119-sres198

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 198 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
S. RES. 198

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment 
 opportunities.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 1, 2025

Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. King, Mr. Welch, Ms. Klobuchar, 
 Mr. Merkley, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Booker, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van 
Hollen, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Smith, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Alsobrooks, 
 Mr. Lujan, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Warner) submitted 
 the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Finance

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 RESOLUTION

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment 
 opportunities.

Whereas public participation in the regulatory process is essential to the 
 formulation of fair and sound policy;
Whereas open rulemaking mitigates the possibility of arbitrary, harmful, and 
 ill-advised rulemaking;
Whereas the Department of Health and Human Services has successfully adhered to 
 Administrative Procedure Act notice and comment period procedures for 54 
 years;
Whereas the daily lives of millions of Americans are profoundly affected by the 
 regulations that are issued by the Department of Health and Human 
 Services; and
Whereas it is critical that program beneficiaries, State and local governments, 
 human services providers, and organizations continue to be afforded the 
 opportunity for input whenever Health and Human Services regulatory 
 changes are proposed:
Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services should withdraw the notice published in the 
Federal Register on March 3, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 11029) that would 
reduce public notice and comment opportunities, and affirm practices as 
in effect on February 27, 2025, which involve the public in rulemaking 
procedures.
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