---
title: "Joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants"
identifier: "115-HJRES-42"
congress: 115
bill_number: 42
bill_type: "HJRES"
version_code: "enr"
version_type: "Enrolled Bill"
bill_url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/115/bills/hjres/42"
source: "https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/42"
other_versions:
  - { code: "rds", type: "Received in Senate", date: "2017-02-16", url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/115/bills/hjres/42/text.md?version=rds" }
  - { code: "eh", type: "Engrossed in House", date: "2017-02-15", url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/115/bills/hjres/42/text.md?version=eh" }
  - { code: "ih", type: "Introduced in House", date: "2017-01-30", url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/115/bills/hjres/42/text.md?version=ih" }
site: "Chamber Zero"
site_url: "https://chamberzero.com"
rendered_at: "2026-06-04T02:50:33.993Z"
---
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program; Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Provision on Establishing Appropriate Occupations for Drug Testing of Unemployment Compensation Applicants" (published at 81 Fed. Reg. 50298 (August 1, 2016)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.