S.Res. 198

Summary

S.Res. 198, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment opportunities, was introduced in the Senate on May 1, 2025 by Sen. Ron Wyden (D) with 18 co-sponsors. It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on May 1, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2740).

Record

Text

S.Res. 198 has 18 co-sponsors.

119 SRES 198 IS: Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment opportunities.
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 2025-05-01
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 III  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. RES. 198  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   May 1, 2025   Mr. Wyden  (for himself,  Mr. Markey ,  Mr. King ,  Mr. Welch ,  Ms. Klobuchar ,  Mr. Merkley ,  Ms. Hirono ,  Mr. Booker ,  Ms. Rosen ,  Ms. Warren ,  Mr. Van Hollen ,  Mr. Blumenthal ,  Ms. Smith ,  Ms. Blunt Rochester ,  Ms. Alsobrooks ,  Mr. Luján ,  Mr. Whitehouse ,  Mrs. Gillibrand , and  Mr. Warner ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the  Committee on Finance    RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment opportunities.
Whereas public participation in the regulatory process is essential to the formulation of fair and sound policy;
Whereas open rulemaking mitigates the possibility of arbitrary, harmful, and ill-advised rulemaking;
Whereas the Department of Health and Human Services has successfully adhered to Administrative Procedure Act notice and comment period procedures for 54 years;
Whereas the daily lives of millions of Americans are profoundly affected by the regulations that are issued by the Department of Health and Human Services; and
Whereas it is critical that program beneficiaries, State and local governments, human services providers, and organizations continue to be afforded the opportunity for input whenever Health and Human Services regulatory changes are proposed:
Now, therefore, be it
That it is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw the notice published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 11029) that would reduce public notice and comment opportunities, and affirm practices as in effect on February 27, 2025, which involve the public in rulemaking procedures.

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment opportunities.

Sponsors

Sen. Ron Wyden (D) sponsors S.Res. 198, and 18 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Ron Wyden

Sen. · D–OR · Sponsor

Introduced May 1, 2025

Angela Alsobrooks

Sen. · D–MD · Co-sponsor

Joined May 1, 2025 · Original

Richard Blumenthal

Sen. · D–CT · Co-sponsor

Joined May 1, 2025 · Original

Lisa Rochester

Sen. · D–DE · Co-sponsor

Joined May 1, 2025 · Original

Cory Booker

Sen. · D–NJ · Co-sponsor

Joined May 1, 2025 · Original

Kirsten Gillibrand

Sen. · D–NY · Co-sponsor

Joined May 1, 2025 · Original

Mazie Hirono

Sen. · D–HI · Co-sponsor

Joined May 1, 2025 · Original

Angus King

Sen. · I–ME · Co-sponsor

Joined May 1, 2025 · Original

Amy Klobuchar

Sen. · D–MN · Co-sponsor

Joined May 1, 2025 · Original

Ben Lujan

Sen. · D–NM · Co-sponsor

Joined May 1, 2025 · Original

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Committees

S.Res. 198 went before 1 committee: Finance.

Finance

Finance

Referred To · May 1, 2025 · 902 Bills

Actions

S.Res. 198 has taken 2 actions since May 1, 2025.

Votes

S.Res. 198 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S.Res. 198, as Identical bill.

HRES 369Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment opportunities.May 1, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · Identical bill

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Titles

S.Res. 198 goes by 2 titles.

• A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment opportunities. — Official Title as Introduced
• A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment opportunities. — Display Title

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 22 registered lobbyists who named S.Res. 198 in 9 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Agriculture, Education, Housing, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 22.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S.Res. 198 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S.Res. 198’s is Government Operations and Politics.

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