SJRES 37
117th Congress
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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…
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Mar 15, 2022
Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 40. Record Vote Number: 81. (text: CR S1171)
Mar 15, 2022
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 40. Record Vote Number: 81.(text: CR S1171)
Mar 15, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 305. (consideration: CR S1171-1175)
Mar 15, 2022
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
Feb 10, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 10, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
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.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 40. Record Vote Number: 81. (text: CR S1171)
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Barrasso, John
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Crapo, Mike
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Daines, Steve
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Boozman, John
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Rounds, Mike
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Blackburn, Marsha
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Cotton, Tom
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Cramer, Kevin
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Cruz, Ted
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Hawley, Josh
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Hoeven, John
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
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Lankford, James
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Lee, Mike
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
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Marshall, Roger
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Scott, Rick
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Tuberville, Tommy
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Wicker, Roger F.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 37: 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".. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SJRES-37/
"S.J. Res. 37: 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".." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SJRES-37/.
S.J. Res. 37, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SJRES-37/.
[S.J. Res. 37: 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".](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SJRES-37/)