This joint resolution nullifies the rule issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on February 3, 2021, that requires the use of face masks on planes, trains, buses, and other public conveyances and at transportation hubs to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 72 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. J. RES. 72
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention relating to ``Requirement for Persons To Wear
Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs''.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 18, 2022
Mr. Bishop of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Mast, Mr. Rosendale, Mr.
Biggs, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Perry, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Posey, Mr. Pfluger,
Mr. Massie, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Gibbs, Mr.
Norman, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Hice of
Georgia, Mr. Gohmert, Ms. Tenney, and Mr. Duncan) submitted the
following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention relating to ``Requirement for Persons To Wear
Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs''.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the
rule submitted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
relating to ``Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on
Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs'' (86 Fed. Reg. 8025 (February
3, 2021); determined through a letter of opinion from the Government
Accountability Office dated December 14, 2021, and printed in the
Congressional Record on December 15, 2021, on pages S9206-S9208, that
the order is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule
shall have no force or effect.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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