I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4571 
To provide for the conduct of demonstration projects to test the effectiveness 
of subsidized employment for TANF recipients. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 
Mrs. MILLER (for herself, Mrs. WALORSKI, and Mr. ESTES) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
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, 
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. 
Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
603) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(c) SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants to States to conduct demonstration projects 
designed to implement and evaluate strategies that 
provide wage subsidies to enable low-income individ-
uals to enter into and retain employment. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall require each State that applies for a 
grant under this subsection to do the following: 
‘‘(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 
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individuals enter work as conducted by the 
State. 
‘‘(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 an 
adult recipient of assistance under the State 
program funded under this part or any other 
State program funded with qualified State ex-
penditures 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
409(a)(7)(B)(i)) (or a noncustodial parent of a 
minor child who is receiving such assistance)— 
‘‘(i) who, at the time the subsidy be-
gins, is unemployed; or 
‘‘(ii) whose income, at that time, is 
less than 200 percent of the poverty line 
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(as defined by the Office of Management 
and Budget, and revised annually in ac-
cordance with section 673(2) of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 
U.S.C. 9902(2))). 
‘‘(4) NONDISPLACEMENT.—A State to which a 
grant is made under this subsection shall ensure 
that no participant in a subsidized employment pro-
gram funded in whole or in part under this sub-
section is employed or assigned to a job under the 
program when any other individual is on layoff from 
the same or any substantially equivalent job. 
‘‘(5) REPORTS.—As a condition of receiving 
funds under this subsection for a fiscal year, a State 
shall submit to the Secretary, within 12 months 
after the end of the fiscal year, a report that— 
‘‘(A) specifies, for each month of the fiscal 
year, the number of individuals whose employ-
ment is subsidized with these funds; 
‘‘(B) describes the structure of the State 
activities to use the funds to subsidize employ-
ment, including the amount and duration of the 
subsidies provided; 
‘‘(C) specifies the percentage of eligible re-
cipients who received a subsidy who are in un-
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subsidized employment during the 2nd quarter 
after the subsidy ended; 
‘‘(D) specifies the percentage of eligible re-
cipients who received a subsidy who are in un-
subsidized employment during the 4th quarter 
after the subsidy ended; and 
‘‘(E) specifies the median earnings of eligi-
ble recipients who received a subsidy who are in 
unsubsidized employment during the 2nd quar-
ter after the subsidy ended. 
‘‘(6) EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with each State conducting a demonstration 
project, shall conduct a high-quality impact evalua-
tion to determine the effects of the demonstration 
project, including on individual skill levels and earn-
ings and employment retention, and may reserve 
funds made available under this subsection to con-
duct the evaluation in accordance with the following: 
‘‘(A) EVALUATOR
QUALIFICATIONS.—The 
Secretary may not enter into a contract with an 
evaluator unless the evaluator has demonstrated 
experience in conducting rigorous evaluations of 
program effectiveness including, where available 
and appropriate, well-implemented randomized 
controlled trials. 
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‘‘(B) METHODOLOGIES TO BE USED.—The 
evaluation of a demonstration project shall use 
experimental designs using random assignment 
or other reliable, evidence-based research meth-
odologies that allow for the strongest possible 
causal inferences when random assignment is 
not feasible. 
‘‘(C) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The evaluation 
of a demonstration project shall include rec-
ommendations relating to updated goals for the 
advancement and improvement of the program 
and a description of specific challenges encoun-
tered in the program and recommended solu-
tions. 
‘‘(D) PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE.—The Sec-
retary shall publish the results of the evaluation 
on the website of the Department of Health and 
Human Services in a location easily accessible 
by the public. 
‘‘(7) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made avail-
able to carry out subsection (b) for fiscal year 2021, 
the Secretary shall reserve $100,000,000 to carry 
out this subsection. 
‘‘(8) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Funds pro-
vided to a State under this subsection in a fiscal 
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year shall be expended by the State in the fiscal year 
or in the succeeding 2 fiscal years.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendment made by this Act shall take effect 
on October 1, 2020. 
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