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<dc:title>118 SJ 59 IS: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to “Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121”.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-02-01</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IIA</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num>S. J. RES. 59</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20240201">February 1, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S410">Ms. Lummis</sponsor> introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>JOINT RESOLUTION</legis-type><official-title display="yes">Providing for congressional disapproval under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/8">chapter 8</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to <quote>Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121</quote>.</official-title></form><resolution-body><section display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section" id="S1"><text>That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to <quote>Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121</quote> (87 Fed. Reg. 21015 (April 11, 2022) and a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated October 31, 2023 (which was printed in the Congressional Record on November 1, 2023, on pages S5310–5312), concluding that such Staff Accounting Bulletin is a rule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/8">chapter 8</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code), and such rule shall have no force or effect.</text></section></resolution-body></resolution> 

