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".

Bill: 117-hjres-72
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2022-02-18
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Aviation and airports

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Congressional oversight

Department of Health and Human Services

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health technology, devices, supplies

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Marine and inland water transportation

Motor vehicles

Public transit

Railroads
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-27
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Mast. Petition No: 117-14. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2022042714?Page=2&CongressNum=117">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: IA 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 72 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 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 .

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.