‘‘(F) DELEGATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—The 
Secretary may transfer to the head of another 
Federal agency the authorities provided in this 
paragraph and any funds necessary to exercise 
the authorities. 
‘‘(5) EVALUATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREE-
MENTS.—For each State or local government 
awarded a social impact partnership project ap-
proved by the Secretary under this subsection, 
the head of the relevant agency, as determined 
by the Federal Interagency Council on Social 
Impact Partnerships, shall enter into an agree-
ment with the State or local government to pay 
for all or part of the independent evaluation to 
determine whether the State or local govern-
ment project has met an outcome specified in 
the agreement in order for the State or local 
government to receive outcome payments under 
this subsection. 
‘‘(B) EVALUATOR
QUALIFICATIONS.—The 
head of the relevant agency may not enter into 
an agreement with a State or local government 
unless the head determines that the evaluator is 
independent of the other parties to the agree-
ment and has demonstrated substantial experi-
ence in conducting rigorous evaluations of pro-
gram effectiveness including, where available 
and appropriate, well-implemented randomized 
controlled trials on the intervention or similar 
interventions. 
‘‘(C) METHODOLOGIES TO BE USED.—The 
evaluation used to determine whether a State or 
local government will receive outcome payments 
under this subsection shall use experimental de-
signs using random assignment or other reli-
able, evidence-based research methodologies, as 
certified by the Federal Interagency Council on 
Social Impact Partnerships, that allow for the 
strongest possible causal inferences when ran-
dom assignment is not feasible. 
‘‘(D) PROGRESS REPORT.— 
‘‘(i) SUBMISSION
OF
REPORT.—The 
independent evaluator shall— 
‘‘(I) not later than 2 years after 
a project has been approved by the 
Secretary and biannually thereafter 
until the project is concluded, submit 
to the head of the relevant agency and 
the Federal Interagency Council on
Social Impact Partnerships a written 
report summarizing the progress that 
has been made in achieving each out-
come specified in the agreement; and 
‘‘(II) before the scheduled time of 
the first outcome payment and before 
the scheduled time of each subsequent 
payment, submit to the head of the 
relevant agency and the Federal 
Interagency Council on Social Impact 
Partnerships a written report that in-
cludes the results of the evaluation 
conducted to determine whether an 
outcome payment should be made 
along with information on the unique 
factors that contributed to achieving 
or failing to achieve the outcome, the 
challenges faced in attempting to 
achieve the outcome, and information 
on the improved future delivery of this 
or similar interventions. 
‘‘(ii) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.— 
Not later than 30 days after receipt of the 
written report pursuant to clause (i)(II), 
the Federal Interagency Council on Social
Impact Partnerships shall submit the re-
port to each committee of jurisdiction in 
the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(E) FINAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(i) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Within 
6 months after the social impact partner-
ship project is completed, the independent 
evaluator shall— 
‘‘(I) evaluate the effects of the 
activities undertaken pursuant to the 
agreement with regard to each out-
come specified in the agreement; and 
‘‘(II) submit to the head of the 
relevant agency and the Federal 
Interagency Council on Social Impact 
Partnerships a written report that in-
cludes the results of the evaluation 
and the conclusion of the evaluator as 
to whether the State or local govern-
ment has fulfilled each obligation of 
the agreement, along with information 
on the unique factors that contributed 
to the success or failure of the project, 
the challenges faced in attempting to
achieve the outcome, and information 
on the improved future delivery of this 
or similar interventions. 
‘‘(ii) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.— 
Not later than 30 days after receipt of the 
written report pursuant to clause (i)(II), 
the Federal Interagency Council on Social 
Impact Partnerships shall submit the re-
port to each committee of jurisdiction in 
the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(F) LIMITATION
ON
COST
OF
EVALUA-
TIONS.—Of the amount reserved under this 
subsection 
for 
social 
impact 
partnership 
projects, the Secretary may not obligate more 
than 15 percent to evaluate the implementation 
and outcomes of the projects. 
‘‘(G) DELEGATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—The 
Secretary may transfer to the head of another 
Federal agency the authorities provided in this 
paragraph and any funds necessary to exercise 
the authorities. 
‘‘(6) FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON SO-
CIAL IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS.—
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab-
lished the Federal Interagency Council on So-
cial Impact Partnerships (in this paragraph re-
ferred to as the ‘Council’) to— 
‘‘(i) coordinate the efforts of social 
impact partnership projects funded under 
this subsection; 
‘‘(ii) advise and assist the Secretary in 
the development and implementation of the 
projects; 
‘‘(iii) advise the Secretary on specific 
programmatic and policy matter related to 
the projects; 
‘‘(iv) provide subject-matter expertise 
to the Secretary with regard to the 
projects; 
‘‘(v) ensure that each State or local 
government that has entered into an agree-
ment with the Secretary for a social impact 
partnership project under this subsection 
and each evaluator selected by the head of 
the relevant agency under paragraph (5) 
has access to Federal administrative data 
to assist the State or local government and
the evaluator in evaluating the perform-
ance and outcomes of the project; 
‘‘(vi) address issues that will influence 
the future of social impact partnership 
projects in the United States; 
‘‘(vii) provide guidance to the execu-
tive branch on the future of social impact 
partnership projects in the United States; 
‘‘(viii) review State and local govern-
ment applications for social impact part-
nerships to ensure that agreements will 
only be awarded under this subsection 
when rigorous, independent data and reli-
able, evidence-based research methodolo-
gies support the conclusion that an agree-
ment will yield savings to the Federal Gov-
ernment if the project outcomes are 
achieved before the applications are ap-
proved by the Secretary; 
‘‘(ix) certify, in the case of each ap-
proved social impact partnership, that the 
project will yield a projected savings to the 
Federal Government if the project out-
comes are achieved, and coordinate with 
the relevant Federal agency to produce an
after-action accounting once the project is 
complete to determine the actual Federal 
savings realized, and the extent to which 
actual savings aligned with projected sav-
ings; and 
‘‘(x) provide oversight of the actions 
of the Secretary and other Federal officials 
under this subsection and report periodi-
cally to Congress and the public on the im-
plementation of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) COMPOSITION
OF
COUNCIL.—The 
Council shall have 11 members, as follows: 
‘‘(i) CHAIR.—The Chair of the Coun-
cil shall be the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER MEMBERS.—The head of 
each of the following entities shall des-
ignate one officer or employee of the entity 
to be a Council member: 
‘‘(I) The Department of Labor. 
‘‘(II) The Department of Health 
and Human Services. 
‘‘(III) The Social Security Ad-
ministration.
‘‘(IV) The Department of Agri-
culture. 
‘‘(V) The Department of Justice. 
‘‘(VI) The Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development. 
‘‘(VII) The Department of Edu-
cation. 
‘‘(VIII) The Department of Vet-
erans Affairs. 
‘‘(IX) The Department of the 
Treasury. 
‘‘(X) The Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service. 
‘‘(7) COMMISSION ON SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNER-
SHIPS.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab-
lished the Commission on Social Impact Part-
nerships (in this paragraph referred to as the 
‘Commission’). 
‘‘(B) DUTIES.—The duties of the Commis-
sion shall be to— 
‘‘(i) assist the Secretary and the Fed-
eral Interagency Council on Social Impact 
Partnerships in reviewing applications for 
funding under this subsection;
‘‘(ii) make recommendations to the 
Secretary and the Federal Interagency 
Council on Social Impact Partnerships re-
garding the funding of social impact part-
nership agreements and feasibility studies; 
and 
‘‘(iii) provide other assistance and in-
formation as requested by the Secretary or 
the Federal Interagency Council on Social 
Impact Partnerships. 
‘‘(C) 
COMPOSITION.—The 
Commission 
shall be composed of nine members, of whom— 
‘‘(i) one shall be appointed by the 
President, who will serve as the Chair of 
the Commission; 
‘‘(ii) one shall be appointed by the 
Majority Leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(iii) one shall be appointed by the 
Minority Leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(iv) one shall be appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(v) one shall be appointed by the Mi-
nority Leader of the House of Representa-
tives;
‘‘(vi) one shall be appointed by the 
Chairman of the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate; 
‘‘(vii) one shall be appointed by the 
ranking member of the Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate; 
‘‘(viii) one member shall be appointed 
by the Chairman of the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
‘‘(ix) one shall be appointed by the 
ranking member of the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(D) QUALIFICATIONS
OF
COMMISSION 
MEMBERS.—The members of the Commission 
shall— 
‘‘(i) be experienced in finance, eco-
nomics, pay for performance, or program 
evaluation; 
‘‘(ii) have relevant professional or per-
sonal experience in a field related to one or 
more of the outcomes listed in this sub-
section; or
‘‘(iii) be qualified to review applica-
tions for social impact partnership projects 
to determine whether the proposed metrics 
and evaluation methodologies are appro-
priately rigorous and reliant upon inde-
pendent data and evidence-based research. 
‘‘(E) TIMING OF APPOINTMENTS.—The ap-
pointments of the members of the Commission 
shall be made not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, or, in 
the event of a vacancy, not later than 90 days 
after the date the vacancy arises. If a member 
of Congress fails to appoint a member by that 
date, the President may select a member of the 
President’s choice on behalf of the member of 
Congress. Notwithstanding the preceding sen-
tence, if not all appointments have been made 
to the Commission as of that date, the Commis-
sion may operate with no fewer than five mem-
bers until all appointments have been made. 
‘‘(F) TERM OF APPOINTMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The members ap-
pointed under subparagraph (C) shall serve 
as follows:
‘‘(I) Three members shall serve 
for 2 years. 
‘‘(II) Three members shall serve 
for 3 years. 
‘‘(III) Three members (one of 
which shall be Chair of the Commis-
sion appointed by the President) shall 
serve for 4 years. 
‘‘(ii) ASSIGNMENT
OF
TERMS.—The 
Commission shall designate the term 
length that each member appointed under 
subparagraph (C) shall serve by unani-
mous agreement. In the event that unani-
mous agreement cannot be reached, term 
lengths shall be assigned to the members 
by a random process. 
‘‘(G) VACANCIES.—Subject to subpara-
graph (E), in the event of a vacancy in the 
Commission, whether due to the resignation of 
a member, the expiration of a member’s term, 
or any other reason, the vacancy shall be filled 
in the manner in which the original appoint-
ment was made and shall not affect the powers 
of the Commission.
‘‘(H) APPOINTMENT POWER.—Members of 
the Commission appointed under subparagraph 
(C) shall not be subject to confirmation by the 
Senate. 
‘‘(8) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts reserved to carry out this subsection, the 
Secretary may not use more than $2,000,000 in any 
fiscal year to support the review, approval, and over-
sight of social impact partnership projects, including 
activities conducted by— 
‘‘(A) the Federal Interagency Council on 
Social Impact Partnerships; and 
‘‘(B) any other agency consulted by the 
Secretary before approving a social impact part-
nership project or a feasibility study under 
paragraph (4). 
‘‘(9) NO FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CREDIT EN-
HANCEMENTS.—No amount reserved to carry out 
this subsection may be used to provide any insur-
ance, guarantee, or other credit enhancement to a 
State or local government under which a Federal 
payment would be made to a State or local govern-
ment as the result of a State or local government 
failing to achieve an outcome specified in a contract.
‘‘(10) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts re-
served to carry out this subsection shall remain 
available until 10 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection. 
‘‘(11) WEBSITE.—The Federal Interagency 
Council on Social Impact Partnerships shall estab-
lish and maintain a public website that shall display 
the following: 
‘‘(A) A copy of, or method of accessing, 
each notice published regarding a social impact 
partnership project pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(B) A copy of each feasibility study fund-
ed under this subsection. 
‘‘(C) For each State or local government 
that has entered into an agreement with the 
Secretary for a social impact partnership 
project, the website shall contain the following 
information: 
‘‘(i) The outcome goals of the project. 
‘‘(ii) A description of each interven-
tion in the project. 
‘‘(iii) The target population that will 
be served by the project.
‘‘(iv) The expected social benefits to 
participants who receive the intervention 
and others who may be impacted. 
‘‘(v) The detailed roles, responsibil-
ities, and purposes of each Federal, State, 
or local government entity, intermediary, 
service provider, independent evaluator, in-
vestor, or other stakeholder. 
‘‘(vi) The payment terms, method-
ology used to calculate outcome payments, 
the payment schedule, and performance 
thresholds. 
‘‘(vii) The project budget. 
‘‘(viii) The project timeline. 
‘‘(ix) The project eligibility criteria. 
‘‘(x) The evaluation design. 
‘‘(xi) The metrics used to determine 
whether the proposed outcomes have been 
achieved and how these metrics are meas-
ured. 
‘‘(D) A copy of the progress reports and 
the final reports relating to each social impact 
partnership project. 
‘‘(E) An estimate of the savings to the 
Federal, State, and local government, on a pro-
gram-by-program basis and in the aggregate, 
resulting from the successful completion of the 
social impact partnership project. 
‘‘(12) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Federal Interagency Council on 
Social Impact Partnerships, may issue regulations as 
necessary to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(13) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 
5, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) INTERVENTION.—The term ‘interven-
tion’ means a specific service delivered to 
achieve an impact through a social impact part-
nership project. 
‘‘(C) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(D) 
SOCIAL
IMPACT
PARTNERSHIP 
PROJECT.—The term ‘social impact partnership 
project’ means a project that finances social 
services using a social impact partnership 
model. 
‘‘(E) 
SOCIAL
IMPACT
PARTNERSHIP 
MODEL.—The term ‘social impact partnership
model’ means a method of financing social serv-
ices in which— 
‘‘(i) Federal funds are awarded to a 
State or local government only if a State 
or local government achieves certain out-
comes agreed on by the State or local gov-
ernment and the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) the State or local government co-
ordinates with service providers, investors 
(if applicable to the project), and (if nec-
essary) an intermediary to identify— 
‘‘(I) an intervention expected to 
produce the outcome; 
‘‘(II) a service provider to deliver 
the intervention to the target popu-
lation; and 
‘‘(III) investors to fund the deliv-
ery of the intervention. 
‘‘(F) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means 
each State of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, each commonwealth, territory or pos-
session of the United States, and each federally 
recognized Indian tribe. 
‘‘(14) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made avail-
able to carry out subsection (b) for fiscal year 2017,
the Secretary shall reserve $100,000,000 to carry 
out this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF TANF PROGRAM. 
(a) 
FAMILY
ASSISTANCE
GRANTS.—Section 
403(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(1)) 
is amended in each of subparagraphs (A) and (C), by 
striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
(b) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION AND RESPON-
SIBLE FATHERHOOD GRANTS.—Section 403(a)(2)(D) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(D)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2012’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
(c) TRIBAL GRANTS.—Section 412(a) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 612(a)) is amended in each of paragraphs (1)(A) 
and (2)(A) by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
(d) CHILD CARE ENTITLEMENT.—Section 418(a)(3) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(3)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
(e) 
GRANTS
TO
THE
TERRITORIES.—Section 
1108(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(b)(2)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 4. STRENGTHENING WELFARE RESEARCH AND EVAL-
UATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A WHAT 
WORKS CLEARINGHOUSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 413 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 613) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 413. EVALUATION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR 
NEEDY FAMILIES AND RELATED PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) EVALUATION OF THE IMPACTS OF TANF.—The 
Secretary shall conduct research on the effect of State pro-
grams funded under this part and any other State pro-
gram funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined 
in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) on employment, self-suffi-
ciency, child well-being, unmarried births, marriage, pov-
erty, economic mobility, and other factors as determined 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) EVALUATION OF GRANTS TO IMPROVE CHILD 
WELL-BEING BY PROMOTING HEALTHY MARRIAGE AND 
RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD.—The Secretary shall con-
duct research to determine the effects of the grants made 
under section 403(a)(2) on child well-being, marriage, 
family stability, economic mobility, poverty, and other fac-
tors as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary shall, in consultation with States receiving funds 
provided under this part, develop methods of dissemi-
nating information on any research, evaluation, or study 
conducted under this section, including facilitating the 
sharing of information and best practices among States 
and localities. 
‘‘(d) STATE-INITIATED
EVALUATIONS.—A State 
shall be eligible to receive funding to evaluate the State
program funded under this part or any other State pro-
gram funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined 
in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) if— 
‘‘(1) the State submits to the Secretary a de-
scription of the proposed evaluation; 
‘‘(2) the Secretary determines that the design 
and approach of the proposed evaluation is rigorous 
and is likely to yield information that is credible and 
will be useful to other States; and 
‘‘(3) unless waived by the Secretary, the State 
contributes to the cost of the evaluation, from non- 
Federal sources, an amount equal to at least 25 per-
cent of the cost of the proposed evaluation. 
‘‘(e) CENSUS BUREAU RESEARCH.— 
‘‘(1) The Bureau of the Census shall implement 
or enhance household surveys of program participa-
tion, in consultation with the Secretary and the 
Burueau of Labor Statistics and made available to 
interested parties, to allow for the assessment of the 
outcomes of continued welfare reform on the eco-
nomic and child well-being of low-income families 
with children, including those who received assist-
ance or services from a State program funded under 
this part or any other State program funded with 
qualified State expenditures (as defined in section
409(a)(7)(B)(i)). The content of the surveys should 
include such information as may be necessary to ex-
amine the issues of unmarried childbearing, mar-
riage, welfare dependency and compliance with work 
requirements, the beginning and ending of spells of 
assistance, work, earnings and employment stability, 
and the well-being of children. 
‘‘(2) To carry out the activities specified in 
paragraph (1), the Bureau of the Census, the Sec-
retary, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall con-
sider ways to improve the surveys and data derived 
from the surveys to— 
‘‘(A) address underreporting of the receipt 
of means-tested benefits and tax benefits for 
low-income individuals and families; 
‘‘(B) increase understanding of poverty 
spells and long-term poverty, including by facili-
tating the matching of information to better un-
derstand intergenerational poverty; 
‘‘(C) generate a better geographical under-
standing of poverty such as through State- 
based estimates and measures of neighborhood 
poverty;
‘‘(D) increase understanding of the effects 
of means-tested benefits and tax benefits on the 
earnings of low-income families; and 
‘‘(E) improve how poverty and economic 
well-being are measured, including through the 
use of consumption measures. 
‘‘(f) RESEARCH
AND
EVALUATION
CONDUCTED 
UNDER THIS SECTION.—Research and evaluation con-
ducted under this section designed to determine the effects 
of a program or policy (other than research conducted 
under subsection (e)) shall use experimental designs using 
random assignment or other reliable, evidence-based re-
search methodologies that allow for the strongest possible 
causal inferences when random assignment is not feasible. 
‘‘(g) DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT WORKS CLEARING-
HOUSE OF PROVEN AND PROMISING APPROACHES TO 
MOVE WELFARE RECIPIENTS INTO WORK.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Labor, shall develop a 
database (which shall be referred to as the ‘What 
Works Clearinghouse of Proven and Promising 
Projects to Move Welfare Recipients into Work’) of 
the projects that used a proven approach or a prom-
ising approach in moving welfare recipients into 
work, based on independent, rigorous evaluations of
the projects. The database shall include a separate 
listing of projects that used a developmental ap-
proach in delivering services and a further separate 
listing of the projects with no or negative effects. 
The Secretary shall add to the What Works Clear-
inghouse of Proven and Promising Projects to Move 
Welfare Recipients into Work data about the 
projects that, based on an independent, well-con-
ducted experimental evaluation of a program or 
project, using random assignment or other research 
methodologies that allow for the strongest possible 
causal inferences, have shown they are proven, 
promising, developmental, or ineffective approaches. 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA FOR EVIDENCE OF EFFECTIVE-
NESS OF APPROACH.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Labor and organizations with 
experience in evaluating research on the effective-
ness of various approaches in delivering services to 
move welfare recipients into work, shall— 
‘‘(A) establish criteria for evidence of effec-
tiveness; and 
‘‘(B) ensure that the process for estab-
lishing the criteria— 
‘‘(i) is transparent; 
‘‘(ii) is consistent across agencies;
‘‘(iii) provides opportunity for public 
comment; and 
‘‘(iv) takes into account efforts of 
Federal agencies to identify and publicize 
effective interventions, including efforts at 
the Department of Health and Human 
Services, the Department of Education, 
and the Department of Justice. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) APPROACH.—The term ‘approach’ 
means a process, product, strategy, or practice 
that is— 
‘‘(i) research-based, based on the re-
sults of one or more empirical studies, and 
linked to program-determined outcomes; 
and 
‘‘(ii) evaluated using rigorous research 
designs. 
‘‘(B) 
PROVEN
APPROACH.—The 
term 
‘proven approach’ means an approach that— 
‘‘(i) meets the requirements of a 
promising approach; and 
‘‘(ii) has demonstrated significant 
positive outcomes at more than one site in 
terms of increasing work and earnings of
participants, reducing poverty and depend-
ence, or strengthening families. 
‘‘(C) PROMISING
APPROACH.—The term 
‘promising approach’ means an approach— 
‘‘(i) that meets the requirements of 
subparagraph (D)(i); 
‘‘(ii) that has been evaluated using 
well-designed and rigorous randomized 
controlled or quasi-experimental research 
designs; 
‘‘(iii) that has demonstrated signifi-
cant positive outcomes at only one site in 
terms of increasing work and earnings of 
participants, reducing poverty and depend-
ence, or strengthening families; and 
‘‘(iv) under which the benefits of the 
positive outcomes have exceeded the costs 
of achieving the outcomes. 
‘‘(D) DEVELOPMENTAL
APPROACH.—The 
term ‘developmental approach’ means an ap-
proach that— 
‘‘(i) is research-based, grounded in 
relevant empirically-based knowledge, and 
linked to program-determined outcomes;
‘‘(ii) is evaluated using rigorous re-
search designs; and 
‘‘(iii) has yet to demonstrate a signifi-
cant positive outcome in terms of increas-
ing work and earnings of participants in a 
cost-effective way. 
‘‘(h) APPROPRIATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amount appro-
priated by section 403(a)(1) for each fiscal year, 
0.33 percent shall be available for research and eval-
uation under this section. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount made avail-
able under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall make available $10,000,000 plus 
such additional amount as the Secretary deems nec-
essary and appropriate, to carry out subsection 
(e).’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
403(a)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(1)(B)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, reduced by the percentage speci-
fied in section 413(h) with respect to the fiscal year,’’ be-
fore ‘‘as the amount’’.
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO DATA EXCHANGE 
STANDARDS TO IMPROVE PROGRAM COORDI-
NATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(d) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 611(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS FOR IMPROVED 
INTEROPERABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall, in 
consultation with an interagency work group estab-
lished by the Office of Management and Budget and 
considering State government perspectives, by rule, 
designate data exchange standards to govern, under 
this part— 
‘‘(A) necessary categories of information 
that State agencies operating programs under 
State plans approved under this part are re-
quired under applicable Federal law to elec-
tronically exchange with another State agency; 
and 
‘‘(B) Federal reporting and data exchange 
required under applicable Federal law. 
‘‘(2) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
data 
exchange 
standards required by paragraph (1) shall, to the ex-
tent practicable—
‘‘(A) incorporate a widely accepted, non- 
proprietary, searchable, computer-readable for-
mat, such as the eXtensible Markup Language; 
‘‘(B) contain interoperable standards devel-
oped and maintained by intergovernmental 
partnerships, such as the National Information 
Exchange Model; 
‘‘(C) incorporate interoperable standards 
developed and maintained by Federal entities 
with authority over contracting and financial 
assistance; 
‘‘(D) be consistent with and implement ap-
plicable accounting principles; 
‘‘(E) be implemented in a manner that is 
cost-effective and improves program efficiency 
and effectiveness; and 
‘‘(F) be capable of being continually up-
graded as necessary. 
‘‘(3) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to require a 
change to existing data exchange standards found to 
be effective and efficient.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Not later than the date that 
is 24 months after the date of the enactment of this sec-