may be carried out under job guarantee programs, 
that shall include child care, care for seniors and in-
dividuals with disabilities, clean energy jobs, and 
sustainable infrastructure activities. The Secretary 
shall take State board and local board suggestions 
into consideration when issuing such list. 
(2) AUDITS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Labor, shall carry out annual audits of 
the use of grant funds provided to eligible enti-
ties under this section. 
(B) ALLOCATION AGREEMENTS AND MIS-
USE OF FUNDS.— 
(i) ALLOCATION
AGREEMENTS.—An 
eligible entity shall enter into an allocation 
agreement with the Secretary that shall 
provide that the Secretary shall recoup any 
amounts paid to the entity under a grant 
under this section if the results of an audit 
under subparagraph (A) include a finding 
that there was an intentional or reckless 
misuse of such funds by such entity. 
(ii) LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY.—An eligi-
ble entity that is determined to have fal-
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sified or otherwise misstated data in any 
report submitted to the Secretary with the 
intent to deceive or mislead the Secretary 
shall be ineligible to receive additional 
funds under this section. 
(l) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the end 
of each calendar year for which an eligible entity obligates 
or expends any amounts made available under a grant 
under this section, the eligible entity shall submit to the 
Secretary a report that— 
(1) specifies the amount of grant funds obli-
gated or expended for the preceding fiscal year; 
(2) specifies any purposes for which the funds 
were obligated or expended; and 
(3) includes any other information that the Sec-
retary may require to more effectively administer the 
grant program under this section, including the indi-
cators of performance under section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)(i)), with the performance 
data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, age, and 
membership in a population specified in section 
3(24) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(24)). 
(m) EVALUATION.—The Chief Evaluation Officer at 
the Department of Labor shall provide for the conduct of 
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an evaluation of the pilot program, using a rigorous design 
and evaluation methods to assess the implementation of 
the programs and their impact on— 
(1) overall employment, public-sector employ-
ment, and private-sector employment; 
(2) private sector employment, wages, and ben-
efits; 
(3) poverty rate; 
(4) public assistance spending and other Fed-
eral spending in the area served by the program; 
(5) child health and educational outcomes; 
(6) health and well-being of those with mental, 
emotional, and behavioral health needs; 
(7) incarceration rates; 
(8) the environment, including air quality and 
water quality; 
(9) the indicators of performance as described 
in subsection (l)(3); and 
(10) other economic development and individual 
outcome indicators, as determined by the Secretary. 
(n) EXPANSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT TO 
INCLUDE
PARTICIPANTS
IN
JOB
GUARANTEE
PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 51 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (I), by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (J), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(K) a qualified participant in a job guar-
antee program.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(16) QUALIFIED PARTICIPANT IN A JOB GUAR-
ANTEE PROGRAM.—The term ‘qualified participant 
in a job guarantee program’ means any individual 
who is certified by the designated local agency as 
having participated in a job guarantee program 
under section 2 of the Federal Jobs Guarantee De-
velopment Act of 2019 for not less than 3 months 
during the 6-month period ending on the hiring 
date.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to individuals who 
begin work for the employer after December 31, 
2019. 
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(o) APPROPRIATIONS.—From funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the 
Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
section. 
Æ 
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