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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1695 

To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize and 

modernize the Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 12, 2019 

Ms. MCCOLLUM (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Ms. STEFANIK, 

and Ms. FUDGE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to 

reauthorize and modernize the Act. 

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 ‘‘Community Services 

5 Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION. 

7 The Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 9901 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘Subtitle B—Community Services 

2 Block Grant Program 

3 ‘‘SEC. 671. SHORT TITLE. 

4 ‘‘This subtitle may be cited as the ‘Community Serv5 ices Block Grant Act’. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 672. PURPOSES. 

7 ‘‘The purposes of this subtitle are— 

8 ‘‘(1) to reduce poverty in the United States by 

9 supporting the activities of community action agen10 cies that improve the economic security of low-in11 come individuals and families and create new eco12 nomic opportunities in the communities where they 

13 live; and 

14 ‘‘(2) to accomplish the objectives described in 

15 paragraph (1) by— 

16 ‘‘(A) strengthening community capabilities 

17 for identifying poverty conditions and opportu18 nities to alleviate such conditions; 

19 ‘‘(B) empowering low-income individuals 

20 and families to respond to the unique problems 

21 and needs within their communities through 

22 their maximum feasible participation in advis23 ing and assessing eligible entities and in design24 ing the programs, projects, and services funded 

25 under this subtitle; 


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1 ‘‘(C) using innovative community-based ap2 proaches that produce a measurable impact on 

3 the causes and effects of poverty, including two4 generation approaches that create opportunities 

5 for, and address the needs of, parents and chil6 dren together; 

7 ‘‘(D) coordinating Federal, State, local, 

8 and other assistance, including private re9 sources, related to the reduction of poverty so 

10 that resources can be used in a manner respon11 sive to local needs and conditions; and 

12 ‘‘(E) broadening the resources directed to 

13 the elimination of poverty, so as to promote 

14 partnerships that include— 

15 ‘‘(i) private, religious, charitable, and 

16 neighborhood-based organizations; 

17 ‘‘(ii) individuals, businesses, labor or18 ganizations, professional organizations, 

19 and other organizations engaged in ex20 panding opportunities for all individuals; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(iii) local government leaders. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 673. DEFINITIONS. 

24 ‘‘In this subtitle: 


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1 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY.—The term 

2 ‘community action agency’ means an eligible entity 

3 (which meets the requirements of paragraph (1) or 

4 (2), as appropriate, of section 680(c)) that is a pub5 lic charity and that delivers multiple programs, 

6 projects, or services to a variety of low-income indi7 viduals and families. 

8 ‘‘(2) COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM PLAN.— 

9 The term ‘community action program plan’ means a 

10 detailed plan, including a budget, that is adopted by 

11 an eligible entity, for expenditures of funds appro12 priated for a fiscal year under this subtitle for the 

13 activities supported directly or indirectly by such 

14 funds. 

15 ‘‘(3) COMMUNITY ACTION STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

16 The term ‘community action strategic plan’ means a 

17 plan that is adopted as the policy of an eligible enti18 ty and that— 

19 ‘‘(A) establishes goals for a period of not 

20 more than 5 years that are based on meeting 

21 needs identified by the entity in consultation 

22 with the residents of the community through a 

23 process of comprehensive community needs as24 sessment; 


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1 ‘‘(B) provides detail on how all activities of 

2 an eligible entity under this subtitle will con3 tribute to meeting such goals; and 

4 ‘‘(C) specifies how such activities will be 

5 managed, funded, and measured by the per6 formance measurement system of such entity. 

7 ‘‘(4) COMMUNITY SERVICES NETWORK ORGANI8 ZATION.—The term ‘community services network or9 ganization’ means any of the following organizations 

10 funded under this subtitle: 

11 ‘‘(A) A grantee. 

12 ‘‘(B) An eligible entity. 

13 ‘‘(C) An association of grantees or eligible 

14 entities. 

15 ‘‘(D) An association— 

16 ‘‘(i) with a membership composed of 

17 grantees, eligible entities, or associations of 

18 grantees or eligible entities; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) that is governed by a board of directors composed so that 3 20 ⁄4 of the direc21 tors are employees or designees of such 

22 grantees, such eligible entities, or such as23 sociations. 


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1 ‘‘(5) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘Department’ 

2 means the Department of Health and Human Serv3 ices. 

4 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en5 tity’ means an entity— 

6 ‘‘(A) that is an eligible entity described in 

7 section 673(1) (as in effect on the day before 

8 the date of enactment of the Community Serv9 ices Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2019) 

10 as of the day before such date of enactment, or 

11 has been designated by the process described in 

12 section 680(a) (including an organization serv13 ing migrant or seasonal farmworkers that is so 

14 described or designated); and 

15 ‘‘(B) that has a tripartite board described 

16 in paragraph (1) or (2), as appropriate, of sec17 tion 680(c). 

18 ‘‘(7) EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE.—The term 

19 ‘evidence-based practice’ means an activity, strategy, 

20 or intervention that— 

21 ‘‘(A) demonstrates a statistically signifi22 cant effect on improving relevant outcomes 

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1 plemented correlational study with statistical 

2 controls for selection bias; or 

3 ‘‘(B) demonstrates a rationale based on 

4 high-quality research findings or positive eval5 uation that such activity, strategy, or interven6 tion is likely to improve relevant outcomes; and 

7 includes ongoing efforts to examine the effects 

8 of such activity, strategy, or intervention. 

9 ‘‘(8) GRANTEE.—The term ‘grantee’ means a 

10 recipient of a grant under section 675 or 676 of this 

11 subtitle or the recipient of a grant under section 

12 675A or 675B of this subtitle (as in effect on the 

13 day before the date of enactment of the Community 

14 Services Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2019). 

15 ‘‘(9) PERFORMANCE BENCHMARK.—The term 

16 ‘performance benchmark’ means a measurable objec17 tive for the operations and activities set out in a 

18 community action program plan or a State plan 

19 under this subtitle. 

20 ‘‘(10) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYS21 TEM.—The term ‘performance measurement system’ 

22 means a management information system that— 

23 ‘‘(A) collects and reports information about 

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1 under this subtitle, including annual perform2 ance benchmarks; 

3 ‘‘(B) compares the actual outcomes with 

4 the intended outcomes; and 

5 ‘‘(C) is used as a basis for management 

6 decisions regarding future use of resources pro7 vided under this subtitle. 

8 ‘‘(11) POVERTY LINE.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘poverty 

10 line’ means the official poverty line defined by 

11 the Office of Management and Budget, based 

12 on the most recent data available from the Bu13 reau of the Census, subject to subparagraphs 

14 (C) and (D). The Secretary shall revise the pov15 erty line annually (or at any shorter interval 

16 the Secretary determines to be feasible and de17 sirable). The required revision shall be accom18 plished by multiplying the official poverty line 

19 by the percentage change in the Consumer 

20 Price Index for All Urban Consumers during 

21 the annual or other interval immediately pre22 ceding the time at which the revision is made. 

23 ‘‘(B) COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

24 ELIGIBILITY CRITERION.—Subject to subpara25 graphs (C), (D), and (E), the poverty line, as 


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1 defined in subparagraph (A), shall be used as 

2 a criterion of eligibility for services or assist3 ance provided to individuals or families through 

4 the community services block grant program es5 tablished under this subtitle. 

6 ‘‘(C) STATE REVISION OF POVERTY

7 LINE.—Whenever a State determines that it 

8 serves the objectives of the block grant program 

9 established under this subtitle, the State may 

10 revise the poverty line not to exceed 125 per11 cent of the official poverty line otherwise appli12 cable under subparagraph (A). 

13 ‘‘(D) WAIVERS FOR STATE USE OF HIGHER

14 ELIGIBILITY LEVEL.—Whenever a community 

15 action program plan provides that a program, 

16 project, or service funded under this subtitle re17 quires use of a higher eligibility standard than 

18 the standard otherwise applicable under this 

19 paragraph for the purpose of ensuring coordina20 tion of activities carried out under this subtitle 

21 with other programs or activities of eligible en22 tities, the State shall, as part of the application 

23 described in section 678, apply such standard 

24 with respect to that program, project, or service 


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1 and provide documentation regarding the ben2 efit of and need for such adjustment. 

3 ‘‘(E) PROCEDURES FOR CONTINUED ELIGI4 BILITY.—A State may establish procedures to 

5 ensure that a participant in a program, project, 

6 or service funded under this subtitle remains el7 igible to participate as long as the participant 

8 is successfully progressing toward achievement 

9 of the goals of the program, project, or service, 

10 regardless of any income eligibility criteria used 

11 to determine the participant’s initial eligibility. 

12 ‘‘(12) PRIVATE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

13 The term ‘private, nonprofit organization’ includes a 

14 religious organization. 

15 ‘‘(13) PUBLIC CHARITY.—The term ‘public 

16 charity’ means a domestic organization that is— 

17 ‘‘(A) described in section 501(c)(3) of the 

18 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

19 from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

20 Code; and 

21 ‘‘(B) described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 

22 section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

23 1986. 

24 ‘‘(14) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 

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1 ‘‘(15) SERVICE AREA.—The term ‘service area’ 

2 means the unique geographic area which the State 

3 has designated as the area to be served by an eligi4 ble entity with funding under section 679(a)(1)(B). 

5 ‘‘(16) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any of 

6 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

7 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 

8 States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Com9 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 674. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES 

11 BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

13 is authorized to establish a community services block 

14 grant program and to make grants through the program, 

15 under sections 675 and 676, to States to support local 

16 community action program plans carried out by eligible 

17 entities to reduce poverty in the communities served by 

18 such entities. 

19 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary is 

20 authorized to carry out other community programs de21 scribed in section 690 and section 690A. 

22 ‘‘(c) UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, 

23 COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS.—Not24 withstanding any other provision of the Omnibus Budget 

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1 tion 75.101(d)(1), part 75 of title 45, Code of Federal 

2 Regulations, funds authorized to be appropriated under 

3 this subtitle shall be subject to all subparts of the uniform 

4 administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit re5 quirements for Federal awards as adopted in regulations 

6 promulgated by the Secretary to implement the Uniform 

7 Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit 

8 Requirements under part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal 

9 Regulations, or any corresponding similar regulation (in10 cluding part 75 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, 

11 or any corresponding similar regulation), except for provi12 sions on termination, withholding and suspension of funds, 

13 as well as all other Federal laws and regulations related 

14 to intergovernmental financial transactions and to admin15 istration of federally funded grants and cooperative agree16 ments between States and nonprofit organizations, or local 

17 governments, as applicable. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 675. GRANTS TO TERRITORIES. 

19 ‘‘(a) APPORTIONMENT.—The Secretary shall appor20 tion the amount reserved under section 691(c)(1) for each 

21 fiscal year on the basis of need to eligible jurisdictions, 

22 among Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 

23 Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

24 Islands. 


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1 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make a grant to 

2 each eligible jurisdiction to which subsection (a) applies 

3 for the amount apportioned under subsection (a). 

4 ‘‘SEC. 676. ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS TO STATES. 

5 ‘‘(a) ALLOTMENTS IN GENERAL.—From the amount 

6 appropriated under section 691(a) for each fiscal year and 

7 remaining after the Secretary makes the reservations re8 quired by section 691(c), the Secretary shall allot to each 

9 eligible State, subject to section 677, an amount that 

10 bears the same ratio to such remaining amount as the 

11 amount received by the State for fiscal year 1981 under 

12 section 221 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 bore 

13 to the total amount received by all States for fiscal year 

14 1981 under such section, except as provided in subsection 

15 (b). 

16 ‘‘(b) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allot to 

each State not less than 1 18 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the 

19 amount appropriated under section 691(a) for such 

20 fiscal year and remaining after the Secretary makes 

21 the reservations required by section 691(c). 

22 ‘‘(2) YEARS WITH GREATER AVAILABLE

23 FUNDS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the 

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1 the reservations required by section 691(c) exceeds 

2 $850,000,000, no State shall receive under this section less than 3 3 ⁄4 of 1 percent of the remaining 

4 amount. 

5 ‘‘(c) GRANTS AND PAYMENTS.—Subject to section 

6 677, the Secretary shall make grants to eligible States for 

7 the allotments described in subsections (a) and (b). The 

8 Secretary shall make payments for the grants in accord9 ance with section 6503(a) of title 31, United States Code. 

10 The Secretary shall allocate the amounts allotted under 

11 subsections (a) and (b) quarterly, notify the States of their 

12 respective allocations and make each State’s quarterly al13 location amount available for expenditure by the State no 

14 later than 30 days after the start of the fiscal quarter for 

15 which the Secretary is allocating the funds. 

16 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘State’ 

17 does not include Guam, American Samoa, the United 

18 States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 

19 Northern Mariana Islands. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 677. PAYMENTS TO INDIAN TRIBES. 

21 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 ‘‘(1) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means a 

23 member of an Indian tribe or tribal organization. 

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1 tion’ means a tribe, band, or other organized group 

2 recognized in the State in which the tribe, band, or 

3 group resides, or considered by the Secretary of the 

4 Interior, to be an Indian tribe or an Indian organi5 zation for any purpose. 

6 ‘‘(b) RESERVATION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—Paragraph (2) shall apply 

8 only if, with respect to any State, the Secretary— 

9 ‘‘(A) receives a request from the governing 

10 body of an Indian tribe or tribal organization 

11 within such State that assistance under this 

12 subtitle be made available directly to such tribe 

13 or organization; and 

14 ‘‘(B) determines that the members of such 

15 Indian tribe or tribal organization would be bet16 ter served by means of grants made directly to 

17 such tribe or organization to provide benefits 

18 under this subtitle. 

19 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall reserve 

20 from amounts allotted to a State under section 676 

21 for a fiscal year, not less than the amount that bears 

22 the same ratio to the State allotment for the fiscal 

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1 uals eligible for assistance through a grant made 

2 under section 676 to such State. 

3 ‘‘(c) AWARDS.—The amount reserved by the Sec4 retary on the basis of a determination made under sub5 section (b)(1)(B) shall be made available by grant to the 

6 Indian tribe or tribal organization serving the Indians for 

7 whom the determination has been made under subsection 

8 (b)(1)(B). 

9 ‘‘(d) PLAN.—In order for an Indian tribe or tribal 

10 organization to be eligible for a grant award for a fiscal 

11 year under this section, the tribe or organization shall sub12 mit to the Secretary a plan for such fiscal year that meets 

13 such criteria as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation. 

14 ‘‘(e) ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

15 SYSTEM.—The Secretary may implement alternative re16 quirements for tribal implementation of the requirements 

17 of section 678(c). 

18 ‘‘SEC. 678. STATE PLANS AND APPLICATIONS; COMMUNITY 

19 ACTION PROGRAM PLANS AND APPLICA20 TIONS. 

21 ‘‘(a) STATE LEAD AGENCY.— 

22 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The chief executive officer 

23 of a State desiring to receive a grant under section 

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1 propriate State agency that agrees to comply with 

2 the requirements of paragraph (2), to act as a lead 

3 agency for purposes of carrying out State activities 

4 under this subtitle. 

5 ‘‘(2) DUTIES OF STATE LEAD AGENCIES.—The 

6 State lead agency— 

7 ‘‘(A) shall be authorized by the chief exec8 utive officer to convene State agencies and co9 ordinate information and activities funded 

10 under this subtitle; 

11 ‘‘(B) shall develop the State plan to be 

12 submitted to the Secretary under subsection 

13 (b), which shall be based primarily on the com14 munity action program plans of eligible entities, 

15 submitted to the State as a condition of receiv16 ing funding under this subtitle for approval by 

17 the State; 

18 ‘‘(C) shall assist eligible entities— 

19 ‘‘(i) in conducting periodic comprehen20 sive community needs assessments, not less 

21 often than every 3 years; 

22 ‘‘(ii) in developing community action 

23 program plans; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) in developing community action 

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1 ‘‘(D) in conjunction with the development 

2 or revision of the State plan as required under 

3 subsection (b)— 

4 ‘‘(i) shall hold at least one hearing in 

5 the State on the proposed plan or proposed 

6 revised plan, to provide to the public an 

7 opportunity to comment on the public 

8 record on the proposed use and distribu9 tion of funds under the plan; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) not less than 15 days prior to 

11 the hearing, shall distribute notice of the 

12 hearing and a copy of the proposed plan or 

13 plan revision statewide to the public and 

14 directly to the chief executive officer and 

15 the chairperson of the board of each of the 

16 eligible entities (or designees) and other 

17 community services network organizations; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(E) not less often than every 3 years, in 

20 conjunction with the development of the State 

21 plan, shall hold at least 1 legislative hearing. 

22 ‘‘(b) STATE APPLICATION FOR STATE PROGRAM AND

23 STATE PLAN.—Beginning with the first fiscal year fol24 lowing the transition period described in section 3 of the 

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1 2019, to be eligible to receive a grant under section 675 

2 or 676, a State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary 

3 for approval an application containing a State plan cov4 ering a period of not more than 2 fiscal years. The applica5 tion shall be submitted not later than 30 days prior to 

6 the beginning of the first fiscal year covered by the plan, 

7 and shall contain such information as the Secretary shall 

8 require, including— 

9 ‘‘(1) a description of the manner in which funds 

10 made available through the grant under section 675 

11 or 676 will be used to carry out the State activities 

12 described in section 679(b) and the State’s commu13 nity action program plans; 

14 ‘‘(2) a summary of the community action pro15 gram plans of the eligible entities serving the State; 

16 ‘‘(3) a description of the performance measure17 ment system in which the State and eligible entities 

18 participate under section 686(a)(1)(A); 

19 ‘‘(4) a plan for the State’s oversight of eligible 

20 entities; 

21 ‘‘(5) an assurance that the State will pay eligi22 ble entities in advance, unless otherwise authorized 

23 by the Uniform Guidance; 

24 ‘‘(6) an assurance that no eligible entity in the 

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1 ing through a grant made under section 675 or 676 

2 will have such funding withheld, nor reduced below 

3 the proportional share of funding the entity received 

4 from the State in the previous fiscal year, nor elimi5 nated, nor its designation as an eligible entity termi6 nated, unless, after providing the affected entity (or 

7 entities, as applicable) with notice and an oppor8 tunity for a hearing on the record, the State deter9 mines that cause exists for such withholding, reduc10 tion, or elimination of funding or for termination of 

11 designation, subject to review by the Secretary as 

12 provided in subsection (c) of section 684; and, in the 

13 case of failure of an eligible entity to comply with 

14 the terms of a corrective action plan relating to cor15 rection of a serious deficiency, except according to 

16 the procedures set forth in subsection (b) of section 

17 684. For purposes of this subsection, the term 

18 ‘cause’ means— 

19 ‘‘(A) the failure of an eligible entity to 

20 comply with the terms of a corrective action 

21 plan relating to correction of a serious defi22 ciency as described in subsection 684(b); or 

23 ‘‘(B) a statewide proportional distribution 

24 of funds provided through a community services 

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1 ‘‘(i) the results of the most recently 

2 available census or other appropriate de3 mographic data; 

4 ‘‘(ii) severe economic dislocation; or 

5 ‘‘(iii) the designation of an eligible en6 tity to serve a geographic area that has 

7 been unserved for at least the previous 5 

8 years; 

9 ‘‘(7) an assurance that each eligible entity serv10 ing the State has established procedures that permit 

11 a low-income individual, or a community organiza12 tion or religious organization, that considers low-in13 come individuals or the organization, respectively, to 

14 be inadequately represented on the board of the eli15 gible entity, to petition for adequate representation 

16 of such individuals or organization, respectively, on 

17 the board; 

18 ‘‘(8) a description of the State’s requirements, 

19 and financial or other support, for each community 

20 action program plan and community action strategic 

21 plan of an eligible entity in the State and for the 

22 comprehensive community needs assessment de23 scribed in subsection (a)(2)(C)(i) on which the com24 munity action program plans are based, which as25 sessment may be coordinated with community needs 


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1 assessments conducted for programs other than the 

2 program carried out under this subtitle; and 

3 ‘‘(9) a description of how the State will meas4 ure State and eligible entity performance in achiev5 ing the goals of the State plan and the community 

6 action program plans, respectively. 

7 ‘‘(c) STATE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND

8 BENCHMARKS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS.—Con10 sistent with the requirements of section 686, fol11 lowing the transition period described in section 3 of 

12 the Community Services Block Grant Reauthoriza13 tion Act of 2019, in order to be eligible for a grant 

14 under section 675 or 676, each State shall adopt 

15 performance requirements and the performance 

16 benchmarks described in paragraph (2), to be in17 cluded as part of the performance measurement sys18 tem described in section 686. 

19 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL STATE PERFORMANCE BENCH20 MARKS.—Each State shall include in the State plan 

21 submitted under subsection (b), for each fiscal year 

22 after that transition period— 

23 ‘‘(A) performance measurements for lead 

24 agency management quality; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the State annual performance bench2 marks regarding programmatic activities de3 scribed in section 679(b); and 

4 ‘‘(C) other performance measures, which 

5 shall include— 

6 ‘‘(i) indicators of timely distribution 

7 (including advance payment, unless other8 wise authorized by the Uniform Guidance) 

9 and effective management of Federal funds 

10 by the State lead agency and of the com11 pliance with the requirements for State 

12 personnel and for management of activities 

13 funded under this subtitle (other than this 

14 subsection); and 

15 ‘‘(ii) indicators concerning the results 

16 of activities carried out by the State under 

17 this subtitle. 

18 ‘‘(d) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall notify the chief 

19 executive officer of each State submitting an application 

20 containing a State plan under this section, of the approval, 

21 disapproval, or approval in part, of the application, within 

22 30 days after receiving the application. In the event of 

23 a full or partial disapproval, the Secretary’s notification 

24 shall include a description of changes necessary for final 

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1 may allow grantee use of funds for activities included in 

2 the portions of the plan which the Secretary has approved. 

3 In the event a State application fails to be approved in 

4 whole or in part before the end of the third month of the 

5 State program covered by such plan the Secretary shall 

6 award funding directly to eligible entities and other com7 munity services network organizations in the State (other 

8 than the State itself) as specified in section 684(a)(5)(C). 

9 ‘‘(e) PUBLIC INSPECTION.—Each plan and revision 

10 to a State plan prepared under this section shall be dis11 tributed for public inspection and comment. A hearing on 

12 such plan or revision shall be held as required under sub13 paragraphs (D) and (E) of subsection (a)(2), but a State 

14 application for merger, combination, or privatization of 

15 funds under section 680(b) shall not be considered a revi16 sion. 

17 ‘‘(f) APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION PRO18 GRAM AND COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM PLAN.—Begin19 ning with the first fiscal year following the transition pe20 riod described in section 3 of the Community Services 

21 Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2019, to be eligible 

22 to receive a subgrant under section 679(a), each eligible 

23 entity shall prepare and submit to the State for approval 

24 an application containing a community action program 

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1 years. Such application shall be submitted no later than 

2 90 days before the date for submission of the State appli3 cation to the Secretary. The application shall contain in4 formation on the intended implementation of the eligible 

5 entity’s activities, including demonstrating how the pro6 gram— 

7 ‘‘(1) meets needs identified in the most recent 

8 comprehensive community needs assessment, and is 

9 consistent with the entity’s community action stra10 tegic plan for that period; and 

11 ‘‘(2) achieves the purposes of this subtitle 

12 through programs, projects, and services, which may 

13 include the activities described in section 682. 

14 ‘‘(g) ELIGIBLE ENTITY PERFORMANCE REQUIRE15 MENTS AND BENCHMARKS.—Not later than the end of the 

16 transition period described in section 3 of the Community 

17 Services Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2019, each 

18 eligible entity participating in a program funded under 

19 this subtitle shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) adopt performance benchmarks that in21 clude— 

22 ‘‘(A) indicators concerning attainment of 

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1 ‘‘(B) indicators of timely and effective 

2 management of Federal and other funds; and 

3 ‘‘(2) participate in a statewide performance 

4 measurement system under section 686. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 679. STATE AND LOCAL USES OF FUNDS. 

6 ‘‘(a) STATE SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES AND

7 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives a 

9 grant under section 675 or 676 shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) reserve 2 percent of the funds made 

11 available through the grant for the Community 

12 Action Innovations Program described in sub13 section (b)(1)(C)(i); and 

14 ‘‘(B) of the remainder, use not less than 

15 90 percent to make subgrants to eligible enti16 ties to enable the entities to implement pro17 grams, projects, or services for a purpose de18 scribed in section 672. 

19 ‘‘(2) OBLIGATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) DATE OF OBLIGATION.—The State 

21 shall obligate the funds for subgrants described 

22 in paragraph (1)(B) not later than the later 

23 of— 

24 ‘‘(i) the 30th day after the date on 

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1 retary a notice of funding availability for 

2 the State’s application under section 678; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(ii) the first day of the State pro5 gram year for which such funds are to be 

6 expended under the State application. 

7 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—The State shall 

8 make available to eligible entities for expendi9 ture the funds for subgrants described in para10 graph (1)(B) not later than 10 days after re11 ceiving notice from the Secretary of the State’s 

12 quarterly allocation under section 676(c). 

13 Funds allocated to eligible entities through sub14 grants made under paragraph (1)(B) for a fis15 cal year shall be available for obligation by the 

16 eligible entity during that fiscal year and the 

17 succeeding fiscal year. 

18 ‘‘(b) STATEWIDE ACTIVITIES.— 

19 ‘‘(1) USE OF REMAINDER.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives 

21 a grant under section 675 or 676 shall, after 

22 carrying out subsection (a), use the remainder 

23 of the grant funds for activities described in the 

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1 administrative expenses subject to the limita2 tions in paragraph (2). 

3 ‘‘(B) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSIST4 ANCE.—After applying subsection (a) and sub5 paragraph (C), the State may use the remain6 ing grant funds for the purposes of providing to 

7 eligible entities training and technical assistance 

8 and resources, including training and technical 

9 assistance to assist eligible entities in building 

10 and using evidence designed to reduce poverty 

11 conditions and effectively administering funds 

12 under the Community Action Innovations Pro13 gram established under section 679(b)(1)(C). 

14 ‘‘(C) INNOVATIVE AND EVIDENCE-BASED

15 PROJECTS TO REDUCE POVERTY.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The State shall 

17 use amounts reserved under section 

18 679(a)(1)(A) for a Community Action In19 novations Program to— 

20 ‘‘(I) award subgrants, contracts, 

21 or cooperative agreements to eligible 

22 entities, their associations, or con23 sortia of such entities or associations, 

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1 section 673(7)) designed to reduce 

2 poverty conditions, including through 

3 two-generation approaches that create 

4 opportunities for, and address the 

5 needs of, parents and children to6 gether; and 

7 ‘‘(II) disseminate results for pub8 lic use. 

9 ‘‘(ii) PROJECTS.—A State shall award 

10 funds from its Community Action Innova11 tions Program for projects to enable— 

12 ‘‘(I) replication and/or expansion 

13 of innovative practices with dem14 onstrated evidence of effectiveness, 

15 with priority given to those with the 

16 strongest evidence base as determined 

17 through a broad review of available 

18 studies; and/or 

19 ‘‘(II) testing of innovative prac20 tices to determine their effectiveness, 

21 with priority given to those incor22 porating rigorous, independent evalua23 tion to further build the evidence 

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1 ‘‘(iii) USE OF FUNDS.—The funds re2 served under this subparagraph may be 

3 used by subgrantees for resources or activi4 ties necessary to replicate, expand, or test 

5 innovative and evidence-based practices, in6 cluding costs of training and technical as7 sistance, evaluation, data collection, and 

8 technology. 

9 ‘‘(iv) EXPENSES.—The funds reserved 

10 under this subparagraph may be used for 

11 reasonable expenses, of States and sub12 grantees, associated with administration of 

13 projects and dissemination of their results. 

14 ‘‘(v) AWARDS AND OBLIGATION.—A 

15 State shall award and obligate funds re16 served for projects under this subpara17 graph during the first program year for 

18 which the funds are appropriated. 

19 Subgrant funds awarded under this sub20 paragraph shall remain available for ex21 penditure by the subgrantee for up to 36 

22 months after the date of award by the 

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1 tenuating circumstances and demonstrated 

2 evidence of effectiveness. 

3 ‘‘(vi) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—In 

4 the case of innovative projects that are 

5 funded in part by funds authorized under 

6 a Federal law (other than this subtitle), 

7 that includes requirements for matching 

8 the Federal funds with non-Federal funds, 

9 funds made available under this subpara10 graph may be deemed to be non-Federal 

11 funds for purposes of the requirements of 

12 such law. 

13 ‘‘(vii) REAL PROPERTY.—Land or fa14 cilities improved through a project receiv15 ing an award under this subparagraph, for 

16 which the amount of the award is less than 

17 50 percent of the total project cost, shall 

18 not be subject to the provisions of section 

19 687(a). 

20 ‘‘(viii) ELIGIBILITY.—Activities fund21 ed under this subparagraph may include 

22 participants with incomes not exceeding 80 

23 percent of the area median income. 

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1 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts re2 maining after the reservation for the State 

3 Community Action Innovations Program under 

4 subsection (a)(1)(A) and the required funding 

5 for subgrants described under subsection 

6 (a)(1)(B), a State shall not spend more than 5 

7 percent of such remainder for administrative 

8 expenses. 

9 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

10 term ‘administrative expenses’— 

11 ‘‘(i) means the costs incurred by the 

12 State’s lead agency for carrying out plan13 ning and management activities, including 

14 monitoring, oversight, and reporting as re15 quired by this Act; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) does not include the cost of ac17 tivities conducted under paragraph (1)(B) 

18 other than monitoring. 

19 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible 

20 entity that receives a subgrant under subsection (a)(1)(B) 

21 shall use the subgrant funds to carry out a community 

22 action program plan that shall include— 

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1 ‘‘(A) to secure and retain meaningful em2 ployment at a family supporting wage; 

3 ‘‘(B) to secure an adequate education, im4 prove literacy and language ability, and obtain 

5 job-related skills; 

6 ‘‘(C) to make better use of available in7 come and build assets; 

8 ‘‘(D) to obtain and maintain adequate 

9 housing and a healthy living environment, in10 cluding addressing the heath care needs of indi11 viduals and families with services and through 

12 changes in local institutions and workplaces (in13 cluding institutions and workplaces managed by 

14 the eligible entity); or 

15 ‘‘(E) to obtain emergency materials or 

16 other assistance to meet immediate individual 

17 or community urgent needs and prevent greater 

18 or more prolonged economic instability; and 

19 ‘‘(2) activities that develop and maintain— 

20 ‘‘(A) partnerships for the purpose of 

21 changing community, economic, and social con22 ditions of poverty, between the eligible entity 

23 and— 

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1 cation, housing authorities, and law en2 forcement agencies); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) private partners, including state4 wide and local businesses, associations of 

5 private employers, and private charitable 

6 and civic organizations; 

7 ‘‘(B) linkages among organizations for co8 ordinating initiatives, services, and investments 

9 so as to avoid duplication, and maximize the ef10 fective use of community resources for creating 

11 economic opportunity, including developing last12 ing social and economic assets; or 

13 ‘‘(C) new investments in the community to 

14 reduce the incidence of poverty, including devel15 oping lasting social and economic assets. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 680. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES AND TRIPARTITE BOARDS. 

17 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION AND REDESIGNATION OF ELIGI18 BLE ENTITIES IN UNSERVED AREAS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If any geographic area of a 

20 State is not, or ceases to be, served by an eligible 

21 entity, the lead agency may, in consultation with 

22 local officials and organizations representing the 

23 area, solicit one or more applications and designate 

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1 ‘‘(A) a community action agency that is a 

2 private, nonprofit organization and that is geo3 graphically located in an area within reasonable 

4 proximity of, or contiguous to, the unserved 

5 area that is already providing similar programs, 

6 projects, or services, and that has demonstrated 

7 financial capacity to manage and account for 

8 Federal funds; or 

9 ‘‘(B) if no community action agency de10 scribed in subparagraph (A) is available, a pri11 vate, nonprofit organization (which may include 

12 an eligible entity) that is geographically located 

13 in, or is in reasonable proximity to, the 

14 unserved area and that is capable of providing 

15 a broad range of programs, projects, or services 

16 designed to achieve the purposes of this subtitle 

17 as stated in section 672. 

18 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—In order to serve as the 

19 eligible entity for the service area, an entity de20 scribed in paragraph (1) shall agree to ensure that 

21 the governing board of directors of the entity will 

22 meet the requirements of subsection (c). 

23 ‘‘(3) COMMUNITY.—A service area referred to 

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1 ‘‘(b) MERGER, COMBINATION, OR PRIVATIZATION OF

2 ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If an eligible entity receiv4 ing subgrant funds makes a determination described 

5 in paragraph (2) and notifies the State, the State— 

6 ‘‘(A) shall assist in developing a plan for 

7 implementing such merger, combination, or pri8 vatization, including a budget for transitional 

9 costs not to exceed 2 years in duration; 

10 ‘‘(B) upon approving such plans, may no11 tify the Secretary that the entities are in need 

12 of and eligible for funds from the merger incen13 tive fund established under section 682(a)(2); 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(C) in the case of a merger or combina16 tion, shall provide to the merged or combined 

17 entity an amount of funding under section 

18 679(a)(1)(B) equal to the sum of amounts the 

19 merged or combined entities each received 

20 under section 679(a)(1)(B) immediately prior to 

21 the merger or combination. 

22 ‘‘(2) COVERED MERGER, COMBINATION, OR PRI23 VATIZATION.—This subsection applies when— 

24 ‘‘(A) 2 or more eligible entities determine 

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1 serve can be more effectively served under com2 mon control or shared management; or 

3 ‘‘(B) a public organization that is an eligi4 ble entity determines that the area it serves can 

5 be more effectively served if it becomes a pri6 vate, nonprofit organization that is a public 

7 charity. 

8 ‘‘(3) PLANS.—A State may establish require9 ments for merger, combination, or privatization 

10 plans and for a determination that the merged, com11 bined, or privatized entity, or entities, will be capa12 ble of conducting a broad range of programs, 

13 projects, or services designed to achieve the purposes 

14 of this subtitle as stated in section 672 consistent 

15 with the comprehensive needs assessments for the 

16 areas served. 

17 ‘‘(4) STATE DETERMINATION.—If a State de18 termines that a merged, combined, or privatized en19 tity or entities will be capable of conducting a broad 

20 range of programs, projects, or services as specified 

21 in subsection (b)(3) above, it shall designate the 

22 merged, combined, or privatized entity or entities to 

23 serve the area(s) in question without soliciting appli24 cations from other entities. 

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1 ‘‘(1) PRIVATE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) BOARD.—In order for a private, non3 profit organization to be considered to be an eli4 gible entity for purposes of section 673(6), the 

5 entity shall be governed by a tripartite board of 

6 directors described in subparagraph (C) that 

7 fully participates in the development, planning, 

8 implementation, oversight, and evaluation of the 

9 program, project, or service carried out or pro10 vided through the subgrant made under section 

11 679(a)(1)(B) and all activities of the entity.’’ 

12 ‘‘(B) SELECTION.—The members of the 

13 board referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be 

14 selected by the private, nonprofit organization. 

15 ‘‘(C) COMPOSITION OF BOARD.—The board 

16 shall be composed so as to assure that— 

‘‘(i) 1 17 ⁄3 of the members of the board 

18 are elected public officials holding office on 

19 the date of selection, or their representa20 tives (but if an elected public official 

21 chooses not to serve, such official may des22 ignate a representative to serve as the vot23 ing board member); 

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1 democratic selection procedures adequate 

2 to assure that the members referred to in 

3 this clause are representative of low-income 

4 individuals and families in the service area; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(II) each member who is a represent7 ative of low-income individuals and families 

8 and is also selected to represent a specific 

9 geographic area under subclause (I) resides 

10 in such area; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) the remainder of the members 

12 are representatives of business, industry, 

13 labor, religious, educational, charitable, or 

14 other significant private groups in the 

15 community. 

16 ‘‘(D) EXPERTISE.—The eligible entity 

17 shall ensure that the members of the board in18 clude, or have direct access to, individuals with 

19 expertise in financial management, accounting, 

20 and law. 

21 ‘‘(E) COMPLIANCE WITH TAX-EXEMPT AND

22 OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The board of a pri23 vate, nonprofit organization shall ensure that 

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1 under the subgrant made under section 

2 679(a)(1)(B) in a manner that complies with— 

3 ‘‘(i) the requirements for maintaining 

4 tax-exempt status under section 501(a) of 

5 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 

6 U.S.C. 501(a)) regarding the governance 

7 of charities under section 501(c)(3) of the 

8 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

9 501(c)(3)); and 

10 ‘‘(ii) applicable requirements of State 

11 nonprofit corporation and public charities 

12 law. 

13 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) BOARD.—In order for a local public 

15 (governmental) entity to be considered to be an 

16 eligible entity for purposes of section 673(6), 

17 the entity shall ensure that the program, 

18 project, or service carried out or provided 

19 through the subgrant made under section 

20 679(a)(1)(B) is administered under the super21 vision of a tripartite board described in sub22 paragraph (C) that fully participates in the de23 velopment, planning, implementation, oversight, 

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1 ‘‘(B) SELECTION.—The members of the 

2 board referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be 

3 selected by the local public entity. 

4 ‘‘(C) COMPOSITION OF BOARD.—The board 

5 shall be composed so as to assure that— 

‘‘(i) not more than 1 6 ⁄3 of the members 

7 of the board are employees or officials, in8 cluding elected officials, of the unit of gov9 ernment in which the organization is lo10 cated; 

‘‘(ii)(I) not fewer than 1 11 ⁄3 of the mem12 bers are persons chosen in accordance with 

13 democratic selection procedures adequate 

14 to assure that the members referred to in 

15 this clause are representative of low-income 

16 individuals and families in the service area; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(II) each member who is a represent19 ative of low-income individuals and families 

20 and is also selected to represent a specific 

21 geographic area under subclause (I) resides 

22 in such area; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) the remainder of the members 

24 are representatives of business, industry, 

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1 other significant private groups in the 

2 community. 

3 ‘‘(D) EXPERTISE.—The organization shall 

4 ensure that the members of the board include 

5 or have direct access to individuals with exper6 tise in financial management, accounting, and 

7 law. 

8 ‘‘(E) COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REQUIRE9 MENTS AND POLICY.—The board of a public or10 ganization shall ensure that the board operates 

11 in a manner that complies with State require12 ments for open meetings, financial trans13 parency, and State open records policy. 

14 ‘‘(3) SAFEGUARD.—Neither the Federal Gov15 ernment nor a State or local government shall re16 quire a religious organization to alter its form of in17 ternal governance, except (for purposes of adminis18 tration of the community services block grant pro19 gram) as provided in section 680(c). 

20 ‘‘(d) OPERATIONS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD.— 

21 The duties of a board described in paragraph (1) or (2) 

22 of subsection (c) shall include— 

23 ‘‘(1) in the case of a board for a private, non24 profit organization that is an eligible entity, having 

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1 and overseeing the eligible entity, including making 

2 proper use of Federal funds; 

3 ‘‘(2) establishing terms for officers and adopt4 ing a code of ethical conduct, including a conflict of 

5 interest policy for board members; 

6 ‘‘(3) participating in each comprehensive com7 munity needs assessment, developing and adopting 

8 as a policy for the corresponding eligible entity a 

9 community action strategic plan, including provi10 sions for the use of funds under this subtitle, and 

11 preparing the community action program plan for 

12 the use of funds under this subtitle; 

13 ‘‘(4) approving the eligible entity’s operating 

14 budget; 

15 ‘‘(5) reviewing all major policies of the eligible 

16 entity, including conducting (for private, nonprofit 

17 organizations that are eligible entities) and partici18 pating in (for local public entities that are eligible 

19 entities) annual performance reviews of the eligible 

20 entity’s chief executive officer (or individual holding 

21 an equivalent position); 

22 ‘‘(6) conducting assessments of the eligible enti23 ty’s progress in carrying out programmatic and fis24 cal provisions in the community action program 

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1 ‘‘(7) adopting (for private, nonprofit organiza2 tions that are eligible entities) and reviewing (for 

3 local public entities that are eligible entities) per4 sonnel policies and procedures, including policies and 

5 procedures for hiring, annual evaluation, compensa6 tion, and termination, of the eligible entity’s chief 

7 executive officer (or individual holding a similar po8 sition). 

9 ‘‘SEC. 681. OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. 

10 ‘‘(a) OFFICE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es12 tablish an Office of Community Services in the De13 partment to carry out the functions of this subtitle. 

14 ‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by 

15 a Director (referred to in this section as the ‘Direc16 tor’). 

17 ‘‘(b) GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE

18 AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary, acting through the Direc19 tor, shall carry out the functions of this subtitle through 

20 grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements. 

21 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS.—The 

22 Secretary shall, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, 

23 publish Federal performance benchmarks for the Office of 

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1 ‘‘(1) the timeliness of— 

2 ‘‘(A) apportionments and allotments of ap3 propriated funds to States; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the use of funds appropriated under 

5 section 691(b); and 

6 ‘‘(2) the implementation of the requirements of 

7 the uniform administrative requirements, cost prin8 ciples, and audit requirements described in section 

9 674(c) with respect to funds appropriated and activi10 ties conducted under this subtitle by the Depart11 ment, the States, and other grantees. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 682. TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND RE13 LATED ACTIVITIES. 

14 ‘‘(a) ACTIVITIES.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) use amounts reserved under section 

17 691(c)(2)(A) for training, technical assistance, 

18 planning, evaluation, and performance measure19 ment, to assist in— 

20 ‘‘(i) building and using evidence de21 signed to reduce poverty conditions, includ22 ing through development and dissemina23 tion of information about clearinghouses 

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1 States, eligible entities, and associations of 

2 such entities in connection with the Com3 munity Action Innovations Program estab4 lished under section 679(b)(1)(C); 

5 ‘‘(ii) carrying out professional develop6 ment activities that expand the capacity of 

7 eligible entities; 

8 ‘‘(iii) carrying out performance meas9 urement, reporting, and data collection ac10 tivities related to programs, projects, and 

11 services carried out under this subtitle; and 

12 ‘‘(iv) correcting programmatic defi13 ciencies, including such deficiencies of eli14 gible entities; and 

15 ‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), distribute 

16 the amounts reserved under section 

17 691(c)(2)(B) directly to States, eligible entities, 

18 or other community services network organiza19 tions and their partners, including institutions 

20 of higher education, for— 

21 ‘‘(i) professional development for key 

22 community services network organization 

23 personnel; 

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1 nancial management, compliance, and gov2 ernance practices (including practices re3 lated to performance management informa4 tion systems); 

5 ‘‘(iii) activities that train community 

6 services network organizations and their 

7 staff and board members to effectively ad8 dress the needs of low-income families and 

9 communities through place-based strategies 

10 for coordinated investment and integrated 

11 service delivery; and 

12 ‘‘(iv) activities that train community 

13 services network organizations in building 

14 and using evidence designed to reduce pov15 erty conditions and that support effective 

16 administration of funds under the Commu17 nity Action Innovations Program estab18 lished under section 679(b)(1)(C). 

19 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In distributing the re21 served amounts under paragraph (1)(B), the 

22 Secretary shall ensure that 7.5 percent of such 

23 reserved amounts remain available until the end 

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1 funds are appropriated to be used by the Sec2 retary to award grants to States for funds— 

3 ‘‘(i) to support the one-time costs in4 curred by 2 or more eligible entities for 

5 legal, financial, and other activities re6 quired to effect a merger or other combina7 tion of operations and/or programs that 

8 achieves greater efficiency and impact for 

9 the use of funds appropriated under this 

10 subtitle; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) for a public organization that is 

12 an eligible entity to become a private, non13 profit organization that is a public charity. 

14 When such funds are awarded by the Sec15 retary to a State, they shall remain avail16 able for obligation by the eligible entity (or 

17 entities) to which the State awards them 

18 during the fiscal year in which the State 

19 awards the funds to the eligible entity (or 

20 entities) and the succeeding fiscal year. 

21 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY AFTER SECOND QUAR22 TER.—Any funds not obligated for merger, 

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1 able for other authorized purposes described in 

2 this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds allocated 

4 under subsection (a) may be used for expenses or salaries 

5 of Federal employees or of Federal contractors performing 

6 services that would otherwise be performed by Federal em7 ployees. 

8 ‘‘(c) GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE

9 AGREEMENTS.—The activities described in subsection 

10 (a)(1)(A) shall be carried out annually by the Secretary 

11 through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with 

12 appropriate entities, which shall include all statewide asso13 ciations of eligible entities that meet the requirements for 

14 receipt of Federal funds. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 683. STATE MONITORING OF ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 

16 ‘‘In order to determine whether eligible entities re17 ceiving subgrants under this subtitle meet performance 

18 benchmarks described in section 678(f)(1), administrative 

19 standards, financial management requirements, and other 

20 requirements under this subtitle, the State shall conduct 

21 the following reviews of eligible entities: 

22 ‘‘(1) A full onsite review of each eligible entity 

23 at least once during each 3-year period. 

24 ‘‘(2) An onsite review of each newly designated 

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1 the first year in which such entity receives funds 

2 through the community services block grant program 

3 under this subtitle. 

4 ‘‘(3) Followup reviews, including onsite reviews 

5 scheduled in a corrective action plan (including re6 turn visits), within a calendar quarter for eligible en7 tities with programs, projects, or services that fail to 

8 meet the State’s performance criteria, standards, fi9 nancial management requirements, and other signifi10 cant requirements established under this subtitle. 

11 ‘‘(4) Other reviews as appropriate, including re12 views of eligible entities with programs, projects, and 

13 services that have had other Federal, State, or local 

14 grants (other than assistance provided under this 

15 subtitle) terminated for cause. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 684. EVALUATIONS; CORRECTIVE ACTION; WITH17 HOLDING, REDUCTION, OR ELIMINATION OF 

18 FUNDING. 

19 ‘‘(a) EVALUATIONS OF STATES BY THE SEC20 RETARY.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct, in not fewer than 1 22 ⁄3 of the States in each fis23 cal year, evaluations (including investigations) of 

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1 under this subtitle, and especially with respect to 

2 compliance with the requirements of State plans 

3 submitted under section 678(b) and the uniform ad4 ministrative requirements, cost principles, and audit 

5 requirements described in section 674(c) as applied 

6 to funds received under this subtitle, including, but 

7 not limited to, advance payment of such funds to eli8 gible entities, unless otherwise authorized by the 

9 Uniform Guidance. 

10 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO STATES.—The Secretary shall 

11 submit, to each State evaluated, a report con12 taining— 

13 ‘‘(A) the results of such evaluation; and 

14 ‘‘(B)(i) recommendations for improvements 

15 designed to enhance the benefit and impact of 

16 the activities carried out with such funds; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) in the event a serious deficiency is 

18 found regarding a State’s compliance with this 

19 subtitle, including requirements relating to the 

20 use of funds received under this subtitle, a pro21 posed corrective action plan. 

22 ‘‘(3) STATE RESPONSE.—Not later than 45 

23 days after receiving a report under paragraph (2)— 

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1 the Secretary a plan of action in response to 

2 the recommendations; and 

3 ‘‘(B) a State that received a proposed cor4 rective action plan under paragraph (2)(B)(ii) 

5 shall agree to implement the corrective action 

6 plan proposed by the Secretary or propose to 

7 the Secretary a different corrective action plan, 

8 developed by the State in a timely manner that 

9 the State will implement upon approval by the 

10 Secretary. 

11 ‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 

12 shall submit the results of the evaluations annually, 

13 as part of the report submitted by the Secretary in 

14 accordance with section 686(b)(2). 

15 ‘‘(5) ENFORCEMENT.— 

16 ‘‘(A) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDING.—If the 

17 Secretary determines under the procedures set 

18 forth in this subsection that a State fails to 

19 meet the requirements of this subtitle, the Sec20 retary may withhold all or a portion of the 

21 amount of funding that may be used for admin22 istrative expenses, as described in section 

23 679(b)(2)(A), and prohibit the State from using 

24 other funds awarded under this subtitle to carry 

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1 679(b)(2)(B), until the Secretary determines 

2 that the State has complied with the require3 ments of paragraph (3) and section 685(b). 

4 ‘‘(B) REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF

5 FUNDING.—If the Secretary determines, in a 

6 final decision on the basis of an evaluation con7 ducted under this section, that a State fails to 

8 meet the requirements of this subsection, the 

9 Secretary may, after providing adequate notice 

10 and an opportunity for a hearing, initiate pro11 ceedings to reduce or eliminate the amount of 

12 funding apportioned and allocated to the State 

13 as described in section 675 or 676, as applica14 ble (and, if necessary, de-obligate such fund15 ing). To the extent that all or a portion of the 

16 amount of funding that may be used for admin17 istrative expenses, as described in section 

18 679(b)(2)(A), is reduced or eliminated under 

19 this paragraph, the Secretary is authorized to 

20 prohibit the State from using other funds 

21 awarded under this subtitle to carry out the ac22 tivities described in section 679(b)(2)(B), unless 

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1 ‘‘(C) DIRECT AWARDS TO OTHER ENTI2 TIES.— 

3 ‘‘(i) REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF

4 STATE FUNDING; STATE FAILURE TO PAR5 TICIPATE.—If the Secretary reduces or 

6 eliminates funding to a State under sub7 paragraph (B) or, if, for a particular fiscal 

8 year, a State fails to participate in the 

9 block grant program established by this 

10 subtitle by failing to submit a plan to the 

11 Secretary, submitting a plan that does not 

12 meet the Secretary’s requirements, other13 wise electing not to receive funding under 

14 this subtitle, or failing to obligate or make 

15 available funds to any eligible entities for 

16 that year as required by section 679(a)(2), 

17 the Secretary shall award funding directly, 

18 in either the amount by which funding to 

19 the State was reduced or eliminated (in the 

20 case of the Secretary’s reduction or elimi21 nation of such funding under subpara22 graph (B)) or in the amount the State 

23 would have received had it participated in 

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1 ure to participate as described in this sub2 paragraph), as provided under subpara3 graphs (C)(ii) and (C)(iii) below. 

4 ‘‘(ii) DIRECT FUNDING TO ELIGIBLE

5 ENTITIES.—In the event funding specified 

6 in section 679(a)(1)(B) is reduced, elimi7 nated, or withheld due to the Secretary’s 

8 reduction or elimination of funding under 

9 subparagraph (B) or to the State’s failure 

10 (as described in subparagraph (C)(i) 

11 above) to participate in the block grant 

12 program established by this subtitle, the 

13 Secretary shall award financial assistance 

14 in the amount of such reduced, eliminated, 

15 or withheld funding directly (by grant or 

16 cooperative agreement) to affected eligible 

17 entities (provided that any such entity has 

18 not had its funding under this subtitle 

19 eliminated or its designation as an eligible 

20 entity terminated by the State in accord21 ance with subsections (b) and (c) of section 

22 684) to carry out the activities described in 

23 section 679(c); in awarding such funding, 

24 the Secretary shall ensure that each such 

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1 proportionate share of funding under sec2 tion 679(a)(1)(B) that it received in the 

3 prior fiscal year. 

4 ‘‘(iii) STATEWIDE FUNDS.—In the 

5 event funding specified in section 679(b) is 

6 reduced, eliminated, or withheld due to the 

7 Secretary’s reduction or elimination of 

8 funding under subparagraph (B) or to the 

9 State’s failure to participate (as described 

10 in subparagraph (C)(i) above) in the block 

11 grant program established by this subtitle, 

12 the Secretary shall award amounts equal 

13 to the amounts of such reduced, elimi14 nated, or withheld funds directly by grant 

15 or cooperative agreement to community 

16 services network organizations in the State 

17 (other than the State itself) for the pur18 poses specified in section 679(b)(1). 

19 ‘‘(iv) REDUCTION.—In the case of di20 rect funding as provided in this subpara21 graph (C), the Secretary shall reduce fund22 ing the State would otherwise have re23 ceived under section 675 or 676 (and, if 

24 necessary, de-obligate such funding) for 

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1 equal to the financial assistance provided 

2 directly by the Secretary to such eligible 

3 entities and community services network 

4 organizations. 

5 ‘‘(6) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

6 The Secretary, through the Department’s own em7 ployees or contractors (rather than under grants, 

8 contracts, or cooperative agreements issued under 

9 section 682), shall provide training and technical as10 sistance to States with respect to the development or 

11 implementation of the States’ corrective action 

12 plans. 

13 ‘‘(7) PROHIBITIONS.—Nothing in this Act shall 

14 be construed to permit the Secretary (through regu15 lation, guidance, grant criteria, or otherwise) to ex16 pand the authority of the Secretary beyond that ex17 pressly provided to the Secretary in this Act. 

18 ‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF LOCAL AGENCY FAILURE

19 TO COMPLY.— 

20 ‘‘(1) CORRECTIVE ACTION BY LOCAL AGEN21 CIES.—If the State determines, on the basis of a re22 view pursuant to section 683 or section 685, that 

23 there is a serious deficiency regarding an eligible en24 tity’s compliance with this subtitle, the State shall 

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1 shall be corrected and provide technical assistance 

2 for the corrective action. 

3 ‘‘(2) LOCAL CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS.—An 

4 eligible entity that is found to have a serious defi5 ciency under paragraph (1) shall develop, in a timely 

6 manner, a corrective action plan that shall be sub7 ject to the approval of the State, and that shall 

8 specify— 

9 ‘‘(A) the deficiencies to be corrected; 

10 ‘‘(B) the actions to be taken to correct 

11 such deficiencies; and 

12 ‘‘(C) the timetable for accomplishment of 

13 the corrective actions specified. 

14 ‘‘(3) FINAL DECISION.—If the State deter15 mines, on the basis of a final decision in a review 

16 conducted under section 683, that an eligible entity 

17 fails to comply with the terms of a corrective action 

18 plan under paragraph (2) relating to correction of a 

19 serious deficiency for the eligible entity, the State 

20 may, after providing adequate notice and an oppor21 tunity for a hearing, initiate proceedings to withhold, 

22 reduce, or eliminate the funding provided under sec23 tion 679(a)(1)(B) to the eligible entity (including, in 

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1 designation under this subtitle of the eligible entity) 

2 unless the entity corrects the serious deficiency. 

3 ‘‘(c) REVIEW.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State’s decision to with5 hold, reduce, or eliminate funding, or to terminate 

6 the designation of an eligible entity (or eligible enti7 ties, as applicable) may be reviewed by the Sec8 retary. Upon request by a community services net9 work organization, the Secretary shall review such a 

10 determination. The review shall be completed not 

11 later than 60 days after the Secretary receives from 

12 the State all necessary documentation relating to the 

13 determination except as provided in paragraph (2). 

14 ‘‘(2) FAILURE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION.— 

15 If the State fails to provide such documentation 

16 within 30 days after the Secretary’s request, the 

17 State may not expend funds for the purposes de18 scribed in section 679(b)(2) until the State provides 

19 such documentation. The Secretary shall respond to 

20 the State with a decision not later than 30 days 

21 after receiving the documentation. 

22 ‘‘(d) DIRECT ASSISTANCE.—Whenever the Secretary 

23 determines that a State has violated the State plan de24 scribed in section 678(b) (including, but not limited to, 

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1 State has withheld, reduced, or eliminated the funding 

2 provided under section 679(a) to any eligible entity or en3 tities or terminated the eligible entity designation of any 

4 eligible entity or entities prior to the completion of the 

5 State proceedings described in section 678(b)(6) (includ6 ing, where applicable, the proceedings required by sub7 section (b) of this section 684) and the Secretary’s review 

8 as required by subsection (c) of this section 684, the Sec9 retary shall provide financial assistance under this subtitle 

10 to the affected eligible entity or entities directly until the 

11 violation is corrected by the State. In such a case, the Sec12 retary shall reduce funding the State would otherwise have 

13 received under section 675 or 676 (and, if necessary, de14 obligate such funding) for the appropriate fiscal year by 

15 an amount equal to the financial assistance provided di16 rectly by the Secretary to such eligible entity or entities. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 685. STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL CONTROLS, AUDITS, 

18 AND WITHHOLDING. 

19 ‘‘(a) FISCAL CONTROLS, PROCEDURES, AUDITS, AND

20 INSPECTIONS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives funds 

22 under this subtitle shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) establish fiscal control and fund ac24 counting procedures necessary to assure the 

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1 funds paid to the State under this subtitle, in2 cluding procedures for monitoring the funds 

3 provided under this subtitle; 

4 ‘‘(B) in accordance with paragraphs (2) 

5 and (3), prepare, not less than once each year, 

6 an audit of the expenditures of the State of 

7 amounts received under this subtitle; and 

8 ‘‘(C) make appropriate books, documents, 

9 papers, and records available to the Secretary 

10 and the Comptroller General of the United 

11 States, or any of their duly authorized rep12 resentatives, for examination, copying, or me13 chanical reproduction on or off the premises of 

14 the appropriate entity upon a reasonable re15 quest for the items. 

16 ‘‘(2) INDEPENDENT ENTITY.—Subject to para17 graph (3), each audit required by paragraph (1)(B) 

18 shall be conducted by an entity independent of any 

19 agency administering activities or services under this 

20 subtitle and shall be conducted in accordance with 

21 generally accepted accounting principles. 

22 ‘‘(3) SINGLE AUDIT REQUIREMENTS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any audit under this 

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1 31, United States Code (commonly known as 

2 the ‘Single Audit Act Amendments of 1984’) 

3 except in the event a serious financial deficiency 

4 is identified. 

5 ‘‘(B) SERIOUS FINANCIAL DEFICIENCY.— 

6 In the event that such a deficiency is identified, 

7 the Secretary shall order— 

8 ‘‘(i) an audit conducted as described 

9 in subparagraph (A); or 

10 ‘‘(ii) an audit of each of the accounts 

11 involved, in accordance with paragraphs 

12 (2) and (4). 

13 ‘‘(4) SUBMISSION OF COPIES.—Not later than 

14 30 days after the completion of each such audit in 

15 a State, the chief executive officer of the State shall 

16 submit copies of such audit, at no charge, to any eli17 gible entity that was the subject of the audit, to the 

18 legislature of the State, and to the Secretary. 

19 ‘‘(5) REPAYMENTS.—If the Secretary, after re20 view of the audit, finds that a State has not ex21 pended an amount of funds in accordance with this 

22 subtitle, the State shall immediately use an amount 

23 of State funds equal to the amount of improperly ex24 pended funds for the original purposes for which the 

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1 ‘‘(6) RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS.—The Sec2 retary shall respond in an expeditious and speedy 

3 manner to complaints of a substantial or serious na4 ture that a State has failed to use grant funds re5 ceived under section 675 or 676 or to carry out 

6 State activities under this subtitle in accordance 

7 with the provisions of this subtitle. 

8 ‘‘(7) INVESTIGATIONS.—Whenever the Sec9 retary determines that there is a pattern of com10 plaints regarding failures described in paragraph (6) 

11 or a complaint of a serious deficiency concerning any 

12 State, the Secretary shall conduct an investigation of 

13 the use of the funds received under this subtitle by 

14 such State in order to ensure compliance with the 

15 provisions of this subtitle. 

16 ‘‘(b) STATE FUNDS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.—In the event 

18 the Secretary withholds funding pursuant to section 

19 684(a)(5)(A), the Secretary shall subsequently make 

20 the withheld funding available to the State not later 

21 than 90 days after the date of correction of the seri22 ous deficiency specified in the corrective action plan 

23 described in section 684(a)(2)(B)(ii), provided that 

24 the State complies with the corrective action plan 

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1 deficiency by the date specified in such corrective ac2 tion plan. 

3 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—For purposes of para4 graph (1), failures described in subsection (a)(6) 

5 shall be considered to be serious deficiencies. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 686. ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING REQUIRE7 MENTS. 

8 ‘‘(a) STATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING RE9 QUIREMENTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—By October 1, 2019, 

12 each State that receives funds under this sub13 title shall participate, and shall ensure that all 

14 eligible entities in the State participate, in a 

15 performance measurement system that the Sec16 retary is satisfied meets the requirements of 

17 paragraph (8) of section 678(b). 

18 ‘‘(B) LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.—The State 

19 may elect to have local organizations that are 

20 subgrantees of the eligible entities under this 

21 subtitle participate in the performance measure22 ment system. If the State makes that election, 

23 references in this section to eligible entities 

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1 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE ENTITY REPORTS.—Eligi2 ble entities shall provide the results measured 

3 by their performance measurement system, re4 ports on the achievement of their annual per5 formance benchmarks, and such other reports 

6 as the State may require. 

7 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each State receiving 

8 funds under this subtitle shall annually prepare, and 

9 submit to the Secretary by March 31 of each year, 

10 a report on the performance of the State and eligible 

11 entities in the State, including achievement with re12 spect to the State lead agency performance bench13 marks and the local performance benchmarks re14 spectively and to other performance measurements 

15 that were used by community service network orga16 nizations in the State for the prior year. Each State 

17 shall also include in the report— 

18 ‘‘(A) an accounting of the expenditure of 

19 funds received by the State through the com20 munity services block grant program, including 

21 an accounting of funds spent on administrative 

22 or indirect costs by the State and the eligible 

23 entities and funds spent by the eligible entities 

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1 ‘‘(B) information on the number and char2 acteristics of participants served under this sub3 title in the State, based on data collected from 

4 the eligible entities; 

5 ‘‘(C) a summary describing the training 

6 and technical assistance offered by the State 

7 under subparagraph (B) of section 679(b)(1) 

8 during the year covered by the report; 

9 ‘‘(D) the State’s management performance 

10 benchmark results; 

11 ‘‘(E) information on the total budget and 

12 activities of the eligible entities receiving sub13 grants from the State under this subtitle, in14 cluding local and private resources available for 

15 a purpose described in section 672; 

16 ‘‘(F) a report on the Community Action 

17 Innovations Program in the State, including a 

18 description of training and technical assistance 

19 provided by the State, the rationale for projects 

20 that received support, a description of funded 

21 activities and their results, and a summary of 

22 ways in which the State has expanded use of 

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1 ‘‘(G) a report on the manner in which the 

2 State and eligible entities and other recipients 

3 of funds under this subtitle have implemented 

4 results-oriented management practices based on 

5 their performance measurement systems. 

6 ‘‘(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) CONTENTS.—Not later than September 30 

8 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall, directly or by 

9 grant or contract, prepare a report including— 

10 ‘‘(A) the information included in the State 

11 annual reports under subsection (a)(2) for the 

12 preceding fiscal year; 

13 ‘‘(B) a report on the performance of the 

14 Department in the preceding fiscal year regard15 ing the performance benchmarks established 

16 under section 681(c); and 

17 ‘‘(C) a description of the training and tech18 nical assistance activities funded by the Sec19 retary under section 682 and the results of 

20 those activities. 

21 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary shall submit 

22 to the Committee on Education and Labor of the 

23 House of Representatives and to the Committee on 

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1 recommendations the Secretary may have with re2 spect to such report. 

3 ‘‘(3) ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEM FOR REPORTS

4 TO STATES AND ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The Sec5 retary, through the Department’s own employees or 

6 contractors (rather than under grants, contracts, or 

7 cooperative agreements issued under section 682), 

8 shall provide technical assistance, including support 

9 for the development and maintenance of an elec10 tronic data system for the reports under this section, 

11 to the States and eligible entities to enhance the 

12 quality and timeliness of reports submitted under 

13 this subtitle. The system shall be coordinated and 

14 consistent with the data systems established for 

15 other programs of the Department that are managed 

16 by eligible entities, including all programs of the Ad17 ministration for Children and Families or successor 

18 administrative units in which the office is located. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 687. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS. 

20 ‘‘(a) CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES.— 

21 ‘‘(1) LIMITATIONS.—Except as provided in 

22 paragraph (2) and in section 679(b)(1)(C), grants or 

23 subgrants made under this subtitle may not be used 

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1 described in section 672, for the purchase or im2 provement of land, or the purchase, construction or 

3 permanent improvement of any building or other fa4 cility. 

5 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the 

6 limitation contained in paragraph (1) upon a State 

7 request for such a waiver if the Secretary finds 

8 that— 

9 ‘‘(A) the request describes extraordinary 

10 circumstances to justify the purchase or im11 provement of land, or the purchase, construc12 tion, or permanent improvement of any building 

13 or other facilities; and 

14 ‘‘(B) permitting the waiver will contribute 

15 to the ability of the State and eligible entities 

16 to carry out a purpose described in section 672 

17 at substantially reduced costs. 

18 ‘‘(b) POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.— 

19 ‘‘(1) TREATMENT AS A STATE OR LOCAL AGEN20 CY.—For purposes of chapter 15 of title 5, United 

21 States Code, any entity that assumes responsibility 

22 for planning, developing, and coordinating activities 

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1 tion 1502(a) of such title, any entity receiving as2 sistance under this subtitle shall be deemed to be a 

3 State or local agency. 

4 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITIONS.—An entity carrying out a 

5 program, project, or service assisted under this sub6 title, and any individual employed by, or assigned to 

7 or in, such a program, project, or service (during the 

8 hours in which the individual is working on behalf 

9 of the program, project, or service) shall not engage 

10 in— 

11 ‘‘(A) any partisan or nonpartisan political 

12 activity or any political activity associated with 

13 a candidate, or contending faction or group, in 

14 an election for public or party office; or 

15 ‘‘(B) any activity to provide voters or pro16 spective voters with transportation to the polls 

17 or similar assistance in connection with any 

18 such election. 

19 ‘‘(3) REGISTRATION.—None of the funds appro20 priated to carry out this subtitle may be used to con21 duct voter registration activities. 

22 ‘‘(c) NONDISCRIMINATION.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No person shall, on the 

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1 of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any pro2 gram, project, or service funded in whole or in part 

3 with funds made available under this subtitle. Any 

4 prohibition against discrimination on the basis of 

5 age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 

6 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.) or with respect to an otherwise 

7 qualified individual with a disability as provided in 

8 section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

9 U.S.C. 794), or title II of the Americans with Dis10 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq.), shall 

11 also apply to any such program, project, or service. 

12 ‘‘(2) ACTION OF SECRETARY.—Whenever the 

13 Secretary determines that a State that has received 

14 a payment under this subtitle has failed to comply 

15 with paragraph (1) or an applicable regulation, the 

16 Secretary shall notify the chief executive officer of 

17 the State and shall request that the officer secure 

18 compliance. If within a reasonable period of time, 

19 not to exceed 60 days, the chief executive officer 

20 fails or refuses to secure compliance, the Secretary 

21 is authorized to— 

22 ‘‘(A) refer the matter to the Attorney Gen23 eral with a recommendation that an appropriate 

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1 ‘‘(B) exercise the powers and functions 

2 provided by title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 

3 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), the Age Dis4 crimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et 

5 seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

6 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), or title II of the Ameri7 cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

8 12131 et seq.), as may be applicable; or 

9 ‘‘(C) take such other action as may be pro10 vided by law. 

11 ‘‘(3) ACTION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.—When a 

12 matter is referred to the Attorney General pursuant 

13 to paragraph (2), or whenever the Attorney General 

14 has reason to believe that the State is engaged in a 

15 pattern or practice of discrimination in violation of 

16 the provisions of this subsection, the Attorney Gen17 eral may bring a civil action in any appropriate 

18 United States district court for such relief as may 

19 be appropriate, including injunctive relief. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 688. DRUG AND CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES AND RE21 FERRALS. 

22 ‘‘(a) DRUG TESTING AND REHABILITATION.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this subtitle 

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1 ried out or provided under this subtitle for controlled 

2 substances. A State that conducts such testing shall 

3 inform the participants who test positive for any of 

4 such substances about the availability of treatment 

5 or rehabilitation services and refer such participants 

6 for appropriate treatment or rehabilitation services. 

7 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Any funds 

8 provided under this subtitle expended for such test9 ing shall be considered to be expended for adminis10 trative expenses and shall be subject to the limita11 tion specified in section 679(b)(2). 

12 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

13 ‘controlled substance’ has the meaning given the 

14 term in section 102 of the Controlled Substances 

15 Act (21 U.S.C. 802). 

16 ‘‘(b) CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES AND REFERRALS.— 

17 During each fiscal year for which an eligible entity receives 

18 a subgrant under section 679(a), such entity shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) inform custodial parents in single-parent 

20 families that participate in programs, projects, or 

21 services carried out or provided under this subtitle 

22 about the availability of child support services; and 

23 ‘‘(2) refer eligible parents to the child support 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 689. REGULATIONS. 

2 ‘‘(a) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate 

3 regulations implementing this subtitle, by administrative 

4 hearing open to the public, including regulations regard5 ing— 

6 ‘‘(1) State plans and community action pro7 gram plans, including the form and information re8 quired for State plans submitted to the Secretary 

9 and community action program plans submitted to 

10 States; 

11 ‘‘(2) State monitoring of eligible entities; and 

12 ‘‘(3) reports to the Secretary described in sec13 tion 686. 

14 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue 

16 guidance regarding State and local performance 

17 measurement systems, including State management 

18 performance benchmarks and comprehensive com19 munity needs assessments. 

20 ‘‘(2) STATE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE

21 BENCHMARKS.—The Secretary, in consultation with 

22 community services network organizations, shall de23 velop State management performance benchmarks, 

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1 ‘‘(A) a State’s timely obligation and dis2 tribution of Federal funds, and effective State 

3 oversight of Federal funds; 

4 ‘‘(B) a State’s compliance with the uni5 form administrative requirements, cost prin6 ciples, and audit requirements described in sec7 tion 674(c); 

8 ‘‘(C) a State’s effective management of the 

9 activities funded under this subtitle; and 

10 ‘‘(D) the results of activities funded by the 

11 State under section 679(b). 

12 ‘‘(3) COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF POVERTY

13 CONDITIONS.—The Secretary shall provide guidance 

14 (including models) for comprehensive community 

15 needs assessments described in section 

16 678(a)(2)(C)(i). The guidance shall include methods 

17 for preparing an analysis of all poverty conditions 

18 affecting a community and of local and regional as19 sets for alleviating such conditions. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 690. DISCRETIONARY COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. 

21 ‘‘(a) GRANTS, CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, LOANS, 

22 AND GUARANTEES.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, from 

24 funds appropriated under section 691(b), make 

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1 agencies and private, nonprofit organizations, or 

2 enter into contracts or jointly financed cooperative 

3 arrangements with States and public agencies and 

4 private, nonprofit organizations (and for-profit orga5 nizations, to the extent specified in paragraph 

6 (2)(E)) for each of the objectives described in para7 graphs (2) through (4). 

8 ‘‘(2) COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.— 

9 ‘‘(A) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVI10 TIES.—The Secretary shall make grants de11 scribed in paragraph (1) on a competitive basis 

12 to private, nonprofit organizations that are 

13 community development corporations to provide 

14 technical and financial assistance for economic 

15 development activities designed to address the 

16 economic needs of low-income individuals and 

17 families by creating employment and business 

18 development opportunities. 

19 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary 

20 shall exercise the authority provided under sub21 paragraph (A) after consultation with other rel22 evant Federal officials. 

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1 carry out this paragraph, the corporation shall 

2 be governed by a board that shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) consist of residents of the com4 munity and business and civic leaders; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) have as a principal purpose plan6 ning, developing, or managing low-income 

7 housing or community development 

8 projects. 

9 ‘‘(D) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—In 

10 making grants to carry out this paragraph, the 

11 Secretary shall take into consideration the geo12 graphic distribution of funding among States 

13 and the relative proportion of funding among 

14 rural and urban areas. 

15 ‘‘(E) RESERVATION.—Of the amounts 

16 made available to carry out this paragraph, the 

17 Secretary may reserve not more than 1 percent 

18 for each fiscal year to make grants to private, 

19 nonprofit organizations or to enter into con20 tracts with private, nonprofit, or for-profit orga21 nizations to provide technical assistance to aid 

22 community development corporations in devel23 oping or implementing activities funded to carry 

24 out this paragraph and to evaluate activities 

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1 ‘‘(3) RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AC2 TIVITIES.—The Secretary shall provide the assist3 ance described in paragraph (1) for rural community 

4 development activities, which shall include pro5 viding— 

6 ‘‘(A) grants to private, nonprofit corpora7 tions to enable the corporations to provide as8 sistance concerning home repair to rural low-in9 come families and concerning planning and de10 veloping low-income rural rental housing units; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(B) grants to multistate, regional, pri13 vate, nonprofit organizations to enable the orga14 nizations to provide training and technical as15 sistance to small, rural communities concerning 

16 meeting their community facility needs. 

17 ‘‘(4) NEIGHBORHOOD INNOVATION

18 PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall provide the assist19 ance described in paragraph (1) for neighborhood in20 novation projects, which— 

21 ‘‘(A) shall include providing grants to 

22 neighborhood-based, private, nonprofit organi23 zations to test or assist in the development of 

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1 ing two-generation approaches that create op2 portunities for, and address the needs of, par3 ents and children together; and 

4 ‘‘(B) may include providing assistance for 

5 projects that are designed to serve low-income 

6 individuals and families who are not being ef7 fectively served by other programs. 

8 ‘‘(b) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall require all 

9 activities receiving assistance under this section to be eval10 uated for their effectiveness. Funding for such evaluations 

11 shall be provided as a stated percentage of the assistance 

12 or through a separate grant awarded by the Secretary spe13 cifically for the purpose of evaluation of a particular activ14 ity or group of activities. 

15 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall compile 

16 an annual report containing a summary of the evaluations 

17 required under subsection (b) and a listing of all activities 

18 assisted under this section. The Secretary shall annually 

19 submit the report to the chairperson of the Committee on 

20 Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and 

21 the chairperson of the Committee on Health, Education, 

22 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 690A. COMMUNITY ACTION OPIOID RESPONSE GRANT 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANT PROGRAM.—The 

4 Secretary shall establish a grant program to enable Com5 munity Action Agencies to respond to the needs of commu6 nities and low-income families and individuals in crisis re7 sulting from the opioid addiction epidemic. 

8 ‘‘(b) GOALS.—The goals of the grant program under 

9 this section are to expand and support effective commu10 nity efforts to identify and respond to causes and con11 sequences of opioid misuse and addiction experienced by 

12 low-income individuals, families, and communities. 

13 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—Any Community Action Agency 

14 is eligible to apply for a grant under this section by sub15 mitting an application in such form and manner as speci16 fied by the Secretary, in accordance with subsection 

17 (g)(1). 

18 ‘‘(d) ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS.—A grant award19 ed to a Community Action Agency under this section may 

20 be used to support one or more of the following activities, 

21 which may be conducted in coordination or partnership 

22 with other community organizations: 

23 ‘‘(1) Enhanced public education to improve in24 dividual and community awareness, with respect to 

25 opioid misuse or addiction, including for children 

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1 ‘‘(2) Outreach and identification of individuals 

2 at risk of or experiencing opioid misuse or addiction, 

3 and referral of such individuals to appropriate treat4 ment, recovery, or other resources in the community. 

5 ‘‘(3) Direct services to prevent, treat, or recover 

6 from opioid addiction. 

7 ‘‘(4) Services to stabilize and/or improve the 

8 education, employment, housing, transportation, or 

9 other needs of addicted or at-risk individuals and 

10 their family members. 

11 ‘‘(5) Services to address and mitigate the im12 pact of opioid addiction on children in the household. 

13 ‘‘(6) Support and assistance to children, and 

14 their caregivers, who are in foster care or at-risk of 

15 placement in foster care because of the opioid addic16 tion of their parents. 

17 ‘‘(7) Development of partnerships with entities 

18 such as local health care providers, substance abuse 

19 treatment organizations, schools, child welfare agen20 cies, social service organizations, police departments, 

21 prosecutors, courts, prisons, local governments, busi22 nesses, and religious institutions, in order to coordi23 nate or expand resources available to addicted or at24 risk individuals and their family members. 


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1 ‘‘(8) Training for Community Action Agency 

2 personnel in issues related to opioid addiction, in3 cluding early identification of at-risk individuals and 

4 administration of overdose prevention medications. 

5 ‘‘(e) GRANT FUNDING LIMITATIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—A grant awarded 

7 under this section shall be in an amount that is not 

8 more than $1,000,000 per year and not less than 

9 $50,000 per year. 

10 ‘‘(2) DURATION.—Grant funds awarded under 

11 this section shall remain available for expenditure by 

12 the grantee for up to 36 months after the date of 

13 award unless a longer period of availability is ap14 proved by the Secretary based on outcome data or 

15 extenuating circumstances. 

16 ‘‘(f) REPORTING.—Each Community Action Agency 

17 receiving a grant under this section shall submit an annual 

18 report to the Secretary detailing goals, interventions, out19 comes, and expenditures, with respect to the program of 

20 such agency that is funded by such grant, and make each 

21 such report so submitted by the Community Action Agen22 cy available on the public website of the Community Ac23 tion Agency. The Secretary shall make each such report 

24 public on the public website of the Department of Health 

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1 under this section, the Secretary shall compile all of such 

2 reports so submitted to the Secretary for such year and 

3 submit to Congress the compilation with an annual sum4 mary. 

5 ‘‘(g) EXPEDITED GRANT APPLICATION, REVIEW, 

6 AND AWARD PROCESS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION PROCESS AND CRITERIA.— 

8 Not later than 60 days after the effective date of 

9 this section, the Secretary shall publish in the Fed10 eral Register the application process and criteria for 

11 grants under this section. Such criteria shall require 

12 each application submitted for a grant under this 

13 section to include— 

14 ‘‘(A) a description of the objectives of the 

15 program and activities to be funded by the 

16 grant and how the grant will be used to achieve 

17 these objectives, including specific activities and 

18 services to be conducted, and specific popu19 lations or areas to be served (including targeted 

20 subgroups such as incarcerated or homeless in21 dividuals); 

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1 ‘‘(C) a plan for measuring progress in 

2 achieving such objectives specified in subpara3 graph (A), including a strategy to collect data 

4 that can be used to measure the project’s effec5 tiveness; 

6 ‘‘(D) identification of relevant community 

7 or other organizations with which the applicant 

8 will coordinate or partner and a description of 

9 the proposed coordination or partnership; 

10 ‘‘(E) assurances satisfactory to the Sec11 retary that the applicant has conducted an as12 sessment of community needs related to opioid 

13 misuse and addiction among low-income individ14 uals and families, and that the proposed uses of 

15 the grant funds will address unmet needs iden16 tified by the assessment; 

17 ‘‘(F) assurances satisfactory to the Sec18 retary that funds awarded through the grant 

19 will not supplant other programs or resources 

20 in the community with similar objectives; and 

21 ‘‘(G) assurances satisfactory to the Sec22 retary that evidence-based approaches will be 

23 used to the maximum extent practicable. 

24 ‘‘(2) COMMUNITY ACTION OPIOID RESPONSE

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 

2 days after the effective date of this section, the 

3 Secretary shall establish a Community Action 

4 Opioid Response Grant Application Review 

5 Panel of not fewer than 15 individuals, includ6 ing not more than 5 employees from the De7 partment of Health and Human Services and 

8 other Federal agencies, with expert knowledge 

9 of the opioid epidemic, drug treatment, commu10 nity responses to poverty prevention, child pro11 tection, or post-recovery employment and train12 ing. 

13 ‘‘(B) DUTIES.—Such review panel shall re14 view and evaluate applications for grants under 

15 this section and recommend to the Secretary 

16 which of such applications should be awarded a 

17 grant under this section. 

18 ‘‘(C) GRANT SELECTION PRIORITIES.—In 

19 reviewing and recommending applications for a 

20 grant, such review panel shall consider and give 

21 priority to applications that demonstrate one or 

22 more of the following: 

23 ‘‘(i) Evidence of coordination and 

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1 experience or expertise in addressing 

2 opioid-related issues. 

3 ‘‘(ii) Evidence of leveraging non-Fed4 eral funds or in-kind resources to extend 

5 the reach or duration (or both) of the pro6 gram proposed by the application. 

7 ‘‘(iii) Quality of methodology proposed 

8 to monitor the outcomes of the program 

9 proposed by the application and effective10 ness in achieving goals of the program and 

11 mitigating the harmful health and socio12 economic impacts of opioid addiction. 

13 ‘‘(iv) Evidence of capacity-building 

14 and strengthening of community responses 

15 to the opioid crisis. 

16 ‘‘(v) Efforts to minimize the trauma 

17 and negative impact of foster care on chil18 dren of addicted individuals. 

19 ‘‘(vi) The applicant has a dem20 onstrated knowledge of opioid-related 

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1 sufficiency and well-being for families with 

2 children impacted by opioid addiction. 

3 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use 

4 amounts appropriated to the Office of the Sec5 retary of Health and Human Services to pay 

6 for all expenses associated with the Community 

7 Action Opioid Response Grant Application Re8 view Panel. 

9 ‘‘(3) TIMING FOR AWARDING GRANTS.—With 

10 respect to a year for which amounts are appro11 priated to carry out this section pursuant to sub12 section (h), not later than 120 days after such 

13 amounts are made available for such year, the Sec14 retary shall award all such amounts for grants 

15 under this section for such year. 

16 ‘‘(4) TRIBAL SET ASIDE.—Of the amount ap17 propriated for a year pursuant to section 691(b)(2) 

18 to carry out this section, not more than 7 percent 

19 shall be designated for such year for grants to In20 dian tribes or tribal organizations that receive direct 

21 payments under section 677 of this Act. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 691. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap24 propriated to carry out this subtitle (not including sections 

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1 ‘‘(1) $850,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 

2 through 2023; and 

3 ‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

4 years 2024 through 2028. 

5 ‘‘(b) DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS.—There are au6 thorized to be appropriated— 

7 ‘‘(1) to carry out section 690, such sums as 

8 may be necessary for fiscal years 2019 through 

9 2028; and 

10 ‘‘(2) to carry out section 690A, $50,000,000 for 

11 each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and such 

12 sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2024 

13 through 2028. 

14 ‘‘(c) RESERVATIONS BY THE SECRETARY.—Of the 

15 amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for each fiscal 

16 year, the Secretary shall reserve— 

‘‘(1) 1 17 ⁄2 of 1 percent for carrying out section 

18 675 (relating to grants to territories); and 

19 ‘‘(2) 2 percent for activities authorized in sec20 tion 682, of which— 

21 ‘‘(A) not less than 50 percent of the 

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1 tion agencies, and State and regional commu2 nity service network organizations, for the pur3 pose of carrying out activities described in sec4 tion 682(a)(1)(A); and 

5 ‘‘(B) the remainder of the amount reserved 

6 under this paragraph shall be distributed under 

7 section 682(a)(1)(B) to States, eligible entities, 

8 other community services network organiza9 tions, or other entities, for the purpose of car10 rying out activities described in section 

11 682(a)(1)(B). 

12 ‘‘SEC. 692. REFERENCES. 

13 ‘‘Any reference in any provision of law to the poverty 

14 line set forth in section 624 or 625 of the Economic Op15 portunity Act of 1964 shall be construed to be a reference 

16 to the poverty line defined in section 673 of this subtitle. 

17 Any reference in any provision of law to the poverty line 

18 defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services 

19 Block Grant Act as in effect immediately before the effec20 tive date of this subtitle shall be construed to be a ref21 erence to the poverty line defined in section 673(11) of 

22 this subtitle. Except as otherwise provided, any reference 

23 in any provision of law to any community action agency 

24 designated under title II of the Economic Opportunity Act 

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1 eligible to receive funds under the community services 

2 block grant program.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. TRANSITION PERIOD. 

4 (a) TRANSITION PERIOD.—The Secretary of Health 

5 and Human Services shall expeditiously announce a tran6 sition period for the implementation of any changes in reg7 ulations, procedures, and reporting requirements of the 

8 Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et 

9 seq.) as amended by this Act, from the regulations, proce10 dures, and reporting requirements of the Community 

11 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) as in 

12 effect immediately before the date of enactment of this 

13 Act. 

14 (b) UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, 

15 COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS; FED16 ERAL TRAINING.—The transition period shall include— 

17 (1) a schedule for implementation of require18 ments relating to adoption of the uniform adminis19 trative requirements, cost principles, and audit re20 quirements described in section 674(c) of the Com21 munity Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901) 

22 as amended by this Act; and 

23 (2) the availability of Federal training for 

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1 ices Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) as 

2 amended by this Act. 

3 (c) TIMING.—The transition period described in this 

4 section— 

5 (1) may not extend later than the date that is 

6 3 months prior to the start of the second fiscal year 

7 after the date of enactment of the Community Serv8 ices Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2019; and 

9 (2) may require that certain regulations, proce10 dures, and reporting requirements be adopted before 

11 other regulations, procedures, or reporting require12 ments. 

13 SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

14 Section 306(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Older Americans Act 

15 of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3026(a)(6)(C)(ii)) is amended by in16 serting ‘‘or subsequent years’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 1982’’ 

17 and by striking ‘‘section 676B of the Community Services 

18 Block Grant Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 680(c) of the 

19 Community Services Block Grant Act’’. 

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