government proposes to serve in the 
project. 
‘‘(D) PROJECT
INTERMEDIARY
INFORMA-
TION REQUIRED.—The application described in 
subparagraph (C) shall also contain the fol-
lowing information about any intermediary for 
the social impact partnership project (whether 
an intermediary is a service provider or other 
entity): 
‘‘(i) Experience and capacity for pro-
viding or facilitating the provision of the 
type of intervention proposed. 
‘‘(ii) The mission and goals. 
‘‘(iii) Information on whether the 
intermediary is already working with serv-
ice providers that provide this intervention 
or an explanation of the capacity of the 
intermediary to begin working with service 
providers to provide the intervention. 
‘‘(iv) Experience working in a collabo-
rative environment across government and 
nongovernmental entities. 
‘‘(v) Previous experience collaborating 
with public or private entities to implement 
evidence-based programs. 
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‘‘(vi) Ability to raise or provide fund-
ing to cover operating costs (if applicable 
to the project). 
‘‘(vii) Capacity and infrastructure to 
track outcomes and measure results, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(I) capacity to track and ana-
lyze program performance and assess 
program impact; and 
‘‘(II) experience with perform-
ance-based awards or performance- 
based 
contracting 
and 
achieving 
project milestones and targets. 
‘‘(viii) Role in delivering the interven-
tion. 
‘‘(ix) How the intermediary would 
monitor program success, including a de-
scription of the interim benchmarks and 
outcome measures. 
‘‘(E) 
FEASIBILITY
STUDIES
FUNDED 
THROUGH
OTHER
SOURCES.—The notice de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall permit a 
State or local government to submit an applica-
tion for social impact partnership funding that 
contains information from a feasibility study 
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developed for purposes other than applying for 
funding under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) AWARDING SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNERSHIP 
AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) TIMELINE
IN
AWARDING
AGREE-
MENT.—Not later than 6 months after receiving 
an application in accordance with paragraph 
(2), the Secretary, in consultation with the Fed-
eral Interagency Council on Social Impact Part-
nerships, shall determine whether to enter into 
an agreement for a social impact partnership 
project with a State or local government. 
‘‘(B) 
CONSIDERATIONS
IN
AWARDING 
AGREEMENT.—In determining whether to enter 
into an agreement for a social impact partner-
ship project (the application for which was sub-
mitted under paragraph (2)) the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Federal Interagency 
Council on Social Impact Partnerships (estab-
lished by paragraph (6)) and the head of any 
Federal agency administering a similar inter-
vention or serving a population similar to that 
served by the project, shall consider each of the 
following: 
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‘‘(i) The recommendations made by 
the Commission on Social Impact Partner-
ships. 
‘‘(ii) The value to the Federal Govern-
ment of the outcomes expected to be 
achieved if the outcomes specified in the 
agreement are achieved. 
‘‘(iii) The likelihood, based on evi-
dence provided in the application and other 
evidence, that the State or local govern-
ment in collaboration with the inter-
mediary and the service providers will 
achieve the outcomes. 
‘‘(iv) The savings to the Federal Gov-
ernment if the outcomes specified in the 
agreement are achieved. 
‘‘(v) The savings to the State and 
local governments if the outcomes specified 
in the agreement are achieved. 
‘‘(vi) The expected quality of the eval-
uation that would be conducted with re-
spect to the agreement. 
‘‘(C) AGREEMENT AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(i) AGREEMENT
REQUIREMENTS.— 
In accordance with this paragraph, the 
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Secretary, in consultation with the Federal 
Interagency Council on Social Impact 
Partnerships and the head of any Federal 
agency administering a similar intervention 
or serving a population similar to that 
served by the project, may enter into an 
agreement for a social impact partnership 
project with a State or local government if 
the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Federal Interagency Council on Social Im-
pact Partnerships, determines that each of 
the following requirements are met: 
‘‘(I) The State or local govern-
ment agrees to achieve 1 or more out-
comes specified in the agreement in 
order to receive payment. 
‘‘(II) The Federal payment to the 
State or local government for each 
outcome specified is less than or equal 
to the value of the outcome to the 
Federal Government over a period not 
to exceed 10 years, as determined by 
the Secretary, in consultation with the 
State or local government. 
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‘‘(III) 
The 
duration 
of 
the 
project does not exceed 10 years. 
‘‘(IV) The State or local govern-
ment has demonstrated, through the 
application submitted under para-
graph (2), that, based on prior rig-
orous experimental evaluations or rig-
orous quasi-experimental studies, the 
intervention 
can 
be 
expected 
to 
achieve each outcome specified in the 
agreement. 
‘‘(V) The State, local govern-
ment, intermediary, or service pro-
vider has experience raising private or 
philanthropic capital to fund social 
service investments (if applicable to 
the project). 
‘‘(VI) The State or local govern-
ment has shown that each service pro-
vider has experience delivering the 
intervention, a similar intervention, or 
has otherwise demonstrated the exper-
tise necessary to deliver the interven-
tion. 
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‘‘(ii) PAYMENT.—The Secretary shall 
pay the State or local government only if 
the independent evaluator described in 
paragraph (5) determines that the social 
impact partnership project has met the re-
quirements specified in the agreement and 
achieved an outcome specified in the agree-
ment. 
‘‘(D) NOTICE OF AGREEMENT AWARD.— 
Not later than 30 days after entering into an 
agreement under this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall publish a notice in the Federal Register 
that includes, with regard to the agreement, the 
following: 
‘‘(i) The outcome goals of the social 
impact partnership project. 
‘‘(ii) A description of each interven-
tion in the project. 
‘‘(iii) The target population that will 
be served by the project. 
‘‘(iv) The expected social benefits to 
participants who receive the intervention 
and others who may be impacted. 
‘‘(v) The detailed roles, responsibil-
ities, and purposes of each Federal, State, 
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or local government entity, intermediary, 
service provider, independent evaluator, in-
vestor, or other stakeholder. 
‘‘(vi) The payment terms, the method-
ology used to calculate outcome payments, 
the payment schedule, and performance 
thresholds. 
‘‘(vii) The project budget. 
‘‘(viii) The project timeline. 
‘‘(ix) The project eligibility criteria. 
‘‘(x) The evaluation design. 
‘‘(xi) The metrics that will be used to 
determine whether the outcomes have been 
achieved and how these metrics will be 
measured. 
‘‘(xii) The estimate of the savings to 
the Federal, State, and local government, 
on a program-by-program basis and in the 
aggregate, if the agreement is entered into 
and implemented and the outcomes are 
achieved. 
‘‘(E) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER ADMINIS-
TRATION OF AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may 
transfer to the head of another Federal agency 
the authority to administer (including making 
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payments under) an agreement entered into 
under subparagraph (C), and any funds nec-
essary to do so. 
‘‘(4) FEASIBILITY STUDY FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) REQUESTS FOR FUNDING FOR FEASI-
BILITY STUDIES.—The Secretary shall reserve a 
portion of the amount reserved to carry out this 
subsection to assist States or local governments 
in developing feasibility studies to apply for so-
cial impact partnership funding under para-
graph (2). To be eligible to receive funding to 
assist with completing a feasibility study, a 
State or local government shall submit an appli-
cation for feasibility study funding addressing 
the following: 
‘‘(i) A description of the outcome 
goals of the social impact partnership 
project. 
‘‘(ii) A description of the intervention, 
including anticipated program design, tar-
get population, an estimate regarding the 
number of individuals to be served, and 
setting for the intervention. 
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‘‘(iii) Evidence to support the likeli-
hood that the intervention will produce the 
desired outcomes. 
‘‘(iv) A description of the potential 
metrics to be used. 
‘‘(v) The expected social benefits to 
participants who receive the intervention 
and others who may be impacted. 
‘‘(vi) Estimated costs to conduct the 
project. 
‘‘(vii) Estimates of Federal, State, 
and local government savings and other 
savings if the project is implemented and 
the outcomes are achieved. 
‘‘(viii) An estimated timeline for im-
plementation 
and 
completion 
of 
the 
project, which shall not exceed 10 years. 
‘‘(ix) With respect to a project for 
which the State or local government selects 
an intermediary to operate the project, any 
partnerships needed to successfully execute 
the project and the ability of the inter-
mediary to foster the partnerships. 
‘‘(x) The expected resources needed to 
complete the feasibility study for the State 
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or local government to apply for social im-
pact partnership funding under paragraph 
(2). 
‘‘(B) FEDERAL
SELECTION
OF
APPLICA-
TIONS
FOR
FEASIBILITY
STUDY.—Not later 
than 6 months after receiving an application for 
feasibility study funding under subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact 
Partnerships and the head of any Federal agen-
cy administering a similar intervention or serv-
ing a population similar to that served by the 
project, shall select State or local government 
feasibility study proposals for funding based on 
the following: 
‘‘(i) The recommendations made by 
the Commission on Social Impact Partner-
ships. 
‘‘(ii) The likelihood that the proposal 
will achieve the desired outcomes. 
‘‘(iii) The value of the outcomes ex-
pected to be achieved. 
‘‘(iv) The potential savings to the 
Federal Government if the social impact 
partnership project is successful. 
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‘‘(v) The potential savings to the 
State and local governments if the project 
is successful. 
‘‘(C) PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE.—Not later 
than 30 days after selecting a State or local 
government for feasibility study funding under 
this paragraph, the Secretary shall cause to be 
published on the website of the Federal Inter-
agency Council on Social Impact Partnerships 
information explaining why a State or local gov-
ernment was granted feasibility study funding. 
‘‘(D) FUNDING RESTRICTION.— 
‘‘(i) FEASIBILITY
STUDY
RESTRIC-
TION.—The Secretary may not provide fea-
sibility study funding under this paragraph 
for more than 50 percent of the estimated 
total cost of the feasibility study reported 
in the State or local government applica-
tion submitted under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) AGGREGATE
RESTRICTION.—Of 
the total amount reserved to carry out this 
subsection, the Secretary may not use 
more than $10,000,000 to provide feasi-
bility study funding to States or local gov-
ernments under this paragraph. 
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‘‘(iii) NO GUARANTEE OF FUNDING.— 
The Secretary shall have the option to 
award no funding under this paragraph. 
‘‘(E) SUBMISSION OF FEASIBILITY STUDY 
REQUIRED.—Not later than 9 months after the 
receipt of feasibility study funding under this 
paragraph, a State or local government receiv-
ing the funding shall complete the feasibility 
study and submit the study to the Federal 
Interagency Council on Social Impact Partner-
ships. 
‘‘(F) DELEGATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—The 
Secretary may transfer to the head of another 
Federal agency the authorities provided in this 
paragraph and any funds necessary to exercise 
the authorities. 
‘‘(5) EVALUATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREE-
MENTS.—For each State or local government 
awarded a social impact partnership project ap-
proved by the Secretary under this subsection, 
the head of the relevant agency, as determined 
by the Federal Interagency Council on Social 
Impact Partnerships, shall enter into an agree-
ment with the State or local government to pay 
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for all or part of the independent evaluation to 
determine whether the State or local govern-
ment project has met an outcome specified in 
the agreement in order for the State or local 
government to receive outcome payments under 
this subsection. 
‘‘(B) EVALUATOR
QUALIFICATIONS.—The 
head of the relevant agency may not enter into 
an agreement with a State or local government 
unless the head determines that the evaluator is 
independent of the other parties to the agree-
ment and has demonstrated substantial experi-
ence in conducting rigorous evaluations of pro-
gram effectiveness including, where available 
and appropriate, well-implemented randomized 
controlled trials on the intervention or similar 
interventions. 
‘‘(C) METHODOLOGIES TO BE USED.—The 
evaluation used to determine whether a State or 
local government will receive outcome payments 
under this subsection shall use experimental de-
signs using random assignment or other reli-
able, evidence-based research methodologies, as 
certified by the Federal Interagency Council on 
Social Impact Partnerships, that allow for the 
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strongest possible causal inferences when ran-
dom assignment is not feasible. 
‘‘(D) PROGRESS REPORT.— 
‘‘(i) SUBMISSION
OF
REPORT.—The 
independent evaluator shall— 
‘‘(I) not later than 2 years after 
a project has been approved by the 
Secretary and biannually thereafter 
until the project is concluded, submit 
to the head of the relevant agency and 
the Federal Interagency Council on 
Social Impact Partnerships a written 
report summarizing the progress that 
has been made in achieving each out-
come specified in the agreement; and 
‘‘(II) before the scheduled time of 
the first outcome payment and before 
the scheduled time of each subsequent 
payment, submit to the head of the 
relevant agency and the Federal 
Interagency Council on Social Impact 
Partnerships a written report that in-
cludes the results of the evaluation 
conducted to determine whether an 
outcome payment should be made 
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along with information on the unique 
factors that contributed to achieving 
or failing to achieve the outcome, the 
challenges faced in attempting to 
achieve the outcome, and information 
on the improved future delivery of this 
or similar interventions. 
‘‘(ii) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.— 
Not later than 30 days after receipt of the 
written report pursuant to clause (i)(II), 
the Federal Interagency Council on Social 
Impact Partnerships shall submit the re-
port to each committee of jurisdiction in 
the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(E) FINAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(i) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Within 
6 months after the social impact partner-
ship project is completed, the independent 
evaluator shall— 
‘‘(I) evaluate the effects of the 
activities undertaken pursuant to the 
agreement with regard to each out-
come specified in the agreement; and 
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‘‘(II) submit to the head of the 
relevant agency and the Federal 
Interagency Council on Social Impact 
Partnerships a written report that in-
cludes the results of the evaluation 
and the conclusion of the evaluator as 
to whether the State or local govern-
ment has fulfilled each obligation of 
the agreement, along with information 
on the unique factors that contributed 
to the success or failure of the project, 
the challenges faced in attempting to 
achieve the outcome, and information 
on the improved future delivery of this 
or similar interventions. 
‘‘(ii) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.— 
Not later than 30 days after receipt of the 
written report pursuant to clause (i)(II), 
the Federal Interagency Council on Social 
Impact Partnerships shall submit the re-
port to each committee of jurisdiction in 
the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(F) LIMITATION
ON
COST
OF
EVALUA-
TIONS.—Of the amount reserved under this 
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subsection 
for 
social 
impact 
partnership 
projects, the Secretary may not obligate more 
than 15 percent to evaluate the implementation 
and outcomes of the projects. 
‘‘(G) DELEGATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—The 
Secretary may transfer to the head of another 
Federal agency the authorities provided in this 
paragraph and any funds necessary to exercise 
the authorities. 
‘‘(6) FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON SO-
CIAL IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab-
lished the Federal Interagency Council on So-
cial Impact Partnerships (in this paragraph re-
ferred to as the ‘Council’) to— 
‘‘(i) coordinate the efforts of social 
impact partnership projects funded under 
this subsection; 
‘‘(ii) advise and assist the Secretary in 
the development and implementation of the 
projects; 
‘‘(iii) advise the Secretary on specific 
programmatic and policy matter related to 
the projects; 
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‘‘(iv) provide subject-matter expertise 
to the Secretary with regard to the 
projects; 
‘‘(v) ensure that each State or local 
government that has entered into an agree-
ment with the Secretary for a social impact 
partnership project under this subsection 
and each evaluator selected by the head of 
the relevant agency under paragraph (5) 
has access to Federal administrative data 
to assist the State or local government and 
the evaluator in evaluating the perform-
ance and outcomes of the project; 
‘‘(vi) address issues that will influence 
the future of social impact partnership 
projects in the United States; 
‘‘(vii) provide guidance to the execu-
tive branch on the future of social impact 
partnership projects in the United States; 
‘‘(viii) review State and local govern-
ment applications for social impact part-
nerships to ensure that agreements will 
only be awarded under this subsection 
when rigorous, independent data and reli-
able, evidence-based research methodolo-
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gies support the conclusion that an agree-
ment will yield savings to the Federal Gov-
ernment if the project outcomes are 
achieved before the applications are ap-
proved by the Secretary; 
‘‘(ix) certify, in the case of each ap-
proved social impact partnership, that the 
project will yield a projected savings to the 
Federal Government if the project out-
comes are achieved, and coordinate with 
the relevant Federal agency to produce an 
after-action accounting once the project is 
complete to determine the actual Federal 
savings realized, and the extent to which 
actual savings aligned with projected sav-
ings; and 
‘‘(x) provide oversight of the actions 
of the Secretary and other Federal officials 
under this subsection and report periodi-
cally to Congress and the public on the im-
plementation of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) COMPOSITION
OF
COUNCIL.—The 
Council shall have 11 members, as follows: 
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‘‘(i) CHAIR.—The Chair of the Coun-
cil shall be the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER MEMBERS.—The head of 
each of the following entities shall des-
ignate 1 officer or employee of the entity 
to be a Council member: 
‘‘(I) The Department of Labor. 
‘‘(II) The Department of Health 
and Human Services. 
‘‘(III) The Social Security Ad-
ministration. 
‘‘(IV) The Department of Agri-
culture. 
‘‘(V) The Department of Justice. 
‘‘(VI) The Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development. 
‘‘(VII) The Department of Edu-
cation. 
‘‘(VIII) The Department of Vet-
erans Affairs. 
‘‘(IX) The Department of the 
Treasury. 
‘‘(X) The Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service. 
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‘‘(7) COMMISSION ON SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNER-
SHIPS.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab-
lished the Commission on Social Impact Part-
nerships (in this paragraph referred to as the 
‘Commission’). 
‘‘(B) DUTIES.—The duties of the Commis-
sion shall be to— 
‘‘(i) assist the Secretary and the Fed-
eral Interagency Council on Social Impact 
Partnerships in reviewing applications for 
funding under this subsection; 
‘‘(ii) make recommendations to the 
Secretary and the Federal Interagency 
Council on Social Impact Partnerships re-
garding the funding of social impact part-
nership agreements and feasibility studies; 
and 
‘‘(iii) provide other assistance and in-
formation as requested by the Secretary or 
the Federal Interagency Council on Social 
Impact Partnerships. 
‘‘(C) 
COMPOSITION.—The 
Commission 
shall be composed of 9 members, of whom— 
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‘‘(i) 1 shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, who will serve as the Chair of the 
Commission; 
‘‘(ii) 1 shall be appointed by the Ma-
jority Leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(iii) 1 shall be appointed by the Mi-
nority Leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(iv) 1 shall be appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(v) 1 shall be appointed by the Mi-
nority Leader of the House of Representa-
tives; 
‘‘(vi) 1 shall be appointed by the 
Chairman of the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate; 
‘‘(vii) 1 shall be appointed by the 
ranking member of the Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate; 
‘‘(viii) 1 member shall be appointed by 
the Chairman of the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
‘‘(ix) 1 shall be appointed by the 
ranking member of the Committee on 
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Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(D) QUALIFICATIONS
OF
COMMISSION 
MEMBERS.—The members of the Commission 
shall— 
‘‘(i) be experienced in finance, eco-
nomics, pay for performance, or program 
evaluation; 
‘‘(ii) have relevant professional or per-
sonal experience in a field related to 1 or 
more of the outcomes listed in this sub-
section; or 
‘‘(iii) be qualified to review applica-
tions for social impact partnership projects 
to determine whether the proposed metrics 
and evaluation methodologies are appro-
priately rigorous and reliant upon inde-
pendent data and evidence-based research. 
‘‘(E) TIMING OF APPOINTMENTS.—The ap-
pointments of the members of the Commission 
shall be made not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, or, in 
the event of a vacancy, not later than 90 days 
after the date the vacancy arises. If a member 
of Congress fails to appoint a member by that 
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date, the President may select a member of the 
President’s choice on behalf of the member of 
Congress. Notwithstanding the preceding sen-
tence, if not all appointments have been made 
to the Commission as of that date, the Commis-
sion may operate with no fewer than 5 members 
until all appointments have been made. 
‘‘(F) TERM OF APPOINTMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The members ap-
pointed under subparagraph (C) shall serve 
as follows: 
‘‘(I) 3 members shall serve for 2 
years. 
‘‘(II) 3 members shall serve for 3 
years. 
‘‘(III) 3 members (1 of which 
shall be Chair of the Commission ap-
pointed by the President) shall serve 
for 4 years. 
‘‘(ii) ASSIGNMENT
OF
TERMS.—The 
Commission shall designate the term 
length that each member appointed under 
subparagraph (C) shall serve by unani-
mous agreement. In the event that unani-
mous agreement cannot be reached, term 
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lengths shall be assigned to the members 
by a random process. 
‘‘(G) VACANCIES.—Subject to subpara-
graph (E), in the event of a vacancy in the 
Commission, whether due to the resignation of 
a member, the expiration of a member’s term, 
or any other reason, the vacancy shall be filled 
in the manner in which the original appoint-
ment was made and shall not affect the powers 
of the Commission. 
‘‘(H) APPOINTMENT POWER.—Members of 
the Commission appointed under subparagraph 
(C) shall not be subject to confirmation by the 
Senate. 
‘‘(8) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts reserved to carry out this subsection, the 
Secretary may not use more than $2,000,000 in any 
fiscal year to support the review, approval, and over-
sight of social impact partnership projects, including 
activities conducted by— 
‘‘(A) the Federal Interagency Council on 
Social Impact Partnerships; and 
‘‘(B) any other agency consulted by the 
Secretary before approving a social impact part-
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nership project or a feasibility study under 
paragraph (4). 
‘‘(9) NO FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CREDIT EN-
HANCEMENTS.—No amount reserved to carry out 
this subsection may be used to provide any insur-
ance, guarantee, or other credit enhancement to a 
State or local government under which a Federal 
payment would be made to a State or local govern-
ment as the result of a State or local government 
failing to achieve an outcome specified in a contract. 
‘‘(10) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts re-
served to carry out this subsection shall remain 
available until 10 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection. 
‘‘(11) WEBSITE.—The Federal Interagency 
Council on Social Impact Partnerships shall estab-
lish and maintain a public website that shall display 
the following: 
‘‘(A) A copy of, or method of accessing, 
each notice published regarding a social impact 
partnership project pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(B) A copy of each feasibility study fund-
ed under this subsection. 
‘‘(C) For each State or local government 
that has entered into an agreement with the 
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Secretary for a social impact partnership 
project, the website shall contain the following 
information: 
‘‘(i) The outcome goals of the project. 
‘‘(ii) A description of each interven-
tion in the project. 
‘‘(iii) The target population that will 
be served by the project. 
‘‘(iv) The expected social benefits to 
participants who receive the intervention 
and others who may be impacted. 
‘‘(v) The detailed roles, responsibil-
ities, and purposes of each Federal, State, 
or local government entity, intermediary, 
service provider, independent evaluator, in-
vestor, or other stakeholder. 
‘‘(vi) The payment terms, method-
ology used to calculate outcome payments, 
the payment schedule, and performance 
thresholds. 
‘‘(vii) The project budget. 
‘‘(viii) The project timeline. 
‘‘(ix) The project eligibility criteria. 
‘‘(x) The evaluation design. 
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‘‘(xi) The metrics used to determine 
whether the proposed outcomes have been 
achieved and how these metrics are meas-
ured. 
‘‘(D) A copy of the progress reports and 
the final reports relating to each social impact 
partnership project. 
‘‘(E) An estimate of the savings to the 
Federal, State, and local government, on a pro-
gram-by-program basis and in the aggregate, 
resulting from the successful completion of the 
social impact partnership project. 
‘‘(12) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Federal Interagency Council on 
Social Impact Partnerships, may issue regulations as 
necessary to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(13) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 
5, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) INTERVENTION.—The term ‘interven-
tion’ means a specific service delivered to 
achieve an impact through a social impact part-
nership project. 
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‘‘(C) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(D) 
SOCIAL
IMPACT
PARTNERSHIP 
PROJECT.—The term ‘social impact partnership 
project’ means a project that finances social 
services using a social impact partnership 
model. 
‘‘(E) 
SOCIAL
IMPACT
PARTNERSHIP 
MODEL.—The term ‘social impact partnership 
model’ means a method of financing social serv-
ices in which— 
‘‘(i) Federal funds are awarded to a 
State or local government only if a State 
or local government achieves certain out-
comes agreed on by the State or local gov-
ernment and the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) the State or local government co-
ordinates with service providers, investors 
(if applicable to the project), and (if nec-
essary) an intermediary to identify— 
‘‘(I) an intervention expected to 
produce the outcome; 
‘‘(II) a service provider to deliver 
the intervention to the target popu-
lation; and 
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‘‘(III) investors to fund the deliv-
ery of the intervention. 
‘‘(F) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means 
each State of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, each commonwealth, territory or pos-
session of the United States, and each federally 
recognized Indian tribe. 
‘‘(14) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made avail-
able to carry out subsection (b) for fiscal year 2017, 
the Secretary shall reserve $100,000,000 to carry 
out this subsection.’’. 
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