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B-334189 Apr 14, 2022 1 (2022-04-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaonag0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-334189 April 14, 2022 The Honorable Patty Murray Chairwoman The Honorable Richard Burr Ranking Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Chairman The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican Leader Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Amended Order Implementing Presidential Proclamation on Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) entitled Amended Order Implementing Presidential Proclamation on Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic (RIN: 0920-ZA38). We received the rule on April 7, 2022. It was published in the Federal Register as a notice of agency amended order on April 7, 2022. 87 Fed. Reg. 20405. The effective date is April 14, 2022. According to CDC, the notice amends an order issued October 20, 2021, to align with revised CDC guidance published on January 4, 2022, related to isolation and quarantine after travel. CDC stated the new order reduces the self-quarantine time after international travel for certain individuals with vaccine exemptions from seven days to five. CDC also stated the notice reduces the self-quarantine time for those diagnosed with COVID-19 or experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 from ten days to five. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). The 60-day delay in effective date can be waived, however, if the agency finds for good cause that delay is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, and the agency incorporates a statement of the findings and its reasons in the rule issued. 5 U.S.C. §§ 553(b)(3)(B), 808(2). Here, although CDC did not specifically mention the CRA's 60-day delay in effective date requirement, the agency found good cause to waive notice and comment procedures and incorporated a brief statement of reasons. Specifically, CDC determined it had good cause because, considering the rapid and

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