I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2990 
To provide for the conduct of demonstration projects to test the effectiveness 
of subsidized employment for TANF recipients. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2015 
Mr. DOLD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for the conduct of demonstration projects to 
test the effectiveness of subsidized employment for 
TANF recipients. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accelerating Individ-
uals into the Workforce Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO SUPPORT SUB-
SIDIZED EMPLOYMENT FOR TANF RECIPI-
ENTS. 
Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
603) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(c) SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants to States to conduct demonstration projects 
designed to implement and evaluate strategies that 
provide wage subsidies to enable low-income individ-
uals to enter into and retain employment. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall require each State that applies for a 
grant under this subsection to do the following: 
‘‘(A) Describe how wage subsidies will be 
provided (such as whether paid directly to the 
employer or the individual), the duration of the 
subsidies, the amount of the subsidies, the 
structure of the subsidies, and how employers 
will be recruited to participate in the subsidized 
employment program. 
‘‘(B) Describe how the State expects those 
participating in subsidized employment to be 
able to retain employment after the subsidy 
ends. 
‘‘(C) Describe how the State will coordi-
nate subsidized employment funded under this 
subsection with other efforts to help low-income 
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individuals enter work as conducted by the 
State. 
‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State to which a 
grant is made under this subsection may use 
the grant to subsidize the wages of an eligible 
recipient for a period not exceeding 12 months, 
and only to the extent that the total of the 
funds paid under this project and any other 
Federal funds so used with respect to the re-
cipient does not exceed 50 percent of the 
amount of the wages received by the recipient 
during the period. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (A), an eligible recipient is— 
‘‘(i)(I) a recipient of assistance under 
the State program funded under this part; 
‘‘(II) an adult with children; 
‘‘(III) a noncustodial parent; or 
‘‘(IV) an individual who has attained 
16 years of age but not 26 years of age; 
‘‘(ii) who, at the time the subsidy be-
gins, is unemployed; and 
‘‘(iii) whose income, at that time, is 
less than 200 percent of the poverty line 
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(as defined by the Office of Management 
and Budget, and revised annually in ac-
cordance with section 673(2) of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 
U.S.C. 9902(2))). 
‘‘(4) REPORTS.—As a condition of receiving 
funds under this subsection for a fiscal year, a State 
shall submit to the Secretary, within 6 months after 
the end of the fiscal year, a report that— 
‘‘(A) specifies, for each month of the fiscal 
year, the number of individuals whose employ-
ment is subsidized with these funds; 
‘‘(B) specifies, for each month of the fiscal 
year, the number of the individuals who re-
mained employed by the same employer in an 
unsubsidized position in the month immediately 
succeeding the month in which the last subsidy 
payment was made with respect to the employ-
ment; and 
‘‘(C) describes the structure of the State 
activities to use the funds to subsidize employ-
ment, including the amount and duration of the 
subsidies provided. 
‘‘(5) EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with each State conducting a demonstration 
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