Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment opportunities.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 369 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 369

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary 
  of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public 
                   notice and comment opportunities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2025

   Mrs. Fletcher (for herself, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Amo, Mr. Tonko, Ms. 
 Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. 
Landsman, Ms. Matsui, Ms. DeGette, Ms. McClellan, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Fields, 
Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. 
Dingell, and Ms. Norton) submitted the following resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary 
  of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public 
                   notice and comment opportunities.

Whereas public participation in the regulatory process is essential to the 
        formulation of fair and sound policy;
Whereas open rulemaking mitigates the possibility of arbitrary, harmful, and 
        ill-advised rulemaking;
Whereas the Department of Health and Human Services has successfully adhered to 
        Administrative Procedure Act notice and comment period procedures for 54 
        years;
Whereas the daily lives of millions of Americans are profoundly affected by the 
        regulations that are issued by the Department of Health and Human 
        Services; and
Whereas it is critical that program beneficiaries, State and local governments, 
        human services providers, and organizations continue to be afforded the 
        opportunity for input whenever Health and Human Services regulatory 
        changes are proposed: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw the notice 
published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 11029) 
that would reduce public notice and comment opportunities, and affirm 
practices as in effect on February 27, 2025, which involve the public 
in rulemaking procedures.
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