H.R. 8509, Jobs for Economic Recovery Act of 2020
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H.R. 8509, the Jobs for Economic Recovery Act of 2020, is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on October 2, 2020 by Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Its stated purpose is to amend the Social Security Act to establish a new employment, training, and supportive services program for unemployed and underemployed individuals and individuals with barriers to employment. It also aims to provide employment services to individuals who are unemployed or underemployed as a result of COVID–19.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8509
To amend the Social Security Act to establish a new employment, training,
and supportive services program for unemployed and underemployed indi-
viduals and individuals with barriers to employment, to provide employ-
ment services to individuals who are unemployed or underemployed as
a result of COVID–19, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Ms. MOORE) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Social Security Act to establish a new employ-
ment, training, and supportive services program for un-
employed and underemployed individuals and individuals
with barriers to employment, to provide employment
services to individuals who are unemployed or under-
employed as a result of COVID–19, and for other pur-
poses.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECU-
2 RITY ACT; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
4 ‘‘Jobs for Economic Recovery Act of 2020’’.
5 (b) AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Ex-
6 cept as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this
7 Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment
8 to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference
9 shall be considered to be made to that section or other
10 provision of the Social Security Act.
11 (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
12 this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; amendment to Social Security Act; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purpose.
Sec. 3. Employment, training, and supportive services program.
Sec. 4. Employee retention work opportunity credit.
Sec. 5. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 6. Effective date; regulations.
13 SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
14 The purposes of this Act are the following:
15 (1) To provide immediate funding for sub-
16 sidized employment programs that will create job op-
17 portunities for individuals who have become unem-
18 ployed or underemployed as a result of COVID–19
19 when it is safe to provide such opportunities, taking
20 into account the need to prevent the spread or recur-
21 rence of COVID–19.
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1 (2) To expand subsidized employment programs
2 that reconnect unemployed and underemployed
3 workers to the workforce.
4 (3) To drive economic recovery by allowing for
5 sufficient state and local flexibility to create or ex-
6 pand programs that place workers in jobs that fill
7 community-specific workforce gaps and meet em-
8 ployer needs.
9 (4) To prevent long-term joblessness and struc-
10 tural unemployment and provide work opportunities
11 for individuals with barriers to employment.
12 SEC. 3. EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND SUPPORTIVE SERV-
13 ICES PROGRAM.
14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Social Security Act (42
15 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after title XII
16 the following:
17 ‘‘TITLE XIII—REEMPLOYMENT
18 AND OTHER JOB-RELATED
19 ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS
20 ‘‘SEC. 1301. PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS; ADMINISTRATION.
21 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to pro-
22 vide funds to States, Indian tribes, local governments, and
23 nonprofit organizations to initiate and expand the provi-
24 sion of employment services, training and other services
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1 and activities, and supportive services for eligible individ-
2 uals in order to—
3 ‘‘(1) promote subsidized employment programs
4 for public, private for-profit, private non-profit, and
5 employment social enterprise sector jobs that enable
6 unemployed or underemployed individuals to earn in-
7 come and connect to the workforce;
8 ‘‘(2) expand the availability of jobs during eco-
9 nomic downturns or in areas with high unemploy-
10 ment or poverty;
11 ‘‘(3) provide economically and socially disadvan-
12 taged individuals and individuals with barriers to
13 employment (such as the long-term unemployed,
14 people with criminal records, former foster youth,
15 and other economically and socially disadvantaged
16 populations) with wages and the ability to gain job
17 experience;
18 ‘‘(4) provide employers with new pathways into
19 the workforce development system enabling them to
20 have a greater role in the training and hiring of new
21 workers and labor market re-entrants and facili-
22 tating their transition from subsidized job place-
23 ments to unsubsidized employment; and
24 ‘‘(5) allow for sufficient flexibility for States,
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1 nizations to design programs targeted at community-
2 specific workforce gaps and employer needs.
3 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this title:
4 ‘‘(1) ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER EM-
5 PLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES.—The term
6 ‘adult and dislocated worker employment and train-
7 ing activities’ means adult and dislocated worker
8 employment and training activities funded under
9 chapter 3 of subtitle B of title I of the Workforce
10 Innovation and Opportunity Act.
11 ‘‘(2) DISLOCATED WORKER.—The term ‘dis-
12 located worker’ has the meaning given that term in
13 section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
14 tunity Act.
15 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible
16 individual’ means an individual who, on the basis of
17 an assessment by the State, has been determined to
18 be unlikely to find unsubsidized employment due
19 to—
20 ‘‘(A) being an individual with a barrier to
21 employment;
22 ‘‘(B) being a dislocated worker; or
23 ‘‘(C) a period of economic downturn or ad-
24 verse local or national economic conditions.
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1 ‘‘(4) EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.—The term ‘em-
2 ployment services’ means a subsidized job placement
3 (including a transitional job described in section
4 134(d)(5) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
5 tunity Act) in the public, private for-profit, private
6 non-profit, or employment social enterprise sector
7 and includes payment or reimbursement of employer
8 subsidies for wages, the employer share of payroll
9 taxes, employer costs for unemployment insurance,
10 employer costs for workers’ compensation premiums,
11 and costs attributable to supervision and other ad-
12 ministration directly related to the employment of an
13 eligible individual in the subsidized job placement.
14 ‘‘(5) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’
15 has the meaning given that term in section 419(4).
16 ‘‘(6) INDIVIDUAL WITH A BARRIER TO EMPLOY-
17 MENT.—The term ‘individual with a barrier to em-
18 ployment’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
19 tion 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
20 Act and includes an individual who is an offender
21 (as defined in such section).
22 ‘‘(7) INTEGRATED EDUCATION AND TRAIN-
23 ING.—The term ‘integrated education and training’
24 has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the
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1 ‘‘(8) PAYROLL TAXES.—The term ‘payroll
2 taxes’ means taxes under section 3111, 3221, 3301,
3 or 3321 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and
4 any similar State or local tax imposed on employers.
5 ‘‘(9) PERIOD OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.—The
6 term ‘period of economic downturn’ means, with re-
7 spect to a State, a period of 1 or more consecutive
8 months during which, for each month of such pe-
9 riod—
10 ‘‘(A) the average rate of total unemploy-
11 ment in the United States (seasonally adjusted)
12 for the most recent 3 months for which data is
13 available is at least 5.5 percent; or
14 ‘‘(B) the average rate of total unemploy-
15 ment in such State (seasonally adjusted) for the
16 most recent 3 months for which data for all
17 States is available is at least 5.5 percent.
18 ‘‘(10) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—
19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘supportive
20 services’ has the meaning given that term in
21 section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
22 portunity Act.
23 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL SERVICES.—Such term
24 includes any of the following:
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1 ‘‘(i) Stipends for an eligible individual
2 provided with unpaid training services.
3 ‘‘(ii) Legal services.
4 ‘‘(iii) Other supplemental services nec-
5 essary for an eligible individual to partici-
6 pate in the State program funded under
7 this title.
8 ‘‘(11) STATE EXPENDITURES.—The term ‘State
9 expenditures’ means all State or local funds that are
10 expended by the State or a local agency including
11 State or local funds that are matched or reimbursed
12 by the Federal Government and State or local funds
13 that are not matched or reimbursed by the Federal
14 Government.
15 ‘‘(12) TIER-1 PRACTICE.—Subject to subsection
16 (c), the term ‘tier-1 practice’ means a practice
17 that—
18 ‘‘(A) offers a new or potentially effective
19 strategy for addressing widely shared workforce
20 challenges; and
21 ‘‘(B) has not been systematically studied
22 but is supported by a strong logic model.
23 ‘‘(13) TIER-2 PRACTICE.—Subject to subsection
24 (c), the term ‘tier-2 practice’ means a practice that
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1 force strategy and provide more information about
2 the feasibility of implementing proven workforce
3 strategies in different contexts and is, with respect
4 to a State—
5 ‘‘(A) a practice that has been implemented
6 by a State program and evaluated by a State or
7 by a third party and the evaluation results indi-
8 cate potential for positive impacts on partici-
9 pant or system-wide outcomes; or
10 ‘‘(B) a practice that has not been pre-
11 viously implemented by the State, but is sup-
12 ported by evidence of positive change and has
13 been evaluated before using a pre- and post-as-
14 sessment comparison between intervention and
15 comparison groups and suggests some statis-
16 tically significant evidence of positive change
17 ‘‘(14) TIER-3 PRACTICE.—Subject to subsection
18 (c), the term ‘tier-3 practice’ means with respect to
19 a State, a practice that—
20 ‘‘(A) previously has been implemented by a
21 program funded by a State; and
22 ‘‘(B) previously has been evaluated using a
23 random assignment or quasi-experimental de-
24 sign and the evaluation findings indicate some
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1 statistically significant positive impacts on par-
2 ticipant or system wide outcomes.
3 ‘‘(15) TRAINING AND OTHER SERVICES OR AC-
4 TIVITIES.—The term ‘training and other services or
5 activities’ means any of the following services or ac-
6 tivities if provided in conjunction with, including in
7 preparation for, a subsidized job placement and de-
8 termined by the State as necessary to significantly
9 increase the likelihood that the job placement will be
10 successful for the employer and employee and may
11 improve the prospect of obtaining and retaining un-
12 subsidized jobs:
13 ‘‘(A) Services provided through adult and
14 dislocated worker employment and training ac-
15 tivities.
16 ‘‘(B) Integrated education and training.
17 ‘‘(C) Education directly related to employ-
18 ment.
19 ‘‘(D) Vocational and employment services
20 integrated with trauma-informed substance use
21 disorder treatment, in collaboration with a sub-
22 stance use disorder treatment provider.
23 ‘‘(E) Casework and job coaching.
24 ‘‘(F) Union-provided employment services,
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1 ‘‘(c) OUTCOME MEASURES REQUIRED.—A practice
2 shall not be considered to be a tier-1, tier-2, or tier-3 prac-
3 tice unless the practice is intended, studied, or evaluated
4 for purposes of making meaningful improvements in vali-
5 dated measures of important outcomes for eligible individ-
6 uals and their families, such as recidivism, health, employ-
7 ment, and economic well-being over the short and long-
8 term.
9 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to section 1302(d),
10 the program under this title shall be administered by the
11 Secretary through the Assistant Secretary for the Admin-
12 istration for Children and Families within the Department
13 of Health and Human Services and in consultation with
14 the Secretary of Labor as appropriate.
15 ‘‘(e) APPROPRIATED ENTITLEMENT.—
16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This title establishes an en-
17 titlement to payments under this title for States, In-
18 dian tribes and tribal consortiums, and local govern-
19 ments with plans approved under this title.
20 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
21 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
22 retary to carry out this title for each fiscal year be-
23 ginning with fiscal year 2020, such sums as are nec-
24 essary.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 1302. STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.
2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State is not eligible for pay-
3 ment under section 1304 unless the State has submitted
4 to the Secretary a plan that describes—
5 ‘‘(1) the State’s strategy for creating or ex-
6 panding programs that offer subsidized employment
7 for eligible individuals and moving such individuals
8 into unsubsidized employment;
9 ‘‘(2) how such strategy fits with the State’s
10 overall strategy for, and assessment of, the State’s
11 workforce needs;
12 ‘‘(3) the employment services, training and
13 other services or activities, and supportive services to
14 be provided under the State program funded under
15 this title;
16 ‘‘(4) which specific populations of eligible indi-
17 viduals the State will serve, with a focus on how the
18 State plans to assess and serve the eligible individ-
19 uals with serious or multiple barriers to employment;
20 ‘‘(5) the strategies the State will use for out-
21 reach and engagement with the populations specified
22 under paragraph (4) to ensure that such populations
23 are aware of subsidized employment opportunities in
24 their community;
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26 that its programs do not systematically exclude the
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1 eligible individuals with the greatest barriers to em-
2 ployment;
3 ‘‘(7) the strategies the State will use for out-
4 reach, engagement, and ongoing collaboration with
5 employers to promote employers’ use of the program
6 and ensure employers have the training necessary to
7 support eligible individuals;
8 ‘‘(8) the strategies the State will use to create
9 employment plans for eligible individuals partici-
10 pating in the State program funded under this title
11 and, based on such plans, provide eligible individuals
12 with employment services, training and other serv-
13 ices and activities, and supportive services;
14 ‘‘(9) how the State will coordinate the State
15 program funded under this title with other relevant
16 systems and programs based on the populations
17 identified which may include criminal justice, child
18 support, juvenile justice, child welfare, homeless
19 services, unemployment insurance, and other human
20 services and workforce development programs of the
21 State, including programs supported through the
22 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;
23 ‘‘(10) how the State will ensure employers par-
24 ticipating in the program comply with the non-
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1 ‘‘(11) a plan for regular, well-executed evalua-
2 tion of the State program funded under this title, in-
3 cluding how the State plans to measure program
4 outcomes and impacts and whether the State plans
5 to employ a quasi-experimental or experimental re-
6 search design;
7 ‘‘(12) how the State will address gaps in em-
8 ployment and earnings by race, ethnicity, age, and
9 gender and collect data to measure progress in ad-
10 dressing those gaps;
11 ‘‘(13) how the State will incorporate feedback
12 from eligible individuals participating in the State
13 program to improve the program over time; and
14 ‘‘(14) such information about other aspects of
15 the plan as the Secretary may request.
16 ‘‘(b) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The State shall in-
17 clude with the plan a certification that supportive services
18 for eligible individuals will supplement, and not supplant,
19 other assistance provided by the State.
20 ‘‘(c) DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION.—
21 ‘‘(1) INITIAL PLAN.—The initial State plan
22 under this section shall be submitted by the State
23 agency or agencies responsible for administering the
24 State program under this title to the Secretary not
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1 State program funded under this title and shall be
2 for the period beginning on the first day of the com-
3 mencement of the State program funded under the
4 title and ending on the day that is the last day of
5 the period covered by the unified State plan or com-
6 bined State plan submitted by the State under sec-
7 tion 102 or 103 of the Workforce Innovation and
8 Opportunity Act that is in effect as of the date of
9 submission.
10 ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT PLANS.—Each State plan
11 submitted under this section after the initial State
12 plan shall be submitted at the same time and apply
13 for the same period, as a unified State plan or a
14 combined State plan submitted by the State under
15 section 102 or 103 of the Workforce Innovation and
16 Opportunity Act.
17 ‘‘(3) APPROVAL.—Each State plan submitted
18 under this section by the State agency or agencies
19 responsible for administering the State program
20 under this title, and any amendments to the plan,
21 shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary, in
22 consultation with the Secretary of Labor as appro-
23 priate.
24 ‘‘(d) STATE AGENCY.—At the option of the State, the
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1 the lead State agency responsible for administering the
2 State program funded under part A of title IV, the lead
3 State agencies responsible for administering the adult and
4 dislocated worker employment and training activities of
5 the State, or jointly by such agencies.
6 ‘‘SEC. 1303. USE OF FUNDS.
7 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZED USES.—
8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a
9 State shall use funds paid under section 1304 to
10 provide eligible individuals with—
11 ‘‘(A) employment services;
12 ‘‘(B) training and other services and activi-
13 ties; and
14 ‘‘(C) supportive services while eligible indi-
15 viduals are provided with employment services
16 and training and other services and activities.
17 ‘‘(2) SPENDING REQUIREMENT.—Not less than
18 70 percent of the total amount paid to a State for
19 a fiscal year quarter shall be for expenditures attrib-
20 utable to employment services that are payment for
21 or reimbursement of employer costs for wages, the
22 employer share of payroll taxes, employer costs for
23 unemployment insurance, employer costs for work-
24 ers’ compensation premiums, or costs for employer-
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1 provided on-the-job training for subsidized job place-
2 ments of eligible individuals.
3 ‘‘(3) TRAINING.—A State may use such funds
4 for training employers, agency personnel, and other
5 individuals related to the administration of the State
6 program funded under this title on issues related to
7 providing eligible individuals with employment serv-
8 ices, training and other services and activities, and
9 supportive services.
10 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Subject to sec-
11 tion 1304(e), a State may use such funds for the
12 proper and efficient administration of the State pro-
13 gram funded under this title.
14 ‘‘(b) EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES AND ACTUAL JOB
15 PLACEMENTS REQUIRED.—
16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3),
17 only State expenditures for employment services,
18 training and other services and activities, and sup-
19 portive services provided to eligible individuals that
20 meet the following conditions shall be eligible for a
21 Federal matching payment under section 1304:
22 ‘‘(A) The employment services, training
23 and other services and activities, supportive
24 services are provided in accordance with prac-
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1 tices that meet the requirements for being con-
2 sidered a tier-1, tier-2, or tier-3 practice.
3 ‘‘(B) The State can demonstrate that the
4 employment services, training and other serv-
5 ices and activities, and supportive services pro-
6 vided for an eligible individual resulted in em-
7 ployment (subsidized or unsubsidized) for the
8 eligible individual, or can demonstrate good
9 cause for why the job placement or employment
10 did not occur, which may include the failure of
11 an employer or an eligible individual to carry
12 out the employer’s or individual’s commitments
13 to the State program.
14 ‘‘(2) TIER-2 OR TIER-3 PRACTICES.—Beginning
15 with the 21st fiscal year quarter for which the State
16 carries out the program funded under this title, not
17 less than 50 percent of the total amount expended
18 by the State for the quarter shall be for employment
19 services, training and other services and activities,
20 and supportive services provided in accordance with
21 practices that meet the requirements for being con-
22 sidered a tier-2 or tier-3 practice.
23 ‘‘(3) PERIODS OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.—The
24 Secretary may waive any of the limitations on eligi-
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1 respect to 1 or more State programs funded under
2 this title during any period of economic downturn in
3 the State.
4 ‘‘(c) EVALUATIONS.—A State shall be eligible to re-
5 ceive a payment under section 1304 for budgeted expendi-
6 tures attributable to evaluating the State program funded
7 under this title if—
8 ‘‘(1) the State submits to the Secretary a de-
9 scription of and budget for the proposed evaluation;
10 and
11 ‘‘(2) the Secretary determines that—
12 ‘‘(A) the budget for the proposed evalua-
13 tion is justifiable; and
14 ‘‘(B) the design and approach of the pro-
15 posed evaluation is rigorous, will use data to
16 statistically measure program outcomes and im-
17 pacts, and is likely to yield information that is
18 credible and will be useful to the State.
19 ‘‘SEC. 1304. PAYMENTS TO STATES.
20 ‘‘(a) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—Subject to section
21 1303 and subsections (b) and (c) of this section, beginning
22 with the first fiscal year quarter for which a State plan
23 is approved under this title, and for each quarter there-
24 after, the Secretary shall pay each State, out of any money
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1 equal to the Federal medical assistance percentage that
2 applies for the fiscal year to the State under section
3 1905(b) (without regard to any adjustments to such per-
4 centage applicable under that section or any other provi-
5 sion of law) of the total amount expended by the State
6 during the quarter to provide eligible individuals with em-
7 ployment services, training and other services and activi-
8 ties, and supportive services and, subject to subsection (e),
9 for the proper and efficient administration of the program
10 funded under this title.
11 ‘‘(b) INCREASED FEDERAL SUPPORT DURING ECO-
12 NOMIC DOWNTURNS.—
13 ‘‘(1) INCREASED FMAP.—
14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with any
15 fiscal year quarter for which the total unem-
16 ployment in a State (seasonally adjusted) for
17 the period consisting of the most recent 3
18 months for which data for all States are pub-
19 lished equals or exceeds the applicable percent-
20 age specified in paragraph (2), the Federal
21 medical assistance percentage applicable to pay-
22 ments made under subsection (a) to the State
23 for the quarter shall be increased by the appli-
24 cable number of percentage points specified in
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1 Federal medical assistance percentage applica-
2 ble to payments under subsection (a) for a
3 State for a quarter exceed 100 percent.
4 ‘‘(B) DURATION.—
5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause
6 (ii), an increase in the Federal medical as-
7 sistance percentage made in accordance
8 with this subsection shall remain in effect
9 with respect to payments made to a State
10 under subsection (a) for at least 4 consecu-
11 tive fiscal year quarters.
12 ‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN UNEM-
13 PLOYMENT.—If during the period for
14 which the Federal medical assistance per-
15 centage for a State is increased under this
16 subsection, the total unemployment in the
17 State (seasonally adjusted) for the period
18 consisting of the most recent 3 months for
19 which data for all States are published ex-
20 ceeds the applicable total unemployment
21 rate that was the basis for such increase,
22 the increase in the Federal medical assist-
23 ance percentage shall be the applicable
24 number of percentage points specified in
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1 most recent percentage of total unemploy-
2 ment in the State, beginning with the first
3 fiscal year quarter for which such percent-
4 age of total unemployment occurs and con-
5 tinuing for 3 succeeding fiscal year quar-
6 ters.
7 ‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE; APPLICABLE
8 NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE POINTS.—For purposes of
9 paragraph (1), if the total unemployment in a State
10 (seasonally adjusted) for the period consisting of the
11 most recent 3 months for which data for all States
12 are published is—
13 ‘‘(A) equal to or greater than 5.5 percent
14 but less than 6 percent, the applicable number
15 of percentage points is 20;
16 ‘‘(B) equal to or greater than 6 percent
17 but less than 6.5 percent, the applicable num-
18 ber of percentage points is 30;
19 ‘‘(C) equal to or greater than 6.5 percent
20 but less than 7 percent, the applicable number
21 of percentage points is 40; and
22 ‘‘(D) equal to or greater than 7 percent,
23 the applicable number of percentage points is
24 50.
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1 ‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—As a condition of
2 receiving payments under this section for a fiscal year—
3 ‘‘(1) the total amount of State expenditures for
4 employment services, training and other services and
5 activities, and supportive services provided through
6 the adult and dislocated worker employment and
7 training activities of the State for the fiscal year
8 shall not be less than the amount of such expendi-
9 tures for fiscal year 2019; and
10 ‘‘(2) the total amount of State expenditures for
11 work, education, and training activities and work
12 supports under the State program funded under
13 part A of title IV shall not be less than the total
14 amount of such State expenditures for the preceding
15 fiscal year.
16 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF PAYMENTS.—
17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to the beginning of
18 each fiscal quarter, the Secretary shall estimate the
19 amount to which a State will be entitled under this
20 section for such quarter, based on—
21 ‘‘(A) a report filed by the State containing
22 its estimate of the total sum to be expended in
23 such quarter to provide eligible individuals with
24 employment services, training and other serv-
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1 through the program funded under this title;
2 and
3 ‘‘(B) such other investigation as the Sec-
4 retary may find necessary.
5 ‘‘(2) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall then pay
6 to the State, in such installments as the Secretary
7 shall determine, the amount so estimated, reduced or
8 increased to the extent of any overpayment or un-
9 derpayment which the Secretary determines was
10 made under this section to such State for any prior
11 quarter and with respect to which adjustment has
12 not already been made under this subsection.
13 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—Beginning with the fifth fiscal
14 year quarter for which a State plan is approved under this
15 title, and for each quarter thereafter, a State shall not
16 receive a payment under this section for amounts ex-
17 pended by the State during the quarter for the proper and
18 efficient administration of the program funded under this
19 title that exceed the amount equal to 15 percent of the
20 amount expended by the State during the quarter to pro-
21 vide eligible individuals with employment services, training
22 and other services and activities, and supportive services.
23 ‘‘(f) PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS;
24 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts
2 available to make payments to States under sub-
3 section (a), the Secretary shall make grants to
4 States, Indian tribes (or intertribal consortiums with
5 a tribal family assistance plan approved under sec-
6 tion 412), and local governments for costs attrib-
7 utable to the planning and implementation of a
8 State or tribal program funded under this title and
9 shall provide technical assistance to States and In-
10 dian tribes with respect to the planning and imple-
11 mentation of such a program.
12 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—
13 ‘‘(A) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.—As a
14 condition of receiving a grant under this sub-
15 section, a State or Indian tribe shall engage
16 local communities, including focus groups of
17 target populations of eligible individuals and
18 employers, in the planning and implementation
19 of the State or tribal program funded under
20 this title.
21 ‘‘(B) 2-YEAR LIMIT.—No State or Indian
22 tribe shall receive a grant under this subsection
23 for more than 8 quarters.
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1 ‘‘(C) NO MATCHING PAYMENT RE-
2 QUIRED.—No matching payment shall apply to
3 the grants made under this subsection.
4 ‘‘SEC. 1305. OTHER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
5 ‘‘(a) ASSESSMENT AND EMPLOYMENT PLAN.—
6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State shall establish
7 procedures to—
8 ‘‘(A) assess, within 30 days of determining
9 that an individual is an eligible individual, the
10 eligible individual’s job skills, education, past
11 work experience, and potential barriers to em-
12 ployment; and
13 ‘‘(B) create, based on such assessment, an
14 individualized employment plan for each eligible
15 individual participating in the program that—
16 ‘‘(i) specifies—
17 ‘‘(I) the initial plan for the eligi-
18 ble individual, including whether the
19 eligible individual is to immediately
20 begin working in a subsidized job or
21 needs training and other services and
22 activities, or supportive services before
23 that placement can occur; and
24 ‘‘(II) the employment services
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1 dividual, as well as the training and
2 other services and activities, and sup-
3 portive services that will be provided
4 to the eligible individual while the eli-
5 gible individual is working in a sub-
6 sidized job; and
7 ‘‘(ii) provides that, near the end of the
8 individual’s initial placement in a sub-
9 sidized job, an assessment will be made re-
10 garding whether the eligible individual will
11 be converted to a permanent, unsubsidized
12 employee, and if not, the job search assist-
13 ance and additional employment services,
14 training and other services and activities,
15 and supportive services that will be pro-
16 vided to the eligible individual with the
17 goal of obtaining and retaining unsub-
18 sidized employment.
19 ‘‘(2) NO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST INDIVID-
20 UALS WITH HIGHEST BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT.—
21 The State shall ensure that the procedures estab-
22 lished under paragraph (1) do not result in an eligi-
23 ble individual being disqualified from receiving em-
24 ployment services on the basis of the individual’s
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1 ‘‘(3) NONDISCRIMINATION.—The State shall en-
2 sure that the procedures established under para-
3 graph (1) do not have the effect of making any eligi-
4 ble individual less likely to receive employment serv-
5 ices on the basis of the individual’s race, sex, reli-
6 gious creed, national origin, or political affiliation.
7 ‘‘(b) EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR
8 SUBSIDIZED JOBS.—
9 ‘‘(1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—Any sub-
10 sidized job placement for an eligible individual par-
11 ticipating in the State program funded under this
12 title shall satisfy the following requirements:
13 ‘‘(A) Employment services that are pay-
14 ment for or reimbursement of employer costs
15 may only be used by an employer in the public,
16 private for-profit, private non-profit, or employ-
17 ment social enterprise sector for costs that are
18 attributable to the hiring of, compensation for,
19 or on-the-job training of, the eligible individual.
20 ‘‘(B) An employer in the public, private
21 for-profit, private non-profit, or employment so-
22 cial enterprise sector shall not be paid a subsidy
23 that exceeds 120 percent of wage costs.
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1 ‘‘(C) An eligible individual in a subsidized
2 job placement shall be paid at a rate that is not
3 less than whichever of the following is highest:
4 ‘‘(i) The minimum hourly wage rate
5 applicable to the individual under the laws
6 of the State or locality in which the indi-
7 vidual is employed.
8 ‘‘(ii) The wage rate applicable under
9 section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act
10 of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206).
11 ‘‘(iii) If determined appropriate by the
12 State program funded under this title, the
13 prevailing wage rate in the locality in
14 which the individual is employed as deter-
15 mined by the Secretary of Labor, based on
16 area surveys of wage rates conducted by
17 the Department of Labor.
18 ‘‘(iv) Where a collective-bargaining
19 agreement covers employees at the site of
20 the subsidized job placement, a rate set for
21 the eligible individual in accordance with
22 the rates provided for in the agreement, in-
23 cluding prospective wage increases pro-
24 vided for in the agreement.
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1 ‘‘(D) An eligible individual in a subsidized
2 job placement shall be covered by all relevant
3 labor and employment laws.
4 ‘‘(E) Subject to paragraph (5), a sub-
5 sidized job placement for an eligible individual
6 shall not exceed 6 months unless the placement
7 is extended for not more than 6 additional
8 months for purposes of improving the work ex-
9 perience, training and other services and activi-
10 ties, and supportive services needs of an eligible
11 individual with less prior work experience, more
12 skill development and training needs, or greater
13 employment barriers.
14 ‘‘(F) Employers participating in the State
15 program agree to make a good faith effort to
16 hire an eligible individual placed in a subsidized
17 job in their employment if the individual has
18 demonstrated satisfactory performance and the
19 employer has a relevant job opening available
20 and to maintain a record of the share of sub-
21 sidized workers hired to unsubsidized positions
22 on a permanent basis.
23 ‘‘(G) Employers shall ensure that the site
24 of employment is a location where an eligible
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1 an individual with a disability, as defined in
2 section 7 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
3 U.S.C. 705), interacts with other persons who
4 are not such individuals with disabilities (not
5 including supervisory personnel or individuals
6 who are providing services to such worker) to
7 the same extent as individuals who are not such
8 individuals with disabilities and who are in com-
9 parable positions interact with other persons.
10 ‘‘(H) For a site of employment at which
11 workers are covered by a collective bargaining
12 agreement, no subsidized job placement shall be
13 made at the site without the consent of all labor
14 organizations representing workers at such site.
15 ‘‘(I) In a case where the State is consid-
16 ering placing an eligible individual with an em-
17 ployer who has previously participated in the
18 State program, the State shall consider feed-
19 back from workers previously placed with that
20 employer when determining whether to continue
21 placing eligible individuals in subsidized jobs
22 with that employer.
23 ‘‘(J) A subsidized job placement in a gov-
24 ernment agency shall be subject to the same
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1 civil service protections otherwise applicable to
2 similar jobs at such agency.
3 ‘‘(K) An eligible individual who works on
4 average at least 30 hours of service per week in
5 a subsidized job placement with an employer
6 shall be treated as a full-time employee of such
7 employer for purposes of section 4980H of the
8 Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
9 ‘‘(2) EMPLOYER OF RECORD.—
10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to eligi-
11 ble individuals in subsidized job placements, the
12 employer of record may be—
13 ‘‘(i) the employer for whom the indi-
14 vidual performs work;
15 ‘‘(ii) the State or a political subdivi-
16 sion of the State; or
17 ‘‘(iii) a third party that has entered
18 into an agreement with the State to serve
19 as the employer of record with respect to
20 eligible individuals participating in the
21 State program funded under this title.
22 ‘‘(B) EVALUATIONS.—If the employer of
23 record with respect to an eligible individual in
24 a subsidized job placement is not the employer
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1 employer evaluation required under this title
2 with respect to such job placement shall include
3 an evaluation of both the employer of record
4 and the employer for whom the individual per-
5 forms work.
6 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON SUBSIDIZED JOB PLACE-
7 MENTS PER EMPLOYER.—
8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No more than 10 per-
9 cent of the employees of an employer may be el-
10 igible individuals whose employment with such
11 employer is subsidized under this title, except
12 that—
13 ‘‘(i) an employer with fewer than 10
14 employees may employ 1 such individual;
15 ‘‘(ii) an employer with more than 500
16 employees may not employ more than 50
17 such individuals; and
18 ‘‘(iii) there shall be no limitation on
19 the number of subsidized job placements
20 per employer if the employer’s mission, as
21 reviewed and evaluated by the State on an
22 annual basis, includes the provision of em-
23 ployment services, training and other serv-
24 ices and activities, or supportive services to
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1 subject to the State program’s annual re-
2 view of the outcomes and experiences of el-
3 igible individuals in subsidized job place-
4 ments with the employer.
5 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION TO EMPLOYERS OF
6 RECORD.—For purposes of the limitations de-
7 scribed in subparagraph (A), if an eligible indi-
8 vidual in a subsidized job placement performs
9 work for an employer that is not the individ-
10 ual’s employer of record—
11 ‘‘(i) the individual shall not be consid-
12 ered to be employed by the employer of
13 record; and
14 ‘‘(ii) the individual shall be considered
15 to be employed by the employer for whom
16 the individual performs work.
17 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL PLACEMENTS.—If, after com-
18 pleting a subsidized job placement, an eligible indi-
19 vidual is unemployed for at least 4 weeks (regardless
20 of whether such weeks are consecutive), the eligible
21 individual may apply for a new subsidized job place-
22 ment but the immediately subsequent placement
23 may only be with a different employer (but may be
24 with the same employer of record, provided that the
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1 ployer than the employer for whom the individual
2 performed work in the previous subsidized job place-
3 ment).
4 ‘‘(5) STATE VARIATION PERMITTED.—Employer
5 subsidies for a subsidized job placement may vary
6 within a State and among States carrying out pro-
7 grams under this title provided that all eligible indi-
8 viduals employed in subsidized jobs shall be paid not
9 less than the rate specified in subsection (b)(1)(C)
10 and shall be covered by all relevant labor and em-
11 ployment laws.
12 ‘‘(6) EXCEPTIONS.—With respect to any period
13 for which the total unemployment in a State (sea-
14 sonally adjusted) for the period consisting of the
15 most recent 3 months for which data for all States
16 are published equals or exceeds 5.5 percent, the Sec-
17 retary may waive the limit on the duration of a sub-
18 sidized job placement under paragraph (1)(E).
19 ‘‘(c) NONDISPLACEMENT.—An employer shall not use
20 an eligible individual subsidized job placement if—
21 ‘‘(1) employing such individual will result in the
22 layoff or partial displacement (such as a reduction
23 in hours, wages, or employment benefits) of an exist-
24 ing employee or position of the employer;
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1 ‘‘(2) such individual will assume any of the du-
2 ties or responsibilities of an employee who is partici-
3 pating in a strike, collective bargaining, or union or-
4 ganizing;
5 ‘‘(3) employing such individual infringes upon
6 the promotional opportunities of an existing em-
7 ployee of the employer; or
8 ‘‘(4) such individual will perform the same work
9 or substantially the same work as that performed by
10 any individual who has been laid off or partially dis-
11 placed and has not received an offer from the em-
12 ployer to be restored to the position the employee
13 had immediately prior to being laid off or partially
14 displaced.
15 ‘‘(d) GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.—The State shall es-
16 tablish and maintain a procedure for the filing and adju-
17 dication of grievances from eligible individuals, labor orga-
18 nizations, and other interested individuals concerning par-
19 ticipating employers, including grievances relating to pro-
20 posed placements of eligible workers with such employers.
21 ‘‘SEC. 1306. REPORTS; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; RESEARCH;
22 AUDIT REQUIREMENT.
23 ‘‘(a) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—
24 ‘‘(1) STATE REPORTS.—A State shall submit
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1 411(a)(1) a report on the State program funded
2 under this title that contains such data and informa-
3 tion as the Secretary shall require.
4 ‘‘(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary
5 shall submit with each annual report to Congress re-
6 quired under section 411(b) a report on the State
7 programs funded under this title.
8 ‘‘(b) ONGOING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT.—
9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall study
10 and submit annual reports to Congress that—
11 ‘‘(A) measure the performances of the
12 State programs funded under this title;
13 ‘‘(B) include information about the cat-
14 egories of individuals and employers served by
15 such programs and projects, including the ex-
16 tent to which the State is serving the individ-
17 uals with the greatest barriers to employment;
18 and
19 ‘‘(C) describe the activities eligible individ-
20 uals engaged in during the year and evaluate
21 the quality of the services provided under such
22 programs.
23 ‘‘(2) TIMING OF SUBMISSIONS.—The Secretary
24 shall submit the reports required by paragraph
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1 ‘‘(A) in the case of the first such report,
2 2 years after the date on which the first State
3 program funded under this title is established;
4 and
5 ‘‘(B) in the case of subsequent reports, an-
6 nually thereafter.
7 ‘‘(c) ALIGNMENT WITH WORKFORCE INNOVATION
8 AND OPPORTUNITY ACT PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall
9 coordinate with the Secretary of Labor on aligning per-
10 formance measures and regulations for the State pro-
11 grams funded under this title with the performance meas-
12 ures and regulations applicable to the core programs of
13 States funded under the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
14 tunity Act.
15 ‘‘(d) INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT GUID-
16 ANCE.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary
17 of Labor as appropriate, shall study and issue guidance
18 to States on best practices for assessing whether an indi-
19 vidual satisfies the criteria for being an eligible individual
20 under section 1301(b)(3) as being unlikely to find unsub-
21 sidized employment due to individual barriers, the individ-
22 ual’s status as a displaced worker, or economic conditions
23 in the State in which the individual lives or works.
24 ‘‘(e) NEW PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall create
2 new performance measures that address income and
3 earnings gains, job quality improvement, and pov-
4 erty reduction (relative to both the official poverty
5 line and the supplemental poverty measure) for eligi-
6 ble individuals participating in the State program
7 funded under this title and the families of such indi-
8 viduals. Such performance measures shall be in ad-
9 dition to the performance accountability measures
10 under section 116(b) of the Workforce Innovation
11 and Opportunity Act for the adult and dislocated
12 worker employment and training activities of the
13 State and aligned with the State program funded
14 under this title.
15 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM ACCESS.—The Secretary shall
16 create a measure of program access to determine the
17 extent to which States are serving individuals with
18 the greatest barriers to employment and the portion
19 of State caseloads that are made up of such workers.
20 ‘‘(f) COORDINATION OF DATA COLLECTION.—
21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
22 tion with the Secretary of Labor, shall determine the
23 data States shall collect and report regarding the
24 State program funded under this title and the extent
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1 quired evaluations, can be coordinated with the data
2 collection, reporting, and evaluations required for
3 the State program funded under part A of title IV
4 and the performance accountability measures under
5 section 116(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
6 portunity Act for the adult and dislocated worker
7 employment and training activities of the State.
8 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER EFFORTS.—
9 The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
10 Labor and the Secretary of Education, shall assure
11 that the data collected under this title aligns as
12 much as possible with efforts to collect longitudinal
13 data related to the performance of education, train-
14 ing, and workforce programs.
15 ‘‘(g) DISAGGREGATED DATA.—Data collected and
16 submitted under this section shall be disaggregated by
17 race, ethnicity, age, gender, and occupational category.
18 ‘‘(h) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use funding
19 made available under section 413(h)(1) for research, tech-
20 nical assistance, and evaluation to conduct the perform-
21 ance assessments required under subsection (b).
22 ‘‘(i) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT.—The Inspector
23 General of the Department of Health and Human Services
24 shall biennially audit a sample of the State programs
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1 requirements, including compliance with the nondisplace-
2 ment requirements of section 1305(c), and to identify and
3 protect against any waste, fraud, or abuse in such pro-
4 grams.
5 ‘‘SEC. 1307. DIRECT FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION FOR
6 PROGRAMS OPERATED BY INDIAN TRIBES.
7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An Indian tribe or intertribal
8 consortium with a tribal family assistance plan approved
9 under section 412 (or any Indian tribe that is a member
10 of such a consortium) that proposes to establish a pro-
11 gram under this title shall submit an application to the
12 Secretary to directly receive payments for expenditures
13 made to carry out the program (in this section referred
14 to as a ‘tribal program application’).
15 ‘‘(b) TRIBAL PROGRAM APPLICATION REQUIRE-
16 MENTS.—Subject to subsection (c), a tribal program appli-
17 cation shall include a plan that meets the requirements
18 of section 1302 in the same manner as such requirements
19 apply to a State.
20 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program re-
21 quirements specified in this title shall apply to an Indian
22 tribe or intertribal consortium with a tribal program appli-
23 cation and plan approved under this section in the same
24 manner as such requirements apply to a State except to
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1 requests, and the Secretary approves, a waiver or modi-
2 fication of any such requirements.
3 ‘‘(d) PAYMENTS.—
4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
5 the Secretary shall pay an Indian tribe or intertribal
6 consortium with a tribal program application and
7 plan approved under this section in the same man-
8 ner as States are paid under section 1304.
9 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF TRIBAL FMAP.—The
10 Federal medical assistance percentage that would
11 apply under subsection (d) of section 479B if an In-
12 dian tribe or tribal consortium operated a program
13 under that section (in this subsection referred to as
14 the ‘tribal FMAP’), shall apply to payments made to
15 the Indian tribe or tribal consortium for expendi-
16 tures attributable to carrying out a program under
17 this title, unless the tribal FMAP is less than the
18 Federal medical assistance percentage that applies
19 to the State in which the Indian tribe or tribal con-
20 sortium is located in which case the State Federal
21 medical assistance percentage shall apply. In the
22 case of an Indian tribe or tribal consortium that is
23 located in more than 1 State, the State in which the
24 Indian tribe or tribal consortium is located that has
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1 the highest Federal medical assistance percentage
2 shall apply to the preceding sentence.
3 ‘‘SEC. 1308. DIRECT FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION FOR
4 PROGRAMS OPERATED BY LOCAL GOVERN-
5 MENTS.
6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish
7 procedures under which a local government, or a consor-
8 tium of local governments within a State, may submit an
9 application to the Secretary to establish a program under
10 this title and directly receive payments for expenditures
11 made to carry out the program (in this section referred
12 to as a ‘local government program application’), if—
13 ‘‘(1) the State in which the local government or
14 consortium is located has not elected to establish a
15 State program under this title; or
16 ‘‘(2) the local government or consortium can
17 demonstrate that a local program would meet a need
18 or serve a population that is not met or sufficiently
19 served by the State program under this title.
20 ‘‘(b) LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM APPLICATION
21 REQUIREMENTS.—Subject to subsection (c), a local gov-
22 ernment program application shall include a plan that
23 meets the requirements of section 1302 in the same man-
24 ner as such requirements apply to a State.
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1 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program re-
2 quirements specified in this title shall apply to a local gov-
3 ernment or consortium with a local government program
4 application and plan approved under this section in the
5 same manner as such requirements apply to a State except
6 to the extent that a local government or consortium re-
7 quests, and the Secretary approves, a waiver or modifica-
8 tion of any such requirements.
9 ‘‘(d) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall pay a local
10 government or consortium with a local government pro-
11 gram application and plan approved under this section in
12 the same manner as States are paid under section 1304.
13 ‘‘SEC. 1309. GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation
15 with the Secretary of Labor, shall award multi-year grants
16 on a competitive basis to nonprofit organizations that sub-
17 mit applications to carry out employment services pro-
18 grams.
19 ‘‘(b) SCOPE OF GRANTS.—Grants under this sub-
20 section may be regional programs or serve specific popu-
21 lations.
22 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION PROCESS.—A nonprofit organiza-
23 tion seeking a grant under this subsection shall submit
24 an application to the Secretary at such a time, in such
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1 a manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
2 retary may reasonably require.
3 ‘‘(d) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall select appli-
4 cants to receive a grant under this subsection based on—
5 ‘‘(1) the applicant’s level of experience and
6 commitment to providing subsidized jobs;
7 ‘‘(2) the applicant’s demonstrated ability to re-
8 cruit individuals of the region or other specific popu-
9 lation served by the grant and provide work opportu-
10 nities for such individuals; and
11 ‘‘(3) such other criteria as the Secretary deter-
12 mines appropriate.
13 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
14 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry
15 out this subsection for each of fiscal years 2020 through
16 2025, such sums as are necessary.’’.
17 (b) STUDY REGARDING INCENTIVES FOR PROGRAM
18 PERFORMANCE.—
19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
20 Human Services shall enter into an agreement with
21 the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate State
22 programs carried out under part A of title XIII of
23 the Social Security Act (as added by subsection (a)).
24 The evaluation shall analyze the relationships be-
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1 The evaluation shall also examine the issue of pro-
2 gram performance and include recommendations to
3 Congress as to whether and how program perform-
4 ance could be tied to fiscal incentives.
5 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 7 years after the
6 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
7 Health and Human Services shall submit to Con-
8 gress a report containing the results of the evalua-
9 tion conducted under paragraph (1), together with
10 recommendations for such legislation and adminis-
11 trative action as the Secretary determines appro-
12 priate.
13 (c) PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT AVAILABILITY OF
14 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.—Not later than January 1,
15 2022, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
16 make information publicly available to jobseekers (either
17 on a website established for such purpose or on an existing
18 Federal online resource that provides information to job-
19 seekers) about—
20 (1) whether they are eligible for employment
21 services under a State, local government, or tribal
22 program under title XIII of the Social Security Act
23 (as added by subsection (a)); and
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1 (2) the appropriate State, local government, or
2 tribal agency to contact for further information
3 about such services and programs.
4 SEC. 4. EMPLOYEE RETENTION WORK OPPORTUNITY CRED-
5 IT.
6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 51 of the Internal Rev-
7 enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the
8 following new subsection:
9 ‘‘(l) EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT.—
10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the work
11 opportunity credit determined under subsection (a)
12 for the taxable year shall be increased by an amount
13 equal to 40 percent of the qualified second-year
14 wages for such year with respect to previously sub-
15 sidized employees.
16 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED SECOND-YEAR WAGES.—
17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this
18 subsection, the term ‘qualified second-year
19 wages’ means qualified wages (determined as if
20 previously subsidized employees were members
21 of a targeted group)—
22 ‘‘(i) which are paid to a previously
23 subsidized employee, and
24 ‘‘(ii) which are attributable to service
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1 ning on the day after the last day of the
2 1-year period with respect to such em-
3 ployee determined under subsection (b)(2).
4 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The amount of the
5 qualified second-year wages which may be taken
6 into account with respect to any individual shall
7 not exceed $6,000 per year.
8 ‘‘(3) PREVIOUSLY SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYEE.—
9 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘previously
10 subsidized employee’ means an individual who is
11 hired by an employer through the subsidized employ-
12 ment program under title XIII of the Social Security
13 Act and who has been employed by the same em-
14 ployer for a consecutive 24 months as of the last day
15 of the preceding taxable year.’’.
16 (b) GAO STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the
17 United States shall conduct a study on the employee re-
18 tention credit under section 51(l) of the Internal Revenue
19 Code of 1986 and, not later than 6 months after the last
20 day of the second taxable year beginning after the date
21 of the enactment of this Act, shall report to the Committee
22 on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and
23 Means of the House of Representatives—
24 (1) whether such retention credit had a mean-
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1 currently existing and previous subsidized employ-
2 ment programs; and
3 (2) whether such retention credit was easily un-
4 derstood by employers and had an impact on hiring
5 decisions in addition to any subsidy received under
6 title XIII of the Social Security Act.
7 (c) EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT.—
8 Paragraph (4) of section 51(c) of the Internal Revenue
9 Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31,
10 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2022’’.
11 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
12 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
13 the date of the enactment of this Act.
14 SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
15 (a) TANF.—
16 (1) STATE PLAN.—Section 402 (42 U.S.C. 602)
17 is amended—
18 (A) in subsection (a)(1)—
19 (i) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by insert-
20 ing ‘‘or employment services, training and
21 other services and activities, and sup-
22 portive services provided under the State
23 program funded under title XIII’’ before
24 the period; and
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1 (I) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘,
2 unless the parent or caretaker is par-
3 ticipating in the State program fund-
4 ed under title XIII’’ before the period;
5 and
6 (II) by adding at the end the fol-
7 lowing:
8 ‘‘(VI) The document shall indi-
9 cate whether the State elects to carry
10 out a State program to provide em-
11 ployment services, training and other
12 services and activities, and supportive
13 services under title XIII.’’; and
14 (B) by adding at the end the following:
15 ‘‘(d) STATE OPTION TO SUBMIT PLAN THAT ALIGNS
16 WITH THE STATE PLAN UNDER TITLE XIII.—A State
17 may elect to submit the State plan required under this
18 section at the same time and in the same manner, and
19 to apply for the same period, as the State plan required
20 under section 1302.’’.
21 (2) PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE EMPLOY-
22 MENT, TRAINING, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PRO-
23 GRAM UNDER TITLE XIII–A DEEMED TO BE MEETING
24 WORK PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.—Section
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1 407(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)) is amended by add-
2 ing at the end the following:
3 ‘‘(E) PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE EM-
4 PLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND SUPPORTIVE SERV-
5 ICES PROGRAM UNDER TITLE XIII–A DEEMED
6 TO BE MEETING WORK PARTICIPATION RE-
7 QUIREMENTS.—For purposes of determining
8 monthly participation rates under paragraphs
9 (1)(B)(i) and (2)(B) of subsection (b), the fol-
10 lowing individuals are deemed to be engaged in
11 work for a month:
12 ‘‘(i) RECIPIENTS.—Any recipient who
13 is participating in the State employment,
14 training, and supportive services program
15 under title XIII (for any number of hours
16 per week during the month) and is receiv-
17 ing assistance under the State program
18 funded under this part or under any State
19 program funded with qualified State ex-
20 penditures (as defined in section
21 409(a)(7)(B)(i)).
22 ‘‘(ii) INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD OTH-
23 ERWISE BE RECIPIENTS.—Any individual
24 who is participating in the State employ-
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1 program under title XIII (for any number
2 of hours per week during the month) and
3 would be a recipient of assistance under
4 the State program funded under this part
5 or under any State program funded with
6 qualified State expenditures (as defined in
7 section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) but for the indi-
8 vidual’s participation in the State employ-
9 ment, training and supportive services pro-
10 gram under title XIII.’’.
11 (3) TRIBAL PROGRAMS.—Section 412(b) (42
12 U.S.C. 612(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
13 following:
14 ‘‘(4) OPTION TO SUBMIT PLAN THAT ALIGNS
15 WITH THE STATE PLAN UNDER TITLE XIII–A.—Sub-
16 section (d) of section 402 shall apply to a tribal fam-
17 ily assistance plan in the same manner as that sec-
18 tion applies to a plan under that section.’’.
19 (b) TITLE XI.—Section 1101(a)(1) of such Act (42
20 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘title XX’’ and
21 inserting ‘‘titles XIII and XX’’.
22 (c) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—Section
23 51(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
24 amended by striking ‘‘section 482(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘title
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1 (d) TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR TITLE XIII.—Title
2 XIII, as added by section 3(a), is amended by inserting
3 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.’’.
4 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE; REGULATIONS.
5 (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sec-
6 tion 4(d), the amendments made by this Act shall take
7 effect on January 1, 2022.
8 (b) OPTION TO ACCELERATE FUNDING.—
9 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Health
10 and Human Services receives from a State, Indian
11 tribe, or unit of local government, a written notice,
12 in such form and manner and containing such infor-
13 mation as the Secretary shall require, that the State,
14 Indian tribe, or unit of local government is oper-
15 ating, or wishes to operate, an employment assist-
16 ance program, then, during the period beginning on
17 the first day of the first fiscal quarter that begins
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1 retary shall make payments to the State, Indian
2 tribe, or unit of local government under paragraph
3 (3).
4 (2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
5 (A) EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PRO-
6 GRAM.—The term ‘‘employment assistance pro-
7 gram’’ means a program operated by a State,
8 Indian tribe, or local government that provides
9 qualified program assistance, including a pro-
10 gram funded under part A of title IV of the So-
11 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) or any
12 other State, tribal, or local program financed
13 with Federal funds.
14 (B) QUALIFIED PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.—
15 The term ‘‘qualified program assistance’’ means
16 employment services, training and other serv-
17 ices and activities, or supportive services (as
18 such terms are defined in section 1301(b) of
19 the Social Security Act, as added by section 3),
20 including any such services designed to reem-
21 ploy individuals who are unemployed or under-
22 employed for reasons related to COVID-19, but
23 shall not include any employment services,
24 training and other services and activities or
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1 manner that is safe for both program adminis-
2 trators and participants due to a COVID–19
3 outbreak.
4 (3) PAYMENTS.—
5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
6 graph (B), the Secretary shall pay to any State,
7 Indian tribe, or local government that has a no-
8 tice in effect under paragraph (1) for a fiscal
9 quarter with respect to an employment assist-
10 ance program, an amount equal to the amount
11 that such State, tribe, or local government
12 would receive under title XIII of the Social Se-
13 curity Act (as added by section 3) if—
14 (i) such title were in effect with re-
15 spect to such State, tribe, or local govern-
16 ment;
17 (ii) the State, tribe, or local govern-
18 ment had a plan that met all requirements
19 of such title and was approved under such
20 title for such fiscal quarter, and the
21 amounts expended by the State, tribe, or
22 local government on qualified program as-
23 sistance under such program, were
24 amounts expended by the State, tribe, or
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1 local government to provide such assist-
2 ance under such plan; and
3 (iii) the requirements of sections
4 1303, 1304(c), 1305, and 1306 of such
5 title did not apply.
6 (B) LIMITATIONS.—
7 (i) NO DUPLICATE FUNDING.—For
8 purposes of subparagraph (A), in deter-
9 mining the amounts expended by a State,
10 tribe, or local government under an em-
11 ployment assistance program to provide
12 qualified program assistance, the total
13 amount of State expenditures on such as-
14 sistance shall be reduced by the amount of
15 Federal funds (other than funds paid
16 under this subsection) that have been paid
17 or that are expected to be paid to the
18 State, tribe, or local government with re-
19 spect to such assistance.
20 (ii) NO FUNDING FOR ADMINISTRA-
21 TIVE EXPENSES UNRELATED TO QUALI-
22 FIED PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.—No payment
23 shall be made to a State, Indian tribe, or
24 local government under this subsection for
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1 assistance program that are not attrib-
2 utable to the administration of qualified
3 program assistance.
4 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Health and
5 Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of
6 Labor as appropriate, shall—
7 (1) not later than 14 days after the date of en-
8 actment of this Act, issue guidance to States on how
9 to seek accelerated funding under subsection (b);
10 (2) not later than 6 months after the date of
11 the enactment of this Act, issue proposed regulations
12 for the purpose of implementing title XIII of the So-
13 cial Security Act (as added by section 2 of this Act),
14 including regulations establishing uniform data col-
15 lection requirements; and
16 (3) not later than 1 year after the date of en-
17 actment of this Act, publish final regulations for
18 such purpose.
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