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evaluation. TANF and state MOE funds can 

be used for the costs of evaluation, including 

third party contributions counting toward 

meeting a state’s MOE requirement. 

HHS recognizes the importance of public 

input into the process of developing and implementing a waiver demonstration project. 

Therefore, the state must provide the public 

with a meaningful opportunity to provide 

input into the decision-making process prior 

to the time a proposal is approved by HHS. 

Further guidance concerning this requirement will be forthcoming. 

Waivers are subject to HHS and Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) approval and 

terms and conditions may include additional 

requirements, such as site visits, before implementation. 

Terms and conditions will require periodic 

reporting on how the implementation and 

operation of the demonstration is progressing, including reporting on the performance measures, in addition to evaluation reports. To support learning and knowledge development, ACF staff may conduct on-site 

visits to observe demonstration operations 

and meet with relevant managers and staff. 

Inquiries: Inquiries and applications for 

projects involving waiver requests should be 

directed to the appropriate Regional TANF 

Program Manager. 

EARL S. JOHNSON, 

Director, Office of Family Assistance. 

JULY 12, 2012. 

DEAR STATE HUMAN SERVICE OFFICIAL: 

Today, the Administration for Children and 

Families’ Office of Family Assistance issued 

an Information Memorandum that informs 

states that the Department of Health and 

Human Services will use its statutory authority to consider waiver requests that 

strengthen the Temporary Assistance for 

Needy Families (TANF) program. This Information Memorandum reflects the Department’s commitment to provide states, tribes, 

and territories with more flexibility to innovate in the TANF program with the goal of 

helping more families find jobs and move toward self-sufficiency. 

On February 28, 2011, President Obama 

issued a Presidential Memorandum that directed federal agencies ‘‘to work closely with 

state, local, and tribal governments to identify administrative, regulatory, and legislative barriers in Federally funded programs 

that currently prevent states, localities, and 

tribes, from efficiently using tax dollars to 

achieve the best results for their constituents.’’ 

The Administration for Children and Families took this charge seriously and held a series of consultation meetings with states, 

tribes, and territories on a variety of topics 

including TANF. During those consultations, 

many jurisdictions expressed a strong interest in greater flexibility in TANF and indicated that greater flexibility could be used 

by states to improve program effectiveness. 

We also heard concerns that some TANF 

rules stifle innovation and focus attention 

on paperwork rather than helping parents 

find jobs. States offered a range of suggestions for ways in which expanded flexibility 

could lead to more effective employment 

outcomes for families. Two states—Utah and 

Nevada—submitted written comments that 

specifically identified waivers as one mechanism for testing new approaches to promoting employment and self-sufficiency, and 

a number of others states—including California, Connecticut, and Minnesota—have 

asked about the potential for waivers. 

As described in more detail in the Information Memorandum, the Social Security Act 

provides the Secretary of the Department of 

Health and Human Services with the authority to grant states waivers of certain TANF 

provisions for the purpose of testing new approaches to meeting the goals of the TANF 

statute. The Secretary is interested in using 

her authority to allow states to test alternative and innovative strategies, policies, 

and procedures that are designed to improve 

employment outcomes for needy families. 

The statute does not permit tribes to receive 

waivers under Section 1115, however we are 

committed to using the underlying flexibility in federal law to help tribes innovate 

in their programs. 

TANF Waiver demonstration projects 

under Section 1115 must be accompanied by a 

high quality evaluation plan, which is critical to ensuring that the pilots result in rigorous evidence about what works and what 

doesn’t in order to inform future decisions 

made by policymakers at the federal, state, 

tribal, territorial, and local levels. In addition, states that apply for a waiver must 

identify interim performance targets that 

will be used to hold states accountable for 

improving outcomes for families. We will 

work with states interested in developing 

waiver demonstration projects to design 

these performance measures and targets. 

The Information Memorandum outlines 

the types of waivers that will and will not be 

considered. The Secretary is only interested 

in approving waivers if the state can explain 

in a compelling fashion why the proposed approach may be a more efficient or effective 

means to promote employment entry, retention, advancement, or access to jobs that 

offer opportunities for earnings and advancement that will allow participants to avoid 

dependence on government benefits. 

States have shown their ability to innovate in ways that help parents find jobs. In 

2009 and 2010, 42 states used the TANF Emergency Fund authorized under the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act to create 

260,000 subsidized jobs for jobless parents and 

disadvantaged youth. Over a short period of 

time, states exhibited enormous creativity 

as they developed new subsidized employment initiatives that responded to an urgent 

need for jobs in communities across the 

country. 

It is critical that we work together to develop effective employment strategies that 

prepare workers for the jobs of the 21st century. We stand ready to work with states interested in developing innovative demonstration projects that test new approaches to 

helping parents succeed in the labor market. 

Sincerely, 

GEORGE SHELDON, 

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Acting Assistant Secretary. 

TRIBUTE TO RICHARD F. 

GRIMMETT 

Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, today I 

wish to recognize the extraordinary career achievements of Richard F. 

Grimmett, specialist in international 

security with the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of the Congressional Research Service, who is retiring on September 30, after 38 years 

of distinguished government service. A 

native of Akron, OH, Richard graduated with honors from Kent State 

University, where he also received a 

Ph.D. in American history with a focus 

on recent U.S. national security policy. 

Since 1974, when he joined CRS, Richard has been involved in a wide range 

of major international security policy 

issues that have confronted the Congress, from questions involving intelligence community oversight, war powers, and the basing and use of U.S. 

military forces overseas, to the international arms trade and arms export 

controls. Through his nearly four decades as a staff adviser to the Congress 

and several of its major committees, 

his various appearances as a 

con1mittee witness, and through his 

authoring of numerous in-depth CRS 

reports, Richard has become recognized 

as a national expert in these critical 

defense and foreign policy issues. 

The broad sweep of his intellect is reflected in the substantive reports and 

memoranda he has written for the Congress. Yet an especially significant 

part of his contributions to congressional policy debates has been through 

the numerous consultations and briefings he has provided to major committees of the Senate and House on key 

issues before them. At the beginning of 

his career at CRS, Richard provided direct support to major congressional investigations of events of great consequence for U.S. national security interests. Among these were his analytical support for the Senate and House 

Select Intelligence Committees—the 

panels chaired by Senator Frank 

Church and Representative Otis Pike— 

charged with investigating the activities of the U.S. intelligence community 

during 1975 to 1976, investigations that 

ultimately led to the creation of permanent select committees in the House 

and Senate that oversee the budget and 

activities of the U.S. intelligence community today. Later, in 1985 to 1987, 

Richard was a senior coordinator of the 

support provided by CRS to the House 

and Senate joint committee investigating the Iran-Contra affair, personally providing advice and suggestions 

that focused attention on key deficiencies in U.S. law, several of which 

were later corrected by legislative enactment. Immediately after the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, he directly assisted the 

Senate and the House in clarifying its 

understanding of the legislative options available to the Congress to respond, through use of force, against 

those responsible for the attacks on 

this country. His comprehensive understanding of the War Powers Resolution 

and its provisions have proven invaluable to the Congress when it has needed to consider what actions it might 

take when the President has engaged 

the U.S. military in hostile operations 

overseas. In 2005 Richard provided the 

Congress with an analytical roadmap 

that highlighted the common policy 

suggestions for legislation that the 9/11 

Commission and previous similar inquiries had 1nade to bolster U.S. internal security against the threat of terrorism. Subsequently, several of these 

proposals were enacted into law. 

Throughout his career Richard has 

been the leading specialist at CRS on 

issues relating to U.S. arms sales to 

foreign nations, U.S. arms export control law, and the international arms 

trade in general. From the mid-1970s to 

the present, he has advised the Congress and its policy committees on 


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issues associated with every controversial foreign arms sale proposal that has 

come before them. Since 1982 he has 

produced a comprehensive annual report for the Congress detailing the 

agreements and deliveries concluded by 

the world’s conventional weapons suppliers, a work that has set the gold 

standard on this subject. Richard was 

also the editor and coauthor of the 

Senate Foreign Relations Committee 

print ‘‘Treaties and Other International Agreements: The Role of the 

United States Senate’’ the definitive 

reference document on this subject. 

In the area of arms export control 

and oversight legislation, Richard has 

provided continuing expert support and 

advice to the Senate Foreign Relations 

Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, from the original 

drafting of the Arms Export Control 

Act in 1976 through its various periods 

of amendment to the present day. More 

recently, he directly supported the 

Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s 

exhaustive review of the Defense Trade 

Cooperation Treaty between the United 

States and the United Kingdom. In this 

endeavor, Richard provided his specialized expertise to the committee on the 

complex issues posed by this treaty, 

from its proposal by the President in 

2007 through the Committee’s consideration and the Senate’s advice and consent to it in September 2010. 

In all of the examples I have noted, 

Richard Grimmett’s institutional 

memory and command of the substance 

of the issues for which he has been responsible has made him an invaluable 

resource for the U.S. Congress at large 

and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in particular. I am confident 

that the Members of the Senate and 

the House join me in expressing our 

deepest appreciation to Richard for the 

extraordinary service he has provided 

to us over his long and distinguished 

career. 

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PRIVATE FLOOD INSURANCE 

Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I would 

like to discuss a provision of the 

Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 which reaffirms that 

private flood insurance can be used to 

satisfy a mandatory purchase requirement. This provision defines the term 

‘‘private flood insurance,’’ and the definition makes a specific reference to 

private flood insurance from a surplus 

lines insurer in connection with nonresidential commercial property coverage. I would note, however, that insurance provided by surplus lines insurers also can cover residential properties—particularly when licensed and 

admitted insurers are unwilling or unable to provide the desired coverage— 

and this is authorized under state insurance law. The provision defines private flood insurance to include insurance provided by an insurer ‘‘licensed, 

admitted, or otherwise approved’’ to 

engage in the business of insurance by 

a State. Surplus lines insurers, also 

sometimes known as nonadmitted insurers, are approved to conduct such 

business by States. Is it the understanding of the Chairman that the 

‘‘private flood insurance’’ definition includes surplus lines flood insurance 

coverage? 

Mr. JOHNSON. I thank the Senator 

from Idaho for his question. The answer is yes—the definition of ‘‘private 

flood insurance’’ includes private flood 

insurance provided by a surplus lines 

insurer and is not intended to limit 

surplus lines eligibility to nonresidential properties. While the Senator is 

correct that surplus lines insurance is 

specifically mentioned in that context, 

overall the definition accommodates 

private flood insurance from insurers 

who are ‘‘licensed, admitted, or otherwise approved’’ in the State where the 

property is located. 

Mr. CRAPO. I thank my friend from 

South Dakota for this important clarification. This is an important issue, 

particularly in those limited high-risk 

areas where surplus lines insurance 

serves as an essential part of the homeowners insurance market. I agree with 

his reading of the statute, because 

state law already sets the parameters 

as to when surplus lines insurance is 

acceptable. 

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HONOR FLIGHT 2012 

Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I wish to 

recognize the Honor Flight Network 

and the four Alaskan World War II veterans who are participating in this 

year’s flight: Robert J. Ingram, a veteran of the Navy from Fairbanks; and 

Louis E. Fessler, a veteran of the 

Army, Marc Stella, a veteran of the 

Marine Corps, and Joseph William 

Nugent, a veteran of the Army Air 

Corps, all from Anchorage. 

The Honor Flight Network is a national program that provides free 

transportation to aging and ailing veterans to travel to Washington, DC, to 

visit and reflect at the memorials associated with the war in which they 

served. 

Later this month, these four heroes 

are scheduled to go to military- and 

veteran-related museums and tour the 

Capitol. The highlight of this trip of a 

lifetime is a long anticipated visit to 

the World War II Memorial on the 

Mall. These veterans of the war to end 

all wars deserve our highest praise for 

their service. Like so many men of 

that great generation, they selflessly 

did their duty and are among the fortunate ones who were able to return to 

the civilian community and lead long 

and productive lives. 

Mr. Ingram, Mr. Fessler, Mr. Stella, 

and Mr. NUGENT have our undying 

thanks and gratitude. Thanks are also 

in order to the Honor Flight Network 

for conceiving this program, to the 

flight guardians Julie Engfer and Heidi 

Matson from Fairbanks, and Val Stella 

from Anchorage, and to Alaska Airlines for donating airline tickets to all 

of the travelers. 

I urge all Alaskans and Americans to 

reflect on the service of Bob, Louie, 

Marc, and Bill and our other remaining 

World War II vets and all veterans who 

have made sacrifices for our Nation 

throughout its history. 

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RECOGNIZING LOUISBURG 

COLLEGE 

Mr. BURR. Mr. President, I am very 

proud to extend my recognition and 

congratulations to Louisburg College 

in Louisburg, NC as this wonderful academic institution celebrates 225 years 

of maintaining an engaging and enriching community for its students, faculty, and staff. 

This year, marking the 225th anniversary of the founding of Louisburg 

College, we give the members of the 

Louisburg community as well as the 

State of North Carolina the opportunity to pay tribute and homage to a 

place of academic excellence that has 

impacted many and helped thousands 

continue on the journey of excellence 

in all academic fields. 

Louisburg College traces its historical roots back to the 18th century during the American Revolution. Having 

evolved from three earlier institutions—Franklin Male Academy, 

Louisburg Female Academy, and 

Louisburg Female College—Louisburg 

College is the oldest two-year residential college in the Nation and the only 

one in North Carolina. 

The college is praised for years for its 

value, personal teaching methods, diversity, familial environment, and the 

way it prepares its students for future 

success. Today, Louisburg College is 

led by Dr. Mark D. LaBranche, who became the College’s 27th president in 

January of 2009. 

I ask my colleagues to join me in 

paying tribute to Louisburg College in 

Louisburg, NC for its continued outstanding achievement in upholding, 

protecting, and pioneering academic 

standards and providing an enriching 

community for its students, faculty, 

and staff. May Louisburg College’s 

achievements and successes be recognized and forever appreciated by the 

citizens of North Carolina as well as 

this Congress. 

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ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS 

HONORING WILLIAM E. SCHULZE 

∑ Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, today I 

wish to honor William E. Schulze, a 

veteran of World War II. 

It is my honor to share the story of 

William’s service in World War II, because no story of bravery—and especially not one from our ‘‘greatest generation’’—should ever be forgotten. 

Bill was born in Milwaukee, WI. A 

Golden Glove Boxing Champion, Bill 

was working for the Pacific Bridge 

Company at Pearl Harbor as a welder 

when our Nation came under attack on 

December 7, 1941. Bill soon joined the 

Navy and put his skills to use in the 


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