[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 37 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 37

  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
  United States Code, of the rule relating to the extent to which an 
  employer may offer an inducement to an employee for the employee's 
   spouse to provide information about the spouse's manifestation of 
 disease or disorder in connection with an employer-sponsored wellness 
                                program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 2016

 Mr. Alexander (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Perdue) 
  introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
  United States Code, of the rule relating to the extent to which an 
  employer may offer an inducement to an employee for the employee's 
   spouse to provide information about the spouse's manifestation of 
 disease or disorder in connection with an employer-sponsored wellness 
                                program.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the 
rule submitted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission relating 
to the extent to which an employer may offer an inducement to an 
employee for the employee's spouse to provide information about the 
spouse's manifestation of disease or disorder in connection with an 
employer-sponsored wellness program under title II of the Genetic 
Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 2000ff et seq.) 
(published at 81 Fed. Reg. 31143 (May 17, 2016)), and such rule shall 
have no force or effect.
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