(2) MONTHLY
PAYMENTS.—The Commission 
shall pay the costs of on-the-job training approved 
under paragraph (1) in monthly installments. 
(3) CONTRACTS FOR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.— 
The Commission shall ensure, in entering into a con-
tract with an employer to provide on-the-job training 
to a worker under this subsection, that the skill re-
quirements of the job for which the worker is being 
trained, the academic and occupational skill level of 
the worker, and the work experience of the worker 
are taken into consideration. Training under any 
such contract shall be limited to the period of time 
required for the worker receiving on-the-job training 
to become proficient in the job for which the worker 
is being trained, but may not exceed 104 weeks in 
any case. 
(4) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN EMPLOYERS.—The 
Commission shall not enter into a contract for on- 
the-job training with an employer that exhibits a 
pattern of failing to provide workers receiving on- 
the-job training from the employer with— 
(A) continued, long-term employment as 
regular employees; and 
(B) wages, benefits, and working condi-
tions that are equivalent to the wages, benefits, 
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and working conditions provided to regular em-
ployees who have worked a similar period of 
time and are doing the same type of work as 
workers receiving on-the-job training from the 
employer. 
(5) LABOR STANDARDS.—The Commission may 
pay the costs of on-the-job training, notwithstanding 
any other provision of this section, only if— 
(A) no currently employed worker is dis-
placed by such adversely affected worker (in-
cluding partial displacement such as a reduction 
in the hours of non-overtime work, wages, or 
employment benefits), 
(B) such training does not impair existing 
contracts for services or collective bargaining 
agreements, 
(C) in the case of training which would be 
inconsistent with the terms of a collective bar-
gaining agreement, the written concurrence of 
the labor organization concerned has been ob-
tained, 
(D) no other individual is on layoff from 
the same, or any substantially equivalent, job 
for which such adversely affected worker is 
being trained, 
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(E) the employer has not terminated the 
employment of any regular employee or other-
wise reduced the workforce of the employer with 
the intention of filling the vacancy so created by 
hiring such adversely affected worker, 
(F) the job for which such adversely af-
fected worker is being trained is not being cre-
ated in a promotional line that will infringe in 
any way upon the promotional opportunities of 
currently employed individuals, 
(G) such training is not for the same occu-
pation from which the worker was separated 
and with respect to which such worker’s group 
was certified pursuant to section 103, 
(H) the employer is provided reimburse-
ment of not more than 50 percent of the wage 
rate of the participant, for the cost of providing 
the training and additional supervision related 
to the training, 
(I) the employer has not received payment 
under subsection (a)(1) with respect to any 
other on-the-job training provided by such em-
ployer which failed to meet the requirements of 
subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F), 
and 
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(J) the employer has not taken, at any 
time, any action which violated the terms of any 
certification described in subparagraph (H) 
made by such employer with respect to any 
other on-the-job training provided by such em-
ployer for which the Commission has made a 
payment under subsection (a)(1). 
(e) ELIGIBILITY.—An adversely affected worker may 
not be determined to be ineligible or disqualified for unem-
ployment insurance or program benefits under this sub-
title— 
(1) because the worker— 
(A) is enrolled in training approved under 
subsection (a); 
(B) left work— 
(i) that was not suitable employment 
in order to enroll in such training; or 
(ii) that the worker engaged in on a 
temporary basis during a break in such 
training or a delay in the commencement 
of such training; or 
(iii) left on-the-job training not later 
than 30 days after commencing such train-
ing because the training did not meet the 
requirements of subsection (c)(1)(B); or 
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(2) because of the application to any such week 
in training of the provisions of State law or Federal 
unemployment insurance law relating to availability 
for work, active search for work, or refusal to accept 
work. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘suitable employment’’ means, 
with respect to a worker, work of a substantially 
equal or higher skill level than the worker’s past ad-
versely affected employment, and wages for such 
work at not less than 80 percent of the worker’s av-
erage weekly wage; and 
(2) the term ‘‘customized training’’ means 
training that is— 
(A) designed to meet the special require-
ments of an employer or group of employers; 
(B) conducted with a commitment by the 
employer or group of employers to employ an 
individual upon successful completion of the 
training; and 
(C) for which the employer pays for a sig-
nificant portion (but in no case less than 50 
percent) of the cost of such training, as deter-
mined by the Commission. 
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SEC. 223. JOB SEARCH ALLOWANCES. 
(a) JOB SEARCH ALLOWANCE AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State may use funds 
made available to the State to carry out sections 221 
through 224 to allow an adversely affected worker 
covered by a certification issued under section 103 
to file an application with the Commission for pay-
ment of a job search allowance. 
(2) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—The Com-
mission may grant an allowance pursuant to an ap-
plication filed under paragraph (1) when all of the 
following apply: 
(A) The allowance is paid to assist an ad-
versely affected worker who has been totally 
separated in securing a job within the United 
States. 
(B) The Commission determines that the 
worker cannot reasonably be expected to secure 
suitable employment in the commuting area in 
which the worker resides. 
(C) The worker has filed an application for 
the allowance with the Commission at such time 
and containing such information as the Com-
mission may determine. 
(b) AMOUNT OF ALLOWANCE.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any allowance granted 
under subsection (a) shall provide reimbursement to 
the worker of not more than 90 percent of the nec-
essary job search expenses of the worker as pre-
scribed by the Commission in regulations. 
(2) MAXIMUM
ALLOWANCE.—Reimbursement 
under this subsection may not exceed $1,250 for any 
worker. 
(3) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(b), a State may reimburse any adversely affected 
worker for necessary expenses incurred by the work-
er in participating in a job search program approved 
by the Commission. 
SEC. 224. RELOCATION ALLOWANCES. 
(a) RELOCATION ALLOWANCE AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State may use funds 
made available to the State to carry out sections 221 
through 224 to allow an adversely affected worker 
covered by a certification issued under section 103 
to file an application for a relocation allowance with 
the Commission, and the Commission may grant the 
relocation allowance, subject to the terms and condi-
tions of this section. 
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(2) CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING ALLOWANCE.— 
A relocation allowance may be granted if all of the 
following terms and conditions are met: 
(A) The relocation allowance will assist an 
adversely affected worker in relocating within 
the United States. 
(B) The Commission determines that the 
worker cannot reasonably be expected to secure 
suitable employment in the commuting area in 
which the worker resides. 
(C) The worker is totally separated from 
employment at the time relocation commences. 
(D) The worker— 
(i) has obtained suitable employment 
affording a reasonable expectation of long- 
term duration in the area in which the 
worker wishes to relocate; or 
(ii) has obtained a bona fide offer of 
such employment. 
(E) The worker filed an application with 
the Commission before— 
(i) the later of— 
(I) the 425th day after the date 
of the certification under title I of this 
Act; or 
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(II) the 425th day after the date 
of the worker’s last total separation; 
or 
(ii) the date that is the 182d day 
after the date on which the worker con-
cluded training. 
(b) AMOUNT OF ALLOWANCE.—Any relocation allow-
ance granted to a worker under subsection (a) shall in-
clude— 
(1) not more than 90 percent of the reasonable 
and necessary expenses (including, but not limited 
to, subsistence and transportation expenses at levels 
not exceeding those allowable under section 222(b) 
(1) and (2) specified in regulations prescribed by the 
Commission) incurred in transporting the worker, 
the worker’s family, and household effects; and 
(2) a lump sum equivalent to 3 times the work-
er’s average weekly wage, up to a maximum pay-
ment of $1,250. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—A relocation allowance may not be 
granted to a worker unless— 
(1) the relocation occurs within 182 days after 
the filing of the application for relocation assistance; 
or 
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(2) the relocation occurs within 182 days after 
the conclusion of training, if the worker entered a 
training program approved by the Commission under 
section 222(b) (1) and (2). 
TITLE III—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Crit-
ical Employment Advisory Commission to administer and 
carry out all of the functions assigned to the Commission 
under this Act. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP AND APPOINTMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 
composed of 23 members who, not later than 120 
days after the date of enactment shall be appointed 
in accordance with the following: 
(A) Twenty members appointed by the 
President 
based 
on 
five 
individuals 
rec-
ommended by each of Majority and Minority 
Leaders of the Senate and the Speaker and Mi-
nority Leader of the House of Representatives; 
(B) The Secretary of Commerce or the 
Secretary’s designee; 
(C) The Secretary of Labor or the Sec-
retary’s designee; and 
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(D) The Secretary of the Treasury or the 
Secretary’s designee. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The members appointed 
shall be appointed from among United States citi-
zens who are not officers or employees of any gov-
ernment. To the extent practicable, members shall 
have diverse experiences, expertise, and historical 
perspectives on manufacturing, industry, agriculture, 
trade, infrastructure, resources, development, labor, 
government and corporate policies, homeland secu-
rity, defense, contracting, energy, building and con-
struction, and small business. 
(c) TERMS.—As designated by the President at the 
time of appointment, 5 of the members first appointed 5 
shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, 5 members for 
a term of 2 years, 5 members for a term of 3 years, and 
5 members for a term of 4 years. 
(d) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission shall 
be filled in the manner in which the original appointment 
was made. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring 
before the expiration of the term for which the member’s 
predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the 
remainder of that term. A member may serve after the 
expiration of that member’s term until a successor has 
taken office. 
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(e) RATES OF PAY FOR MEMBERS.—Members shall 
each be paid at a rate not to exceed level GS–15 of the 
General Schedule. 
(f) DIRECTOR.—The Commission shall have a Direc-
tor who shall be appointed by the Commission from among 
nominations made by the Chairperson. The director shall 
be paid at a rate equal to the rate of basic pay for GS– 
15 of the General Schedule. 
(g) FEDERAL EMPLOYEE DETAILEES.—Upon re-
quest of the Director, the head of any Federal department 
or agency may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the 
personnel of that department or agency to the Commission 
to assist it in carrying out its duties under this section. 
(h) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may, for 
the purpose of carrying out this Act, hold hearings, 
sit and act at times and places, take testimony, and 
receive evidence as the Commission considers appro-
priate. The Commission may secure directly from 
any department or agency of the United States in-
formation necessary to enable it to carry out this 
section. Upon request of the Chairperson of the 
Commission, the head of that department or agency 
shall furnish that information to the Commission. 
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(2) AGENCY INFORMATION DEADLINES.—If in-
formation is requested of the any of the agencies de-
scribed in section 102(b)(2)(A)(iii) and not received 
within 60 days, the Commission shall deem the cer-
tification as approved. The applicable agency may 
ask for an additional 30-day extension to be ap-
proved or disapproved by the Committee within 10 
days of the 60-day deadline. 
(3) JOB IMPACT ANALYSES.—The Commission 
is authorized to analyze and issue reports assessing 
the impact of any government action or of market 
conditions on jobs in any region of the United 
States, including the impact on specific occupations 
and an assessment of the net gain or loss of jobs as 
a result of the government action or of market con-
ditions. Such an analysis and report may also be re-
quested by a Federal agency or by a group of work-
ers petitioning for assistance under title I. Any re-
port issued by the Commission under this paragraph 
shall be transmitted to Congress and made available 
to the public on an Internet website. 
(4) MAILS.—The Commission may use the 
United States mail system in the same manner and 
under the same conditions as other departments and 
agencies of the United States. 
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(5) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—Upon request 
of the Commission, the Administrator of General 
Services shall provide to the Commission, on a reim-
bursable basis, the administrative support services 
necessary for the Commission to carry out its re-
sponsibilities under this Act. 
(i) REVIEW AND AUDIT.—The Commission shall be 
subject to review and audit by the Comptroller General. 
Not later than 180 days after which all of the members 
are appointed to the Commission, and annually thereafter, 
the Commission shall transmit a report to Congress, to 
the President, and to the agencies described in section 
102(b)(2)(A)(iii). The report shall contain a detailed 
statement of the findings, conclusions of the Commission’s 
duties. 
SEC. 302. AGREEMENTS WITH STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission is authorized on 
behalf of the United States to enter into an agreement 
with any State, or with any State agency (referred to in 
this title as ‘‘cooperating States’’ and ‘‘cooperating States 
agencies’’ respectively). Under such an agreement, the co-
operating State agency shall— 
(1) as agent of the United States, receive appli-
cations for and provide payments on the basis pro-
vided in this Act, 
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(2) in accordance with subsection (f), make 
available to adversely affected workers covered by a 
certification under section 203 the employment and 
case management services described in section 221, 
and 
(3) make any certifications required under sec-
tion 201(c) (2) and (4) and shall otherwise cooper-
ate with the Commission and with other State and 
Federal agencies in providing payments and services 
under this Act. 
(b) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—Each agreement 
under this subchapter shall provide the terms and condi-
tions upon which the agreement may be amended, sus-
pended, or terminated. 
(c) FORM AND MANNER OF DATA.—Each agreement 
under this subchapter shall— 
(1) provide the Commission with the authority 
to collect any data the Commission determines nec-
essary to meet the requirements of this Act; and 
(2) specify the form and manner in which any 
such data requested by the Commission shall be re-
ported. 
(d) REVIEW.—A determination by a cooperating 
State agency with respect to entitlement to program bene-
fits under an agreement is subject to review in the same 
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manner and to the same extent as determinations under 
the applicable State law and only in that manner and to 
that extent. 
(e) COORDINATION
AND
ADMINISTRATION.—Any 
agreement entered into under this section shall provide for 
the coordination of the administration of the provisions 
for employment services, training, and supplemental as-
sistance under sections 221 and 222 of this Act and under 
title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 upon such 
terms and conditions as are established by the Commission 
in consultation with the States and set forth in such agree-
ment. Any agency of the State jointly administering such 
provisions under such agreement shall be considered to be 
a cooperating State agency for purposes of this Act. 
(f) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each cooper-
ating State agency shall, in carrying out subsection 
(a)(2)— 
(1) advise each worker who applies for unem-
ployment insurance of the benefits under this Act 
and the procedures and deadlines for applying for 
such benefits; 
(2) facilitate the early filing of petitions under 
section 101 for any workers that the agency con-
siders are likely to be eligible for benefits under this 
Act; 
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(3) advise each adversely affected worker to 
apply for training under section 222(a) before, or at 
the same time, the worker applies for readjustment 
allowances under subtitle A of title II; 
(4) perform outreach to, intake of, and orienta-
tion for adversely affected workers and adversely af-
fected incumbent workers covered by a certification 
under title I with respect to assistance and benefits 
available under this Act; and 
(5) make employment and case management 
services described in section 221 available to ad-
versely affected workers and adversely affected in-
cumbent workers covered by a certification under 
title I and, if funds provided to carry out this title 
are insufficient to make such services available, 
make arrangements to make such services available 
through other Federal programs. 
(g) CONTROL MEASURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall re-
quire each cooperating State and cooperating State 
agency to implement effective control measures and 
to effectively oversee the operation and administra-
tion of the adjustment assistance program under 
this Act, including by means of monitoring the oper-
ation of control measures to improve the accuracy 
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and timeliness of the data being collected and re-
ported. 
(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1), the term ‘‘control measures’’ means measures 
that— 
(A) are internal to a system used by a 
State to collect data; and 
(B) are designed to ensure the accuracy 
and verifiability of such data. 
(h) DATA REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any agreement entered into 
under this section shall require the cooperating State 
or cooperating State agency to report to the Com-
mission on a quarterly basis comprehensive perform-
ance accountability data, to consist of— 
(A) the core indicators of performance de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A); 
(B) the additional indicators of perform-
ance described in paragraph (2)(B), if any; and 
(C) a description of efforts made to im-
prove outcomes for workers under the adjust-
ment assistance program. 
(2) CORE INDICATORS DESCRIBED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The core indicators of 
performance described in this paragraph are— 
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(i) the percentage of workers receiving 
benefits under this Act who are employed 
during the first or second calendar quarter 
following the calendar quarter in which the 
workers cease receiving such benefits; 
(ii) the percentage of such workers 
who are employed during the 2 calendar 
quarters following the earliest calendar 
quarter during which the worker was em-
ployed as described in clause (i); 
(iii) the average earnings of such 
workers who are employed during the 2 
calendar quarters described in clause (ii); 
and 
(iv) the percentage of such workers 
who obtain a recognized postsecondary cre-
dential, including an industry-recognized 
credential, or a secondary school diploma 
or its recognized equivalent if combined 
with employment under clause (i), while re-
ceiving benefits under this Act or during 
the 1-year period after such workers cease 
receiving such benefits. 
(B) ADDITIONAL INDICATORS.—The Com-
mission and a cooperating State or cooperating 
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State agency may agree upon additional indica-
tors of performance for the adjustment assist-
ance program under this Act, as appropriate. 
(3) STANDARDS
WITH
RESPECT
TO
RELI-
ABILITY OF DATA.—In preparing the quarterly re-
port required by paragraph (1), each cooperating 
State or cooperating State agency shall establish 
procedures that are consistent with guidelines to be 
issued by the Commission to ensure that the data 
reported are valid and reliable. 
(i) VERIFICATION
OF ELIGIBILITY
FOR PROGRAM 
BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—An agreement under this 
subchapter shall provide that the State shall periodi-
cally redetermine that a worker receiving benefits 
under this subchapter who is not a citizen or na-
tional of the United States remains in a satisfactory 
immigration status. Once satisfactory immigration 
status has been initially verified through the immi-
gration status verification system described in sec-
tion 1137(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320b–7(d)) for purposes of establishing a worker’s 
eligibility for unemployment compensation, the State 
shall reverify the worker’s immigration status if the 
documentation provided during initial verification 
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will expire during the period in which that worker is 
potentially eligible to receive benefits under this sub-
chapter. The State shall conduct such redetermina-
tion in a timely manner, utilizing the immigration 
status verification system described in section 
1137(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320b–7(d)). 
(2) PROCEDURES.—The Commission shall es-
tablish procedures to ensure the uniform application 
by the States of the requirements of this subsection. 
SEC. 303. ADMINISTRATION ABSENT STATE AGREEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In any State where there is no 
agreement in force between a State or its agency under 
section 302, the Commission shall, through regulations, 
arrange under regulations prescribed by him or her for 
performance of all necessary functions under title II, in-
cluding provision for a fair hearing for any worker whose 
application for payments is denied. 
(b) FINAL DETERMINATION.—A final determination 
under subsection (a) with respect to entitlement to pro-
gram benefits under title II is subject to review by the 
courts in the same manner and to the same extent as is 
provided by section 205(g) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 405(g)). 
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SEC. 304. LIABILITY OF CERTIFYING AND DISBURSING OF-
FICERS. 
(a) No person designated by the Commission, or des-
ignated pursuant to an agreement under this subchapter, 
as a certifying officer, shall, in the absence of gross neg-
ligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable 
with respect to any payment certified by him or her under 
this chapter. 
(b) No disbursing officer shall, in the absence of gross 
negligence or intent to defraud the United States, be liable 
with respect to any payment by him or her under this Act 
if it was based upon a voucher signed by a certifying offi-
cer designated as provided in subsection (a). 
SEC. 305. FRAUD AND RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS. 
(a) OVERPAYMENTS.— 
(1) LIABILITY
FOR
OVERPAYMENT.—If a co-
operating State agency, the Commission, or a court 
of competent jurisdiction determines that any person 
has received any payment under this Act to which 
the person was not entitled, including a payment re-
ferred to in subsection (b), such person shall be lia-
ble to repay such amount to the State agency or the 
Commission, as the case may be, except that the 
State agency or the Commission shall waive such re-
payment if such agency or the Commission deter-
mines that— 
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(A) the payment was made without fault 
on the part of such individual, and 
(B) requiring such repayment would cause 
a financial hardship for the individual (or the 
individual’s household, if applicable) when tak-
ing into consideration the income and resources 
reasonably available to the individual (or house-
hold) and other ordinary living expenses of the 
individual (or household). 
(2) RECOVERY.—Unless an overpayment is oth-
erwise recovered, or waived under paragraph (1), the 
State agency or the Commission shall recover the 
overpayment by deductions from any sums payable 
to such person under this Act, under any Federal 
unemployment compensation law administered by 
the State agency or the Commission, or under any 
other Federal law administered by the State agency 
or the Commission which provides for the payment 
of assistance or an allowance with respect to unem-
ployment, and, notwithstanding any other provision 
of State law or Federal law to the contrary, the 
Commission may require the State agency to recover 
any overpayment under this Act by deduction from 
any unemployment insurance payable to such person 
under the State law, except that no single deduction 
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under this paragraph shall exceed 50 percent of the 
amount otherwise payable. 
(b) FRAUD.—If a cooperating State agency, the Com-
mission, or a court of competent jurisdiction determines 
that an individual— 
(1) knowingly has made, or caused another to 
make, a false statement or representation of a mate-
rial fact, or 
(2) knowingly has failed, or caused another to 
fail, to disclose a material fact, and as a result of 
such false statement or representation, or of such 
nondisclosure, such individual has received any pay-
ment under this Act to which the individual was not 
entitled, 
such individual shall, in addition to any other penalty pro-
vided by law, be ineligible for any further payments under 
this Act. 
(c) REVERSION TO TREASURY.—Any amount recov-
ered under this section shall be returned to the Treasury 
of the United States. 
SEC. 306. PENALTIES. 
Any person who— 
(1) makes a false statement of a material fact 
knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose 
a material fact, for the purpose of obtaining or in-
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creasing for that person or for any other person any 
payment authorized to be furnished under this Act 
or pursuant to an agreement under section 239, or 
(2) makes a false statement of a material fact 
knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose 
a material fact, when providing information to the 
Commission during an investigation of a petition 
under section 221, 
shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or fined 
under title 18, United States Code, or both. 
SEC. 307. AGENCY FUNDING LIMITATIONS AND AUTHORIZA-
TION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a separate account to 
be known as the Transition Adjustment Assistance 
Fund. 
(2) USE.—Amounts in the Fund shall be avail-
able to the Commission for making expenditures to 
meet the obligations of the United States to carry 
out this Act. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) INITIAL
AUTHORIZATION.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Transition Adjust-
ment Assistance Fund established under subsection 
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(a) for fiscal year 2016, $500,000,000 to carry out 
this Act. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Transition Adjustment 
Assistance Fund established under subsection 
(a) for fiscal years 2017 through 2022, such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 
(B) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense 
of Congress that in determining appropriations 
under subparagraph (A), the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate shall take into consideration— 
(i) any amounts that remained unobli-
gated from amounts appropriated pursuant 
to paragraph (1); and 
(ii) where available, the report re-
quired under section 308(d) regarding any 
savings created from the completion of im-
plementing recommendations of the Inspec-
tor General of the agencies described in 
section 
102(b)(2)(A)(iii) 
to 
eliminate 
wasteful and excessive spending at each 
such Agency. 
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(c) PERIOD OF EXPENDITURE.—Funds obligated for 
any fiscal year to carry out activities under sections 221 
through 224 may be expended by each State receiving 
such funds during that fiscal year and the succeeding two 
fiscal years. 
(d) REALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may— 
(A) reallot funds that were allotted to any 
State to carry out sections 221 through 224 
and that remain unobligated by the State dur-
ing the second or third fiscal year after the fis-
cal year in which the funds were provided to the 
State; and 
(B) provide such reallotted funds to States 
to carry out sections 221 through 224 in ac-
cordance with procedures established by the 
Commission. 
(2) REQUESTS
BY
STATES.—In establishing 
procedures under paragraph (1)(B), the Commission 
shall include procedures that provide for the dis-
tribution of reallotted funds under that paragraph 
pursuant to requests submitted by States in need of 
such funds. 
(3) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—The reallot-
ment of funds under paragraph (1) shall not extend 
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the period for which such funds are available for ex-
penditure. 
SEC. 308. AGENCY REPORTS OF WASTEFUL AND EXCESSIVE 
SPENDING REQUIRED. 
(a) REPORT ON WASTEFUL AND EXCESSIVE SPEND-
ING.—With respect to each of fiscal years 2016 through 
2021 the inspector general of the Agencies described in 
section 102(b)(2)(A)(iii) shall submit to the Administrator 
of each such Agency and to Congress a report (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘IG report’’) regarding wasteful 
and excessive spending, or duplicative programs causing 
wasteful and excessive spending at such Agency, including 
recommendations for how to eliminate such wasteful and 
excessive spending. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 
years after the submission of the report required under 
subsection (a), and except as provided in subsection (c), 
the 
head 
of 
each 
Agency 
described 
in 
section 
102(b)(2)(A)(iii) shall implement all of the reasonable and 
cost-effective recommendations in such reports. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—The implementation requirement 
in subsection (b) shall not apply to a recommendation by 
an inspector general that would violate an existing law. 
With regard to any such recommendation, the head of 
each Agency described in section 102(b)(2)(A)(iii) shall 
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submit to Congress a description of the necessary change 
to the law to legally implement the recommendation. 
(d) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 
6 months after the end of the implementation period de-
scribed in subsection (b), the head of each Agency de-
scribed in section 102(b)(2)(A)(iii) shall submit to Con-
gress a report on— 
(1) the progress of the implementation of each 
recommendation in the IG report; 
(2) the time period required to complete each 
such implementation; 
(3) the wasteful and excessive spending, and 
duplicative programs causing wasteful and excessive 
spending within each agency described in the IG re-
port; 
(4) the savings created from the completion of 
implementing each recommendation; and 
(5) the reason each recommendation was not 
implemented before the submission of the IG report. 
SEC. 309. REGULATIONS. 
The Commission shall prescribe such regulations as 
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 310. SUBPOENA POWER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may require by 
subpoena the attendance of witnesses and the production 
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of evidence necessary for the Commission to make a deter-
mination under the provisions of this chapter. 
(b) CONTUMACY.—If a person refuses to obey a sub-
poena issued under subsection (a), a United States district 
court within the jurisdiction of which the relevant pro-
ceeding under this Act is conducted may, upon petition 
by the Commission, issue an order requiring compliance 
with such subpoena. 
Æ 
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