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Union Calendar No. 500 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2952 

[Report No. 114–648] 

To provide payments to States for increasing the employment, job retention, 

and earnings of former TANF recipients. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 7, 2015 

Mr. BOUSTANY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

JUNE 28, 2016 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 7, 2015] 

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A BILL 

To provide payments to States for increasing the employment, job retention, and earnings of former TANF recipients. 

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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Employment 

5 Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPROVING ECONOMIC MOBILITY OF TANF RECIPI7 ENTS. 

8 Section 403(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 603(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(4) IMPROVING ECONOMIC MOBILITY OF TANF

11 RECIPIENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) MEASURING STATE PERFORMANCE.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each State, in con14 sultation with the Secretary, shall collect 

15 and report information necessary to meas16 ure the level of performance of the State for 

17 each indicator described in clause (ii), for 

18 fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year there19 after, and the Secretary shall use the infor20 mation collected for fiscal year 2018 to es21 tablish the baseline level of performance of 

22 each State for each such indicator. 

23 ‘‘(ii) INDICATORS.—The indicators de24 scribed in this clause, for a fiscal year, are 

25 the following: 

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1 ‘‘(I) The employment percentage 

2 for the fiscal year, which is equal to— 

3 ‘‘(aa) the number of families 

4 receiving assistance under the 

5 State program funded under this 

6 part or any other State program 

7 funded with qualified State ex8 penditures (as defined in section 

9 409(a)(7)(B)(ii)) who, during a 

10 quarter in the fiscal year, exited 

11 from the program, and who, dur12 ing the 2nd quarter after the exit, 

13 include an adult in unsubsidized 

14 employment; divided by 

15 ‘‘(bb) the number of families 

16 who received assistance from the 

17 program in the exit quarter re18 ferred to in subclause (aa). 

19 ‘‘(II) The retention percentage for 

20 the fiscal year, which is equal to— 

21 ‘‘(aa) the number of families 

22 receiving assistance from the State 

23 program funded under this part 

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1 tures (as defined in section 

2 409(a)(7)(B)(ii)) who, during a 

3 quarter in the fiscal year, exited 

4 from the program, and who, dur5 ing the 4th quarter after the exit, 

6 include an adult in unsubsidized 

7 employment; divided by 

8 ‘‘(bb) the number of families 

9 who received assistance under the 

10 program in the exit quarter re11 ferred to in subclause (aa). 

12 ‘‘(III) The advancement measure 

13 for the fiscal year, which is equal to 

14 the median earnings of the adults re15 ceiving assistance under the State pro16 gram funded under this part or any 

17 other State program funded with 

18 qualified State expenditures (as de19 fined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(ii)) who, 

20 during a quarter in the fiscal year, 

21 exited from the program, and who dur22 ing the 2nd quarter after the exit, are 

23 in unsubsidized employment. 

24 ‘‘(iii) AGREEMENT ON REQUISITE PER25 FORMANCE LEVEL FOR EACH INDICATOR.— 

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1 ‘‘(I) FISCAL YEARS 2019 AND

2 2020.—The State shall reach agree3 ment with the Secretary on the req4 uisite level of performance for each in5 dicator described in clause (ii), for 

6 each of fiscal years 2019 and 2020. In 

7 establishing the requisite levels of per8 formance, the State and the Secretary 

9 shall— 

10 ‘‘(aa) take into account how 

11 the levels involved compare with 

12 the levels established for other 

13 States; 

14 ‘‘(bb) ensure the levels in15 volved are adjusted, using the ob16 jective statistical model referred to 

17 in clause (v), based on— 

18 ‘‘(AA) the differences 

19 among States in actual eco20 nomic conditions, including 

21 differences in unemployment 

22 rates and job losses or gains 

23 in particular industries; and 

24 ‘‘(BB) the characteris25 tics of participants on entry 

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1 into the program, including 

2 indicators of prior work his3 tory, lack of educational or 

4 occupational skills attain5 ment, or other factors that 

6 may affect employment and 

7 earnings; and 

8 ‘‘(cc) take into account the 

9 extent to which the levels involved 

10 promote continuous improvement 

11 in performance by each State. 

12 ‘‘(II) FISCAL YEAR 2021.—The 

13 State shall reach agreement with the 

14 Secretary, before fiscal year 2021, on 

15 the requisite level of performance for 

16 each indicator described in clause (ii), 

17 for fiscal year 2021, which shall be es18 tablished in accordance with subclause 

19 (I) of this clause. 

20 ‘‘(iv) REVISIONS BASED ON ECONOMIC

21 CONDITIONS AND INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING

22 ASSISTANCE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.— 

23 The Secretary shall, in accordance with the 

24 objective statistical model referred to in 

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1 formance for a fiscal year and a State to re2 flect the actual economic conditions and 

3 characteristics of participants during that 

4 fiscal year in the State. 

5 ‘‘(v) STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENT

6 MODEL.—The Secretary shall use an objec7 tive statistical model to make adjustments 

8 to the requisite levels of performance for ac9 tual economic conditions and characteristics 

10 of participants, and shall consult with the 

11 Secretary of Labor to develop a model that 

12 is the same as or similar to the model de13 scribed in section 116(b)(3)(viii) of the 

14 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

15 (29 U.S.C. 3141). 

16 ‘‘(B) REPORT ON STATE PERFORMANCE.— 

17 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Oc18 tober 1, 2017, the Secretary shall develop a 

19 template which each State shall use to re20 port on outcomes achieved under the State 

21 program funded under this part or any 

22 other State program funded with qualified 

23 State expenditures (as defined in section 

24 409(a)(7)(B)(i)). 

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1 ‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—Each such report 

2 shall include— 

3 ‘‘(I) the number of individuals 

4 who exited the program during the 

5 year, and their reasons for doing so, 

6 including a separate accounting of the 

7 number of work-eligible individuals (as 

8 so defined) who exited the program 

9 during the year and their reasons for 

10 doing so; 

11 ‘‘(II) the characteristics of the in12 dividuals who exited the program dur13 ing the year, including information on 

14 the length of time the individual re15 ceived assistance under the program, 

16 the educational level of the individual, 

17 and the earnings of the individual in 

18 the 4 quarters preceding the exit; and 

19 ‘‘(III) information specifying the 

20 levels of performance achieved on each 

21 indicator described in subparagraph 

22 (A)(ii). 

23 ‘‘(iii) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 

24 September 30 of fiscal year 2020 and of 

25 each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary 

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1 shall make available electronically to the 

2 public each report submitted under this sub3 paragraph during the fiscal year. 

4 ‘‘(C) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, in 

5 consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall 

6 prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to 

7 provide for the measurement of State perform8 ance on the indicators described in this para9 graph.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

11 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 

12 October 1, 2016. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to increase the 

employment, job retention, and earnings of former TANF 

recipients.’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 500 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2952 

[Report No. 114–648] 

A BILL 

To provide payments to States for increasing the 

former TANF recipients. employment, job retention, and earnings of 

JUNE 28, 2016 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ormstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS