S.J.Res. 46: 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".

Joint resolution · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Failed Senate, 26 May 2022. Introduced 28 Apr 2022.

Vote results

Senate, 26 May 2022: Joint Resolution Defeated, 46 Yea, 48 Nay, 0 Present, 6 Not voting. The Senate’s roll call
President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

Senate

Yea (46): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Richard C. Shelby (R-AL); James M. Inhofe (R-OK); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Richard Burr (R-NC); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Roy Blunt (R-MO); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Jerry Moran (R-KS); John Thune (R-SD); Rob Portman (R-OH); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Boozman (R-AR); John Cornyn (R-TX); Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA); John Barrasso (R-WY); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); James E. Risch (R-ID); Joe Manchin, III (D-WV); John Hoeven (R-ND); Ron Johnson (R-WI); James Lankford (R-OK); Mike Lee (R-UT); Rand Paul (R-KY); Marco Rubio (R-FL); Tim Scott (R-SC); Todd Young (R-IN); Tom Cotton (R-AR); Steve Daines (R-MT); Deb Fischer (R-NE); Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY); Joni Ernst (R-IA); Mike Rounds (R-SD); Ben Sasse (R-NE); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Thom Tillis (R-NC); John Kennedy (R-LA); Roger Marshall (R-KS); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS); Mike Braun (R-IN); Josh Hawley (R-MO); Mitt Romney (R-UT); Rick Scott (R-FL); Bill Hagerty (R-TN); Tommy Tuberville (R-AL).

Nay (48): Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT); Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Charles E. Schumer (D-NY); Ron Wyden (D-OR); Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD); Thomas R. Carper (D-DE); Jack Reed (D-RI); Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Patty Murray (D-WA); Robert Menendez (D-NJ); Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY); Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Christopher Murphy (D-CT); Jon Tester (D-MT); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Martin Heinrich (D-NM); Ben Ray Luján (D-NM); Gary C. Peters (D-MI); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); Mark R. Warner (D-VA); Michael F. Bennet (D-CO); Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); Brian Schatz (D-HI); Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Tim Kaine (D-VA); Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME); Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ); Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Cory A. Booker (D-NJ); Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV); Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH); Jacky Rosen (D-NV); Tina Smith (D-MN); Mark Kelly (D-AZ); John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO); Jon Ossoff (D-GA); Alex Padilla (D-CA); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA).

Not voting (6): Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Kevin Cramer (R-ND); Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Not in office (2): Kamala D. Harris (D-CA); Kelly Loeffler (R-GA).

Summary

Main subject: Disapproves, under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security rule on credible fear screening and consideration of asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection claims by asylum officers (87 Fed. Reg. 18078, March 29, 2022). Text

Its core areas: Congressional disapproval of the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security asylum officer procedures rule.

Unexpected Items: 0 provisions

What it does

Text: States that Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security titled "Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers".
Text: Identifies the disapproved rule as the one published at 87 Fed. Reg. 18078 on March 29, 2022.
Text: Provides that the disapproved rule shall have no force or effect.