IIA 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 118 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 21, 2012 Received JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (issued July 12, 2012, as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Information Memorandum Transmittal No. TANF–ACF–IM–2012–03, and printed in the Congressional Record on September 10, 2012, on pages S6047–S6050, along with a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated September 4, 2012, that the Information Memorandum is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no force or effect.

Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 2012. Karen L. Haas, Clerk