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Detail for 2017 House Roll Call Vote 97

Vote Date
15-Feb-2017
Yeas : Nays
236 : 189

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Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:

NAACP

ALLOWING STATES TO REQUIRE DRUG TESTS FOR PEOPLE COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

Final passage of legislation which, using the Congressional Review Act, would repeal regulations put into place by the Obama Administration's Department of Labor which implemented a bipartisan agreement that allowed states to drug test unemployment insurance applicants in very specific situations only. H.J. Res. 42 passed the House, and was signed into law by President Trump.

Citizens Against Government Waste

Unemployment Drug Testing Disapproval – Passage.

Passage of the joint resolution that would nullify and disapprove of a Labor Department rule that limits the occupations for which states can require drug tests for individuals applying for unemployment benefits. Under the rule, an individual can be required to be tested for drugs if an individual's typical employment is an occupation for which state or federal laws require an employee to be tested for controlled substances.

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