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

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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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