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Union Calendar No. 51 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 45 
[Report No. 118–71] 
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’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2023 
Mr. GOOD of Virginia (for himself, Ms. FOXX, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 
Mr. WALBERG, Mr. GROTHMAN, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BANKS, 
Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Ms. 
LETLOW, Mr. BEAN of Florida, Mr. BURLISON, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. 
CRENSHAW, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. EZELL, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. 
NORMAN, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. HERN, Mr. RUTHERFORD, 
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. MANN, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MILLER- 
MEEKS, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. SMITH of 
Missouri, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. PERRY, Mr. POSEY, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mrs. 
SPARTZ, Mr. GUEST, Ms. GRANGER, and Mr. BIGGS) submitted the fol-
lowing joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
MAY 18, 2023 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, Mr. PENCE, Mr. MILLER 
of Ohio, Mr. ROY, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. 
BARR, Mr. BABIN, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. COLE, Mr. FINSTAD, 
Mr. YAKYM, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. CRAWFORD, 
Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. OGLES, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. ROSE, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. SELF, Mr. MORAN, Mr. LAMALFA, 
Mr. CLINE, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. 
ROUZER, Mr. CRANE, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Flor-
ida, Mr. ISSA, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. MILLS, Mr. FALLON, Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. CAREY, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. JORDAN, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. ESTES, Mr. WIL-
LIAMS of Texas, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. 
BOST, Mr. DESJARLAIS, and Mr. ADERHOLT 
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MAY 18, 2023 
Reported from the Committee on Education and the Workforce; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
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 De-
partment of Education relating to ‘‘Waivers and Modifica-
tions 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 Congres-
sional Record on March 22, 2023, on pages S903–S906, 
along with a letter of opinion from the Government Ac-
countability Office dated March 17, 2023, that the Waiv-
ers and Modifications are a rule under the Congressional 
Review Act, and such rule shall have no force or effect. 
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Union Calendar No. 51 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 45 
[Report No. 118–71] 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Providing for congressional disapproval under chap-
ter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule 
submitted by the Department of Education relat-
ing to ‘‘Waivers and Modifications of Federal 
Student Loans’’. 
MAY 18, 2023 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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