SEC. 404. IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSISTANCE PLANS; EVAL-
UATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, benefits under any covered program included
in an application approved under this title shall be paid
and administered in the manner specified in the approved
application.
(b) EVALUATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any entity whose application
is approved under this title shall, in accordance with
regulations issued by the Chairperson—
(A) submit such reports on, and cooperate
in such audits of, the implementation of the as-
sistance plan contained in the application; and
(B) periodically evaluate the effects that
implementation of the plan has had on—
(i) individuals who receive benefits
under a covered program included in the
plan;
(ii) communities where such individ-
uals live; and
(iii) costs of administering the covered
program or programs included in the plan.
(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days
after the end of the 1-year period beginning on the
date the application of an entity is approved under
this title, and annually thereafter, the entity shall
submit to the Chairperson a report on the principal
activities and achievements under the assistance
plan contained in the application, during the period
covered by the report, and, if the application was
submitted under section 402(a), the report shall
compare those achievements to the objectives and
performance criteria included in the plan pursuant
to section 402(a)(1)(C).
(c) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after
the end of the period for which the Chairperson has ini-
tially authorized an entity to implement an assistance
plan, or at any time that the entity determines that the
plan has demonstrated its worth and proven to be a supe-
rior way to provide benefits under the covered program
or programs included in the plan, the entity shall submit
to the Chairperson a final report on such implementation,
including a full evaluation of the successes and short-
comings of the plan and the effects of such implementa-
tion on individuals who receive benefits under such pro-
gram or programs.
(d) EXTENSION OF PLANS.—The Chairperson may
extend, for such period as may be appropriate, the period
for which an entity may implement an approved assistance
plan, based on the report of the entity under subsection
(c).
(e) SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Chairperson may re-
quire an entity to suspend or terminate implementa-
tion of part or all of an assistance plan under—
(A) any approved application under this
title if the Chairperson finds that the applicant
has failed to carry out a covered program in ac-
cordance with any applicable provision of law or
regulation; or
(B) an approved application that was sub-
mitted under section 402(a), if, after consulta-
tion with the head of each Federal agency re-
sponsible for administering a covered program
included in the approved application, the Chair-
person determines that the objectives and per-
formance criteria included in the plan pursuant
to section 402(a)(1)(C) have not been met.
(2) TIMING.—In requiring the implementation
of an assistance plan to be terminated under para-
graph (1), the Chairperson shall allow a reasonable
period of time for appropriate Federal, State, and
local agencies, and qualified organizations to resume
administration of the covered program or programs
included in the application that contains the plan.
SEC. 405. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEES.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—An entity desiring to submit
an application under section 402(a) shall establish a Pub-
lic-Private Partnership Committee in accordance with this
section.
(b) FUNCTIONS.—A Public-Private Partnership Com-
mittee shall advise an entity in the development and imple-
mentation of an assistance plan, including with respect
to—
(1) conducting public hearings;
(2) representing the interest of low-income indi-
viduals and families; and
(3) reviewing and commenting on all commu-
nity policies, programs, and actions under the plan
which affect low-income individuals and families,
with the purpose of assuring maximum coordination
and responsiveness of the plan in providing benefits
under the plan to those individuals and families.
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The membership of a Public-Pri-
vate Partnership Committee shall—
(1) consist of—
(A) low-income individuals, who shall—