{"format":1,"id":"117-sjres-37","congress":117,"number":"S.J.Res. 37","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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relating to \"Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs\".","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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relating to \"Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs\".","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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relating to \"Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs\"."},{"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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relating to \"Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs\"."}],"outcome":"passed_senate","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-02-10","chambers":{"house":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null},"senate":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-03-15","vote":{"id":"117-2022-s81","question":"On the Joint Resolution","title":"S.J. Res. 37","result":"Joint Resolution Passed","yea":57,"nay":40,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00081.xml"}}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 40. Record Vote Number: 81. (text: CR S1171)","date":"2022-03-15"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-03-15","stage":"Passed Senate","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":44},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Disapproves, under the Congressional Review Act, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rule \"Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs\" and provides that the rule has no force or effect.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/37/text/es"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional disapproval of the CDC rule on mask requirements on conveyances and at transportation hubs"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention titled \"Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs\" (86 Fed. Reg. 8025, February 3, 2021).","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/37/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/37/text/es"}},{"text":"Refers to a Government Accountability Office letter of opinion dated December 14, 2021, printed in the Congressional Record on December 15, 2021, which determined that the order is a rule under the Congressional Review Act.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/37/text/es"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in Senate","date":"2022-03-15","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/37/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/37","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/37/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-sjres-37.png","v":"ecf33e4f2050","alt":"Votes on Record. S.J.Res. 37, 117th Congress: A 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\". Senate: 57 Yea, 40 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in Senate, 15 Mar 2022."}}