A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers".

Bill: 117-sjres-46
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2022-04-28
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Administrative remedies

Border security and unlawful immigration

Congressional oversight

Department of Homeland Security

Immigration status and procedures

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Latest action: action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which S.J. Res. 46 failed of passage (Record Vote No. 211) entered in Senate.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This joint resolution nullifies the interim final rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security and published on March 29, 2022, concerning procedures for the consideration of asylum claims and other related issues. (Among other changes, the interim final rule requires an asylum seeker subject to expedited removal to be screened by an asylum officer for a credible fear of persecution or torture, rather than a credible fear of persecution, reasonable possibility of persecution, or reasonable possibility of torture.)</p>

tv_txt: IIA 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. J. RES. 46 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 28, 2022 Mr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. Barrasso , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Braun , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Cruz , Mr. Daines , Mr. Graham , Mr. Grassley , Mr. Hagerty , Mr. Hawley , Mr. Hoeven , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Lee , Ms. Lummis , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Moran , Mr. Paul , Mr. Risch , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Scott of Florida , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Tuberville , and Mr. Wicker ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers (87 Fed. Reg. 18078 (March 29, 2022)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

tv_txt: IIA Calendar No. 396 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. J. RES. 46 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 28, 2022 Mr. Johnson (for himself, Mr. Barrasso , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Braun , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Cruz , Mr. Daines , Mr. Graham , Mr. Grassley , Mr. Hagerty , Mr. Hawley , Mr. Hoeven , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Lee , Ms. Lummis , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Moran , Mr. Paul , Mr. Risch , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Scott of Florida , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Tuberville , Mr. Wicker , and Mrs. Fischer ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary May 25, 2022 Committee discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c) , and placed on the calendar JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security relating to Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers (87 Fed. Reg. 18078 (March 29, 2022)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

May 25, 2022 Committee discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c) , and placed on the calendar