(4) calculations based on the Human Develop-
ment Index or another alternative poverty measure-
ment; 
(5) security requirements; 
(6) assisting the case manager and consumer 
with establishing short and long term goals; and 
(7) low-cost or cost-effective replication abili-
ties. 
(d) CLIENT ADVOCACY AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
TECHNOLOGY.—In awarding grants under this section the 
Board shall give preference to those eligible entities that 
are, on the date of enactment of this Act, operating a cli-
ent advocacy and consumer services technology platform. 
SEC. 402. EVALUATION COMPETITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be authorized to 
establish and administer a program to award competitive 
grants, in the amount of $5,000,000, to eligible entities 
to provide for the development of a social services evalua-
tion method. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The Board shall establish 
criteria that an entity must comply with to be considered 
an eligible entity for purposes of this section, with pref-
erence to be given to those entities in academia or re-
search-oriented fields. 
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(c) SOCIAL SERVICE EVALUATION.—The Board shall 
establish criteria for the awarding of grants under this 
section and may consider, in establishing such criteria, the 
extent to which the proposed social service evaluation 
method to be developed under the grant would uniquely 
measure social service interventions with high predict-
ability for programs that will be successful when serving 
a high volume of individuals. 
TITLE V—REPORT TO CONGRESS 
SEC. 501. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) BOARD.—Not later than 1 year after the end of 
the third and fifth fiscal years during which the program 
under this Act is implemented, the Board shall submit to 
the Congress a report that— 
(1) summarizes all activities carried out under 
this Act; and 
(2) sets forth any findings, conclusions, or rec-
ommendations of the Board as a result of such ac-
tivities. 
(b) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.—Not 
later the end of the third and the fifth fiscal year during 
which the program under this Act is implemented, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a 
report to Congress that contains— 
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(1) a description of the savings in Federal pro-
grams accrued as a result of this Act; 
(2) a description of the success and effective-
ness of the reforms contained in this Act; and 
(3) recommendations for improvement in the 
administration of the programs under this Act. 
TITLE VI—AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
For the purposes of carrying out this Act, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $125,000,000 for the first 
fiscal year in which the National Competition is imple-
mented, and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years. 
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