This joint resolution nullifies a Department of Labor emergency temporary standard for preventing the transmission of COVID-19 in employment settings.
Under the standard issued on November 5, 2021, employers with 100 or more employees must require their onsite employees to either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.
117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 65

  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
 United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor 
  relating to ``COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary 
                              Standard''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2021

 Mr. Keller (for himself, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Grothman, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. 
Allen, Mr. Banks, Mr. Comer, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, 
Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Owens, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mrs. McClain, Mrs. 
Harshbarger, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Spartz, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. 
Cawthorn, Mrs. Steel, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Perry, Mr. Latta, Mrs. Walorski, 
Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Roy, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Norman, 
  Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Davidson, Mr. 
    McClintock, Mr. Bost, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. 
   Obernolte, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. 
 Rutherford, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. 
Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Tiffany, Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma, Mr. Newhouse, 
Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Hill, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mrs. Boebert, 
  Mr. Sessions, Mr. Hern, Mr. Guest, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Bergman, Mr. 
  Steube, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Womack, Mr. Emmer, Mr. 
Mooney, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Cole, Mrs. 
Fischbach, Mr. Lucas, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Pence, Mr. Budd, Mr. Huizenga, 
Mrs. Hartzler, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Smucker, 
   Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Chabot, Mr. 
  McKinley, Mr. Mann, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. 
Joyce of Pennsylvania, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Issa, Mr. Carter of Georgia, 
Ms. Herrell, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. 
  Graves of Missouri, Mr. Babin, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
 Gooden of Texas, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Moolenaar, Ms. Tenney, 
 Mr. Mast, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Hice of 
  Georgia, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Cline, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Johnson of South 
Dakota, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Smith of 
 Nebraska, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Dunn, Mr. 
Estes, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Carl, 
Mr. Timmons, Mr. Steil, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. 
Bucshon, Mr. Barr, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Gonzalez of 
Ohio, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Harris, Mr. Donalds, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. 
 Massie, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Rose, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Meijer, Mr. 
 Posey, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Ms. Mace, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Turner, Mr. 
 Ellzey, Ms. Granger, Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Weber 
of Texas, Mr. Scalise, Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Mullin, Ms. 
   Cheney, Mr. Baird, Mr. Brady, Mr. Schweikert, Mrs. Miller of West 
  Virginia, Mr. Fortenberry, and Mr. LaMalfa) submitted the following 
joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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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 Department of Labor 
  relating to ``COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary 
                              Standard''.

    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 Department of Labor relating to ``COVID-19 
Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard'' (86 Fed. Reg. 
61402 (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 Department of Labor relating to "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard".
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard".
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Official Title as Introduced
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard".
Rep. Keller, Fred