Public Law 117-22
1ST SESSION
Joint Resolution
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission relating to “Update of Commission’s Conciliation Procedures”.
Be it enacted 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 “Update of Commission’s Conciliation Procedures” (86 Fed. Reg. 2974; published January 14, 2021), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
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