IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2842 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 26, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conduct of demonstration projects to 
test the effectiveness of subsidized employment for 
TANF recipients. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accelerating Individ-
uals into the Workforce Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO SUPPORT SUB-
SIDIZED EMPLOYMENT FOR TANF RECIPI-
ENTS TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE. 
Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
603) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants to States to conduct demonstration projects, 
at least one of which shall fund programs that offer 
apprenticeships registered under the Act of August 
16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘National Ap-
prenticeship Act’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 
U.S.C. 50 et seq.), designed to implement and evalu-
ate strategies that provide wage subsidies to enable 
low-income individuals to enter into and retain em-
ployment in an in-demand industry sector or occupa-
tion identified by the appropriate State or local 
workforce development board. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall require each State that applies for a 
grant under this subsection to do the following: 
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‘‘(A) Describe how wage subsidies will be 
provided (such as whether paid directly to the 
employer or the individual), the duration of the 
subsidies, the amount of the subsidies, the 
structure of the subsidies, and how employers 
will be recruited to participate in the subsidized 
employment program. 
‘‘(B) Describe how the State expects those 
participating in subsidized employment to be 
able to retain employment after the subsidy 
ends. 
‘‘(C) Describe how the State will coordi-
nate subsidized employment funded under this 
subsection with other efforts to help low-income 
individuals, including individuals displaced or 
relocated from a public housing authority to an 
alternative public housing facility or placed on 
rental assistance, enter work as conducted by 
the State. 
‘‘(D) Describe how the State will coordi-
nate subsidized employment funded under this 
subsection with the Federal Work-Study Pro-
gram, career pathway (as defined in section 
3(7) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act) services, and other Federal pro-
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grams to help low-income individuals complete 
education and training programs and enter the 
workforce. 
‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State to which a 
grant is made under this subsection may use 
the grant to subsidize the wages of an eligible 
recipient for a period not exceeding 12 months, 
and only to the extent that the total of the 
funds paid under this project and any other 
Federal funds so used with respect to the re-
cipient does not exceed 50 percent of the 
amount of the wages received by the recipient 
during the period. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (A), an eligible recipient is— 
‘‘(i)(I) a recipient of assistance under 
the State program funded under this part 
or any other State program funded with 
qualified State expenditures (as defined in 
section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)); or 
‘‘(II) a noncustodial parent of a minor 
child who is receiving assistance referred to 
in subclause (I); 
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