[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.