A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard".

This joint resolution would nullify a 2024 rule from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that officially listed the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species. By using the Congressional Review Act, the bill seeks to permanently block this specific environmental protection and prevent the agency from issuing a similar rule in the future.

For citizens and businesses in the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, the bill’s passage would remove federal restrictions on land use related to the lizard’s habitat. This would primarily impact the oil, gas, and sand mining industries by eliminating the requirement for federal permits or habitat conservation plans that are currently mandatory to avoid harming the species. Conversely, the bill would end the current legal protections intended to prevent the extinction of the lizard, which scientists say is threatened by habitat loss from industrial development.