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such plans achieve the highest measure of 
self-sufficiency. 
‘‘(ii) Awarding competitive grants di-
rectly to Indian tribes carrying out a tribal 
family assistance plan under this section 
for purposes of conducting programs and 
activities that would substantially improve 
the operation and effectiveness of such plans 
and the ability of such tribes to achieve the 
purposes of the program under this part as 
described in section 401(a). 
‘‘(iii) Awarding competitive grants di-
rectly to Indian tribes carrying out a tribal 
family assistance plan under this section to 
support tribal economic development activi-
ties that would significantly assist families 
receiving assistance under the State pro-
gram funded under this part or a tribal 
family assistance plan obtain employment 
and achieve self-sufficiency. 
‘‘(iv) Conducting, directly or through 
grants, contracts, or interagency agree-
ments, research and development to improve 
knowledge about tribal family assistance 
programs conducted under this section and
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challenges faced by such programs in order 
to improve the effectiveness of such pro-
grams. 
‘‘(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary to carry out this paragraph, 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 
through 2008.’’. 
SEC. 114. RESEARCH, EVALUATIONS, AND NATIONAL STUD-
IES. 
(a) SECRETARY’S FUND FOR RESEARCH, DEMONSTRA-
TIONS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 413 (42 
U.S.C. 613), as amended by section 101(d), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) FUNDING FOR RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in 
the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 
appropriated, 
there 
are 
appropriated 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 
through 2008, which shall remain available to 
the Secretary until expended. 
‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—
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‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—Funds 
appro-
priated under subparagraph (A) shall be 
used for the purpose of—
‘‘(I) conducting or supporting re-
search and demonstration projects by 
public or private entities; or 
‘‘(II) providing technical assist-
ance in connection with a purpose of 
the program funded under this part, as 
described in section 401(a), to States, 
Indian tribal organizations, sub-State 
entities, and such other entities as the 
Secretary may specify. 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENT.—Not less than 80 
percent of the funds appropriated under 
subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year shall be 
expended for the purpose of conducting or 
supporting research and demonstration 
projects, or for providing technical assist-
ance, in connection with activities described 
in section 403(a)(2)(B). Funds appro-
priated under subparagraph (A) and ex-
pended in accordance with this clause shall 
be in addition to any other funds made
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available under this part for activities de-
scribed in section 403(a)(2)(B). 
‘‘(2) SECRETARY’S AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 
may conduct activities authorized by this subsection 
directly or through grants, contracts, or interagency 
agreements with public or private entities. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF FUNDS.—The 
Secretary shall not pay any funds appropriated 
under paragraph (1)(A) to an entity for the purpose 
of conducting or supporting research and demonstra-
tion projects involving activities described in section 
403(a)(2)(B) unless the entity complies with the re-
quirements of section 403(a)(2)(E).’’. 
(b) FUNDING OF STUDIES AND DEMONSTRATIONS.—
Section 413(h)(1) (42 U.S.C. 613(h)(1)) is amended in the 
matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘1997 
through 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2004 through 2008’’. 
(c) 
PROGRAM
COORDINATION
DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS.—
(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection is 
to establish a program of demonstration projects in a 
State or portion of a State to coordinate assistance 
provided under qualified programs for the purpose of 
supporting working individuals and families, helping 
families escape welfare dependency, promoting child
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well-being, or helping build stronger families, using 
innovative approaches to strengthen service systems 
and provide more coordinated and effective service de-
livery. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) 
QUALIFIED
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘‘qualified program’’ means—
(i) a program under part A of title IV 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.); 
(ii) the program under title XX of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397 et 
seq.); and 
(iii) child care assistance funded under 
section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 618). 
(B) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices. 
(3) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The head of 
a State entity or of a sub-State entity administering 
2 or more qualified programs proposed to be included 
in a demonstration project under this subsection shall 
(or, if the project is proposed to include qualified pro-
grams administered by 2 or more such entities, the
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heads of the administering entities (each of whom 
shall be considered an applicant for purposes of this 
subsection) shall jointly) submit to the Secretary an 
application that contains the following: 
(A) PROGRAMS
INCLUDED.—A statement 
identifying each qualified program to be in-
cluded in the project, and describing how the 
purposes of each such program will be achieved 
by the project. 
(B) POPULATION
SERVED.—A statement 
identifying the population to be served by the 
project and specifying the eligibility criteria to 
be used. 
(C) DESCRIPTION AND JUSTIFICATION.—A 
detailed description of the project, including—
(i) a description of how the project is 
expected to improve or enhance achievement 
of the purposes of the programs to be in-
cluded in the project, from the standpoint of 
quality, of cost-effectiveness, or of both; and 
(ii) a description of the performance 
objectives for the project, including any pro-
posed modifications to the performance 
measures and reporting requirements used 
in the programs.
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(D) WAIVERS REQUESTED.—A description 
of the statutory and regulatory requirements 
with respect to which a waiver is requested in 
order to carry out the project, and a justification 
of the need for each such waiver. 
(E) COST NEUTRALITY.—Such information 
and assurances as necessary to establish to the 
satisfaction of the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, that the proposed project is reason-
ably expected to meet the applicable cost neu-
trality requirements of paragraph (4)(E). 
(F) EVALUATION AND REPORTS.—An assur-
ance that the applicant will—
(i) obtain an evaluation by an inde-
pendent contractor of the effectiveness of the 
project using an evaluation design that, to 
the maximum extent feasible, includes ran-
dom assignment of clients (or entities serv-
ing such clients) to service delivery and con-
trol groups; and 
(ii) make interim and final reports to 
the Secretary, at such times and in such 
manner as the Secretary may require.
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(G) OTHER
INFORMATION
AND
ASSUR-
ANCES.—Such other information and assurances 
as the Secretary may require. 
(4) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary with re-
spect to a qualified program that is identified in 
an application submitted pursuant to subsection 
(c) may approve the application and, except as 
provided in subparagraph (B), waive any re-
quirement applicable to the program, to the ex-
tent consistent with this subsection and necessary 
and appropriate for the conduct of the dem-
onstration project proposed in the application, if 
the Secretary determines that the project—
(i) has a reasonable likelihood of 
achieving the objectives of the programs to 
be included in the project; 
(ii) may reasonably be expected to 
meet the applicable cost neutrality require-
ments of subparagraph (E), as determined 
by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget; 
(iii) includes the coordination of 2 or 
more qualified programs; and
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(iv) provides for an independent eval-
uation that includes random assignment to 
the maximum extent feasible, as described 
in paragraph (3)(F), and which the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate for as-
sessing the effectiveness of the project. 
(B) PROVISIONS EXCLUDED FROM WAIVER 
AUTHORITY.—A waiver shall not be granted 
under subparagraph (A)—
(i) with respect to any provision of law 
relating to—
(I) civil rights or prohibition of 
discrimination; 
(II) purposes or goals of any pro-
gram; 
(III) maintenance of effort re-
quirements; 
(IV) health or safety; 
(V) labor standards under the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; or 
(VI) environmental protection; 
(ii) in the case of child care assistance 
funded under section 418 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 618), with respect to the 
requirement under the first sentence of sub-
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section (b)(1) of that section that funds re-
ceived by a State under that section shall 
only be used to provide child care assist-
ance; 
(iii) with respect to any requirement 
that a State pass through to a sub-State en-
tity part or all of an amount paid to the 
State; 
(iv) if the waiver would waive any 
funding restriction or limitation provided 
in an appropriations Act, or would have the 
effect of transferring appropriated funds 
from 1 appropriations account to another; 
or 
(v) except as otherwise provided by 
statute, if the waiver would waive any 
funding restriction applicable to a program 
authorized under an Act which is not an 
appropriations Act (but not including pro-
gram requirements such as application pro-
cedures, performance standards, reporting 
requirements, or eligibility standards), or 
would have the effect of transferring funds 
from a program for which there is direct 
spending (as defined in section 250(c)(8) of