The US Senate approved a bill [text, PDF] on Tuesday to overturn a rule [text, PDF] created by the Obama administration regarding land management. According to supporters of the rule, it was created to streamline the communication process between federal and state officials, replacing procedures that had been in place since the 1980s. Republicans have opposed the rule, stating that it gives the federal government too much influence on the use of public land and does not adequately take state and local interests into account. Some have claimed that the rule would make mining and resource development on federal land harder, sparking opposition to the rule. The rule, which was created late in 2016, was overturned by a vote of 51-48.

Tuesday’s overturn of the land management rule is one of several rules created by the Obama administration that has been overturned since Donald Trump took office. In February the Senate voted to overturn [JURIST report] a rule requiring coal firms to clean up waste from mountain top removal mining in an effort to prevent it from going into local waterways. Also in February the Senate voted to overturn [JURIST report] an Obama-era gun regulation that required mental health information to be shared with the national gun background check system. On Tuesday Republicans in the House of Representatives proposed bills [JURIST report] to supplant the Affordable Care Act.