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DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall not 
refuse to grant a waiver to a State under this section on 
the grounds that a purpose of the waiver or of the dem-
onstration project for which the waiver is necessary would 
be the same as or similar to a purpose of another waiver 
or project that is or may be conducted under this sec-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 404. ELIMINATION OF LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 
WAIVERS THAT MAY BE GRANTED TO A SIN-
GLE STATE FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. 
Section 1130 (42 U.S.C. 1320a–9) is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) NO LIMIT ON NUMBER OF WAIVERS GRANTED 
TO, OR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS THAT MAY BE CON-
DUCTED BY, A SINGLE STATE.—The Secretary shall not 
impose any limit on the number of waivers that may be 
granted to a State, or the number of demonstration 
projects that a State may be authorized to conduct, under 
this section.’’. 
SEC. 405. STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION OF 
AMENDMENTS TO AND EXTENSIONS OF DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECTS REQUIRING WAIV-
ERS. 
Section 1130 (42 U.S.C. 1320a–9) is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(j) STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION 
OF AMENDMENTS
AND EXTENSIONS.—The Secretary 
shall develop a streamlined process for consideration of 
amendments and extensions proposed by States to dem-
onstration projects conducted under this section.’’. 
SEC. 406. AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS. 
Section 1130 (42 U.S.C. 1320a–9) is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) AVAILABILITY
OF REPORTS.—The Secretary 
shall make available to any State or other interested party 
any report provided to the Secretary under subsection 
(f)(2), and any evaluation or report made by the Secretary 
with respect to a demonstration project conducted under 
this section, with a focus on information that may promote 
best practices and program improvements.’’. 
SEC. 407. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
Section 1130(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1320a–9(b)(1)) is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘422(b)(9)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘422(b)(10)’’. 
TITLE V—SUPPLEMENTAL 
SECURITY INCOME 
SEC. 501. REVIEW OF STATE AGENCY BLINDNESS AND DIS-
ABILITY DETERMINATIONS. 
Section 1633 (42 U.S.C. 1383b) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
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‘‘(e)(1) The Commissioner of Social Security shall re-
view determinations, made by State agencies pursuant to 
subsection (a) in connection with applications for benefits 
under this title on the basis of blindness or disability, that 
individuals who have attained 18 years of age are blind 
or disabled as of a specified onset date. The Commissioner 
of Social Security shall review such a determination before 
any action is taken to implement the determination. 
‘‘(2)(A) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Commis-
sioner of Social Security shall review—
‘‘(i) at least 20 percent of all determinations re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) that are made in fiscal 
year 2006; 
‘‘(ii) at least 40 percent of all such determina-
tions that are made in fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(iii) at least 50 percent of all such determina-
tions that are made in fiscal year 2008 or thereafter. 
‘‘(B) In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Commis-
sioner of Social Security shall, to the extent feasible, select 
for review the determinations which the Commissioner of 
Social Security identifies as being the most likely to be 
incorrect.’’.
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TITLE VI—STATE AND LOCAL 
FLEXIBILITY 
SEC. 601. PROGRAM COORDINATION DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es-
tablish a program of demonstration projects in a State or 
portion of a State to coordinate multiple public assistance, 
workforce development, and other programs, for the pur-
pose of supporting working individuals and families, help-
ing families escape welfare dependency, promoting child 
well-being, or helping build stronger families, using inno-
vative approaches to strengthen service systems and pro-
vide more coordinated and effective service delivery. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTERING
SECRETARY.—The term 
‘‘administering Secretary’’ means, with respect to a 
qualified program, the head of the Federal agency 
responsible for administering the program. 
(2) QUALIFIED PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘qualified 
program’’ means—
(A) a program under part A of title IV of 
the Social Security Act; 
(B) the program under title XX of such 
Act;
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(C) activities funded under title I of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998, except sub-
title C of such title; 
(D) a demonstration project authorized 
under section 505 of the Family Support Act of 
1988; 
(E) activities funded under the Wagner-
Peyser Act; 
(F) activities funded under the Adult Edu-
cation and Family Literacy Act; 
(G) activities funded under the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990; 
(H) activities funded under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 
seq.), except that such term shall not include—
(i) any program for rental assistance 
under section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437f); and 
(ii) the program under section 7 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437e) for desig-
nating public housing for occupancy by 
certain populations; 
(I) activities funded under title I, II, III, 
or IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.); or
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(J) the food stamp program as defined in 
section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 2012(h)). 
(c) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The head of a 
State entity or of a sub-State entity administering 2 or 
more qualified programs proposed to be included in a dem-
onstration project under this section shall (or, if the 
project is proposed to include qualified programs adminis-
tered by 2 or more such entities, the heads of the admin-
istering entities (each of whom shall be considered an ap-
plicant for purposes of this section) shall jointly) submit 
to the administering Secretary of each such program an 
application that contains the following: 
(1) PROGRAMS INCLUDED.—A statement identi-
fying each qualified program to be included in the 
project, and describing how the purposes of each 
such program will be achieved by the project. 
(2) POPULATION SERVED.—A statement identi-
fying the population to be served by the project and 
specifying the eligibility criteria to be used. 
(3) DESCRIPTION AND JUSTIFICATION.—A de-
tailed description of the project, including—
(A) a description of how the project is ex-
pected to improve or enhance achievement of 
the purposes of the programs to be included in