United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 27 (118th)
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of Labor relating to "Rescission of Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption Rule".
Introduced
11 May 2023
Last action
11 May 2023 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC], Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule submitted by the Department of Labor titled Rescission of Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption Rule . This rule, which became effective March 31, 2023, rescinded a rule that became effective January 8, 2021. The rule that became effective in 2021 expanded the religious exemption to the prohibition on federal contractors and subcontractors discriminating in employment decisions based on race, religion, sexual orientation, or other factors.
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Timeline
11 May 2023
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
11 May 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 11 May 2023 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
- · sshr00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of Labor relating to "Rescission of Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption Rule".
- related to ← A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of Labor relating to "Rescission of Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption Rule".
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/27
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/sjres/27
- us · 118-sjres-27 · source updated 5 December 2025