{"format":1,"id":"118-sjres-18","congress":118,"number":"S.J.Res. 18","kind":"joint_resolution","group":"bills","title":"A joint resolution disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to \"Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility\".","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"A joint resolution disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to \"Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility\".","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A joint resolution disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to \"Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility\"."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"A joint resolution disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to \"Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility\"."}],"outcome":"passed_senate","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-03-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null},"senate":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-05-17","vote":{"id":"118-2023-s130","question":"On the Joint Resolution","title":"S. J. Res 18","result":"Joint Resolution Passed","yea":50,"nay":47,"present":0,"not_voting":3,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00130.xml"}}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Held at the desk.","date":"2023-05-22"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-05-17","stage":"Passed Senate","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This joint resolution nullifies the final rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security titled Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility and published on September 9, 2022."},{"k":"p","t":"The 2022 final rule nullified an August 14, 2019, final rule. The 2019 final rule made it more likely that a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) would be denied admission or lawful permanent resident status because that individual is likely to become a public charge (i.e., receive certain public benefits). This joint resolution restores into effect the nullified 2019 final rule."}],"words":88},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Disapproves the Department of Homeland Security final rule titled \"Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility\" (87 Fed. Reg. 55472, September 9, 2022) and provides that it has no force or effect.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/18/text/es#HA605F242F6D84A37B29B8C3303B9A36E"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional disapproval of the Department of Homeland Security rule on the public charge ground of inadmissibility"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that Congress disapproves the Department of Homeland Security final rule titled \"Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility,\" published at 87 Fed. Reg. 55472 on September 9, 2022.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/18/text/es#HA605F242F6D84A37B29B8C3303B9A36E"}},{"text":"Provides that the disapproved rule shall have no force or effect.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/18/text/es#HA605F242F6D84A37B29B8C3303B9A36E"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in Senate","date":"2023-05-17","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/18/text/es"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/18","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/18/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-sjres-18.png","v":"49ae740b1454","alt":"Votes on Record. S.J.Res. 18, 118th Congress: A joint resolution disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to \"Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility\". Senate: 50 Yea, 47 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in Senate, 17 May 2023."}}