S.J.Res. 82: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act".

Joint resolution · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Failed Senate, 18 Dec 2025. Introduced 18 Sep 2025.

Vote results

Senate, 18 Dec 2025: Joint Resolution Defeated, 50 Yea, 50 Nay, 0 Present, 0 Not voting. The Senate’s roll call
President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

Senate

Yea (50): Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Charles E. Schumer (D-NY); Ron Wyden (D-OR); Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Jack Reed (D-RI); Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Patty Murray (D-WA); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY); Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Christopher Murphy (D-CT); Peter Welch (D-VT); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Martin Heinrich (D-NM); Ben Ray Luján (D-NM); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); 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); Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Cory A. Booker (D-NJ); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ); Thom Tillis (R-NC); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE); Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV); Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH); Jacky Rosen (D-NV); Tina Smith (D-MN); Andy Kim (D-NJ); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI); Mark Kelly (D-AZ); John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO); Jon Ossoff (D-GA); Alex Padilla (D-CA); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA); John Fetterman (D-PA); Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD).

Nay (50): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Jerry Moran (R-KS); John Thune (R-SD); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Boozman (R-AR); John Cornyn (R-TX); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); John Barrasso (R-WY); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); James E. Risch (R-ID); John Hoeven (R-ND); Ron Johnson (R-WI); James Lankford (R-OK); Mike Lee (R-UT); Rand Paul (R-KY); Tim Scott (R-SC); Todd Young (R-IN); Tom Cotton (R-AR); Kevin Cramer (R-ND); Ted Cruz (R-TX); Steve Daines (R-MT); Deb Fischer (R-NE); Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY); Joni Ernst (R-IA); Mike Rounds (R-SD); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Jim Banks (R-IN); Ted Budd (R-NC); John Kennedy (R-LA); Roger Marshall (R-KS); John R. Curtis (R-UT); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS); Josh Hawley (R-MO); Rick Scott (R-FL); Bill Hagerty (R-TN); Tommy Tuberville (R-AL); Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL); Eric Schmitt (R-MO); Pete Ricketts (R-NE); David McCormick (R-PA); Bernie Moreno (R-OH); Tim Sheehy (R-MT); James C. Justice (R-WV); Jon Husted (R-OH); Ashley Moody (R-FL); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).

Not in office (4): Alan Armstrong (R-OK); Darline Graham (R-SC); Marco Rubio (R-FL); J.D. Vance (R-OH).

Summary

Main subject: Disapproves, under the Congressional Review Act (chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code), the Department of Health and Human Services rule titled "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act" and provides that it has no force or effect. Text

Its core areas: Congressional disapproval of a Department of Health and Human Services rule under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code.

Unexpected Items: 0 provisions

What it does

Text: States that Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act".
Text: Identifies the rule as the one published on March 3, 2025.
Text: Refers to a Government Accountability Office letter of opinion dated August 27, 2025, printed in the Congressional Record on September 3, 2025, concluding that the Policy Statement is a rule under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code.
Text: Provides that the disapproved rule shall have no force or effect.