I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5352 
To strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2014 
Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. AL 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. 
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
LEWIS, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. HONDA, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. SCOTT of Vir-
ginia, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. CHU, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. 
BEATTY, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. MOORE, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. ROYBAL- 
ALLARD, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, and Ms. 
JACKSON LEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on 
House Administration, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, 
Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, Over-
sight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and 
initiatives. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pathways Out of Pov-
erty Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
DIVISION A—EDUCATION 
TITLE I—STRONG START FOR AMERICA’S CHILDREN 
Subtitle A—Access to Voluntary Prekindergarten for Low- and Moderate- 
Income Families 
Sec. 111. Purposes. 
Sec. 112. Definitions. 
Sec. 113. Program authorization. 
Sec. 114. Allotments and reservations of funds. 
Sec. 115. State eligibility criteria. 
Sec. 116. State applications. 
Sec. 117. State use of funds. 
Sec. 118. Additional prekindergarten services. 
Sec. 119. Performance measures and targets. 
Sec. 120. Matching requirements. 
Sec. 121. Eligible local entity applications. 
Sec. 122. Required subgrant activities. 
Sec. 123. Report and evaluation. 
Sec. 124. Prohibition of required participation or use of funds for assessments. 
Sec. 125. Coordination with Head Start programs. 
Sec. 126. Technical assistance in program administration. 
Sec. 127. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Prekindergarten Development Grants 
Sec. 151. Prekindergarten development grants. 
TITLE II—RESTORING SUMMER PELL GRANTS 
Sec. 201. Federal Pell Grants. 
TITLE III—RESTORING TITLE IV ABILITY-TO-BENEFIT 
ELIGIBILITY 
Sec. 301. Ability-to-benefit eligibility. 
TITLE IV—YOUTH PROMISE/FEDERAL COORDINATION OF LOCAL 
AND TRIBAL JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION AND EFFORTS 
Sec. 401. PROMISE Advisory Panel. 
Sec. 402. Geographic assessment of resource allocation. 
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TITLE V—PROMISE GRANTS 
Sec. 501. Purposes. 
Sec. 502. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—PROMISE Assessment and Planning Grants 
Sec. 510. PROMISE Assessment and Planning grants authorized. 
Sec. 511. PROMISE Coordinating Councils. 
Sec. 512. Needs and strengths assessment. 
Sec. 513. PROMISE Plan components. 
Sec. 514. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—PROMISE Implementation Grants 
Sec. 530. PROMISE Implementation grants authorized. 
Sec. 531. PROMISE Implementation grant application requirements. 
Sec. 532. Grant award guidelines. 
Sec. 533. Reports. 
Sec. 534. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle C—General PROMISE Grant Provisions 
Sec. 540. Nonsupplanting clause. 
Sec. 541. Grant application review panel. 
Sec. 542. Evaluation of PROMISE grant programs. 
DIVISION B—HOUSING 
TITLE VI—COMMON SENSE HOUSING INVESTMENT 
Sec. 601. Congressional findings. 
Sec. 602. Replacement of mortgage interest deduction with mortgage interest 
credit. 
Sec. 603. Deduction allowed for interest and taxes relating to land for dwelling 
purposes owned or leased by cooperative housing corporations. 
Sec. 604. Use of mortgage interest savings to increase low-income housing tax 
credit. 
Sec. 605. Use of mortgage interest savings for affordable housing programs. 
TITLE VII—LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT FOR HOMELESS 
YOUTH 
Sec. 701. Students who were homeless youths or homeless veterans permitted 
to occupy low-income housing units. 
TITLE VIII—RENTERS TAX CREDIT 
Sec. 801. Renters tax credit. 
DIVISION C—NUTRITION 
TITLE IX—IMPROVING TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY 
FAMILIES PROGRAM 
Sec. 901. References. 
Sec. 902. State plans required to address whether and how States will provide 
assistance to neediest geographic areas. 
Sec. 903. Funding of the TANF program. 
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Sec. 904. Work requirements. 
Sec. 905. Work rules. 
Sec. 906. Prohibition on imposing limit of less than 60 months on duration of 
assistance. 
Sec. 907. Response of TANF program to economic recessions. 
Sec. 908. Requirement that States use merit-based system in administration of 
TANF programs. 
Sec. 909. Ban on using Federal TANF funds to replace State and local spend-
ing that does not meet the definition of qualified State expendi-
tures. 
Sec. 910. TANF assistance to meet basic family economic needs. 
Sec. 911. State plans and reports on child poverty. 
Sec. 912. Requirement that States adopt standards and procedures to address 
domestic and sexual violence among TANF recipients. 
Sec. 913. Child care entitlement. 
Sec. 914. Child support enforcement. 
Sec. 915. State option to extend eligibility for assistance to children through 
age 21; prohibition on considering financial aid tied to edu-
cation of child in determining eligibility for, or amount of as-
sistance; prohibition on imposing additional requirements based 
on educational enrollment of child. 
Sec. 916. Elimination of certain other bars to TANF assistance. 
Sec. 917. Effective date. 
TITLE X—EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT, RETENTION, AND 
NAVIGATION ACT 
Sec. 1011. Focus on employment. 
Sec. 1012. Modification relating to the Contingency Fund. 
Sec. 1013. Training for in-demand jobs. 
Sec. 1014. Effective date. 
TITLE XI—RESTORING SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAMS FUNDING CUTS INSTITUTED IN FARM BILL (HEAT- 
AND-EAT) 
Sec. 1101. Restoration of standard utility allowances based on the receipt of 
energy assistance payments. 
TITLE XII—HELPING HUNGRY STUDENTS LEARN 
Sec. 1201. Findings. 
Sec. 1202. School Lunch Program. 
Sec. 1203. School Breakfast Program. 
Sec. 1204. Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children program. 
Sec. 1205. Weekends and holidays without hunger. 
TITLE XIII—FOOD ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE REINTEGRATION 
ACT 
Sec. 1301. Repeal of denial of benefits. 
DIVISION D—LABOR/JOB TRAINING 
TITLE XV—ASSISTANCE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND PATHWAYS 
BACK TO WORK 
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Subtitle A—Supporting Unemployed Workers 
Sec. 1501. Short title. 
PART I—EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND 
CERTAIN EXTENDED BENEFITS PROVISIONS, AND ESTABLISHMENT
OF 
SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
Sec. 1511. Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation program. 
Sec. 1512. Temporary extension of extended benefit provisions. 
Sec. 1513. Additional extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Un-
employment Insurance Act. 
PART II—REEMPLOYMENT NOW PROGRAM 
Sec. 1521. Establishment of Reemployment NOW program. 
Sec. 1522. Distribution of funds. 
Sec. 1523. State plan. 
Sec. 1524. Bridge to Work program. 
Sec. 1525. Wage insurance. 
Sec. 1526. Enhanced reemployment strategies. 
Sec. 1527. Self-employment programs. 
Sec. 1528. Additional innovative programs. 
Sec. 1529. Guidance and additional requirements. 
Sec. 1530. Report of information and evaluations to Congress and the public. 
Sec. 1531. State. 
PART III—SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAM 
Sec. 1541. Temporary financing of short-time compensation payments in States 
with programs in law. 
Sec. 1542. Temporary financing of short-time compensation agreements. 
Sec. 1543. Grants for short-time compensation programs. 
Sec. 1544. Assistance and guidance in implementing programs. 
Sec. 1545. Reports. 
Subtitle B—Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Preferences 
Sec. 1551. Long-term unemployed workers work opportunity tax credits. 
Subtitle C—Pathways Back to Work 
Sec. 1561. Short title. 
Sec. 1562. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 1563. Availability of funds. 
Sec. 1564. Subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults. 
Sec. 1565. Summer employment and year-round employment opportunities for 
low-income youth. 
Sec. 1566. Work-based employment strategies of demonstrated effectiveness. 
Sec. 1567. General requirements. 
Sec. 1568. Definitions. 
Subtitle D—Prohibition of Discrimination in Employment on the Basis of an 
Individual’s Status as Unemployed 
Sec. 1571. Short title. 
Sec. 1572. Findings and purpose. 
Sec. 1573. Definitions. 
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Sec. 1574. Prohibited acts. 
Sec. 1575. Enforcement. 
Sec. 1576. Federal and State immunity. 
Sec. 1577. Relationship to other laws. 
Sec. 1578. Severability. 
Sec. 1579. Effective date. 
TITLE XVI—LIVING AMERICAN WAGE 
Sec. 1601. Findings; sense of Congress. 
Sec. 1602. Minimum wage. 
TITLE XVII—EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
EXTENSION 
Sec. 1701. Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation program. 
Sec. 1702. Temporary extension of extended benefit provisions. 
Sec. 1703. Extension of funding for reemployment services and reemployment 
and eligibility assessment activities. 
Sec. 1704. Additional extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Un-
employment Insurance Act. 
Sec. 1705. Flexibility for unemployment program agreements. 
DIVISION E—ANTI-POVERTY TAX PROVISION 
TITLE XVIII—CHILD TAX CREDIT PERMANENCY 
Sec. 1801. Modifications of the child tax credit. 
TITLE XIX—EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT 
Sec. 1901. Expansion of Earned Income Credit. 
TITLE XX—CHILD CARE ACCESS AND REFUNDABILITY 
EXPANSION ACT 
Sec. 2001. Credit for dependent care expenses. 
DIVISION F—MISCELLANEOUS 
TITLE XXI—POVERTY IMPACT TRIGGER 
Sec. 2101. Certain poverty impact legislation subject to point of order. 
Sec. 2102. Congressional Budget Office Poverty Impact Division. 
Sec. 2103. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 
Sec. 2104. Effective date. 
TITLE XXII—HALF IN TEN ACT TO CREATE A NATIONAL 
STRATEGY TO REDUCE POVERTY 
Sec. 2201. Findings. 
Sec. 2202. Definitions. 
Sec. 2203. Establishment of the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reduc-
ing Poverty. 
Sec. 2204. Appointment and responsibilities of the Director. 
Sec. 2205. Consultation. 
Sec. 2206. Reports to Congress and the public. 
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DIVISION A—EDUCATION 
TITLE I—STRONG START FOR 
AMERICA’S CHILDREN 
Subtitle A—Access to Voluntary 
Prekindergarten for Low- and 
Moderate-Income Families 
SEC. 111. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this subtitle are to— 
(1) establish a Federal-State partnership to 
provide access to high-quality public prekindergarten 
programs for all children from low-income and mod-
erate-income families to ensure that they enter kin-
dergarten prepared for success; 
(2) broaden participation in such programs to 
include children from additional middle-class fami-
lies; and 
(3) promote access to high-quality kindergarten, 
and high-quality early childhood education programs 
and settings for children. 
SEC. 112. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) CHILD
WITH
A
DISABILITY.—The term 
‘‘child with a disability’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401). 
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(2) COMPREHENSIVE EARLY LEARNING ASSESS-
MENT
SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘comprehensive early 
learning assessment system’’— 
(A) means a coordinated and comprehen-
sive system of multiple assessments, each of 
which is valid and reliable for its specified pur-
pose and for the population with which it will 
be used, that— 
(i) organizes information about the 
process and context of young children’s 
learning and development to help early 
childhood educators make informed in-
structional and programmatic decisions; 
and 
(ii) conforms to the recommendations 
of the National Research Council reports 
on early childhood; and 
(B) includes, at a minimum— 
(i) child screening measures; 
(ii) child formative assessments; 
(iii) measures of environmental qual-
ity; and 
(iv) measures of the quality of adult- 
child interactions. 
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(3) DUAL
LANGUAGE
LEARNER.—The term 
‘‘dual language learner’’ means an individual who is 
limited English proficient. 
(4) 
EARLY
CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘early childhood education pro-
gram’’ has the meaning given the term under section 
103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1003). 
(5) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘elemen-
tary school’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(6) ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION DATE.—The 
term ‘‘eligibility determination date’’ means the date 
used to determine eligibility for public elementary 
school in the community in which the eligible local 
entity involved is located. 
(7) ELIGIBLE LOCAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble local entity’’ means— 
(A) a local educational agency, including— 
(i) a charter school or a charter man-
agement organization that acts as a local 
educational agency; or 
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(ii) an educational service agency in 
partnership with a local educational agen-
cy; 
(B) an entity that carries out an early 
childhood education program; or 
(C) a consortium of entities described in 
subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(8) FULL-DAY.—The term ‘‘full-day’’ means a 
day that is— 
(A) equivalent to a full school day at the 
public elementary schools in a State; and 
(B) not less than 5 hours a day. 
(9) HIGH-QUALITY
PREKINDERGARTEN
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘high-quality prekindergarten 
program’’ means a prekindergarten program sup-
ported by an eligible local entity that includes, at a 
minimum, the following elements based on nationally 
recognized standards: 
(A) Serves children who— 
(i) are age 4 or children who are age 
3 or 4, by the eligibility determination date 
(including children who turn age 5 while 
attending the program); or 
(ii) have attained the legal age for 
State-funded prekindergarten. 
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(B) Requires high qualifications for staff, 
including that teachers meet the requirements 
of 1 of the following clauses: 
(i) The teacher has a bachelor’s de-
gree in early childhood education or a re-
lated field with coursework that dem-
onstrates competence in early childhood 
education. 
(ii) The teacher— 
(I) has a bachelor’s degree in any 
field; 
(II) has demonstrated knowledge 
of early childhood education by pass-
ing a State-approved assessment in 
early childhood education; 
(III) while employed as a teacher 
in the prekindergarten program, is en-
gaged in on-going professional devel-
opment in early childhood education 
for not less than 2 years; and 
(IV) not more than 3 years after 
starting employment as a teacher in 
the prekindergarten program, enrolls 
in and completes a State-approved ed-
ucator preparation program in which 
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the teacher receives training and sup-
port in early childhood education. 
(iii) The teacher has bachelor’s degree 
with a credential, license, or endorsement 
that demonstrates competence in early 
childhood education. 
(C) Maintains an evidence-based maximum 
class size. 
(D) Maintains an evidence-based child to 
instructional staff ratio. 
(E) Offers a full-day program. 
(F) Provides developmentally appropriate, 
evidence-based curricula and learning environ-
ments that are aligned with the State’s early 
learning and development standards described 
in section 115(1). 
(G) Offers instructional staff salaries com-
parable to kindergarten through grade 12 
teaching staff. 
(H) Provides for ongoing monitoring and 
program evaluation to ensure continuous im-
provement. 
(I) Offers accessible comprehensive services 
for children that include, at a minimum— 
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(i) screenings for vision, dental, health 
(including mental health), and development 
and referrals, and assistance obtaining 
services, when appropriate; 
(ii) family engagement opportunities 
that take into account home language, 
such as parent conferences (including par-
ent input about their child’s development) 
and support services, such as parent edu-
cation; 
(iii) nutrition services, including nutri-
tious meals and snack options aligned with 
requirements set by the most recent Child 
and Adult Care Food Program guidelines 
promulgated by the Department of Agri-
culture as well as regular, age-appropriate, 
nutrition education for children and their 
families; 
(iv) programs coordinated with local 
educational agencies and entities providing 
programs authorized under section 619 
and part C of the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419 and 
1431 et seq.); 
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(v) physical activity programs aligned 
with evidence-based guidelines, such as 
those recommended by the Institute of 
Medicine, and which take into account and 
accommodate children with disabilities; 
(vi) additional support services, as ap-
propriate, based on the findings of the 
needs analysis as described in section 120; 
and 
(vii) on-site coordination, to the max-
imum extent feasible. 
(J) Provides high-quality professional de-
velopment for all staff, including regular in- 
classroom observation for teachers and teacher 
assistants by individuals trained in such obser-
vation. 
(K) Meets the education performance 
standards in effect under section 641A(a)(1)(B) 
of 
the 
Head 
Start 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
9836a(a)(1)(B)). 
(L) Maintains evidence-based health and 
safety standards. 
(10) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
the chief executive officer of a State. 
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(11) HOMELESS CHILD.—The term ‘‘homeless 
child’’ means a child or youth described in section 
725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2). 
(12) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 
(13) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.— 
The terms ‘‘Indian tribe’’ and ‘‘tribal organization’’ 
have the meanings given the terms in 658P of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 9858n). 
(14) LIMITED
ENGLISH
PROFICIENT.—The 
term ‘‘limited English proficient’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 637 of the Head Start Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9832). 
(15) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY; STATE 
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY; 
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICE 
AGENCY.—The terms ‘‘local educational agency’’, 
‘‘State educational agency’’, and ‘‘educational service 
agency’’ have the meanings given the terms in sec-
tion 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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(16) MIGRATORY CHILD.—The term ‘‘migratory 
child’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
1309 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6399). 
(17) OUTLYING
AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying 
area’’ means each of the United States Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic 
of Palau. 
(18) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 
means the official poverty line (as defined by the Of-
fice of Management and Budget)— 
(A) adjusted to reflect the percentage 
change in the Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor 
for the most recent 12-month period or other 
interval for which the data are available; and 
(B) applicable to a family of the size in-
volved. 
(19) SECONDARY
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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