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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 344 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of Health |
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| 6 | 6 | | and Human Services, to transmit respectively, to the House of Represent- |
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| 7 | 7 | | atives certain documents relating to the elimination of the Administration |
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| 8 | 8 | | for Community Living. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL24, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | ONAMICI(for herself, Mr. SCOTTof Virginia, Ms. WILSONof Florida, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. T |
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| 14 | 14 | | AKANO, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. OMAR, and Mr. DESAULNIER) submitted |
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| 15 | 15 | | the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Edu- |
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| 16 | 16 | | cation and Workforce |
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| 17 | 17 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 18 | 18 | | Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Sec- |
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| 19 | 19 | | retary of Health and Human Services, to transmit re- |
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| 20 | 20 | | spectively, to the House of Representatives certain docu- |
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| 21 | 21 | | ments relating to the elimination of the Administration |
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| 22 | 22 | | for Community Living. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Resolved, That the President is requested, and the 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed, to 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | transmit respectively, to the House of Representatives, not 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | resolution, unredacted copies of all documents, memo-5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | randa, legal opinions, notes from meetings, records (in-6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •HRES 344 IH |
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| 32 | 32 | | cluding telephone records, electronic mail records, and 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | screen shots), correspondence (electronic or otherwise), 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and other communications (or any portion of any such 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | communications) that are in the possession of the Presi-4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | dent or the Secretary, respectively, that refer or relate to 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the following: 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) The proposed elimination of the Administra-7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | tion for Community Living. 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) Any reduction in force or other downsizing 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | measures at the Administration for Community Liv-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ing. 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (3) Any action taken pursuant to the Health 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | and Human Services March 27, 2025, communica-13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | tion ‘‘HHS Announces Transformation to Make 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | America Healthy Again’’, and the accompanying 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Fact Sheet, resulted in the alteration of the func-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tions and responsibilities of the Administration for 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Community Living. 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (4) Any action taken to dismiss career staff in 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | leadership positions within the Administration for 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Community Living. 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (5) Any determination made by the Executive 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Office of the President, the Secretary of Health and 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Human Services, the Principal Deputy Adminis-24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | trator for the Administration for Community Living, 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •HRES 344 IH |
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| 60 | 60 | | or the staff of the Department of Health and 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Human Services or the Administration for Commu-2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | nity Living, that the staff remaining at the Depart-3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ment after any reduction in force, other downsizing 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | measure, or closure would be sufficient to ensure 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | that the Administrator, the individual designated 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | with the responsibilities of the Administrator if that 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | position no longer exists, or the Assistant Secretary 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | of Aging, as appropriate, could faithfully execute the 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | laws Congress has directed the Administrator or the 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Assistant Secretary of Aging, as appropriate, to en-11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | force or implement, including but not limited to— 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (A) the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | U.S.C. 3001); 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (B) the Assistive Technology Act of 2004 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (AT Act) (29 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.); 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (C) the Developmental Disabilities Assist-17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ance and Bill of Rights Act (DD ACT) (42 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | U.S.C. 15001 et seq.); and 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (D) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | U.S.C. 701 et seq.). 21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (6) Any action taken to terminate a grant 22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | awarded by the Department through the Adminis-23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | tration for Community Living. 24 |
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