SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECU-
RITY ACT; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Jobs for Economic Recovery Act of 2020’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this 
Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to that section or other 
provision of the Social Security Act. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; amendment to Social Security Act; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purpose. 
Sec. 3. Employment, training, and supportive services program. 
Sec. 4. Employee retention work opportunity credit. 
Sec. 5. Conforming amendments. 
Sec. 6. Effective date; regulations. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purposes of this Act are the following: 
(1) To provide immediate funding for sub-
sidized employment programs that will create job op-
portunities for individuals who have become unem-
ployed or underemployed as a result of COVID–19 
when it is safe to provide such opportunities, taking 
into account the need to prevent the spread or recur-
rence of COVID–19. 
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(2) To expand subsidized employment programs 
that reconnect unemployed and underemployed 
workers to the workforce. 
(3) To drive economic recovery by allowing for 
sufficient state and local flexibility to create or ex-
pand programs that place workers in jobs that fill 
community-specific workforce gaps and meet em-
ployer needs. 
(4) To prevent long-term joblessness and struc-
tural unemployment and provide work opportunities 
for individuals with barriers to employment. 
SEC. 3. EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND SUPPORTIVE SERV-
ICES PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after title XII 
the following: 
‘‘TITLE 
XIII—REEMPLOYMENT 
AND 
OTHER 
JOB-RELATED 
ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS 
‘‘SEC. 1301. PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS; ADMINISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to pro-
vide funds to States, Indian tribes, local governments, and 
nonprofit organizations to initiate and expand the provi-
sion of employment services, training and other services 
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and activities, and supportive services for eligible individ-
uals in order to— 
‘‘(1) promote subsidized employment programs 
for public, private for-profit, private non-profit, and 
employment social enterprise sector jobs that enable 
unemployed or underemployed individuals to earn in-
come and connect to the workforce; 
‘‘(2) expand the availability of jobs during eco-
nomic downturns or in areas with high unemploy-
ment or poverty; 
‘‘(3) provide economically and socially disadvan-
taged individuals and individuals with barriers to 
employment (such as the long-term unemployed, 
people with criminal records, former foster youth, 
and other economically and socially disadvantaged 
populations) with wages and the ability to gain job 
experience; 
‘‘(4) provide employers with new pathways into 
the workforce development system enabling them to 
have a greater role in the training and hiring of new 
workers and labor market re-entrants and facili-
tating their transition from subsidized job place-
ments to unsubsidized employment; and 
‘‘(5) allow for sufficient flexibility for States, 
Indian tribes, local governments, and nonprofit orga-
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nizations to design programs targeted at community- 
specific workforce gaps and employer needs. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 
‘‘(1) ADULT
AND
DISLOCATED
WORKER
EM-
PLOYMENT
AND
TRAINING
ACTIVITIES.—The term 
‘adult and dislocated worker employment and train-
ing activities’ means adult and dislocated worker 
employment and training activities funded under 
chapter 3 of subtitle B of title I of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
‘‘(2) DISLOCATED
WORKER.—The term ‘dis-
located worker’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 
individual’ means an individual who, on the basis of 
an assessment by the State, has been determined to 
be unlikely to find unsubsidized employment due 
to— 
‘‘(A) being an individual with a barrier to 
employment; 
‘‘(B) being a dislocated worker; or 
‘‘(C) a period of economic downturn or ad-
verse local or national economic conditions. 
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‘‘(4) EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.—The term ‘em-
ployment services’ means a subsidized job placement 
(including a transitional job described in section 
134(d)(5) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act) in the public, private for-profit, private 
non-profit, or employment social enterprise sector 
and includes payment or reimbursement of employer 
subsidies for wages, the employer share of payroll 
taxes, employer costs for unemployment insurance, 
employer costs for workers’ compensation premiums, 
and costs attributable to supervision and other ad-
ministration directly related to the employment of an 
eligible individual in the subsidized job placement. 
‘‘(5) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 419(4). 
‘‘(6) INDIVIDUAL WITH A BARRIER TO EMPLOY-
MENT.—The term ‘individual with a barrier to em-
ployment’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act and includes an individual who is an offender 
(as defined in such section). 
‘‘(7) INTEGRATED
EDUCATION
AND
TRAIN-
ING.—The term ‘integrated education and training’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
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‘‘(8) PAYROLL
TAXES.—The term ‘payroll 
taxes’ means taxes under section 3111, 3221, 3301, 
or 3321 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and 
any similar State or local tax imposed on employers. 
‘‘(9) PERIOD OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.—The 
term ‘period of economic downturn’ means, with re-
spect to a State, a period of 1 or more consecutive 
months during which, for each month of such pe-
riod— 
‘‘(A) the average rate of total unemploy-
ment in the United States (seasonally adjusted) 
for the most recent 3 months for which data is 
available is at least 5.5 percent; or 
‘‘(B) the average rate of total unemploy-
ment in such State (seasonally adjusted) for the 
most recent 3 months for which data for all 
States is available is at least 5.5 percent. 
‘‘(10) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘supportive 
services’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL SERVICES.—Such term 
includes any of the following: 
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‘‘(i) Stipends for an eligible individual 
provided with unpaid training services. 
‘‘(ii) Legal services. 
‘‘(iii) Other supplemental services nec-
essary for an eligible individual to partici-
pate in the State program funded under 
this title. 
‘‘(11) STATE EXPENDITURES.—The term ‘State 
expenditures’ means all State or local funds that are 
expended by the State or a local agency including 
State or local funds that are matched or reimbursed 
by the Federal Government and State or local funds 
that are not matched or reimbursed by the Federal 
Government. 
‘‘(12) TIER-1 PRACTICE.—Subject to subsection 
(c), the term ‘tier-1 practice’ means a practice 
that— 
‘‘(A) offers a new or potentially effective 
strategy for addressing widely shared workforce 
challenges; and 
‘‘(B) has not been systematically studied 
but is supported by a strong logic model. 
‘‘(13) TIER-2 PRACTICE.—Subject to subsection 
(c), the term ‘tier-2 practice’ means a practice that 
will expand knowledge about the efficacy of a work-
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force strategy and provide more information about 
the feasibility of implementing proven workforce 
strategies in different contexts and is, with respect 
to a State— 
‘‘(A) a practice that has been implemented 
by a State program and evaluated by a State or 
by a third party and the evaluation results indi-
cate potential for positive impacts on partici-
pant or system-wide outcomes; or 
‘‘(B) a practice that has not been pre-
viously implemented by the State, but is sup-
ported by evidence of positive change and has 
been evaluated before using a pre- and post-as-
sessment comparison between intervention and 
comparison groups and suggests some statis-
tically significant evidence of positive change 
‘‘(14) TIER-3 PRACTICE.—Subject to subsection 
(c), the term ‘tier-3 practice’ means with respect to 
a State, a practice that— 
‘‘(A) previously has been implemented by a 
program funded by a State; and 
‘‘(B) previously has been evaluated using a 
random assignment or quasi-experimental de-
sign and the evaluation findings indicate some 
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statistically significant positive impacts on par-
ticipant or system wide outcomes. 
‘‘(15) TRAINING AND OTHER SERVICES OR AC-
TIVITIES.—The term ‘training and other services or 
activities’ means any of the following services or ac-
tivities if provided in conjunction with, including in 
preparation for, a subsidized job placement and de-
termined by the State as necessary to significantly 
increase the likelihood that the job placement will be 
successful for the employer and employee and may 
improve the prospect of obtaining and retaining un-
subsidized jobs: 
‘‘(A) Services provided through adult and 
dislocated worker employment and training ac-
tivities. 
‘‘(B) Integrated education and training. 
‘‘(C) Education directly related to employ-
ment. 
‘‘(D) Vocational and employment services 
integrated with trauma-informed substance use 
disorder treatment, in collaboration with a sub-
stance use disorder treatment provider. 
‘‘(E) Casework and job coaching. 
‘‘(F) Union-provided employment services, 
including labor-management training. 
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‘‘(c) OUTCOME MEASURES REQUIRED.—A practice 
shall not be considered to be a tier-1, tier-2, or tier-3 prac-
tice unless the practice is intended, studied, or evaluated 
for purposes of making meaningful improvements in vali-
dated measures of important outcomes for eligible individ-
uals and their families, such as recidivism, health, employ-
ment, and economic well-being over the short and long- 
term. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to section 1302(d), 
the program under this title shall be administered by the 
Secretary through the Assistant Secretary for the Admin-
istration for Children and Families within the Department 
of Health and Human Services and in consultation with 
the Secretary of Labor as appropriate. 
‘‘(e) APPROPRIATED ENTITLEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This title establishes an en-
titlement to payments under this title for States, In-
dian tribes and tribal consortiums, and local govern-
ments with plans approved under this title. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this title for each fiscal year be-
ginning with fiscal year 2020, such sums as are nec-
essary. 
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‘‘SEC. 1302. STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State is not eligible for pay-
ment under section 1304 unless the State has submitted 
to the Secretary a plan that describes— 
‘‘(1) the State’s strategy for creating or ex-
panding programs that offer subsidized employment 
for eligible individuals and moving such individuals 
into unsubsidized employment; 
‘‘(2) how such strategy fits with the State’s 
overall strategy for, and assessment of, the State’s 
workforce needs; 
‘‘(3) the employment services, training and 
other services or activities, and supportive services to 
be provided under the State program funded under 
this title; 
‘‘(4) which specific populations of eligible indi-
viduals the State will serve, with a focus on how the 
State plans to assess and serve the eligible individ-
uals with serious or multiple barriers to employment; 
‘‘(5) the strategies the State will use for out-
reach and engagement with the populations specified 
under paragraph (4) to ensure that such populations 
are aware of subsidized employment opportunities in 
their community; 
‘‘(6) the strategies the State will use to ensure 
that its programs do not systematically exclude the 
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eligible individuals with the greatest barriers to em-
ployment; 
‘‘(7) the strategies the State will use for out-
reach, engagement, and ongoing collaboration with 
employers to promote employers’ use of the program 
and ensure employers have the training necessary to 
support eligible individuals; 
‘‘(8) the strategies the State will use to create 
employment plans for eligible individuals partici-
pating in the State program funded under this title 
and, based on such plans, provide eligible individuals 
with employment services, training and other serv-
ices and activities, and supportive services; 
‘‘(9) how the State will coordinate the State 
program funded under this title with other relevant 
systems and programs based on the populations 
identified which may include criminal justice, child 
support, juvenile justice, child welfare, homeless 
services, unemployment insurance, and other human 
services and workforce development programs of the 
State, including programs supported through the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; 
‘‘(10) how the State will ensure employers par-
ticipating in the program comply with the non-
displacement requirements of section 1305(c); 
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‘‘(11) a plan for regular, well-executed evalua-
tion of the State program funded under this title, in-
cluding how the State plans to measure program 
outcomes and impacts and whether the State plans 
to employ a quasi-experimental or experimental re-
search design; 
‘‘(12) how the State will address gaps in em-
ployment and earnings by race, ethnicity, age, and 
gender and collect data to measure progress in ad-
dressing those gaps; 
‘‘(13) how the State will incorporate feedback 
from eligible individuals participating in the State 
program to improve the program over time; and 
‘‘(14) such information about other aspects of 
the plan as the Secretary may request. 
‘‘(b) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The State shall in-
clude with the plan a certification that supportive services 
for eligible individuals will supplement, and not supplant, 
other assistance provided by the State. 
‘‘(c) DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL
PLAN.—The initial State plan 
under this section shall be submitted by the State 
agency or agencies responsible for administering the 
State program under this title to the Secretary not 
later than 90 days prior to the commencement of the 
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State program funded under this title and shall be 
for the period beginning on the first day of the com-
mencement of the State program funded under the 
title and ending on the day that is the last day of 
the period covered by the unified State plan or com-
bined State plan submitted by the State under sec-
tion 102 or 103 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act that is in effect as of the date of 
submission. 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT
PLANS.—Each State plan 
submitted under this section after the initial State 
plan shall be submitted at the same time and apply 
for the same period, as a unified State plan or a 
combined State plan submitted by the State under 
section 102 or 103 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act. 
‘‘(3) APPROVAL.—Each State plan submitted 
under this section by the State agency or agencies 
responsible for administering the State program 
under this title, and any amendments to the plan, 
shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Labor as appro-
priate. 
‘‘(d) STATE AGENCY.—At the option of the State, the 
program funded under this title shall be administered by 
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the lead State agency responsible for administering the 
State program funded under part A of title IV, the lead 
State agencies responsible for administering the adult and 
dislocated worker employment and training activities of 
the State, or jointly by such agencies. 
‘‘SEC. 1303. USE OF FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZED USES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a 
State shall use funds paid under section 1304 to 
provide eligible individuals with— 
‘‘(A) employment services; 
‘‘(B) training and other services and activi-
ties; and 
‘‘(C) supportive services while eligible indi-
viduals are provided with employment services 
and training and other services and activities. 
‘‘(2) SPENDING REQUIREMENT.—Not less than 
70 percent of the total amount paid to a State for 
a fiscal year quarter shall be for expenditures attrib-
utable to employment services that are payment for 
or reimbursement of employer costs for wages, the 
employer share of payroll taxes, employer costs for 
unemployment insurance, employer costs for work-
ers’ compensation premiums, or costs for employer- 
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provided on-the-job training for subsidized job place-
ments of eligible individuals. 
‘‘(3) TRAINING.—A State may use such funds 
for training employers, agency personnel, and other 
individuals related to the administration of the State 
program funded under this title on issues related to 
providing eligible individuals with employment serv-
ices, training and other services and activities, and 
supportive services. 
‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Subject to sec-
tion 1304(e), a State may use such funds for the 
proper and efficient administration of the State pro-
gram funded under this title. 
‘‘(b) EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES AND ACTUAL JOB 
PLACEMENTS REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 
only State expenditures for employment services, 
training and other services and activities, and sup-
portive services provided to eligible individuals that 
meet the following conditions shall be eligible for a 
Federal matching payment under section 1304: 
‘‘(A) The employment services, training 
and other services and activities, supportive 
services are provided in accordance with prac-
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tices that meet the requirements for being con-
sidered a tier-1, tier-2, or tier-3 practice. 
‘‘(B) The State can demonstrate that the 
employment services, training and other serv-
ices and activities, and supportive services pro-
vided for an eligible individual resulted in em-
ployment (subsidized or unsubsidized) for the 
eligible individual, or can demonstrate good 
cause for why the job placement or employment 
did not occur, which may include the failure of 
an employer or an eligible individual to carry 
out the employer’s or individual’s commitments 
to the State program. 
‘‘(2) TIER-2 OR TIER-3 PRACTICES.—Beginning 
with the 21st fiscal year quarter for which the State 
carries out the program funded under this title, not 
less than 50 percent of the total amount expended 
by the State for the quarter shall be for employment 
services, training and other services and activities, 
and supportive services provided in accordance with 
practices that meet the requirements for being con-
sidered a tier-2 or tier-3 practice. 
‘‘(3) PERIODS OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.—The 
Secretary may waive any of the limitations on eligi-
ble expenditures under paragraphs (1) and (2) with 
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respect to 1 or more State programs funded under 
this title during any period of economic downturn in 
the State. 
‘‘(c) EVALUATIONS.—A State shall be eligible to re-
ceive a payment under section 1304 for budgeted expendi-
tures attributable to evaluating the State program funded 
under this title if— 
‘‘(1) the State submits to the Secretary a de-
scription of and budget for the proposed evaluation; 
and 
‘‘(2) the Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(A) the budget for the proposed evalua-
tion is justifiable; and 
‘‘(B) the design and approach of the pro-
posed evaluation is rigorous, will use data to 
statistically measure program outcomes and im-
pacts, and is likely to yield information that is 
credible and will be useful to the State. 
‘‘SEC. 1304. PAYMENTS TO STATES. 
‘‘(a) PAYMENTS
TO STATES.—Subject to section 
1303 and subsections (b) and (c) of this section, beginning 
with the first fiscal year quarter for which a State plan 
is approved under this title, and for each quarter there-
after, the Secretary shall pay each State, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount 
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equal to the Federal medical assistance percentage that 
applies for the fiscal year to the State under section 
1905(b) (without regard to any adjustments to such per-
centage applicable under that section or any other provi-
sion of law) of the total amount expended by the State 
during the quarter to provide eligible individuals with em-
ployment services, training and other services and activi-
ties, and supportive services and, subject to subsection (e), 
for the proper and efficient administration of the program 
funded under this title. 
‘‘(b) INCREASED FEDERAL SUPPORT DURING ECO-
NOMIC DOWNTURNS.— 
‘‘(1) INCREASED FMAP.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning with any 
fiscal year quarter for which the total unem-
ployment in a State (seasonally adjusted) for 
the period consisting of the most recent 3 
months for which data for all States are pub-
lished equals or exceeds the applicable percent-
age specified in paragraph (2), the Federal 
medical assistance percentage applicable to pay-
ments made under subsection (a) to the State 
for the quarter shall be increased by the appli-
cable number of percentage points specified in 
paragraph (2), except that in no case shall the 
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Federal medical assistance percentage applica-
ble to payments under subsection (a) for a 
State for a quarter exceed 100 percent. 
‘‘(B) DURATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), an increase in the Federal medical as-
sistance percentage made in accordance 
with this subsection shall remain in effect 
with respect to payments made to a State 
under subsection (a) for at least 4 consecu-
tive fiscal year quarters. 
‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN UNEM-
PLOYMENT.—If during the period for 
which the Federal medical assistance per-
centage for a State is increased under this 
subsection, the total unemployment in the 
State (seasonally adjusted) for the period 
consisting of the most recent 3 months for 
which data for all States are published ex-
ceeds the applicable total unemployment 
rate that was the basis for such increase, 
the increase in the Federal medical assist-
ance percentage shall be the applicable 
number of percentage points specified in 
paragraph (2) that corresponds to the 
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most recent percentage of total unemploy-
ment in the State, beginning with the first 
fiscal year quarter for which such percent-
age of total unemployment occurs and con-
tinuing for 3 succeeding fiscal year quar-
ters. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE; APPLICABLE 
NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE POINTS.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), if the total unemployment in a State 
(seasonally adjusted) for the period consisting of the 
most recent 3 months for which data for all States 
are published is— 
‘‘(A) equal to or greater than 5.5 percent 
but less than 6 percent, the applicable number 
of percentage points is 20; 
‘‘(B) equal to or greater than 6 percent 
but less than 6.5 percent, the applicable num-
ber of percentage points is 30; 
‘‘(C) equal to or greater than 6.5 percent 
but less than 7 percent, the applicable number 
of percentage points is 40; and 
‘‘(D) equal to or greater than 7 percent, 
the applicable number of percentage points is 
50. 
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‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—As a condition of 
receiving payments under this section for a fiscal year— 
‘‘(1) the total amount of State expenditures for 
employment services, training and other services and 
activities, and supportive services provided through 
the adult and dislocated worker employment and 
training activities of the State for the fiscal year 
shall not be less than the amount of such expendi-
tures for fiscal year 2019; and 
‘‘(2) the total amount of State expenditures for 
work, education, and training activities and work 
supports under the State program funded under 
part A of title IV shall not be less than the total 
amount of such State expenditures for the preceding 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to the beginning of 
each fiscal quarter, the Secretary shall estimate the 
amount to which a State will be entitled under this 
section for such quarter, based on— 
‘‘(A) a report filed by the State containing 
its estimate of the total sum to be expended in 
such quarter to provide eligible individuals with 
employment services, training and other serv-
ices and activities, and supportive services 
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through the program funded under this title; 
and 
‘‘(B) such other investigation as the Sec-
retary may find necessary. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall then pay 
to the State, in such installments as the Secretary 
shall determine, the amount so estimated, reduced or 
increased to the extent of any overpayment or un-
derpayment which the Secretary determines was 
made under this section to such State for any prior 
quarter and with respect to which adjustment has 
not already been made under this subsection. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—Beginning with the fifth fiscal 
year quarter for which a State plan is approved under this 
title, and for each quarter thereafter, a State shall not 
receive a payment under this section for amounts ex-
pended by the State during the quarter for the proper and 
efficient administration of the program funded under this 
title that exceed the amount equal to 15 percent of the 
amount expended by the State during the quarter to pro-
vide eligible individuals with employment services, training 
and other services and activities, and supportive services. 
‘‘(f) PLANNING
AND
IMPLEMENTATION
GRANTS; 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to amounts 
available to make payments to States under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall make grants to 
States, Indian tribes (or intertribal consortiums with 
a tribal family assistance plan approved under sec-
tion 412), and local governments for costs attrib-
utable to the planning and implementation of a 
State or tribal program funded under this title and 
shall provide technical assistance to States and In-
dian tribes with respect to the planning and imple-
mentation of such a program. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.—As a 
condition of receiving a grant under this sub-
section, a State or Indian tribe shall engage 
local communities, including focus groups of 
target populations of eligible individuals and 
employers, in the planning and implementation 
of the State or tribal program funded under 
this title. 
‘‘(B) 2-YEAR LIMIT.—No State or Indian 
tribe shall receive a grant under this subsection 
for more than 8 quarters. 
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‘‘(C) 
NO
MATCHING
PAYMENT
RE-
QUIRED.—No matching payment shall apply to 
the grants made under this subsection. 
‘‘SEC. 1305. OTHER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) ASSESSMENT AND EMPLOYMENT PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State shall establish 
procedures to— 
‘‘(A) assess, within 30 days of determining 
that an individual is an eligible individual, the 
eligible individual’s job skills, education, past 
work experience, and potential barriers to em-
ployment; and 
‘‘(B) create, based on such assessment, an 
individualized employment plan for each eligible 
individual participating in the program that— 
‘‘(i) specifies— 
‘‘(I) the initial plan for the eligi-
ble individual, including whether the 
eligible individual is to immediately 
begin working in a subsidized job or 
needs training and other services and 
activities, or supportive services before 
that placement can occur; and 
‘‘(II) the employment services 
that will be provided to the eligible in-
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‘‘(3) NONDISCRIMINATION.—The State shall en-
sure that the procedures established under para-
graph (1) do not have the effect of making any eligi-
ble individual less likely to receive employment serv-
ices on the basis of the individual’s race, sex, reli-
gious creed, national origin, or political affiliation. 
‘‘(b) EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR 
SUBSIDIZED JOBS.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS.—Any sub-
sidized job placement for an eligible individual par-
ticipating in the State program funded under this 
title shall satisfy the following requirements: 
‘‘(A) Employment services that are pay-
ment for or reimbursement of employer costs 
may only be used by an employer in the public, 
private for-profit, private non-profit, or employ-
ment social enterprise sector for costs that are 
attributable to the hiring of, compensation for, 
or on-the-job training of, the eligible individual. 
‘‘(B) An employer in the public, private 
for-profit, private non-profit, or employment so-
cial enterprise sector shall not be paid a subsidy 
that exceeds 120 percent of wage costs. 
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‘‘(C) An eligible individual in a subsidized 
job placement shall be paid at a rate that is not 
less than whichever of the following is highest: 
‘‘(i) The minimum hourly wage rate 
applicable to the individual under the laws 
of the State or locality in which the indi-
vidual is employed. 
‘‘(ii) The wage rate applicable under 
section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206). 
‘‘(iii) If determined appropriate by the 
State program funded under this title, the 
prevailing wage rate in the locality in 
which the individual is employed as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Labor, based on 
area surveys of wage rates conducted by 
the Department of Labor. 
‘‘(iv) Where a collective-bargaining 
agreement covers employees at the site of 
the subsidized job placement, a rate set for 
the eligible individual in accordance with 
the rates provided for in the agreement, in-
cluding prospective wage increases pro-
vided for in the agreement. 
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‘‘(D) An eligible individual in a subsidized 
job placement shall be covered by all relevant 
labor and employment laws. 
‘‘(E) Subject to paragraph (5), a sub-
sidized job placement for an eligible individual 
shall not exceed 6 months unless the placement 
is extended for not more than 6 additional 
months for purposes of improving the work ex-
perience, training and other services and activi-
ties, and supportive services needs of an eligible 
individual with less prior work experience, more 
skill development and training needs, or greater 
employment barriers. 
‘‘(F) Employers participating in the State 
program agree to make a good faith effort to 
hire an eligible individual placed in a subsidized 
job in their employment if the individual has 
demonstrated satisfactory performance and the 
employer has a relevant job opening available 
and to maintain a record of the share of sub-
sidized workers hired to unsubsidized positions 
on a permanent basis. 
‘‘(G) Employers shall ensure that the site 
of employment is a location where an eligible 
individual in a subsidized job placement who is 
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an individual with a disability, as defined in 
section 7 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 705), interacts with other persons who 
are not such individuals with disabilities (not 
including supervisory personnel or individuals 
who are providing services to such worker) to 
the same extent as individuals who are not such 
individuals with disabilities and who are in com-
parable positions interact with other persons. 
‘‘(H) For a site of employment at which 
workers are covered by a collective bargaining 
agreement, no subsidized job placement shall be 
made at the site without the consent of all labor 
organizations representing workers at such site. 
‘‘(I) In a case where the State is consid-
ering placing an eligible individual with an em-
ployer who has previously participated in the 
State program, the State shall consider feed-
back from workers previously placed with that 
employer when determining whether to continue 
placing eligible individuals in subsidized jobs 
with that employer. 
‘‘(J) A subsidized job placement in a gov-
ernment agency shall be subject to the same 
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civil service protections otherwise applicable to 
similar jobs at such agency. 
‘‘(K) An eligible individual who works on 
average at least 30 hours of service per week in 
a subsidized job placement with an employer 
shall be treated as a full-time employee of such 
employer for purposes of section 4980H of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(2) EMPLOYER OF RECORD.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to eligi-
ble individuals in subsidized job placements, the 
employer of record may be— 
‘‘(i) the employer for whom the indi-
vidual performs work; 
‘‘(ii) the State or a political subdivi-
sion of the State; or 
‘‘(iii) a third party that has entered 
into an agreement with the State to serve 
as the employer of record with respect to 
eligible individuals participating in the 
State program funded under this title. 
‘‘(B) EVALUATIONS.—If the employer of 
record with respect to an eligible individual in 
a subsidized job placement is not the employer 
for whom the individual performs work, any 
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employer evaluation required under this title 
with respect to such job placement shall include 
an evaluation of both the employer of record 
and the employer for whom the individual per-
forms work. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON SUBSIDIZED JOB PLACE-
MENTS PER EMPLOYER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No more than 10 per-
cent of the employees of an employer may be el-
igible individuals whose employment with such 
employer is subsidized under this title, except 
that— 
‘‘(i) an employer with fewer than 10 
employees may employ 1 such individual; 
‘‘(ii) an employer with more than 500 
employees may not employ more than 50 
such individuals; and 
‘‘(iii) there shall be no limitation on 
the number of subsidized job placements 
per employer if the employer’s mission, as 
reviewed and evaluated by the State on an 
annual basis, includes the provision of em-
ployment services, training and other serv-
ices and activities, or supportive services to 
individuals with barriers to employment, 
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subject to the State program’s annual re-
view of the outcomes and experiences of el-
igible individuals in subsidized job place-
ments with the employer. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION
TO
EMPLOYERS
OF 
RECORD.—For purposes of the limitations de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), if an eligible indi-
vidual in a subsidized job placement performs 
work for an employer that is not the individ-
ual’s employer of record— 
‘‘(i) the individual shall not be consid-
ered to be employed by the employer of 
record; and 
‘‘(ii) the individual shall be considered 
to be employed by the employer for whom 
the individual performs work. 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL PLACEMENTS.—If, after com-
pleting a subsidized job placement, an eligible indi-
vidual is unemployed for at least 4 weeks (regardless 
of whether such weeks are consecutive), the eligible 
individual may apply for a new subsidized job place-
ment but the immediately subsequent placement 
may only be with a different employer (but may be 
with the same employer of record, provided that the 
individual is performing work for a different em-
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ployer than the employer for whom the individual 
performed work in the previous subsidized job place-
ment). 
‘‘(5) STATE VARIATION PERMITTED.—Employer 
subsidies for a subsidized job placement may vary 
within a State and among States carrying out pro-
grams under this title provided that all eligible indi-
viduals employed in subsidized jobs shall be paid not 
less than the rate specified in subsection (b)(1)(C) 
and shall be covered by all relevant labor and em-
ployment laws. 
‘‘(6) EXCEPTIONS.—With respect to any period 
for which the total unemployment in a State (sea-
sonally adjusted) for the period consisting of the 
most recent 3 months for which data for all States 
are published equals or exceeds 5.5 percent, the Sec-
retary may waive the limit on the duration of a sub-
sidized job placement under paragraph (1)(E). 
‘‘(c) NONDISPLACEMENT.—An employer shall not use 
an eligible individual subsidized job placement if— 
‘‘(1) employing such individual will result in the 
layoff or partial displacement (such as a reduction 
in hours, wages, or employment benefits) of an exist-
ing employee or position of the employer; 
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‘‘(2) such individual will assume any of the du-
ties or responsibilities of an employee who is partici-
pating in a strike, collective bargaining, or union or-
ganizing; 
‘‘(3) employing such individual infringes upon 
the promotional opportunities of an existing em-
ployee of the employer; or 
‘‘(4) such individual will perform the same work 
or substantially the same work as that performed by 
any individual who has been laid off or partially dis-
placed and has not received an offer from the em-
ployer to be restored to the position the employee 
had immediately prior to being laid off or partially 
displaced. 
‘‘(d) GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.—The State shall es-
tablish and maintain a procedure for the filing and adju-
dication of grievances from eligible individuals, labor orga-
nizations, and other interested individuals concerning par-
ticipating employers, including grievances relating to pro-
posed placements of eligible workers with such employers. 
‘‘SEC. 1306. REPORTS; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; RESEARCH; 
AUDIT REQUIREMENT. 
‘‘(a) QUARTERLY REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) STATE REPORTS.—A State shall submit 
with each quarterly report required under section 
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411(a)(1) a report on the State program funded 
under this title that contains such data and informa-
tion as the Secretary shall require. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
shall submit with each annual report to Congress re-
quired under section 411(b) a report on the State 
programs funded under this title. 
‘‘(b) ONGOING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall study 
and submit annual reports to Congress that— 
‘‘(A) measure the performances of the 
State programs funded under this title; 
‘‘(B) include information about the cat-
egories of individuals and employers served by 
such programs and projects, including the ex-
tent to which the State is serving the individ-
uals with the greatest barriers to employment; 
and 
‘‘(C) describe the activities eligible individ-
uals engaged in during the year and evaluate 
the quality of the services provided under such 
programs. 
‘‘(2) TIMING OF SUBMISSIONS.—The Secretary 
shall submit the reports required by paragraph 
(1)— 
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‘‘(A) in the case of the first such report, 
2 years after the date on which the first State 
program funded under this title is established; 
and 
‘‘(B) in the case of subsequent reports, an-
nually thereafter. 
‘‘(c) ALIGNMENT WITH WORKFORCE INNOVATION 
AND OPPORTUNITY ACT PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall 
coordinate with the Secretary of Labor on aligning per-
formance measures and regulations for the State pro-
grams funded under this title with the performance meas-
ures and regulations applicable to the core programs of 
States funded under the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act. 
‘‘(d) INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT GUID-
ANCE.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Labor as appropriate, shall study and issue guidance 
to States on best practices for assessing whether an indi-
vidual satisfies the criteria for being an eligible individual 
under section 1301(b)(3) as being unlikely to find unsub-
sidized employment due to individual barriers, the individ-
ual’s status as a displaced worker, or economic conditions 
in the State in which the individual lives or works. 
‘‘(e) NEW PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall create 
new performance measures that address income and 
earnings gains, job quality improvement, and pov-
erty reduction (relative to both the official poverty 
line and the supplemental poverty measure) for eligi-
ble individuals participating in the State program 
funded under this title and the families of such indi-
viduals. Such performance measures shall be in ad-
dition to the performance accountability measures 
under section 116(b) of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act for the adult and dislocated 
worker employment and training activities of the 
State and aligned with the State program funded 
under this title. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM
ACCESS.—The Secretary shall 
create a measure of program access to determine the 
extent to which States are serving individuals with 
the greatest barriers to employment and the portion 
of State caseloads that are made up of such workers. 
‘‘(f) COORDINATION OF DATA COLLECTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Labor, shall determine the 
data States shall collect and report regarding the 
State program funded under this title and the extent 
to which that data collection and reporting, and re-
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quired evaluations, can be coordinated with the data 
collection, reporting, and evaluations required for 
the State program funded under part A of title IV 
and the performance accountability measures under 
section 116(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act for the adult and dislocated worker 
employment and training activities of the State. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER EFFORTS.— 
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Labor and the Secretary of Education, shall assure 
that the data collected under this title aligns as 
much as possible with efforts to collect longitudinal 
data related to the performance of education, train-
ing, and workforce programs. 
‘‘(g) DISAGGREGATED DATA.—Data collected and 
submitted under this section shall be disaggregated by 
race, ethnicity, age, gender, and occupational category. 
‘‘(h) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use funding 
made available under section 413(h)(1) for research, tech-
nical assistance, and evaluation to conduct the perform-
ance assessments required under subsection (b). 
‘‘(i) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT.—The Inspector 
General of the Department of Health and Human Services 
shall biennially audit a sample of the State programs 
funded under this title to ensure compliance with program 
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requirements, including compliance with the nondisplace-
ment requirements of section 1305(c), and to identify and 
protect against any waste, fraud, or abuse in such pro-
grams. 
‘‘SEC. 1307. DIRECT FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION FOR 
PROGRAMS OPERATED BY INDIAN TRIBES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An Indian tribe or intertribal 
consortium with a tribal family assistance plan approved 
under section 412 (or any Indian tribe that is a member 
of such a consortium) that proposes to establish a pro-
gram under this title shall submit an application to the 
Secretary to directly receive payments for expenditures 
made to carry out the program (in this section referred 
to as a ‘tribal program application’). 
‘‘(b) TRIBAL
PROGRAM
APPLICATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Subject to subsection (c), a tribal program appli-
cation shall include a plan that meets the requirements 
of section 1302 in the same manner as such requirements 
apply to a State. 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program re-
quirements specified in this title shall apply to an Indian 
tribe or intertribal consortium with a tribal program appli-
cation and plan approved under this section in the same 
manner as such requirements apply to a State except to 
the extent that an Indian tribe or intertribal consortium 
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requests, and the Secretary approves, a waiver or modi-
fication of any such requirements. 
‘‘(d) PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary shall pay an Indian tribe or intertribal 
consortium with a tribal program application and 
plan approved under this section in the same man-
ner as States are paid under section 1304. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION
OF
TRIBAL
FMAP.—The 
Federal medical assistance percentage that would 
apply under subsection (d) of section 479B if an In-
dian tribe or tribal consortium operated a program 
under that section (in this subsection referred to as 
the ‘tribal FMAP’), shall apply to payments made to 
the Indian tribe or tribal consortium for expendi-
tures attributable to carrying out a program under 
this title, unless the tribal FMAP is less than the 
Federal medical assistance percentage that applies 
to the State in which the Indian tribe or tribal con-
sortium is located in which case the State Federal 
medical assistance percentage shall apply. In the 
case of an Indian tribe or tribal consortium that is 
located in more than 1 State, the State in which the 
Indian tribe or tribal consortium is located that has 
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the highest Federal medical assistance percentage 
shall apply to the preceding sentence. 
‘‘SEC. 1308. DIRECT FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION FOR 
PROGRAMS OPERATED BY LOCAL GOVERN-
MENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
procedures under which a local government, or a consor-
tium of local governments within a State, may submit an 
application to the Secretary to establish a program under 
this title and directly receive payments for expenditures 
made to carry out the program (in this section referred 
to as a ‘local government program application’), if— 
‘‘(1) the State in which the local government or 
consortium is located has not elected to establish a 
State program under this title; or 
‘‘(2) the local government or consortium can 
demonstrate that a local program would meet a need 
or serve a population that is not met or sufficiently 
served by the State program under this title. 
‘‘(b) LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM APPLICATION 
REQUIREMENTS.—Subject to subsection (c), a local gov-
ernment program application shall include a plan that 
meets the requirements of section 1302 in the same man-
ner as such requirements apply to a State. 
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‘‘(c) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program re-
quirements specified in this title shall apply to a local gov-
ernment or consortium with a local government program 
application and plan approved under this section in the 
same manner as such requirements apply to a State except 
to the extent that a local government or consortium re-
quests, and the Secretary approves, a waiver or modifica-
tion of any such requirements. 
‘‘(d) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall pay a local 
government or consortium with a local government pro-
gram application and plan approved under this section in 
the same manner as States are paid under section 1304. 
‘‘SEC. 1309. GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Labor, shall award multi-year grants 
on a competitive basis to nonprofit organizations that sub-
mit applications to carry out employment services pro-
grams. 
‘‘(b) SCOPE OF GRANTS.—Grants under this sub-
section may be regional programs or serve specific popu-
lations. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION PROCESS.—A nonprofit organiza-
tion seeking a grant under this subsection shall submit 
an application to the Secretary at such a time, in such 
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a manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require. 
‘‘(d) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall select appli-
cants to receive a grant under this subsection based on— 
‘‘(1) the applicant’s level of experience and 
commitment to providing subsidized jobs; 
‘‘(2) the applicant’s demonstrated ability to re-
cruit individuals of the region or other specific popu-
lation served by the grant and provide work opportu-
nities for such individuals; and 
‘‘(3) such other criteria as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this subsection for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
2025, such sums as are necessary.’’. 
(b) STUDY REGARDING INCENTIVES FOR PROGRAM 
PERFORMANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall enter into an agreement with 
the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate State 
programs carried out under part A of title XIII of 
the Social Security Act (as added by subsection (a)). 
The evaluation shall analyze the relationships be-
tween engagement, impacts, and outcome measures. 
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The evaluation shall also examine the issue of pro-
gram performance and include recommendations to 
Congress as to whether and how program perform-
ance could be tied to fiscal incentives. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 7 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall submit to Con-
gress a report containing the results of the evalua-
tion conducted under paragraph (1), together with 
recommendations for such legislation and adminis-
trative action as the Secretary determines appro-
priate. 
(c) PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT AVAILABILITY OF 
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.—Not later than January 1, 
2022, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
make information publicly available to jobseekers (either 
on a website established for such purpose or on an existing 
Federal online resource that provides information to job-
seekers) about— 
(1) whether they are eligible for employment 
services under a State, local government, or tribal 
program under title XIII of the Social Security Act 
(as added by subsection (a)); and 
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(2) the appropriate State, local government, or 
tribal agency to contact for further information 
about such services and programs. 
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 previously sub-
sidized employees. 
‘‘(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 
previously subsidized employees were members 
of a targeted group)— 
‘‘(i) which are paid to a previously 
subsidized employee, and 
‘‘(ii) which are attributable to service 
rendered during the 1-year period begin-
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ning on the day after the last day of the 
1-year period with respect to such em-
ployee determined under subsection (b)(2). 
‘‘(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) PREVIOUSLY
SUBSIDIZED
EMPLOYEE.— 
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘previously 
subsidized employee’ means an individual who is 
hired by an employer through the subsidized employ-
ment program under title XIII of the Social Security 
Act and who has been employed by the same em-
ployer for a consecutive 24 months as of the last day 
of the preceding 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 
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currently existing and previous subsidized employ-
ment programs; and 
(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, 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2022’’. 
(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 title XIII’’ before 
the period; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
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(I) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘, 
unless the parent or caretaker is par-
ticipating in the State program fund-
ed under 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 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 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 
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407(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(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 title XIII (for any number of hours 
per week during the month) and is receiv-
ing assistance under the State program 
funded under this part or under any State 
program funded with qualified State ex-
penditures 
(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 
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