(dd) where appropriate, classes
designed to assist participants attain
certificates of high school equivalency;
and
(ee) job placement assistance, in-
cluding assistance provided by a coun-
selor who matches participants with
unsubsidized job opportunities based
upon the skills of the participant.
(II) The service provider is to provide,
to the extent practicable, 40 hours per
week of assistance to a participant under
subclause (I) and is to provide compensa-
tion to such participant in an amount
equal to $4.00 per hour for each such hour
that such participant participates in inten-
sive placement under subclause (I).
(III) The service provider is to provide
assistance to a participant under subclause
(I) until such participant is placed in
unsubsidized employment, or 180 days
after the date on which the participant be-
gins 
receiving 
assistance 
under 
such
subclause, whichever occurs first.
(iii) WORK/STUDY
ASSISTANCE.—(I)
The service provider is to provide work/
study assistance to participants for the
purpose of preparing such participants for
unsubsidized employment. Such assistance
is to include—
(aa) 
placement 
in 
part-time
unsubsidized jobs, or if such jobs are
not available, placement in part-time
subsidized jobs; and
(bb) educational assistance relat-
ed to such jobs and to the full-time
unsubsidized jobs that such partici-
pants obtain after receiving assistance
under this subparagraph, including
technical training or placement in ap-
prenticeship programs.
(II) The service provider is to provide,
to the extent practicable, 40 hours per
week of assistance to a participant under
subclause (I) and is to provide compensa-
tion to such participant in an amount
equal to $4.00 per hour for each such hour
that such participant receives such assist-
ance, except that such compensation shall
not include amounts received from place-
ment in a part-time subsidized job.
(III) The service provider is to provide
assistance to a participant under subclause
(I) until such participant is placed in full-
time unsubsidized employment, except that
a participant may not receive such assist-
ance for more than a total of 4 years.
(iv) SUPPORT SERVICES.—The service
provider is to provide support services to
participants receiving assistance under
clauses (ii) and (iii). Such services are to
include—
(I) case management and coun-
seling services provided by a case
manager, including referrals to appro-
priate social service agencies and iden-
tification of barriers to successful job
performance, such as mental illness,
learning disabilities, and substance
abuse; and
(II) legal services to assist par-
ticipants in eliminating barriers to,
placement 
in, 
and 
retention 
of
unsubsidized employment.
(C) PLACEMENT
IN
PUBLIC
SERVICE
JOBS.—(i) The Federal government is to ensure
that each participant who is unable to obtain
unsubsidized employment after receiving assist-
ance under subparagraph (B) is placed in a
public sector job until such time as the partici-
pant obtains such unsubsidized employment.
(ii) An individual who receives a public sec-
tor job under clause (i) is to be paid $4.00 per
hour.
(iii) An individual who receives a public
sector job under clause (i) is to be provided on-
going support services in accordance with sub-
paragraph (B)(iv) to ensure that such individ-
ual obtains unsubsidized employment.
(D) CONTINUING SUPPORT SERVICES DUR-
ING
UNSUBSIDIZED
EMPLOYMENT.—The Fed-
eral government is to ensure that each partici-
pant who obtains unsubsidized employment
after receiving assistance under subparagraph
(B) continues to receive the support services de-
scribed in subparagraph (B)(iv) for up to 1
year after the date on which the participant re-
ceives such employment.
(6) TARGETED JOB TRAINING TAX CREDIT.—
The requirements of this paragraph are that employ-
ers be provided with a nonrefundable credit against
Federal income tax for some portion of the expenses
paid by the employer in providing job training.
(7) ENHANCED
EARNED
INCOME
TAX
CRED-
IT.—The requirements of this paragraph are that—
(A) the earned income credit under section
32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 be re-
structured such that—
(i) for households in which an adult
participates in the National Service Work
Program, the amount of such credit will,
when added to the taxpayer’s earned in-
come, equal 75 percent of the poverty level
for such household,
(ii) for households in which no adult
participates in the National Service Work
Program and in which there is an adult
full-time worker (or the equivalent), the
amount of such credit will be the greater
of—
(I) the amount determined under
such section 32 without regard to this
paragraph, or
(II) the amount which, when
added to the taxpayer’s earned in-
come, will equal 100 percent of the
poverty level for such household, and
(iii) for households in which no adult
participates in the National Service Work
Program and to which subparagraph (B)
does not apply, the amount of such credit
will be the amount determined under such
section 32 without regard to this para-
graph, and
(B) the earned income credit under such
section 32 be paid on a periodic basis during
the taxable year other than as provided in sec-
tion 3507 of such Code.
(b) CHILD CARE REFORM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall de-
sign a program that consolidates existing child care
programs under Federal law into a single program
under which a household is to be eligible for child
care services under the program if the total income
of the members of the household is less than 200
percent of the poverty line.
(2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The single pro-
gram described in paragraph (1)—
(A) shall include a sliding fee scale that
provides for cost sharing by households that re-
ceive child care services under the program; and
(B) shall, to the extent practicable, be co-
ordinated with appropriate State and local pro-
grams providing child care services.
(3) POVERTY LINE DEFINED.—As used in this
subsection, the term ‘‘poverty line’’ means, with re-
spect to a household the income official poverty line
(as defined by the Office of Management and Budg-
et, and revised annually in accordance with section
673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1981) applicable to a family of the same size as the
household involved.
SEC. 4. MEMBERSHIP.
(a) NUMBER; APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall
be composed of 23 members, as follows:
(1) The Secretary of Labor.
(2) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices.
(3) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment.
(4) The Secretary of Education.
(5) The Secretary of Agriculture.
(6) The Secretary of the Treasury.
(7) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(8) 4 Members of the House of Representatives,
2 appointed by the majority leader of the House of
Representatives, and 2 appointed by the minority
leader of the House of Representatives.
(9) 4 Members of the Senate, 2 appointed by
the majority leader of the Senate, and 2 appointed
by the minority leader of the Senate.
(10) 6 officials of State and local governments
with expertise in welfare, education, or training is-
sues, appointed by the President.
(11) 2 individuals with expertise in job place-
ment for persons receiving cash assistance from the
Federal Government or a State government, ap-
pointed by the President.
(b) TERM OF OFFICE.—Each member of the Com-
mission shall be appointed for the life of the Commission.
(c) APPOINTMENT DEADLINE.—All appointments to
the Commission shall be made not more than 60 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Commission shall
be filled in the manner in which the original appointment
was made.
(e) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary of Labor shall
serve as the chairperson of the Commission (in this Act
referred to as the ‘‘Chairperson’’).
(f) COMPENSATION.—
(1) GENERALLY NONE.—Except as provided in
paragraph (2), the members of the Commission may
not receive pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of
their service on the Commission.
(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES ALLOWED.—Each Com-
mission member shall receive travel expenses, includ-
ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance
with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United
States Code.
SEC. 5. STAFF; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.
(a) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon request
of the Chairperson, the head of any Federal agency may
detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of
that agency to the Commission to assist the Commission
in carrying out its duties under this Act.
(b) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Commission
may procure temporary or intermittent services under sec-
tion 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 6. PROCEDURE OF COMMISSION.
(a) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the
call of the Chairperson or a majority of the members of
the Commission.
(b) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the
Commission shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number
may hold hearings.
(c) ACTION.—The Commission may act only by a vote
of a majority of the members of the Commission.
SEC. 7. POWERS OF COMMISSION.
(a) HEARINGS
AND SESSIONS.—The Commission
may hold the hearings, sit and act at the times and places,
take the testimony, and receive the evidence the Commis-
sion considers appropriate to carry out this Act.
(b) POWERS OF MEMBERS AND AGENTS.—Any mem-
ber or agent of the Commission may, if authorized by the
Commission, take any action that the Commission is au-
thorized to take by this section.
(c) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—On request of the
Chairperson of the Commission, the head of a Federal de-
partment or agency shall furnish to the Commission such
information as the Chairperson may request to enable the
Commission to carry out this Act, unless the release of
the information is prohibited by law.
(d) GIFTS.—The Commission may accept, use, and
dispose of gifts of services or property, both real and per-
sonal, for the purpose of aiding the work of the Commis-
sion, except that gifts of money and proceeds from sales
of property received as gifts shall be deposited in the
Treasury of the United States and credited as miscellane-
ous receipts.
(e) MAILS.—The Commission may use the United
States mails in the same manner and under the same con-
ditions as other Federal agencies.
(f) SUPPORT SERVICES.—On request of the Commis-
sion, the head of a Federal department or agency may
make available to the Commission any facility or service
of the agency to assist the Commission in carrying out
the duties of the Commission under this Act.
SEC. 8. REPORT.
Within 6 months after the date a majority of the
members of the Commission have been appointed, the
Commission shall submit to the Congress a report that
describes in detail the programs, modifications, and tax
credits designed under section 3(a), and contains rec-
ommendations for legislation to enact such programs,
modifications, and tax credits. Such legislation will dem-
onstrate that the costs of any new programs recommended
herein are offset by the costs of programs to be eliminated
by the terms of the legislation.