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 Senate, and was signed into law by President Trump.
National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Unemployment Benefit Drug Testing (H.J. Res. 42).
This group opposed this resolution that would start a process to allow states to drug test people who apply for federal unemployment assistance. Passed.
Citizens Against Government Waste
Unemployment Benefit Drug Testing Disapproval – Passage.
Passage of the joint resolution that would disapprove and nullify a Labor Department rule that defines the occupations for which states can require drug tests for individuals applying for unemployment benefits. Current law allows such testing if an individual's only available "suitable work" is an occupation in which drug testing is regularly conducted, and the rule defines those occupations as ones for which state or federal law requires employees to be tested for controlled substances.