Reading Room Document

Legislative Veto Provision Contained in S 204(e) of FLPMA

This opinion memorializes advice the OLC provided to the Solicitor of the Interior on constitutionality of the legislative veto provision contained in section 204(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), which would allow a Congressional committee to direct the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw certain public lands from mineral leasing. The opinion concludes that the veto provision would be unconstitutional under INS v. Chadha. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at https://justice.gov/olc/page/file/936136/download.

September 12, 1983