118th Congress · HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONBILL

H.J.Res. 92Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Food and Nutrition Service relating to "Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint Processing-Policy Update".

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Food and Nutrition Service relating to "Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint Processing-Policy Update".

Agriculture and food
Introduced Sep 26, 2023
Last action Jan 11, 2024
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This joint resolution nullifies the policy update issued by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) on May 5, 2022, related to discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) deemed the policy update a rule on June 5, 2023, and therefore subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA) requirement that a rule must be submitted to Congress and the GAO before it can take effect. The CRA also permits Congress to review and disapprove rules using specified procedures. In June 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the prohibition on sex discrimination in e...

Provisions · 1 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
Jan 11, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Sep 26, 2023
Introduced in House
Sep 26, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.