2026

2. Dec 5, 2025 Partially done

   P.L. 119-47 disapproved the BLM rule "relating to 'National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision'" under the Congressional Review Act, voiding the 2024 Biden plan; BLM had already rescinded the 2024 NPR-A regulations by final rule on 2025-11-17.

   • Public Law 119-47 — congressional disapproval of the BLM National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision

     Primary Congress Dec 5, 2025

   • BLM final rule: Rescission of the Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Regulations, Issued May 7, 2024

     Primary Executive branch Nov 17, 2025

3. Jun 17, 2025 Attempted

   BLM released a draft analysis supporting "the selection of a new alternative from the 2020 plan that would reopen up to 82% of the 23-million-acre reserve to oil and gas leasing and development", and on 2025-07-30 rescinded the 2024 special-areas notice, the "Maximizing Protection in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska" report and the January 2025 interim-management memorandum.

   • Interior press release: Department of the Interior Moves to Expand Oil and Gas Development in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve — reopening over 80% of the reserve, selecting an alternative from the 2020 plan

     Primary Executive branch Jun 17, 2025

   • BLM: Implementing Executive Order 14153 for Special Areas Within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

     Primary Executive branch Jul 30, 2025

4. Feb 3, 2025 Attempted

   SO 3422 reinstated SO 3352, the 2017 order on the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska, and SO 3418 §4(b) listed the 2024 "Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska" rule for rescission.

   • Secretary's Order 3422, signed text — §4 revokes SO 3401; §5 reinstates SO 3352, “National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska”

     Primary Executive branch Feb 3, 2025

   • Secretary's Order 3422, “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential” (February 3, 2025)

     Primary Executive branch Feb 3, 2025