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‘‘(iii) be a maximum age of not less 
than 50 and not more than 60, as defined 
by the State; 
‘‘(iv) be subject to penalties during a 
period of nonparticipation without good 
cause ranging from, at State option, a min-
imum of the removal of the adults from the 
household benefit amount, up to a max-
imum of the discontinuance of the entire 
household benefit amount; and 
‘‘(v) not be penalized for nonparticipa-
tion if child care is not available for 1 or 
more children under 6 years of age. 
‘‘(B) The State shall allow certain individ-
uals to be exempt from work requirements— 
‘‘(i) those participating in work pro-
grams under a State program funded under 
part A of title IV of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) for an equal or 
greater number of hours; 
‘‘(ii) those with 1 or more dependent 
children under 1 year of age; 
‘‘(iii) 1 adult family member per 
household who is needed in the home to care 
for a disabled family member;
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‘‘(iv) an adult who is receiving tem-
porary or permanent disability benefits pro-
vided by a governmental entity; and 
‘‘(v) those with a good cause reason for 
nonparticipation, such as victims of domes-
tic violence, as defined by the State. 
‘‘(5) EVALUATION AND REPORTING.— 
‘‘(A) EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(i) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall provide for each State that enters 
into a cooperative agreement under 
paragraph (2) an independent, longi-
tudinal evaluation of its pilot project 
under this subsection to determine total 
program savings over the entire course 
of the pilot project with results re-
ported in consecutive 12-month incre-
ments. 
‘‘(II) PURPOSE.—The purpose of 
the evaluation is to measure the im-
pact of interventions provided by the 
State under the pilot project on the 
ability of adults in households eligible 
for, applying for, or participating in
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the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program to find and retain employ-
ment that leads to increased household 
income and reduced dependency. 
‘‘(III) REQUIREMENT.—The inde-
pendent evaluation under subclause (I) 
shall use valid statistical methods 
which can determine the difference be-
tween supplemental nutrition assist-
ance benefit expenditures, if any, as a 
result of the interventions as compared 
to a control group that— 
‘‘(aa) is not subject to the 
interventions 
provided 
by 
the 
State under the pilot project 
under this subsection; and 
‘‘(bb) maintains services pro-
vided under 16(h) in the year 
prior to the start of the pilot 
project under this subsection. 
‘‘(IV) OPTION.—States shall have 
the option to evaluate pilot projects by 
matched counties or matched geo-
graphical areas using a constructed 
control group design to isolate the ef-
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fects of the intervention of the pilot 
project. 
‘‘(V) 
DEFINITION.—Constructed 
control group means there is no ran-
dom assignment, and instead program 
participants (those subject to interven-
tions) and non-participants (control 
described in subclause (III)) are equat-
ed using matching or statistical proce-
dures on characteristics that may be 
associated with program outcomes. 
‘‘(B) REPORTING.—Not later than 90 days 
after the end of fiscal year 2014 and of each fis-
cal year thereafter, until the completion of the 
last evaluation under subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry of the Senate, a report that includes a de-
scription of— 
‘‘(i) the status of each pilot project car-
ried out under this subsection; 
‘‘(ii) the results of the evaluation com-
pleted during the previous fiscal year; and
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‘‘(iii) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable— 
‘‘(I) baseline information relevant 
to the stated goals and desired out-
comes of the pilot project; 
‘‘(II) the impact of the interven-
tions on appropriate employment, in-
come, and public benefit receipt out-
comes among households participating 
in the pilot project; 
‘‘(III) 
equivalent 
information 
about similar or identical measures for 
control groups; 
‘‘(IV) the planned dissemination 
of the report findings to State agencies; 
and 
‘‘(V) the steps and funding nec-
essary to incorporate into State em-
ployment and training programs the 
components of pilot projects that dem-
onstrate increased employment and 
earnings. 
‘‘(C) PUBLIC DISSEMINATION.—In addition 
to the reporting requirements under subpara-
graph (B), evaluation results shall be shared
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broadly to inform policy makers, service pro-
viders, other partners, and the public in order to 
promote wide use of successful strategies, includ-
ing by posting evaluation results on the Internet 
website of the Department of Agriculture. 
‘‘(6) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) ADDITIONAL
AVAILABLE
FUNDS.— 
From amounts made available under section 
18(a)(1), the Secretary shall make available— 
‘‘(i) up to $1,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2014 through 2017 for evalua-
tions described in paragraph (5) to carry 
out this subsection, with such amounts to 
remain available until expended; and 
‘‘(ii) amounts equal to one-half of the 
accumulated supplemental nutrition assist-
ance benefit dollars saved over each consecu-
tive 12-month period according to the eval-
uation under paragraph (5) for bonus 
grants to States under paragraph (7)(B). 
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
‘‘(i) 
REIMBURSEMENT.—Except 
as 
provided in clause (ii)— 
‘‘(I) if, in carrying out a pilot 
project under this subsection during a