This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination, which was issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on November 5, 2021. The rule requires health care providers, as a condition of Medicare and Medicaid participation, to ensure that staff are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 67

  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services relating to ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus 
               COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2021

   Mr. Duncan (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Allen, Mr. Amodei, Mr. 
  Armstrong, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Babin, Mr. Baird, Mr. Balderson, Mr. 
   Banks, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop of North 
    Carolina, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Bost, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. 
    Bucshon, Mr. Budd, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. 
 Cammack, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Cline, 
Mr. Cloud, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Cole, Mr. Comer, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Crenshaw, 
 Mr. Curtis, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Donalds, 
     Mr. Dunn, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Estes, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. 
 Fortenberry, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Gibbs, 
 Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Graves of 
    Missouri, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mrs. Greene of Georgia, Mr. 
   Griffith, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Guest, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. 
Harris, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Hern, Mr. Hice of Georgia, 
   Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Hill, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Hudson, Mr. 
Huizenga, Mr. Issa, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Johnson of 
Ohio, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Keller, 
Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. 
Kustoff, Mr. LaHood, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Latta, Mr. LaTurner, 
    Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Long, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Lucas, Ms. Mace, Ms. 
   Malliotakis, Mr. Mann, Mr. Massie, Mr. Mast, Mr. McClintock, Mr. 
   McKinley, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, Mr. Meijer, Mrs. Miller of 
 Illinois, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Moore of 
  Utah, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Norman, Mr. Nunes, Mr. 
 Obernolte, Mr. Owens, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Pence, Mr. Perry, 
Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Posey, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, 
 Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Rose, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Roy, 
Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Smith of 
    Missouri, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Stauber, Ms. 
     Stefanik, Mr. Steube, Mr. Taylor, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Thompson of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Turner, Mr. Upton, Mr. Van 
 Drew, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Walberg, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Weber 
 of Texas, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Green of 
 Tennessee, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. 
       Westerman, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Valadao, Mr. 
Hollingsworth, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Womack, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Brady, Ms. 
  Letlow, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, and Mr. Zeldin) submitted the 
  following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
   Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services relating to ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus 
               COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination''.

    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 Medicare & Medicaid Services relating 
to ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff 
Vaccination'' (86 Fed. Reg. 61555 (November 5, 2021)), and such rule 
shall have no force or effect.
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination".
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination".
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination".
Rep. Duncan, Jeff