Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 139.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FISCHBACH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 82, May 10, 2024, Page H3007):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Disapproving of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services relating to ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting''.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  312 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 139, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/139

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a0e85c1e2e529633ee762f6653578295925992245785ea41126828952ac41711

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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