Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the freeze on State-based Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Care and Development Fund, and Social Services Block Grant payments for California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1432 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1432

  Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents 
 to the House of Representatives relating to the freeze on State-based 
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Care and Development 
    Fund, and Social Services Block Grant payments for California, 
              Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2026

 Mr. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Chu, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Panetta, 
 Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Barragan, 
    Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Omar, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. 
   Budzinski, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Min, Mr. Foster, Mr. 
 Huffman, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Casten, 
 Ms. Brownley, Mr. Sorensen, and Mr. Cisneros) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                               RESOLUTION

 
  Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents 
 to the House of Representatives relating to the freeze on State-based 
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Care and Development 
    Fund, and Social Services Block Grant payments for California, 
              Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.

    Resolved, That the President of the United States is requested, and 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed, to transmit, to 
the extent that such documents are in the possession of the President 
or the Secretary, to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 
days after the date of adoption of this resolution, copies of any 
document, audit trail, record, audio recording, memorandum, call log, 
correspondence (electronic or otherwise), written agreements, report, 
study, contract, staffing assignment, legal analysis or other 
communication in their possession, or any portion of any document, 
record, audit trail, audio recording, memorandum, call log, contract, 
staffing assignment, legal analysis, correspondence (electronic or 
otherwise), or other communication, that refers or relates to the 
following:
            (1) Communication between the Executive Office of the 
        President and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 
        about selecting particular States and programs for a payment 
        freeze.
            (2) The tweet by HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill on 
        December 30, 2025, freezing all Administration for Children and 
        Families (ACF) payments.
            (3) Drawdown of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families 
        (TANF), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) and Child Care 
        Entitlement to States (CCES) funding any time after December 
        30, 2025, by California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, or New 
        York, or any tribal grantee located in one of those five 
        States.
            (4) Warning letters, referrals to the Office of the 
        Inspector General, or other disciplinary actions regarding 
        alleged funding misuse by any of the five States between 
        January 20, 2025, and December 1, 2025.
            (5) Communication with grantees regarding submitting 
        additional data and HHS plans for storage, use, and sharing of 
        that data within and outside of HHS after January 20, 2025.
            (6) Contracts, staffing assignments, and instructions to 
        contractors and any HHS staff (whether based in the District of 
        Columbia or regionally) regarding the payment freeze.
            (7) Contracts with States, Tribes, and Territories 
        governing the HHS Payment Management System effective in 2025 
        or 2026.
            (8) Meetings, discussions, or other actions involving the 
        HHS Office of the General Counsel or outside legal advisors 
        regarding use of the Payment Management system by grantees in 
        the five States after January 20, 2025.
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