(II) is subject to a reduction in 
force; 
(III) has recall rights pursuant 
to a collective bargaining agreement 
or applicable personnel procedures; 
(IV) is on leave (such as ter-
minal, temporary, vacation, emer-
gency, or sick leave); 
(V) is on strike; or 
(VI) is being locked out. 
(D) CONCURRENCE OF LOCAL LABOR OR-
GANIZATION.—A State conducting a demonstra-
tion project funded under this section shall en-
sure that no participant in a program or activ-
ity of the project is placed with an employer 
until the entity conducting the program or ac-
tivity has obtained the written concurrence of 
any local labor organization representing em-
ployees who are engaged in the same or sub-
stantially similar work as that proposed to be 
carried out for the employer with whom a par-
ticipant is to be placed under the program or 
activity. 
(4) NO
EFFECT
ON
UNION
ORGANIZING.—A 
State conducting a demonstration project funded 
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under this section shall provide the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services with assurance certified 
by both the State and the entity conducting a pro-
gram or activity funded under this section that none 
of the funds shall be used to assist or deter union 
organizing. 
(5) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State receiving a 
grant under this section shall not use the grant 
funds to subsidize training or employment with 
an employer that has a demonstrable record of 
noncompliance with Federal labor, civil rights, 
workplace safety, or related laws. 
(B) CERTIFIED SATISFACTORY RECORD.— 
Employers who receive training or wage sub-
sidies under programs or activities funded 
under this section shall have a satisfactory 
record in labor relations and employment prac-
tices, as certified by the Secretary of Labor. 
(C) APPLICATION
OF
WORKER
PROTEC-
TION LAWS.—A participant in a program or ac-
tivity funded under this section shall be consid-
ered to be an employee of any employer that 
the participant is placed with for all purposes 
under Federal and State law, including laws re-
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lating to health and safety, civil rights, and 
worker’s compensation. 
(D) OTHER JOB QUALITY STANDARDS.— 
Employers who receive training or wage sub-
sidies under programs or activities funded 
under this section shall meet all applicable 
State or local job or employer quality standards 
regarding such issues as wages, benefits, ad-
vancement opportunities, and turnover rates es-
tablished for programs funded under the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 
et seq.). 
(6) GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.—An entity con-
ducting a program or activity funded under this sec-
tion shall establish and maintain a procedure for the 
filing and adjudication of grievances by employees of 
worksite employers who are not participants in the 
program, or such employees’ representatives, or by 
participants in such a program or activity alleging a 
violation of a provision of this subsection, that is 
similar to the grievance procedure established by a 
State for purposes of section 407(f)(3) of the Social 
Security Act. 
(7) NONPREEMPTION
OF
STATE
LAW.—The 
provisions of this subsection shall not be construed 
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to preempt any provision of State law that affords 
greater protections to employees or participants than 
are afforded by this subsection. 
(8) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS PAID TO PAR-
TICIPANTS.—Amounts paid to a participant in a 
program or activity funded under this section shall 
be— 
(A) considered earned income for purpose 
of determining the participant’s eligibility for 
the child tax credit established under section 24 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the 
earned income tax credit established under sec-
tion 32 of such Code, and any other tax benefit 
under such Code the eligibility for which is 
based on earned income; and 
(B) disregarded for purposes of deter-
mining the participant’s, the participant’s fam-
ily’s, or the participant’s household’s eligibility 
for, or amount of, assistance or benefits pro-
vided under any means-tested program funded 
in whole or in part with Federal funds. 
(d) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State desiring to receive a 
grant to conduct a demonstration project under this 
section shall submit an application to the Secretary 
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of Health and Human Services, at such time and in 
such manner as the Secretary may require, which 
shall include— 
(A) evidence of an agreement between the 
State and 1 or more counties to establish an 
employment program that meets the require-
ments of subsection (a); 
(B) the number of potential noncustodial 
parents to be served by the program; 
(C) the purposes specific to that State’s 
program; 
(D) the median income of potential individ-
uals to be served by the program; and 
(E) such additional information or assur-
ances as the Secretary may require. 
(2) COMPLIANCE WITH WORKER PROTECTIONS 
AND LABOR STANDARDS.—The application shall in-
clude an assurance that the State and any entity, in 
conducting a program or activity under the project, 
shall comply with the worker protections and labor 
standards established in accordance with such pro-
tections under subsection (c). 
(3) 
NONDISCRIMINATION.—The 
application 
shall include an assurance that the State and any 
entity, in conducting a program or activity under the 
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demonstration project, shall comply with section 
188(a)(2) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2938(a)(2)) to the same extent that such 
section would apply to the entity if the program or 
activity was considered to be funded or otherwise fi-
nancially assisted under that Act. 
(4) ASSURANCE
GRANT
WILL
SUPPLEMENT, 
NOT SUPPLANT, OTHER STATE FUNDING.—The ap-
plication shall include an assurance from the chief 
executive officer of the State that funds made avail-
able under the grant will supplement, and not sup-
plant, other funds used by the State to establish or 
support employment placements for low-income par-
ents. 
(5) APPLICATIONS BY INDIAN TRIBES OR TRIB-
AL ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may exempt an Indian tribe or trib-
al organization from any requirement of this section 
that the Secretary determines would be inappro-
priate to apply to the Indian tribe or tribal organiza-
tion, taking into account the resources, needs, and 
other circumstances of the Indian tribe or tribal or-
ganization. 
(e) PRIORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARDING 
GRANTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 
and (3), the State shall give priority to making a 
grant under this section to an entity that— 
(A) demonstrates success with respect to 
meeting the goals of quality job placement, 
long-term unsubsidized job retention, and, 
where applicable, increasing child support pay-
ments, decreasing unpaid child support arrear-
ages, and increasing the involvement of low-in-
come noncustodial parents with their children 
through their participation in responsible fa-
therhood activities, including participation in 
programs that provide culturally relevant cur-
ricula in core subjects including— 
(i) conducting activities with children; 
(ii) improving communication skills; 
(iii) child support management; 
(iv) providing financially for the fam-
ily’s security and well-being; 
(v) managing stress and anger; 
(vi) maintaining physical and mental 
health; 
(vii) parenting and relationship skills; 
(viii) child development; and 
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(ix) barriers to responsible parent-
hood, including substance abuse, unem-
ployment, criminal justice system involve-
ment, and inadequate housing; and 
(B) coordinates with, and links individuals 
as applicable to, other public and private bene-
fits and employment services for low-income 
adults, including the criminal justice system, 
programs funded under title IV of the Social 
Security Act, educational assistance and stu-
dent aid programs, and job training or employ-
ment services, including State employment 
agencies. 
(2) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—In making a 
grant under this section, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall ensure that a grantee 
demonstrates a plan for implementing measures to 
track their performance with respect to meeting the 
goals of quality job placement, long-term unsub-
sidized job retention, and, where applicable, increas-
ing child support payments, decreasing child support 
arrearages, and increasing the involvement of low-in-
come noncustodial parents with their children. 
(3) REFLECTIVE OF TARGET POPULATIONS.— 
In making a grant under this section, the Secretary 
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of Health and Human Services shall give priority to 
a State with a proposed demonstration project that 
is designed to target low-income adults, including 
custodial and noncustodial parents, and low-income 
married couples. 
(f) REGULATORY AND POLICY FLEXIBILITY.—The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination 
with the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, 
shall work with grantees under this section to resolve pol-
icy barriers that may impede blending of Federal re-
sources to support these demonstration projects. 
(g) EVALUATION.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall provide for an independent and rig-
orous evaluation of the demonstration projects conducted 
under this section that includes, to the maximum extent 
feasible, random assignment or other appropriate statis-
tical techniques, in order to assess the effectiveness of the 
projects. 
(h) GENERAL DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 
Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and includes 
an Indian tribe or tribal organization. 
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(2) IV–D AGENCY.—The term ‘‘IV–D agency’’ 
means the State or local agency responsible for ad-
ministering the State program established pursuant 
to part D of title IV of the Social Security Act. 
(3) INDIAN
TRIBE; TRIBAL
ORGANIZATION.— 
The terms ‘‘Indian tribe’’ and ‘‘tribal organization’’ 
have the meaning given the terms in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 
(i) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 
there are appropriated to carry out this section 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. 
SEC. 103. HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION AND RESPON-
SIBLE FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS. 
(a) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.— 
(1) ASSURANCE.—Section 403(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II) 
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
603(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)) is amended— 
(A) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(B) in item (bb), by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(cc) if the entity is a State 
or an Indian tribe or tribal orga-
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nization, to not condition the re-
ceipt of assistance under the pro-
gram funded under this part, 
under a program funded with 
qualified State expenditures (as 
defined 
in 
section 
409(a)(7)(B)(i)), or under any 
other program funded under this 
title, on enrollment in any such 
programs or activities; and 
‘‘(dd) to permit any partici-
pant in a program or activity 
funded under this paragraph, in-
cluding an individual whose par-
ticipation is specified in the indi-
vidual responsibility plan devel-
oped for the individual in accord-
ance with section 408(b), to 
transfer to another such program 
or activity upon notification to 
the entity and the State agency 
responsible for administering the 
State program funded under this 
part.’’. 
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