‘‘(B) evaluates the impact of payments to 
States under this title on economic, health, 
housing, education, labor, and any other out-
comes of recipients of cash assistance payments 
under section 1303 as the Secretary deems rel-
evant; and 
‘‘(C) evaluates the impact of technical as-
sistance provided by the Secretary and pay-
ments to States to cover administrative costs on 
the States’ ability to deliver cash assistance in 
accordance with this title. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION
IN
EVALUATION
PLAN.—The 
findings of any evaluation conducted by the Sec-
retary under this section shall be included in the 
next evaluation plan for the Department of Health 
and Human Services issued by the Secretary pursu-
ant to section 312(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘SEC. 1308. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD.—The term ‘eligi-
ble household’ means a household with an income 
that is less than 300 percent of the Federal poverty 
line (as defined in section 673(2) of the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, including any re-
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vision required by such section, applicable to a fam-
ily of the size involved). 
‘‘(2) HOUSEHOLD.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘household’ 
means any of the following: 
‘‘(i) An individual who lives alone or 
who, while living with others, customarily 
does not pool income, assistance, assets, or 
other resources for day-to-day costs of liv-
ing, provided that such individual is not a 
nonresident alien. 
‘‘(ii) Any group of individuals (includ-
ing family members) who live together and 
customarily pool income, assistance, assets, 
or other resources for day-to-day costs of 
living, provided that at least 1 of such in-
dividuals is not a nonresident alien. 
‘‘(B) FAMILY MEMBER.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), the term ‘family mem-
ber’ means, with respect to an individual, 
any of the following: 
‘‘(I) A spouse or domestic part-
ner of the individual, or a child, 
grandchild, parent, or grandparent of 
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a spouse or domestic partner of the 
individual. 
‘‘(II) A parent or grandparent of 
the individual, or a spouse or domestic 
partner of a parent or grandparent of 
the individual. 
‘‘(III) A child or grandchild of 
the individual or a spouse or domestic 
partner of a child or grandchild of the 
individual. 
‘‘(IV) A sibling of the individual. 
‘‘(V) Any individual related to 
the individual involved by blood or af-
finity whose close association with the 
individual involved is the equivalent of 
a family relationship. 
‘‘(ii) 
PARENT.—For 
purposes 
of 
clause (i), the term ‘parent’ means, with 
respect to an individual any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) A biological, adoptive, step, 
foster parent or former foster parent 
of the individual. 
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‘‘(II) The legal guardian or 
former legal guardian of the family 
member. 
‘‘(III) An individual who stands, 
or formerly stood, in loco parentis to 
the individual involved. 
‘‘(iii) CHILD.—For purposes of clause 
(i), the term ‘child’ means, with respect to 
an individual, any of the following: 
‘‘(I) A biological, adopted, step, 
foster, or former foster child of the in-
dividual. 
‘‘(II) The legal ward, or former 
legal ward, of the individual. 
‘‘(III) An individual with respect 
to 
whom 
the 
individual 
involved 
stands in loco parentis, or formerly 
stood in loco parentis. 
‘‘(C) RULE
OF
APPLICATION.—For pur-
poses of this title, the following persons shall 
not be considered to be residents of institutions 
and shall be considered to be individual house-
holds: 
‘‘(i) Residents of federally subsidized 
housing for the elderly, disabled or blind 
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recipients of benefits under title I, II, X, 
XIV, or XVI. 
‘‘(ii) Individuals described in para-
graphs (2) through (7) of section 5(j) of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, who 
are residents in a public or private non-
profit group living arrangement that serves 
no more than 16 residents and is certified 
by the appropriate State agency or agen-
cies under regulations issued under section 
1616(e) or under standards determined by 
the Secretary to be comparable to stand-
ards implemented by appropriate State 
agencies under that section. 
‘‘(iii) Temporary residents of public or 
private nonprofit shelters for individuals 
experiencing intimate partner violence or 
child abuse. 
‘‘(iv) Individuals who do not reside in 
permanent dwellings or have no fixed mail-
ing addresses who are otherwise eligible for 
benefits (including individuals who are 
residents or former residents of public or 
private nonprofit shelters for individuals 
experiencing homelessness). 
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