Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act of 2020.

This joint resolution nullifies the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act of 2020, enacted by the council on December 23, 2020, and transmitted on February 1, 2021, to Congress pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. The act authorizes a minor, 11 years of age or older, to consent to receive a vaccine if the minor is capable of meeting the informed consent standard and the vaccine is recommended by the United States Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and will be provided in accordance with its recommended immunization schedule.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 25 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 25

    Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in 
  approving the Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act of 2020.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2021

Mr. Cloud (for himself, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Duncan, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Posey, 
 Mr. Jordan, and Mr. Babin) submitted the following joint resolution; 
      which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in 
  approving the Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act of 2020.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress disapproves 
of the action of the District of Columbia Council described as follows: 
The Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act of 2020 (D.C. Act 23-
532), enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia on December 
23, 2020, and transmitted to Congress pursuant to section 602(c)(1) of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act on February 1, 2021.
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