findings and conclusions regarding the need to recruit and 
retain social workers, to conduct research on the social 
work profession, and to reinvest in the profession. The re-
port shall include recommendations and strategies for cor-
rective actions to ensure a robust social work workforce 
capable of keeping up with the demand for services. The 
Commission may provide to the Secretary and to Congress 
any additional findings or recommendations considered by 
the Commission to be important. 
SEC. 104. POWERS. 
(a) POWERS.—In carrying out the duties of the Com-
mission, the Commission shall have the power to— 
(1) hold hearings, take testimony, receive evi-
dence, administer oaths, and sit and act at such 
times and places as the Commission considers advis-
able; 
(2) enter into contracts; and 
(3) consult, to the extent that the Commission 
determines that such consultation is necessary or 
useful, with Federal agencies that include— 
(A) agencies within the Department of 
Health and Human Services, including the Ad-
ministration for Children and Families, the Ad-
ministration 
on 
Aging, 
the 
Agency 
for 
Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers 
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for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers 
for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Health 
Resources and Service Administration, the In-
dian Health Service, the National Institutes of 
Health, and the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration; 
(B) the Social Security Administration; 
and 
(C) the Departments of Agriculture, De-
fense, Education, Homeland Security, Labor, 
Justice, State, and Veterans Affairs. 
(b) COOPERATION WITH
THE COMMISSION.—The 
agencies described in subsection (a)(3) shall cooperate 
with, and provide counsel to, the Commission to the great-
est extent practicable. 
SEC. 105. COMPENSATION. 
(a) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the Com-
mission shall not receive compensation for the perform-
ance of services for the Commission, but shall be provided 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
at rates authorized for employees of Federal agencies 
under subchapter 1 of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code, while away from their homes or regular places of 
business in the performance of services for the Commis-
sion. 
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(b) VOLUNTARY AND UNCOMPENSATED SERVICES.— 
Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States 
Code, the Secretary may accept the voluntary and uncom-
pensated services of members of the Commission. 
(c) DETAIL
OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Any 
Federal Government employee may be detailed to the 
Commission without reimbursement, and such detail shall 
be without interruption or loss of civil service status or 
privilege. 
SEC. 106. TERMINATION. 
The Commission shall terminate 30 days after the 
date on which the Commission submits the report under 
section 103(b). 
TITLE 
II—REINVESTMENT 
GRANT PROGRAMS TO SUP-
PORT SOCIAL WORK PROFES-
SION 
SEC. 201. WORKPLACE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS. 
(a) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 
award grants to 4 eligible entities described in subsection 
(d) to assist the entities in carrying out a workplace im-
provement program to address concerns for the social 
work profession, including caseloads, compensation, social 
worker safety, supervision, and working conditions. 
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(b) EQUAL AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall award to 
each of the 4 grant recipients under this section 
$1,000,000 per fiscal year for 4 consecutive fiscal years 
beginning with the first fiscal year that begins after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) GRANTS TO STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.— 
At least 2 of the grant recipients under this section shall 
be agencies of State or local governments. 
(d) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—An entity eligible 
for a grant under this section shall— 
(1) work in a social work capacity; 
(2) demonstrate that the entity needs to im-
prove in 1 or more of the workplace concern areas 
described in subsection (a); 
(3) provide services to individuals of different 
racial, ethnic, cultural, geographic, religious, lin-
guistic, and class backgrounds, and different genders 
and sexual orientations; 
(4) demonstrate knowledge and understanding 
of the concerns of the groups described in paragraph 
(3); and 
(5) employ individuals who represent themselves 
as competent to provide social work services only 
within the boundaries of their education, training, li-
censes, certification, professional case consultation, 
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supervised experience, or other relevant professional 
experience. 
(e) PRIORITY.—In selecting grant recipients under 
this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible en-
tities— 
(1) that have proven to be fiscally responsible, 
administratively capable, and otherwise equipped to 
oversee and monitor a workplace improvement pro-
gram under this section; 
(2) that are knowledgeable about relevant social 
work workforce trends; and 
(3) that have not less than 2 years of experi-
ence relevant to the workplace improvement pro-
gram. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $16,000,000 to the Sec-
retary to award grants under this section. 
SEC. 202. RESEARCH GRANTS. 
(a) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 
award grants to 25 social workers who hold a doctoral de-
gree in social work for postdoctoral research in social 
work— 
(1) to further the knowledge base about effec-
tive social work interventions; and 
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