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This joint resolution nullifies the rule finalized by the Department of Labor on August 1, 2016, relating to establishing, for state unemployment compensation program purposes, occupations that regularly conduct drug testing.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.J.Res. 42 as public Law on Mar 31, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Feb 15, 2017Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveMar 14, 2017
House Feb 15, 2017 · the primary vote
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants
Passed
236 Yea 189 Nay 6 not voting
Party-line vote 5 of 425 voting members broke with their own party: 4 Democrats, 1 Republican.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.J.Res. 42 and vote against it. 19 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.J.Res. 42 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
11 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.