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Union Calendar No. 498 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2990 

[Report No. 114–646] 

To provide for the conduct of demonstration projects to test the effectiveness 

of subsidized employment for TANF recipients. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 9, 2015 

Mr. DOLD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Ways and Means 

JUNE 28, 2016 

Additional sponsor: Mr. REED

JUNE 28, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, 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 9, 2015] 

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A BILL 

To provide for the conduct of demonstration projects to 

test the effectiveness of subsidized employment for 

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 ‘‘Accelerating Individuals 

5 into the Workforce Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO SUPPORT SUB7 SIDIZED EMPLOYMENT FOR TANF RECIPI8 ENTS. 

9 Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603) 

10 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(c) SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT DEMONSTRATION

12 PROJECTS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 

14 grants to States to conduct demonstration projects de15 signed to implement and evaluate strategies that pro16 vide wage subsidies to enable low-income individuals 

17 to enter into and retain employment. 

18 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec19 retary shall require each State that applies for a 

20 grant under this subsection to do the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) Describe how wage subsidies will be 

22 provided (such as whether paid directly to the 

23 employer or the individual), the duration of the 

24 subsidies, the amount of the subsidies, the struc25 ture of the subsidies, and how employers will be 

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1 recruited to participate in the subsidized em2 ployment program. 

3 ‘‘(B) Describe how the State expects those 

4 participating in subsidized employment to be 

5 able to retain employment after the subsidy ends. 

6 ‘‘(C) Describe how the State will coordinate 

7 subsidized employment funded under this sub8 section with other efforts to help low-income in9 dividuals enter work as conducted by the State. 

10 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State to which a 

12 grant is made under this subsection may use the 

13 grant to subsidize the wages of an eligible recipi14 ent for a period not exceeding 12 months, and 

15 only to the extent that the total of the funds paid 

16 under this project and any other Federal funds 

17 so used with respect to the recipient does not ex18 ceed 50 percent of the amount of the wages re19 ceived by the recipient during the period. 

20 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—For purposes 

21 of subparagraph (A), an eligible recipient is— 

22 ‘‘(i)(I) a recipient of assistance under 

23 the State program funded under this part 

24 or any other State program funded with 

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1 qualified State expenditures (as defined in 

2 section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)); or 

3 ‘‘(II) a noncustodial parent of a minor 

4 child who is receiving assistance referred to 

5 in subclause (I); 

6 ‘‘(ii) who, at the time the subsidy be7 gins, is unemployed; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) whose income, at that time, is 

9 less than 200 percent of the poverty line (as 

10 defined by the Office of Management and 

11 Budget, and revised annually in accordance 

12 with section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget 

13 Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 

14 9902(2))). 

15 ‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) NONDISPLACEMENT.—A State to which 

17 a grant is made under this subsection shall en18 sure that no participant in a subsidized job pro19 gram funded in whole or in part under this sub20 section is employed or assigned to a job under 

21 the program— 

22 ‘‘(i) when any other individual is on 

23 layoff from the same or any substantially 

24 equivalent job; or 

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1 ‘‘(ii) if the employer has terminated 

2 the employment of any regular employee or 

3 otherwise caused an involuntary reduction 

4 of its workforce in order to fill the vacancy 

5 so created with an adult described in para6 graph (1). 

7 ‘‘(B) GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.—A State 

8 with a program funded under this subsection 

9 shall establish and maintain a grievance proce10 dure for resolving complaints of alleged viola11 tions of subparagraph (A). 

12 ‘‘(C) NO PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this 

13 paragraph shall preempt or supersede any provi14 sion of State or local law that provides greater 

15 protection for employees from displacement. 

16 ‘‘(5) REPORTS.—As a condition of receiving 

17 funds under this subsection for a fiscal year, a State 

18 shall submit to the Secretary, within 6 months after 

19 the end of the fiscal year, a report that— 

20 ‘‘(A) specifies, for each month of the fiscal 

21 year, the number of individuals whose employ22 ment is subsidized with these funds; 

23 ‘‘(B) describes the structure of the State ac24 tivities to use the funds to subsidize employment, 

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1 including the amount and duration of the sub2 sidies provided; 

3 ‘‘(C) specifies the percentage of eligible re4 cipients who received a subsidy who are in un5 subsidized employment during the 2nd quarter 

6 after the subsidy ended; 

7 ‘‘(D) specifies the percentage of eligible re8 cipients who received a subsidy who are in un9 subsidized employment during the 4th quarter 

10 after the subsidy ended; and 

11 ‘‘(E) specifies the median earnings of eligi12 ble recipients who received a subsidy who are in 

13 unsubsidized employment during the 2nd quarter 

14 after the subsidy ended. 

15 ‘‘(6) EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in consulta16 tion with each State conducting a demonstration 

17 project, shall conduct a high-quality evaluation of the 

18 demonstration project, and may reserve funds made 

19 available under this subsection to conduct the evalua20 tion in accordance with the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) EVALUATOR QUALIFICATIONS.—The 

22 Secretary may not enter into a contract with an 

23 evaluator unless the evaluator has demonstrated 

24 experience in conducting rigorous evaluations of 

25 program effectiveness including, where available 

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1 and appropriate, well-implemented randomized 

2 controlled trials. 

3 ‘‘(B) METHODOLOGIES TO BE USED.—The 

4 evaluation of a demonstration project shall use 

5 experimental designs using random assignment 

6 or other reliable, evidence-based research meth7 odologies that allow for the strongest possible 

8 causal inferences when random assignment is 

9 not feasible. 

10 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary 

11 shall publish the results of the evaluation on the 

12 website of the Department of Health and Human 

13 Services in a location easily accessible by the 

14 public. 

15 ‘‘(7) RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS.—The 

16 Secretary shall submit recommendations to the Con17 gress on how to increase the employment, retention, 

18 and advancement of individuals currently or formerly 

19 receiving assistance under a State program funded 

20 under this part or any other State program funded 

21 with qualified State expenditures (as defined in sec22 tion 409(a)(7)(B)(i)). 

23 ‘‘(8) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available 

24 to carry out subsection (b) for fiscal year 2017, the 

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1 Secretary shall reserve $100,000,000 to carry out this 

2 subsection. 

3 ‘‘(9) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR CAREER PATH4 WAYS PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall use 15 percent 

5 of the amounts reserved to carry out this subsection, 

6 to fund programs that offer career pathway (as de7 fined in section 3(7) of the Workforce Innovation and 

8 Opportunity Act) services. 

9 ‘‘(10) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds provided 

10 to a State under this subsection in a fiscal year shall 

11 be expended by the State in the fiscal year or in the 

12 succeeding fiscal year.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

14 The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on 

15 October 1, 2016. 

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Union Calendar No. 498 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2990 

[Report No. 114–646] 

A BILL 

To provide for the conduct of demonstration 

employment for TANF recipients. projects to test the effectiveness of subsidized 

JUNE 28, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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