[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 45 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.J.Res.45

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-three


                            Joint Resolution


 
  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education 
   relating to ``Waivers and Modifications of Federal Student Loans''.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the 
rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to ``Waivers and 
Modifications of Federal Student Loans'' (including the website 
announcement entitled ``One-Time Federal Student Loan Debt Relief'' and 
the Federal Register document entitled ``Federal Student Aid Programs 
(Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, 
and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program)'' 87 Fed. Reg. 61512 
(Oct. 12, 2022)), and printed in the Congressional Record on March 22, 
2023, on pages S903-S906, along with a letter of opinion from the 
Government Accountability Office dated March 17, 2023, that the Waivers 
and Modifications are a rule under the Congressional Review Act, and 
such rule shall have no force or effect.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.