Tell Senate members to vote NO on S.J.R. 63 using this phone script

by | Sep 10, 2025

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The Brooks Range, near Galbraith Lake. Photo by Emily Hikes

We recently asked you to call the House of Representatives demanding they vote no on Representative Nick Begich’s H.J.R. 106—a resolution proposing to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the 2024 Central Yukon Resource Management Plan (CYRMP). Now we need your help calling Senators as they prepare to vote on their version of the bill.

This companion bill (S.J.R. 63) was introduced in late July by Alaska Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski and again aims to revoke federal protections on critically important lands.

Rep. Begich blatantly lied during the floor debate on his resolution last week—he claimed that Alaskans were not consulted throughout development of the resource management plan, and said that the Biden administration shut out local voices and needs in favor of locking up land. As reported by multiple news outlets throughout the state, this plan was created with extensive input from Tribes and community members throughout the region, and was largely supported by Alaskans. Despite this reality, the House passed Rep. Begich’s resolution, indicating their intent to use the CRA to overturn this resource management plan.

The federal government already has tools through the Federal Land Policy and Management Act to revise or update resource management plans. Using the CRA is a completely inappropriate mechanism for changing this plan. Congress has never “disapproved” of a land use management plan using the CRA—doing so would set a dangerous precedent for all public lands in the nation, especially for Alaska.

Using the phone script at the bottom of this page, please call members of the Senate and tell them to vote no on S.J.R. 63. Let them know about Alaskans’ deep-rooted engagement in the development of this resource management plan and that we do not support the revocation of federal protections on these lands. This bill is a step toward a public land giveaway to extractive industries.

 

Who to call

 

See your senator listed? GREAT! If you don’t, please take a few minutes to call 2-3 other Senators on this list and tell them Alaskans DO NOT support this legislation.

  • Sen. Dan Sullivan (AK) S.J.R. 63 Sponsor: D.C. (202) 224-3004, Fairbanks: (907) 456-0261
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski (AK) S.J.R. 63 Co-sponsor: D.C. (202) 224-6665, Fairbanks: (907) 456-0233
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell (WA): (202) 224-3441
  • Sen. Rubén Gallego (AZ): (202) 224-4521
  • Sen. Martin Heinrich (NM): (202) 224-5521
  • Sen. John Fetterman** (PA): (202) 224-4254
  • Sen. Jon Ossoff** (GA): (202) 224-3521
  • Sen. Susan Collins** (ME): (202) 224-2523
  • Sen. Elissa Slotkin** (MI): (202) 224-4822
  • Sen. John Barrasso (WY): (202) 224-6441
  • Sen. John Curtis (UT): (202) 224-5251
  • Sen. Steven Daines** (MT): (202) 224-2651
  • Sen. Tim Sheehy (MT): (202) 224-2644
  • Sen. Kevin Cramer** (ND): (202) 224-2043
  • Sen. John Hoeven (ND): (202) 224-2551
  • Sen. David McCormick** (PA): (202) 224-6324
  • Sen. Jeff Merkley (OR): (202) 224-3753

**Senators who may be on the fence or support revoking resource management plans who need to hear from you!

 

Call script

 

“Hi, my name is __________. I’m calling from ______________ to share my opposition to Senate Joint Resolution 63, introduced by Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski. I am opposed to this bill because (choose 1-2 reasons listed below, or share your own):

  • Using the Congressional Review Act to revoke the 2024 Central Yukon RMP would prevent federal agencies from implementing similar management plans in the future. One example is that the Bureau of Land Management would not be able to reestablish subsistence priorities and fish and wildlife protections later on.
  • Forty Tribes contributed to the creation of this plan that took 13 years of consultation and community input to create. Alaskans were not ignored in the creation of this plan, and largely support the balance of environmental protections, recreational access, and resource development that this plan provides.
  • Dismantling the Central Yukon RMP would likely eliminate federal rural subsistence priority, putting more than 30 villages at risk of no longer being able to harvest fish and wildlife from their traditional hunting grounds.
  • The Federal Subsistence Advisory Board would no longer be able to oversee subsistence harvest by managing hunting seasons, harvest limits, protecting vulnerable populations, or enforcing restrictions in response to wildlife management emergencies or conflicts between users.
  • The lands could be opened to mining and other extractive practices, radically changing recreational and hunting access.
  • Cultural and historical sites that are currently protected by federal management practices would be threatened if current protections are rolled back.
  • Reversing protections on these lands impacts multiple other regional issues, such as the fight against the proposed Ambler Industrial Access Road, maintenance of special areas for subsistence and rural hunters, and D1 lands protections.

Please do not allow this resolution to come to a floor vote, and if it does come to a vote, please stand with Alaskans who overwhelmingly oppose revoking this land use plan and vote no.”