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H.J. Res. 118, a 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 1 (February 27, 2013)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo10994 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director U.S. Congress Washington, DC 20515 February 27, 2013 Honorable Dave Camp Chairman Committee on Ways and Means U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman: On September 17, 2012, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for House Joint Resolution 118. In response to your request for more information, we are providing the following additional explanation of the basis of that cost estimate. We estimated that enacting House Joint Resolution 118 would reduce direct spending by $59 million over the 2013-2022 period. Additionally, we estimated the resolution would have no effect on revenues, no significant effect on spending subject to appropriation, and no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates (as defined by the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act). CBO estimated a reduction in direct spending because the resolution would prevent a new rule announced by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from being implemented. That rule would probably lower the potential penalties assessed by the federal government for states' failure to meet work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Thus, legislation blocking the rule would eliminate that possible reduction in assessed penalties. Maintaining penalty assessments (in the absence of the announced rule) would therefore lead to lower net outlays for TANF. (The penalties would be assessed by lowering the TANF grant to the penalized states.)

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