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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 369 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary |
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| 6 | 6 | | of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public |
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| 7 | 7 | | notice and comment opportunities. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MAY1, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. F |
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| 11 | 11 | | LETCHER(for herself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. AMO, Mr. TONKO, Ms. |
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| 13 | 13 | | ASSERMANSCHULTZ, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. CASTORof Florida, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Mr. L |
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| 15 | 15 | | ANDSMAN, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. |
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| 17 | 17 | | UIZ, Mr. FIELDS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. EVANSof Penn- |
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| 18 | 18 | | sylvania, Mrs. M |
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| 19 | 19 | | CBATH, Mrs. DINGELL, and Ms. NORTON) submitted the |
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| 20 | 20 | | following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judici- |
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| 21 | 21 | | ary |
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| 22 | 22 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 23 | 23 | | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that |
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| 24 | 24 | | the Secretary of Health and Human Services should |
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| 25 | 25 | | withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment op- |
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| 26 | 26 | | portunities. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Whereas public participation in the regulatory process is es- |
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| 28 | 28 | | sential to the formulation of fair and sound policy; |
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| 29 | 29 | | Whereas open rulemaking mitigates the possibility of arbi- |
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| 30 | 30 | | trary, harmful, and ill-advised rulemaking; |
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| 31 | 31 | | Whereas the Department of Health and Human Services has |
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| 32 | 32 | | successfully adhered to Administrative Procedure Act no- |
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| 33 | 33 | | tice and comment period procedures for 54 years; |
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| 36 | 36 | | •HRES 369 IH |
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| 37 | 37 | | Whereas the daily lives of millions of Americans are pro- |
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| 38 | 38 | | foundly affected by the regulations that are issued by the |
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| 39 | 39 | | Department of Health and Human Services; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | Whereas it is critical that program beneficiaries, State and |
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| 41 | 41 | | local governments, human services providers, and organi- |
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| 42 | 42 | | zations continue to be afforded the opportunity for input |
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| 43 | 43 | | whenever Health and Human Services regulatory changes |
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| 44 | 44 | | are proposed: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 45 | 45 | | Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | resentatives that the Secretary of Health and Human 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Services should withdraw the notice published in the Fed-3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | eral Register on March 3, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 11029) that 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | would reduce public notice and comment opportunities, 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and affirm practices as in effect on February 27, 2025, 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | which involve the public in rulemaking procedures. 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Æ |
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