program under title XIII (for any number 
of hours per week during the month) and 
would be a recipient of assistance under 
the State program funded under this part 
or under any State program funded with 
qualified State expenditures (as defined in 
section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) but for the indi-
vidual’s participation in the State employ-
ment, training and supportive services pro-
gram under title XIII.’’. 
(3) TRIBAL
PROGRAMS.—Section 412(b) (42 
U.S.C. 612(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) OPTION TO SUBMIT PLAN THAT ALIGNS 
WITH THE STATE PLAN UNDER TITLE XIII–A.—Sub-
section (d) of section 402 shall apply to a tribal fam-
ily assistance plan in the same manner as that sec-
tion applies to a plan under that section.’’. 
(b) TITLE XI.—Section 1101(a)(1) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘title XX’’ and 
inserting ‘‘titles XIII and XX’’. 
(c) 
INTERNAL
REVENUE
CODE.—Section 
51(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 482(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘title 
XIII’’. 
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(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR TITLE XIII.—Title 
XIII, as added by section 3(a), is amended by inserting 
the following before section 1301: 
‘‘TITLE XIII—REEMPLOYMENT AND OTHER JOB-RELATED 
ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS 
‘‘Sec. 1301. Purpose; definitions; administration. 
‘‘Sec. 1302. State plan requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 1303. Use of funds. 
‘‘Sec. 1304. Payments to States. 
‘‘Sec. 1305. Other program requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 1306. Reports; technical assistance; research; audit requirement. 
‘‘Sec. 1307. Direct funding and administration for programs operated by In-
dian tribes. 
‘‘Sec. 1308. Direct funding and administration for programs operated by local 
governments. 
‘‘Sec. 1309. Grants to nonprofit organizations.’’. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE; REGULATIONS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sec-
tion 4(d), the amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on January 1, 2022. 
(b) OPTION TO ACCELERATE FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services receives from a State, Indian 
tribe, or unit of local government, a written notice, 
in such form and manner and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary shall require, that the State, 
Indian tribe, or unit of local government is oper-
ating, or wishes to operate, an employment assist-
ance program, then, during the period beginning on 
the first day of the first fiscal quarter that begins 
on or after the date that the Secretary receives such 
notice and ending on December 31, 2021, the Sec-
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retary shall make payments to the State, Indian 
tribe, or unit of local government under paragraph 
(3). 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) 
EMPLOYMENT
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘employment assistance pro-
gram’’ means a program operated by a State, 
Indian tribe, or local government that provides 
qualified program assistance, including a pro-
gram funded under part A of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) or any 
other State, tribal, or local program financed 
with Federal funds. 
(B) QUALIFIED PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.— 
The term ‘‘qualified program assistance’’ means 
employment services, training and other serv-
ices and activities, or supportive services (as 
such terms are defined in section 1301(b) of 
the Social Security Act, as added by section 3), 
including any such services designed to reem-
ploy individuals who are unemployed or under-
employed for reasons related to COVID-19, but 
shall not include any employment services, 
training and other services and activities or 
supportive services that cannot be provided in a 
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manner that is safe for both program adminis-
trators and participants due to a COVID–19 
outbreak. 
(3) PAYMENTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary shall pay to any State, 
Indian tribe, or local government that has a no-
tice in effect under paragraph (1) for a fiscal 
quarter with respect to an employment assist-
ance program, an amount equal to the amount 
that such State, tribe, or local government 
would receive under title XIII of the Social Se-
curity Act (as added by section 3) if— 
(i) such title were in effect with re-
spect to such State, tribe, or local govern-
ment; 
(ii) the State, tribe, or local govern-
ment had a plan that met all requirements 
of such title and was approved under such 
title for such fiscal quarter, and the 
amounts expended by the State, tribe, or 
local government on qualified program as-
sistance 
under 
such 
program, 
were 
amounts expended by the State, tribe, or 
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local government to provide such assist-
ance under such plan; and 
(iii) the requirements of sections 
1303, 1304(c), 1305, and 1306 of such 
title did not apply. 
(B) LIMITATIONS.— 
(i) NO
DUPLICATE
FUNDING.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A), in deter-
mining the amounts expended by a State, 
tribe, or local government under an em-
ployment assistance program to provide 
qualified program assistance, the total 
amount of State expenditures on such as-
sistance shall be reduced by the amount of 
Federal funds (other than funds paid 
under this subsection) that have been paid 
or that are expected to be paid to the 
State, tribe, or local government with re-
spect to such assistance. 
(ii) NO
FUNDING
FOR
ADMINISTRA-
TIVE
EXPENSES
UNRELATED
TO
QUALI-
FIED PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.—No payment 
shall be made to a State, Indian tribe, or 
local government under this subsection for 
administrative expenses of an employment 
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assistance program that are not attrib-
utable to the administration of qualified 
program assistance. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Labor as appropriate, shall— 
(1) not later than 14 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, issue guidance to States on how 
to seek accelerated funding under subsection (b); 
(2) not later than 6 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, issue proposed regulations 
for the purpose of implementing title XIII of the So-
cial Security Act (as added by section 2 of this Act), 
including regulations establishing uniform data col-
lection requirements; and 
(3) not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act, publish final regulations for 
such purpose. 
Æ 
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