‘‘(C) conducting analyses of the implemen-
tation of past natural disaster and economic 
crisis recovery programs in that State, includ-
ing any past delivery of family crisis cash as-
sistance payments under this title, to identify 
and proactively prevent intentional or uninten-
tional discriminatory outcomes; 
‘‘(D) reviewing the State’s proposed family 
crisis cash assistance delivery mechanisms to 
proactively identify ways that those mechanisms 
may yield intentional or unintentional discrimi-
natory outcomes and developing solutions to 
prevent such outcomes; 
‘‘(E) ensuring that the State’s delivery 
methods for family crisis cash assistance pay-
ments are secure and convenient for all eligible 
recipients on an equitable basis and including 
families who do not have access to financial 
services or technology; 
‘‘(F) providing information, including on 
existing best practices, to State authorities to 
ensure that they meet all other requirements of 
this section; and 
‘‘(G) ensuring that the State plans have 
relevant, up-to-date outreach materials that are 
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cross-cultural, language-accessible, and dis-
ability-accessible to all families and children. 
‘‘SEC. 1305. REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) USE OF FUNDS.—A State receiving a payment 
under this title shall only use such payment— 
‘‘(1) to provide cash assistance to eligible 
households in the manner described in section 1303; 
and 
‘‘(2) in the case of funds received under section 
1302(b), to pay for administrative costs of devel-
oping and implementing the State plan under section 
1303. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—A State receiving a payment 
under this title shall not— 
‘‘(1) require any member of an eligible house-
hold, as a condition of receiving a cash assistance 
payment under section 1303, to— 
‘‘(A) engage in work activities; or 
‘‘(B) cooperate with the requirements of 
any child support program; 
‘‘(2) impose any restrictions on how long an eli-
gible household may receive cash assistance pay-
ments under section 1303; 
‘‘(3) implement any policies or practices that 
have the effect of making an eligible household less 
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likely to receive a cash assistance payment under 
section 1303 on the basis of any member of the 
household’s race, sex, religion, national origin, immi-
gration status, criminal justice status or history, 
housing status, or political affiliation; 
‘‘(4) apply any asset or resource test for deter-
mining a household’s eligibility for a cash assistance 
payment under section 1303; or 
‘‘(5) consider whether a household, or any 
member of a household, is receiving assistance 
(whether cash or in-kind) under another Federal or 
State program in determining the household’s eligi-
bility for a cash assistance payment under section 
1303. 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF CASH ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS 
AS EMERGENCY DISASTER RELIEF; PROTECTION FROM 
ASSIGNMENT OR GARNISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to a cash as-
sistance payment made to an eligible household 
under section 1303— 
‘‘(A) such payment shall be treated as 
short-term, non-cash, in-kind emergency dis-
aster relief for purposes of all laws and pro-
grams (including public assistance and tax 
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laws) of a State and any unit of local govern-
ment within the State; and 
‘‘(B) the right of any person to such a 
cash payment shall not be transferable or as-
signable, at law or in equity, and no such pay-
ment shall be subject to execution, levy, attach-
ment, garnishment, or other legal process, or 
the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency 
law. 
‘‘(2) ENCODING OF PAYMENTS.—In the case of 
a cash payment under section 1303 that is paid elec-
tronically by direct deposit, a State shall issue the 
payment using a unique identifier that is reasonably 
sufficient to identify the payment as such a cash 
payment. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) STATE REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall— 
‘‘(i) not later than 90 days after the 
end of any trigger month (as defined in 
section 1302(g)) for the State, submit to 
the Secretary a report on how the State 
used the payments received by the State 
under this title during such period that in-
cludes— 
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‘‘(I) an analysis of all eligible 
households in the State as of the start 
of 
the 
family 
assistance 
period, 
disaggregated by race and ethnicity, 
disability status, housing status, and 
income level as a percentage of the 
Federal poverty line; 
‘‘(II) an analysis of all house-
holds that received cash assistance 
under this title during the family as-
sistance period, disaggregated in the 
manner described in subclause (I); 
and 
‘‘(III) an analysis of the timing 
of when eligible households that re-
ceived cash assistance received the as-
sistance relative to the start of the as-
sistance period, disaggregated in the 
manner described in subclause (I); 
and 
‘‘(ii) not later than 1 year after the 
end of any family assistance period for the 
State, submit to the Secretary a report on 
how the State used the payments received 
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by the State under this title during such 
period that includes— 
‘‘(I) the analyses described in 
subclauses (I) through (III) of clause 
(i); 
‘‘(II) an analysis of the reasons 
for any disparities in eligible house-
holds versus recipients and in the 
timeframes in which recipients re-
ceived cash assistance, including dis-
parities among categories of eligible 
households described in clause (i)(I); 
‘‘(III) if the analysis described in 
subclause (II) reveals that less than 
90 percent of eligible households re-
ceived cash assistance under this title 
or disparities of more than 14 days, 
on average, in the timeframes in 
which recipients belonging to different 
categories of eligible households de-
scribed in clause (i)(I) received cash 
assistance, a proposed plan on how 
the State will improve the rate of eli-
gible households receiving payments 
and eliminate any such disparities in 
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potential future deliveries of the fam-
ily crisis cash assistance program; 
‘‘(IV) a description of how the 
State used any funds the State re-
ceived under this title for technical as-
sistance or administrative costs; and 
‘‘(V) at the option of the State, 
any recommendations to the Secretary 
and Congress on how changes to the 
program’s implementation, including 
technical assistance, planning require-
ments, administrative support, and 
other factors may achieve more equi-
table outcomes. 
‘‘(B) FAMILY
ASSISTANCE
PERIOD.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘family 
assistance period’ means, with respect to a 
State, a period of consecutive months during 
which the State is entitled to a payment under 
section 1302. 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later then 
September 30, 2022, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to Congress on the use of payments made 
under this paragraph based on the reports submitted 
under paragraph (1). 
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‘‘(3) VALIDATION
OF
STATE
REPORTS.—The 
Secretary may— 
‘‘(A) develop a process for validating State 
reports submitted under paragraph (1) using 
Federal data available to the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) request that a State address any in-
consistencies identified by the Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 1306. FAILURE OF STATE TO MAKE CASH ASSISTANCE 
PAYMENTS 
OR 
COMPLY 
WITH 
REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If— 
‘‘(1) a State does not have a plan approved 
under this title; 
‘‘(2) a State fails to make cash assistance pay-
ments under section 1303 within the timeframe 
under subsection (e) of such section; or 
‘‘(3) the Secretary determines that a State is 
otherwise not satisfying the requirements of this 
title; 
the Secretary shall make cash assistance payments to eli-
gible households in the State under section 1303 on behalf 
of the State. 
‘‘(b) RECOUPMENT
OF
PAYMENTS
FROM
NON-
COMPLIANT STATES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary determines 
under subsection (a) that a State is late in making 
cash assistance payments or is otherwise not satis-
fying the requirements of this title— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary shall recover the 
amount of any unexpended payment made to 
the State under this title; and 
‘‘(B) such State shall not be eligible for 
another payment under this section until the 
State provides the Secretary with such assur-
ances that the State will satisfy the require-
ments of this title as the Secretary shall re-
quire. 
‘‘(2) OPTION TO FOREGO RECOVERY OF FUND-
ING FOR ADMINISTRATION OF STATE PLAN.—The 
Secretary may elect not to recover amounts paid to 
a State under this title for State costs attributable 
to the administration of the State family crisis cash 
assistance plan. 
‘‘SEC. 1307. ADMINISTRATION OF TITLE. 
‘‘(a) TIMING OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary 
shall implement this title not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this title, pursuant to appropriate 
guidance to States. 
‘‘(b) DATA.— 
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‘‘(1) UNEMPLOYMENT DATA.—Subject to para-
graph (2), for purposes of determining unemploy-
ment rates for a State and a month under this title, 
the Secretary shall use seasonally adjusted data 
from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics from 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
‘‘(2) 
APPLICATION
TO
CERTAIN
TERRI-
TORIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of deter-
mining unemployment rates for a month for the 
Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana 
Islands, or American Samoa, the Secretary 
shall use data from the unemployment measure 
developed under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) DEVELOPMENT
OF
TERRITORIAL 
MEASURE.—The Secretary of Labor, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the chief executives of the 
territories identified in subparagraph (A), shall 
develop a reliable unemployment measure for 
such territories. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY TO MAKE NECESSARY ADJUST-
MENTS TO DATA AND COLLECT NEEDED DATA.—In 
determining the amounts payable by a State for a 
month for cash assistance payments to eligible 
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households under section 1303, the Secretary may 
make appropriate adjustments to the data collected 
from a State, on a State-by-State basis, to ensure 
that the data are comparable across States. The 
Secretary may develop a mechanism for collecting 
expenditure data, including procedures which allow 
States to make reasonable estimates, and may set 
deadlines for making revisions to the data. 
‘‘(c) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the Secretary makes the first payment under 
this title, and periodically thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report that— 
‘‘(A) explores the use of economic and 
emergency, disaster, or crisis indicators other 
than the unemployment rates described in sec-
tion 1303(g)(2) as triggers for making States 
eligible for payments under this title, including 
how different indicators would affect the dis-
tribution of funds by State, by demographic 
group, by economic status, the total spending 
levels under this title, and how using different 
indicators would affect the outcomes of house-
holds eligible to receive cash assistance pay-
ments under section 1303; 
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