‘‘(b) OTHER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA; APPLICATION.— 
The Director, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, 
shall establish— 
‘‘(1) such additional criteria as appropriate for 
an individual to be eligible for a self-employment as-
sistance benefit or a relocation assistance benefit 
under this title and for determining the amount of 
such benefit; 
‘‘(2) application procedures, including with re-
spect to the filing of applications, the furnishing of 
information and other material, and the reporting of 
events and changes in circumstances, as may be nec-
essary for the effective and efficient administration 
of this title, and which shall include permitting ap-
plications for a self-employment assistance benefit or 
relocation assistance benefit to be submitted— 
‘‘(A) online; 
‘‘(B) at field offices of the Social Security 
Administration; 
‘‘(C) through a one-stop center, as defined 
in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act; or 
‘‘(D) at offices of the Small Business Ad-
ministration; and 
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‘‘(3) audit procedures and other program integ-
rity activities related to the provision of self-employ-
ment assistance benefits and relocation assistance 
benefits. 
‘‘(c) DIRECT PAYMENTS.—A self-employment assist-
ance benefit or a relocation assistance benefit shall be paid 
directly to an individual and may be included with other 
benefits or assistance payable to, or on behalf of, the indi-
vidual under this Act. 
‘‘(d) ENTITLEMENT REDETERMINATIONS.—An indi-
vidual’s entitlement to a self-employment assistance ben-
efit or a relocation assistance benefit under this title, and 
the amount of such benefit, may be redetermined at such 
time or times as the Director determines to be appro-
priate. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Labor, may promulgate 
such regulations, and make such administrative and 
other arrangements, as may be necessary or appro-
priate to carry out this title. 
‘‘(2) SUSPENSION
AND
TERMINATION
OF
AS-
SISTANCE.—Regulations promulgated by the Direc-
tor may provide for the suspension and termination 
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of entitlement to a benefit under this title as the Di-
rector determines is appropriate. 
‘‘(3) OVERPAYMENTS
AND
UNDERPAYMENTS; 
PENALTIES FOR FRAUD.—Regulations promulgated 
by the Director shall apply the provisions of sections 
808 and 811 to self-employment assistance benefits 
and relocation assistance benefits payable under this 
title in the same manner as such provisions apply to 
benefits payable under title VIII. 
‘‘(f) EVALUATIONS.—Not later than January 1, 
2025, and periodically thereafter, the Director, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall evaluate and 
report to Congress on the effectiveness of the self-employ-
ment assistance benefits, relocation assistance benefits, 
and other activities carried out under this title. 
‘‘SEC. 1324. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) SPECIAL RULES.—A self-employment assistance 
benefit or a relocation assistance benefit— 
‘‘(1) except as provided in subsection (b), shall 
be paid in addition to any other benefit or assistance 
for which the individual is entitled to or eligible for 
under this Act or any other provision of law; and 
‘‘(2) shall not be subject to Federal tax. 
‘‘(b) NO CONCURRENT RECEIPT OF SELF-EMPLOY-
MENT ASSISTANCE BENEFIT AND UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
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PENSATION.—An individual may not receive a self-employ-
ment assistance benefit for any week if the individual re-
ceives unemployment compensation under any State or 
Federal law (including under the Federal-State Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act of 1970 and including unemploy-
ment compensation paid as self-employment assistance) 
for such week. 
‘‘(c) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available to carry out this title shall be used to supplement 
the level of Federal funds that, in the absence of such 
availability, would be expended to provide a self-employ-
ment assistance benefit or reemployment assistance ben-
efit to individuals and in no case to supplant such Federal 
funds. 
‘‘SEC. 1325. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) BENEFIT TERMINATION WEEK.—The term 
‘benefit termination week’ means, with respect to an 
individual, the first week that occurs after the first 
week of any 10-year period in which the individual 
is paid a self-employment assistance benefit and is— 
‘‘(A) the week during which the individual 
is determined to have sufficient earnings from 
employment, as determined in accordance with 
criteria established under section 1323; 
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‘‘(B) the week during which the individual 
is determined to no longer have a viable busi-
ness plan or has stopped carrying out that plan; 
or 
‘‘(C) the 26th week for which the indi-
vidual has been paid such benefit. 
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Office of Reemployment Assist-
ance established under section 714. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE 
INDIVIDUAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible self- 
employment assistance individual’ means an in-
dividual— 
‘‘(i) who— 
‘‘(I) is eligible for unemployment 
compensation under any State of Fed-
eral law (including under the Federal- 
State Unemployment Compensation 
Act of 1970 and including unemploy-
ment compensation paid as self-em-
ployment assistance); 
‘‘(II) has become unemployed 
through no fault of his or her own 
during the most recent 12-week period 
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and is not eligible for any unemploy-
ment 
compensation 
described 
in 
clause (i); or 
‘‘(III) in the case of a self-em-
ployed individual or an independent 
contractor, whose hiring contract or 
other arrangement has ended during 
the most recent 12-week period and— 
‘‘(aa) whose most recent 
Federal income tax return shows 
an average profit of at least 
$4,600; or 
‘‘(bb) who attests to an av-
erage of $1,500 in quarterly 
profits for the most recently 
ended taxable year, more than 50 
percent of which come from in-
come from self-employment; and 
‘‘(ii) has a viable business plan, as de-
termined by the Department of Labor of 
the State in which the individual resides, a 
local workforce development board in such 
State, or the Small Business Administra-
tion, is working on that business at least 
20 hours per week, and is— 
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‘‘(I) fully unemployed; or 
‘‘(II) partially unemployed and 
earning not less than 1⁄2 of the aver-
age weekly earnings from the individ-
ual’s most recent employment or 1⁄2 of 
the amount of their weekly self-em-
ployment assistance benefit, whichever 
is greater. 
‘‘(B) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT.—The dollar 
amounts specified in subclause (III) of subpara-
graph (A)(i) shall be increased, beginning with 
2020, from year to year based on the percent-
age increase in the consumer price index for all 
urban consumers (all items; United States city 
average), rounded up to the nearest $10. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE INDI-
VIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible relocation assistance in-
dividual’ means an individual— 
‘‘(A) who is— 
‘‘(i) a dislocated worker, as defined in 
section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act; 
‘‘(ii) a long-term unemployed indi-
vidual, as determined in accordance with 
criteria established under section 1323; or 
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‘‘(iii) an underemployed individual, as 
so determined; 
‘‘(B) who has filed an application for relo-
cation assistance before relocating within the 
United States; and 
‘‘(C) with respect to whom a determination 
has been made that the individual— 
‘‘(i) has obtained suitable employment 
affording a reasonable expectation of long- 
term duration in the area in which the in-
dividual wishes to relocate, has obtained a 
bona fide offer of such employment, or has 
a reasonable expectation of obtaining such 
employment; and 
‘‘(ii) cannot reasonably be expected to 
secure comparable employment in the com-
muting area in which the individual re-
sides. 
‘‘(5) 
LOCAL
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT 
BOARD.—The term ‘local workforce development 
board’ means a local workforce development board 
established under section 107 of the Workforce In-
novation and Opportunity Act. 
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‘‘SEC. 1326. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 
2020.’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF REEMPLOYMENT 
ASSISTANCE.—Title VII of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 714. OFFICE OF REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Commissioner, in con-
sultation with the Secretary, shall establish in the Social 
Security Administration an Office of Reemployment As-
sistance. The Office shall be headed by a Director who 
shall be appointed by the Commissioner, in consultation 
with the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 
‘‘(1) administer self-employment assistance ben-
efits under part B of title XIII; 
‘‘(2) administer relocation assistance benefits 
under part B of title XIII; 
‘‘(3) advise the Commissioner and the Secretary 
on the effects of current policies and proposed statu-
tory, regulatory, administrative, and budgetary 
changes affecting self-employment assistance bene-
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fits and relocation assistance benefits under part B 
of title XIII; 
‘‘(4) establish and maintain a clearinghouse for 
collecting and disseminating information on— 
‘‘(A) issues relating to self-employment as-
sistance benefits and relocation assistance bene-
fits; 
‘‘(B) research findings relating to such 
benefits and reemployment programs; and 
‘‘(C) innovative reemployment programs 
and activities; 
‘‘(5) coordinate the activities within the Admin-
istration and the Department of Labor that relate to 
the provision of self-employment assistance benefits 
and relocation assistance benefits under part B of 
title XIII; 
‘‘(6) provide information to the Commissioner, 
Secretary, and others in the Administration and De-
partment of Labor with respect to the activities of 
other Federal departments and agencies that relate 
to self-employment assistance benefits and relocation 
assistance benefits and reemployment programs and 
activities; and 
‘‘(7) administer grants, cooperative agreements, 
and contracts to provide technical assistance and 
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other activities as necessary to support activities re-
lated to the provision of self-employment assistance 
benefits, relocation assistance benefits, and reem-
ployment programs and activities. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘Administra-
tion’ means the Social Security Administration. 
‘‘(2) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
term 
‘Commis-
sioner’ means the Commissioner of Social Security. 
‘‘(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Office of Reemployment Assist-
ance established under this section. 
‘‘(4) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the Of-
fice of Reemployment Assistance established under 
this section. 
‘‘(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Labor. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2020.’’. 
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SEC. 4. EMPLOYEE RETENTION WORK OPPORTUNITY CRED-
IT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 51 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the work 
opportunity credit determined under subsection (a) 
for the taxable year shall be increased by an amount 
equal to 40 percent of the qualified second-year 
wages for such year with respect to ELEVATE em-
ployees. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED SECOND-YEAR WAGES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘qualified second-year 
wages’ means qualified wages (determined as if 
ELEVATE employees were members of a tar-
geted group)— 
‘‘(i) which are paid to an ELEVATE 
employee, and 
‘‘(ii) which are attributable to service 
rendered during the 1-year period begin-
ning on the day after the last day of the 
1-year period with respect to such em-
ployee determined under subsection (b)(2). 
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‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The amount of the 
qualified second-year wages which may be taken 
into account with respect to any individual shall 
not exceed $6,000 per year. 
‘‘(3) ELEVATE EMPLOYEE.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘ELEVATE employee’ 
means an individual who is hired by the employer 
through the subsidized employment program under 
part A of title XIII of the Social Security Act and 
who has been employed by the same employer for a 
consecutive 24 months as of the last day of the pre-
ceding taxable year.’’. 
(b) GAO STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study on the employee re-
tention credit under section 51(l) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and, not later than 6 months after the last 
day of the second taxable year beginning after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, shall report to the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives— 
(1) whether such retention credit had a mean-
ingful impact on retention as compared with other 
currently existing and previous subsidized employ-
ment programs, and 
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(2) whether such retention credit was easily un-
derstood by employers and had an impact on hiring 
decisions in addition to any subsidy received under 
title XIII of the Social Security Act. 
(c) EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT.— 
Paragraph (4) of section 51(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TANF.— 
(1) STATE PLAN.—Section 402 (42 U.S.C. 602) 
is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by insert-
ing ‘‘or employment services, training and 
other services and activities, and sup-
portive services provided under the State 
program funded under part A of title 
XIII’’ before the period; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘, 
unless the parent or caretaker is par-
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ticipating in the State program fund-
ed under part A of title XIII’’ before 
the period; and 
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(VI) The document shall indi-
cate whether the State elects to carry 
out a State program to provide em-
ployment services, training and other 
services and activities, and supportive 
services under part A of title XIII.’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) STATE OPTION TO SUBMIT PLAN THAT ALIGNS 
WITH THE STATE PLAN UNDER TITLE XIII–A.—A State 
may elect to submit the State plan required under this 
section at the same time and in the same manner, and 
to apply for the same period, as the State plan required 
under section 1302.’’. 
(2) PARTICIPATION
IN
THE
STATE
EMPLOY-
MENT, TRAINING, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PRO-
GRAM UNDER TITLE XIII–A DEEMED TO BE MEETING 
WORK
PARTICIPATION
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
407(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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‘‘(E) PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE EM-
PLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND SUPPORTIVE SERV-
ICES PROGRAM UNDER TITLE XIII–A DEEMED 
TO
BE
MEETING
WORK
PARTICIPATION
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—For purposes of determining 
monthly participation rates under paragraphs 
(1)(B)(i) and (2)(B) of subsection (b), the fol-
lowing individuals are deemed to be engaged in 
work for a month: 
‘‘(i) RECIPIENTS.—Any recipient who 
is participating in the State employment, 
training, and supportive services program 
under part A of title XIII (for any number 
of hours per week during the month) and 
is receiving assistance under the State pro-
gram funded under this part or under any 
State program funded with qualified State 
expenditures 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
409(a)(7)(B)(i)). 
‘‘(ii) INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD OTH-
ERWISE
BE
RECIPIENTS.—Any individual 
who is participating in the State employ-
ment, training, and supportive services 
program under part A of title XIII (for 
any number of hours per week during the 
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month) and would be a recipient of assist-
ance under the State program funded 
under this part or under any State pro-
gram funded with qualified State expendi-
tures 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
409(a)(7)(B)(i)) but for the individual’s 
participation in the State employment, 
training and supportive services program 
under part A of title XIII.’’. 
(3) TRIBAL
PROGRAMS.—Section 412(b) (42 
U.S.C. 612(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) OPTION TO SUBMIT PLAN THAT ALIGNS 
WITH THE STATE PLAN UNDER TITLE XIII–A.—Sub-
section (d) of section 402 shall apply to a tribal fam-
ily assistance plan in the same manner as that sec-
tion applies to a plan under that section.’’. 
(4) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 416 (42 U.S.C. 
616) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and part D shall be ad-
ministered by an Assistant Secretary for Family 
Support within the Department of Health and 
Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘, part D, and 
part A of title XIII shall be administered by the 
Assistant Secretary for the Administration for 
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Children and Families within the Department 
of Health and Human Services (and in the case 
of part A of title XIII, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Edu-
cation)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘by law,’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period and inserting ‘‘by 
law.’’. 
(b) TITLE VII.—Section 701(b) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 901(b)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting a comma after ‘‘title II’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and the benefits program es-
tablished under part B of title XIII’’ before the pe-
riod. 
(c) TITLE XI.—Section 1101(a)(1) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘title XX’’ and 
inserting ‘‘titles XIII and XX’’. 
(d) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.— 
(1) WORK
OPPORTUNITY
CREDIT.—Section 
51(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 482(e)’’ and inserting 
‘‘part A of title XIII’’. 
(2) DISCLOSURE OF RETURNS AND RETURN IN-
FORMATION.—Subparagraph 
(D) 
of 
section 
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6103(l)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (IV) of clause (viii); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (ix) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting after clause (ix) the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(x) any benefits or assistance under 
part B of title XIII of the Social Security 
Act.’’. 
(e) TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR TITLE XIII.—Title 
XIII, as added by section 2(a) and amended by section 
3(a), is amended by inserting the following before part A: 
‘‘TITLE XIII—REEMPLOYMENT AND OTHER JOB-RELATED 
ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS 
‘‘PART A—EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROGRAM 
‘‘Sec. 1301. Purpose; definitions; administration. 
‘‘Sec. 1302. State plan requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 1303. Use of funds. 
‘‘Sec. 1304. Payments to States. 
‘‘Sec. 1305. Other program requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 1306. Reports; technical assistance; research; audit requirement. 
‘‘Sec. 1307. Direct funding and administration for programs operated by In-
dian tribes. 
‘‘Sec. 1308. Direct funding and administration for programs operated by local 
governments. 
‘‘Sec. 1309. Pro-worker employers demonstration projects. 
‘‘PART B—SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE BENEFITS 
‘‘Sec. 1321. Self-employment assistance benefits. 
‘‘Sec. 1322. Relocation assistance benefits. 
‘‘Sec. 1323. Administrative provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 1324. Miscellaneous provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 1325. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 1326. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
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SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE; REGULATIONS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sec-
tion 4(d), the amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on October 1, 2019. 
(b) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND SUPPORTIVE 
SERVICES PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Labor and the Secretary of Education, shall— 
(A) not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, issue proposed 
regulations for the purpose of implementing 
part A of title XIII of the Social Security Act 
(as added by section 2 of this Act), including 
regulations establishing uniform data collection 
requirements; and 
(B) not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, publish final regulations 
for such purpose. 
(2) SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND RELOCATION AS-
SISTANCE BENEFITS.—The Commissioner of Social 
Security, through the Director of the Office of Re-
employment Assistance (as established under section 
3(b) of this Act) and in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Labor, shall— 
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(A) not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, issue proposed regula-
tions for the purpose of implementing part B of 
title XIII of the Social Security Act (as added 
by section 3 of this Act), including regulations 
establishing uniform data collection require-
ments; and 
(B) not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, publish final regula-
tions for such purpose. 
Æ 
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