,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aa1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,reed 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,reichert1
 ,mr4 ,young of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,kelly of
 ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,griffin of        
,arkansas1 and ,mr4 ,southerland7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means1 and in addition to the         
,committees on ,agriculture1 ,financial 
,services1 and ,education and the       
,workforce1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize a ,state or a  
portion of a ,state to conduct a        
demonstration project designed to test  
methods of program integration and      
coordination of services with the goals 
of moving individuals and families      
towards self-sufficiency1 reducing      
welfare dependence1 and increasing work 

and earnings4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,help          
,americans in ,need ,develop their      
,ultimate ,potential ,act or the ,,hand 
,,up ,act 4  #b4 ,program coordination  
demonstration projects  7a7 ,purpose    
,the purpose of this section is to      
establish a program of demonstration    
projects in a ,state or portion of a    
,state to provide supports to           
individuals and families with the goal  
of moving them towards self-sufficiency1
 reducing welfare dependence1 and       
increasing work and earnings by testing 
methods of program integration and      
coordination of services which will     
result in more effective service        
delivery and better outcomes for        
recipients4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this  
section3  7#a7 ,administering secretary 
,the term administering ,secretary      
means1 with respect to a qualified      
program1 the head of the ,federal agency
 responsible for administering the      
program4  7#b7 ,qualified program ,the  

term qualified program means--  7,a7 a  
program under part ,a of title ,,iv of  
the ,social ,security ,act2  7,b7 the   
program under title ,,xx of the ,social 
,security ,act2  7,c7 activities funded 
under title ,i1 ,,ii1 or ,,iii of the   
,workforce ,investment ,act of #aiih    
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bhja et seq472  7,d7    
activities funded under the ,united     
,states ,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg et seq471 except that   
such term shall not include the program 
under section #g of such ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;e7 for designating      
public housing for occupancy by certain 
populations2 or  7,e7 the supplemental  
nutrition assistance program as defined 
in section #c of the ,food and          
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjab74  7c7 ,application requirements  
,the head of a ,state entity or of a    
sub-,state entity administering #b or   
more qualified programs proposed to be  
included in a demonstration project     
under this section shall 7or1 if the    

project is proposed to include qualified
 programs administered by #b or more    
such entities1 the heads of the         
administering entities 7each of whom    
shall be considered an applicant for    
purposes of this section7 shall jointly7
 submit to the administering ,secretary 
an application that contains the        
following3  7#a7 ,programs included ,a  
statement identifying each qualified    
program to be included in the project1  
and describing how the purposes of each 
such program will be achieved by the    
project4  7#b7 ,population served ,a    
statement identifying the population to 
be served by the project and specifying 
the eligibility criteria to be used4    
7#c7 ,description and justification ,a  
detailed description of the project1    
including--  7,a7 a description of how  
the project is expected to improve or   
enhance achievement of the purposes of  
the programs to be included in the      
project1 from the standpoint of quality1
 of cost-effectiveness1 or of both2     

7,b7 a description of the performance   
objectives for the project1 including   
any proposed modifications to the       
performance measures and reporting      
requirements used in the programs2  7,c7
 a description of how the project will  
achieve the goal of moving recipients to
 self-sufficiency2 and  7,d7 the length 
of time a project will last4  7#d7      
,waivers requested ,a description of the
 statutory and regulatory requirements  
with respect to which a waiver is       
requested in order to carry out the     
project1 and a justification of the need
 for each such waiver4  7#e7 ,cost      
limitation ,such information and        
assurances as necessary to establish to 
the satisfaction of the administering   
,secretary1 in consultation with the    
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget1 that the proposed project  
is reasonably expected to meet the      
applicable cost limitation requirements 
of subsection 7d77#d74  7#f7 ,use of    
certain savings  7,a7 ,in general ,if   

the ,state or sub-,state entity desires 
to use not more than  of the savings to 
be realized from carrying out the       
proposed project in a fiscal year1 to   
meet #a or more requirements imposed by 
or under a ,federal law pertaining to   
education1 a description of how the     
,state or sub-,state entity will so use 
that portion of the savings4  7,b7      
,definitions ,in this paragraph3  7i7   
,savings ,the term savings means1 with  
respect to a proposed project and a     
fiscal year1 the amount 7if any7 by     
which--  7,i7 the total of the amount   
that would be payable by the ,federal   
,government for the fiscal year with    
respect to the affected programs in the 
,state in which the applicant is        
located1 if the proposed project were   
not conducted1 as determined by the     
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget2 exceeds  7,,ii7 the total  
of the amounts that would be payable by 
the ,federal ,government for the fiscal 
year with respect to the programs if the

 proposed project were conducted 7as so 
determined74  7ii7 ,affected programs   
,the term affected programs means1 with 
respect to a proposed project1 the      
programs that would be affected if the  
proposed project were conducted4  7#g7  
,evaluation and reports ,an assurance   
that the applicant will--  7,a7 obtain  
an evaluation by an independent         
contractor of the extent to which the   
project is meeting the purposes of this 
section1 using an evaluation design     
that1 to the maximum extent feasible1   
includes random assignment of clients   
7or entities serving clients7 to service
 delivery and control groups2 and  7,b7 
make an interim report and a final      
report to the administering ,secretary1 
in such manner as the administering     
,secretary may require1 and implement   
such data systems as are necessary for  
the reports to be so made4  7#h7 ,public
 housing agency plan ,in the case of an 
application proposing a demonstration   
project that includes activities        

referred to in subsection 7b77#b77;,d7  
of this section--  7,a7 a certification 
that the applicable annual public       
housing agency plan of any agency       
affected by the project that is approved
 under section #e;,a of the ,united     
,states ,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;c-#a7 by the ,secretary 
of ,housing and ,urban ,development     
includes the information specified in   
paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#d7 of this    
subsection2 and  7,b7 any resident      
advisory board recommendations1 and     
other information1 relating to the      
project that1 pursuant to section       
#e;,a7e77#b7 of the ,united ,states     
,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#adcg;c-#a7;e77#b771 is required to be  
included in the public housing agency   
plan of any public housing agency       
affected by the project4  7#i7 ,other   
information and assurances ,such other  
information and assurances as the       
administering ,secretary may require4   
7d7 ,approval of application  7#a7 ,in  

general ,the administering ,secretary   
with respect to a qualified program that
 is identified in an application        
submitted pursuant to subsection 7c7    
shall approve the application and1      
except as provided in paragraph 7#b71   
waive any requirement applicable to the 
program1 to the extent consistent with  
this section and necessary and          
appropriate for the conduct of the      
demonstration project proposed in the   
application if the administering        
,secretary determines that the project--
  7,a7 has a reasonable likelihood of   
achieving the objectives of the programs
 to be included in the project2  7,b7   
may reasonably be expected to meet the  
applicable cost limitation requirements 
of paragraph 7#d71 as determined by the 
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget2 and  7,c7 includes the     
coordination of #b or more qualified    
programs4  7#b7 ,provisions excluded    
from waiver authority ,a waiver shall   
not be granted under paragraph 7#a7--   

7,a7 with respect to any provision of   
law relating to--  7i7 civil rights or  
prohibition of discrimination2  7ii7    
purposes or goals of any program2  7iii7
 maintenance of effort requirements2    
7iv7 health or safety2  7v7 wage and    
hour requirements under sections #f and 
#g of the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act  
of #aich2 or  7vi7 environmental        
protection2  7,b7 with respect to any   
work requirement imposed pursuant to    
section #djg of the ,social ,security   
,act2  7,c7 with respect to section     
#bda7;a7 of the ,adult ,education and   
,family ,literacy ,act2  7,d7 in the    
case of a program under the ,united     
,states ,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg et seq471 with respect  
to any requirement under section #e;,a  
of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;c-#a2 
relating to public housing agency plans 
and resident advisory boards72  7,e7 in 
the case of a program under the         
,workforce ,investment ,act1 with       
respect to any requirement the waiver of

 which would violate section            
#ahi7;i77#d77;,a77i7 of such ,act 7#bi  
,u4,s4,c4 #bici7;i77#d77;,a77i772  7,f7 
in the case of the supplemental         
nutrition assistance program 7as defined
 in section #c of the ,food and         
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjab771 with respect to any requirement
 under--  7i7 section #f 7if waiving a  
requirement under such section would    
have the effect of expanding eligibility
 for the program71 #g7;b7 or #af7;c7 of 
such ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjaa et seq472 
or  7ii7 title ,,iv of the ,personal    
,responsibility and ,work ,opportunity  
,reconciliation ,act of #aiif 7#h       
,u4,s4,c4 #afja et seq472  7,g7 with    
respect to any requirement that a ,state
 pass through to a sub-,state entity    
part or all of an amount paid to the    
,state2  7,h7 if the waiver would waive 
any funding restriction or limitation   
provided in an appropriations ,act1 or  
would have the effect of transferring   
appropriated funds from #a              

appropriations account to another2 or   
7,i7 except as otherwise provided by    
statute1 if the waiver would waive any  
funding restriction applicable to a     
program authorized under an ,act which  
is not an appropriations ,act 7but not  
including program requirements such as  
application procedures1 performance     
standards1 reporting requirements1 or   
eligibility standards71 or would have   
the effect of transferring funds from a 
program for which there is direct       
spending 7as defined in section         
#bej7;c77#h7 of the ,balanced ,budget   
and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of
 #aihe7 to another program4  7#c7       
,agreement of each administering        
,secretary required  7,a7 ,in general   
,an applicant may not conduct a         
demonstration project under this section
 unless each administering ,secretary   
with respect to any program proposed to 
be included in the project has approved 
the application to conduct the project4 
7,b7 ,agreement with respect to funding 

and implementation ,before approving an 
application to conduct a demonstration  
project under this section1 an          
administering ,secretary shall have in  
place an agreement with the applicant   
with respect to the payment of funds and
 responsibilities of the administering  
,secretary with respect to the project4 
7#d7 ,cost limitation requirement  7,a7 
,general rule ,notwithstanding any other
 provision of law 7except subparagraph  
7,b771 the total of the amounts that may
 be paid by the ,federal ,government for
 a fiscal year with respect to the      
programs in the ,state in which an      
entity conducting a demonstration       
project under this section is located   
that are affected by the project shall  
not exceed the estimated total amount   
that the ,federal ,government would have
 paid for the fiscal year with respect  
to the programs if the project had not  
been conducted1 as determined by the    
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget4  7,b7 ,special rule ,if an 

applicant submits to the ,director of   
the ,office of ,management and ,budget a
 request to apply the rules of this     
subparagraph to the programs in the     
,state in which the applicant is located
 that are affected by a demonstration   
project proposed in an application      
submitted by the applicant pursuant to  
this section1 during such period of not 
more than #e consecutive fiscal years in
 which the project is in effect1 and the
 ,director determines1 on the basis of  
supporting information provided by the  
applicant1 to grant the request1 then1  
notwithstanding any other provision of  
law1 the total of the amounts that may  
be paid by the ,federal ,government for 
the period with respect to the programs 
shall not exceed the estimated total    
amount that the ,federal ,government    
would have paid for the period with     
respect to the programs if the project  
had not been conducted4  7#e7 #ij-;day  
approval deadline  7,a7 ,in general ,if 
an administering ,secretary receives an 

application to conduct a demonstration  
project under this section and does not 
disapprove the application within #ij   
days after the receipt1 then--  7i7 the 
administering ,secretary is deemed to   
have approved the application for such  
period as is requested in the           
application1 except to the extent       
inconsistent with subsection 7e72 and   
7ii7 any waiver requested in the        
application which applies to a qualified
 program that is identified in the      
application and is administered by the  
administering ,secretary is deemed to be
 granted1 except to the extent          
inconsistent with paragraph 7#b7 or 7#d7
 of this subsection4  7,b7 ,deadline    
extended if additional information is   
sought  7i7 ,in general ,the #ij-;day   
period referred to in subparagraph 7,a7 
shall not include any period that begins
 with the date the administering        
,secretary requests the applicant to    
provide additional information with     
respect to the application and ends with

 the date the additional information is 
provided4  7ii7 ,limitation on number of
 requests for additional information ,an
 administering ,secretary may not make  
more than #a request for additional     
information with respect to an          
application submitted pursuant to this  
section4  7iii7 #a-year limit on        
response period ,if #a year has elapsed 
since the date an administering         
,secretary made a request to an         
applicant under this subparagraph with  
respect to an application1 and the      
administering ,secretary has not        
received from the applicant a response  
to the request1 the administering       
,secretary shall immediately approve or 
disapprove the application4  7#f7 ,rule 
of construction ,nothing in this ,act   
shall be construed to require the       
payment of the minimum wage in effect   
under section #f of the ,fair ,labor    
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bjf7 to any individual other than an   
employee of an employer subject to such 

section4  7#g7 ,disapproval ,if an      
administering ,secretary disapproves an 
application submitted pursuant to this  
section1 the administering ,secretary   
shall include with the notice of        
disapproval an explanation of the       
reasons for the disapproval with        
specific reference to the particular    
requirements of paragraph 7#a7 not met  
by the application4  7e7 ,duration of   
project ,a demonstration project under  
this section may be approved for a term 
of not more than #e years4  7f7         
,modification of project  7#a7 ,request 
for modification ,an entity conducting a
 demonstration project approved under   
this section may submit to each         
administering ,secretary with respect to
 any program included in the project a  
request to modify the project4  7#b7    
,requirement ,an administering          
,secretary may not approve a request    
submitted under paragraph 7#a7 with     
respect to a project1 unless the        
administering ,secretary determines     

that1 if the request is not approved1   
the project will not achieve its        
performance objectives because economic 
conditions have changed since the       
project was approved4  7#c7 #cj-;day    
approval deadline after response ,if an 
administering ,secretary receives a     
request made under this subsection and  
does not disapprove the request within  
#cj days after the receipt1 the         
administering ,secretary is deemed to   
have approved the request1 except to the
 extent inconsistent with subsection    
7d77#b71 7d77#d71 or 7e74  7#d7         
,agreement of each administering        
,secretary required  7,a7 ,in general   
,the entity conducting a demonstration  
project approved under this section may 
not modify the project1 except in       
accordance with a request approved under
 this subsection by each administering  
,secretary with respect to any program  
included in the project4  7,b7          
,agreement with respect to funding and  
implementation ,before approving a      

request to modify a demonstration       
project approved under this section1 an 
administering ,secretary shall have in  
place an agreement with the requestor   
with respect to the payment of funds and
 responsibilities of the administering  
,secretary with respect to the modified 
project4  7g7 ,early termination of     
project ,an administering ,secretary    
with respect to a demonstration project 
conducted under this section may        
terminate the project if the            
administering ,secretary--  7#a7        
determines that the entity conducting   
the project has violated the substantive
 terms or conditions of the project2    
7#b7 notifies the entity in writing with
 sufficient detail describing the       
violation2 and  7#c7 determines that the
 ,state has not taken action to correct 
the violation during the #ij-;day period
 beginning with the date the entity     
received the notice4  7h7 ,reports to   
,congress  7#a7 ,report on disposition  
of applications ,within #ij days after  

an administering ,secretary receives an 
application submitted pursuant to this  
section1 the administering ,secretary   
shall submit to each ,committee of the  
,congress which has jurisdiction over a 
qualified program identified in the     
application notice of the receipt1 a    
description of the decision of the      
administering ,secretary with respect to
 the application1 and the reasons for   
approving or disapproving the           
application4  7#b7 ,reports on projects 
,each administering ,secretary that has 
jurisdiction over a qualified program   
that is part of a demonstration project 
approved under this section shall       
provide annually to each ,committee of  
the ,congress that has jurisdiction over
 the program a report1 which shall      
include--  7,a7 the number of waivers   
granted for the project under this      
section1 and the specific statutory     
provisions1 if any1 waived2  7,b7 in the
 case of a project for which such a     
waiver is granted--  7i7 how well the   

project is improving or enhancing       
program achievement from the standpoint 
of quality1 cost-effectiveness1 or both2
  7ii7 how well the project is meeting  
the performance objectives specified in 
subsection 7c77#c77;,b72 and  7iii7 how 
the project is conforming with the cost 
limitation requirements of subsection   
7d77#d72  7,c7 the number of individuals
 engaged in the program under the       
project2  7,d7 the number of individuals
 so engaged who completed education or  
workforce development programs2  7,e7   
the number of individuals so engaged who
 reduced their dependence on government 
benefits as result of self-sufficiency2 
7,f7 an explanation of the functions the
 ,state or sub-,state project employed  
to help individuals achieve self        
sufficiency2  7,g7 an up-to-date        
statement of the cost of the project1   
and of the expected future costs of     
continuing the project2  7,h7 to the    
extent the administering ,secretary     
deems appropriate1 recommendations for  

modifying programs based on project     
outcomes2 and  7,i7 if the project has  
been carried out for at least #cj       
months1 a statement as to whether the   
project is meeting the goals of the     
project and a determination as to       
whether the project will be continued   
for the remainder of the term for which 
the project was approved4  7#c7 ,funding
 ,each administering ,secretary that has
 jurisdiction over a qualified program  
that is part of a demonstration project 
approved under this section shall       
reserve an amount equal to not more than
 #a percent of the amount to be provided
 for the conduct of the project1 and use
 the amount so reserved to carry out    
this subsection with respect to the     
project4  #c4 ,amendment to ,united     
,states ,housing ,act of #aicg ,section 
#e;,a7d7 of the ,united ,states ,housing
 ,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#adcg;c-#a7;d77 is amended--  7#a7 by   
redesignating paragraph 7#ai7 as        
paragraph 7#bj72 and  7#b7 by inserting 

after paragraph 7#ah7 the following new 
paragraph3  7#ai7 ,program coordination 
demonstration projects ,in the case of  
an agency that administers an activity  
referred to in section #b7;b77#b77;,d7  
of the ,state and ,local ,program       
,coordination ,flexibility ,act that1   
during such fiscal year1 will be        
included in a demonstration project     
under section #b of such ,act1 the      
information that is required to be      
included in the application for the     
project pursuant to paragraphs 7#a7     
through 7#d7 of section #b7;c7 of such  
,act4  4