Title: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This joint resolution nullifies a Department of Health and Human Services rule regarding subrecipients of family planning grants. (Under the rule, grant recipients may prohibit an entity from receiving a subaward only for reasons related to the entity's ability to provide family planning services.)

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 43 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 43

  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health 
and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by 
             project recipients in selecting subrecipients.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2017

Mrs. Black (for herself, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Huizenga, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. 
Gibbs, Mr. Banks of Indiana, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Moolenaar, 
 Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Franks of 
Arizona, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Harris, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
 Barr, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Aderholt, Ms. Foxx, 
 Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Olson, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jody B. Hice 
   of Georgia, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Allen, Mr. Gosar, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. 
Sessions, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. 
 Gohmert, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Roe of 
Tennessee, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. 
 Stewart, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, 
 Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Flores, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Babin, 
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Scalise, Mrs. Walorski, 
Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Latta, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Russell, Mr. Grothman, Mr. 
 Abraham, Mr. Brat, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Hudson, 
 Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Rouzer, 
 Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. 
Peterson, Mr. Posey, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, 
Mr. Palazzo, Mrs. Roby, Mrs. Love, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. 
 Long, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. Comer, Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee, Mr. 
Cole, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Murphy 
   of Pennsylvania, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Carter of Texas, and Mr. Hill) 
  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 final rule submitted by Secretary of Health 
and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by 
             project recipients in selecting subrecipients.

    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 Secretary of Health and Human Services relating 
to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in 
selecting subrecipients (81 Fed. Reg. 91852; December 19, 2016), and 
such rule shall have no force or effect.
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