{"format":1,"id":"117-sjres-29","congress":117,"number":"S.J.Res. 29","kind":"joint_resolution","group":"bills","title":"A 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\".","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"A 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\".","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A 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\"."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"A 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\"."}],"outcome":"passed_senate","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-11-17","chambers":{"house":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null},"senate":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-12-08","vote":{"id":"117-2021-s489","question":"On the Joint Resolution","title":"S.J.Res. 29","result":"Joint Resolution Passed","yea":52,"nay":48,"present":0,"not_voting":0,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00489.xml"}}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Held at the desk.","date":"2021-12-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-12-08","stage":"Passed Senate","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This joint resolution nullifies a Department of Labor emergency temporary standard for preventing the transmission of COVID-19 in employment settings."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":51},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Disapproves, under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, the Department of Labor rule titled \"COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard\" (86 Fed. Reg. 61402, November 5, 2021), so that the rule has no force or effect.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/29/text/es"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional disapproval of the Department of Labor COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that Congress disapproves the Department of Labor rule titled \"COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard\" (86 Fed. Reg. 61402, November 5, 2021).","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/29/text/es"}},{"text":"Provides that the disapproved rule \"shall have no force or effect.\"","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/29/text/es"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in Senate","date":"2021-12-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/29/text/es"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/29","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/29/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-sjres-29.png","v":"931be3714d41","alt":"Votes on Record. S.J.Res. 29, 117th Congress: A 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\". Senate: 52 Yea, 48 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in Senate, 8 Dec 2021."}}