I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5170 
To encourage and support partnerships between the public and private sectors 
to improve our Nation’s social programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2016 
Mr. YOUNG of Indiana (for himself and Mr. DELANEY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To encourage and support partnerships between the public 
and private sectors to improve our Nation’s social pro-
grams, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Social Impact Partner-
ships to Pay for Results Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS. 
Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
603) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) SOCIAL IMPACT DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 
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‘‘(1) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this sub-
section are the following: 
‘‘(A) To improve the lives of families and 
individuals in need in the United States by 
funding social programs that achieve real re-
sults. 
‘‘(B) To redirect funds away from pro-
grams that, based on objective data, are ineffec-
tive, and into programs that achieve demon-
strable, measurable results. 
‘‘(C) To ensure Federal funds are used ef-
fectively on social services to produce positive 
outcomes for both service recipients and tax-
payers. 
‘‘(D) To establish the use of social impact 
partnerships to address some of our Nation’s 
most pressing problems. 
‘‘(E) To facilitate the creation of public- 
private partnerships that bundle philanthropic 
or other private resources with existing public 
spending to scale up effective social interven-
tions already being implemented by private or-
ganizations, nonprofits, charitable organiza-
tions, and State and local governments across 
the country. 
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‘‘(F) To bring pay-for-performance to the 
social sector, allowing the United States to im-
prove the impact and effectiveness of vital social 
services programs while redirecting inefficient 
or duplicative spending. 
‘‘(G) To incorporate outcomes measure-
ment and randomized controlled trials or other 
rigorous methodologies for assessing program 
impact. 
‘‘(2) SOCIAL
IMPACT
PARTNERSHIP
APPLICA-
TION.— 
‘‘(A) NOTICE.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Federal Interagency Council on Social 
Impact Partnerships, shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register a request for proposals from 
States or local government for social impact 
partnership projects in accordance with this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(B) REQUIRED
OUTCOMES
FOR
SOCIAL 
IMPACT PARTNERSHIP PROJECT.—To qualify as 
a social impact partnership project under this 
subsection, a project must produce 1 or more 
measurable, clearly defined outcomes that result 
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in social benefit and Federal savings through 
any of the following: 
‘‘(i) Increasing work and earnings by 
individuals who have been unemployed in 
the United States for more than 6 con-
secutive months. 
‘‘(ii) Increasing employment and earn-
ings of individuals who have attained 16 
years of age but not 25 years of age. 
‘‘(iii) Increasing employment among 
individuals receiving Federal disability ben-
efits. 
‘‘(iv) Reducing the dependence of low- 
income families on Federal means-tested 
benefits. 
‘‘(v) Improving rates of high school 
graduation. 
‘‘(vi) Reducing teen and unplanned 
pregnancies. 
‘‘(vii) Improving birth outcomes and 
early childhood health and development 
among low-income families and individuals. 
‘‘(viii) Reducing rates of asthma, dia-
betes, or other preventable diseases among 
low-income families and individuals to re-
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