Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/82

Official text excerpt

119 SJ 82 IS: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to “Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act”. 
 U.S. Senate 
 2025-09-18 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 IIA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 82 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 18 (legislative day, September 16), 2025 Mr. King (for himself, Mr. Wyden , Ms. Alsobrooks , Mr. Blumenthal , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Mr. Booker , Ms. Cortez Masto , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Gallego , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Heinrich , Ms. Hirono , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Luján , Mr. Markey , Mr. Merkley , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Reed , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Schiff , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Smith , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Warner , Ms. Warren , Mr. Welch , Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Baldwin , and Mr. Schumer ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act . That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act (published on March 3, 2025, and a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated August 27, 2025, printed in the Congressional Record on September 3, 2025, on pages S6003–S6005, concluding that such Policy Statement is a rule under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code), a…

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Citations

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