,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ejj  #aadth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#bieb  ,report ,no4 #aad-fdh  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july  
#g1 #bjae ,mr4 ,boustany introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means      
,june #bh1 #bjaf ,reported with         
amendments1 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed   
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,july #g1
 #bjae  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide payments 
to ,states for increasing the           
employment1 job retention1 and earnings 
of former ,,tanf recipients4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,improving ,employment ,outcomes of     
,,tanf ,recipients ,act4  #b4 ,improving
 economic mobility of ,,tanf recipients 
,section #djc7;a77#d7 of the ,social    
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           

#fjc7;a77#d77 is amended to read as     
follows3  7#d7 ,improving economic      
mobility of ,,tanf recipients  7,a7     
,measuring state performance  7i7 ,in   
general ,each ,state1 in consultation   
with the ,secretary1 shall collect and  
report information necessary to measure 
the level of performance of the ,state  
for each indicator described in clause  
7ii71 for fiscal year #bjah and each    
fiscal year thereafter1 and the         
,secretary shall use the information    
collected for fiscal year #bjah to      
establish the baseline level of         
performance of each ,state for each such
 indicator4  7ii7 ,indicators ,the      
indicators described in this clause1 for
 a fiscal year1 are the following3  7,i7
 ,the employment percentage for the     
fiscal year1 which is equal to-- 7aa7   
the number of families receiving        
assistance under the ,state program     
funded under this part or any other     
,state program funded with qualified    
,state expenditures 7as defined in      

section #dji7;a77#g77;,b77ii77 who1     
during a quarter in the fiscal year1    
exited from the program1 and who1 during
 the #bnd quarter after the exit1       
include an adult in unsubsidized        
employment2 divided by  7bb7 the number 
of families who received assistance from
 the program in the exit quarter        
referred to in subclause 7aa74  7,,ii7  
,the retention percentage for the fiscal
 year1 which is equal to--  7aa7 the    
number of families receiving assistance 
from the ,state program funded under    
this part or any other ,state program   
funded with qualified ,state            
expenditures 7as defined in section     
#dji7;a77#g77;,b77ii77 who1 during a    
quarter in the fiscal year1 exited from 
the program1 and who1 during the #dth   
quarter after the exit1 include an adult
 in unsubsidized employment2 divided by 
7bb7 the number of families who received
 assistance under the program in the    
exit quarter referred to in subclause   
7aa74  7,,iii7 ,the advancement measure 

for the fiscal year1 which is equal to  
the median earnings of the adults       
receiving assistance under the ,state   
program funded under this part or any   
other ,state program funded with        
qualified ,state expenditures 7as       
defined in section                      
#dji7;a77#g77;,b77ii77 who1 during a    
quarter in the fiscal year1 exited from 
the program1 and who during the #bnd    
quarter after the exit1 are in          
unsubsidized employment4  7iii7         
,agreement on requisite performance     
level for each indicator  7,i7 ,fiscal  
years #bjai and #bjbj ,the ,state shall 
reach agreement with the ,secretary on  
the requisite level of performance for  
each indicator described in clause 7ii71
 for each of fiscal years #bjai and     
#bjbj4 ,in establishing the requisite   
levels of performance1 the ,state and   
the ,secretary shall--  7aa7 take into  
account how the levels involved compare 
with the levels established for other   
,states2  7bb7 ensure the levels        

involved are adjusted1 using the        
objective statistical model referred to 
in clause 7v71 based on-- 7,,aa7 the    
differences among ,states in actual     
economic conditions1 including          
differences in unemployment rates and   
job losses or gains in particular       
industries2 and 7,,bb7 the              
characteristics of participants on entry
 into the program1 including indicators 
of prior work history1 lack of          
educational or occupational skills      
attainment1 or other factors that may   
affect employment and earnings2 and     
7cc7 take into account the extent to    
which the levels involved promote       
continuous improvement in performance by
 each ,state4  7,,ii7 ,fiscal year #bjba
 ,the ,state shall reach agreement with 
the ,secretary1 before fiscal year      
#bjba1 on the requisite level of        
performance for each indicator described
 in clause 7ii71 for fiscal year #bjba1 
which shall be established in accordance
 with subclause 7,i7 of this clause4    

7iv7 ,revisions based on economic       
conditions and individuals receiving    
assistance during the fiscal year ,the  
,secretary shall1 in accordance with the
 objective statistical model referred to
 in clause 7v71 revise the requisite    
levels of performance for a fiscal year 
and a ,state to reflect the actual      
economic conditions and characteristics 
of participants during that fiscal year 
in the ,state4  7v7 ,statistical        
adjustment model ,the ,secretary shall  
use an objective statistical model to   
make adjustments to the requisite levels
 of performance for actual economic     
conditions and characteristics of       
participants1 and shall consult with the
 ,secretary of ,labor to develop a model
 that is the same as or similar to the  
model described in section              
#aaf7;b77#c77viii7 of the ,workforce    
,innovation and ,opportunity ,act 7#bi  
,u4,s4,c4 #cada74  7,b7 ,report on state
 performance  7i7 ,in general ,not later
 than ,october #a1 #bjag1 the ,secretary

 shall develop a template which each    
,state shall use to report on outcomes  
achieved under the ,state program funded
 under this part or any other ,state    
program funded with qualified ,state    
expenditures 7as defined in section     
#dji7;a77#g77;,b77i774  7ii7 ,contents  
,each such report shall include--  7,i7 
the number of individuals who exited the
 program during the year1 and their     
reasons for doing so1 including a       
separate accounting of the number of    
work-eligible individuals 7as so        
defined7 who exited the program during  
the year and their reasons for doing so2
  7,,ii7 the characteristics of the     
individuals who exited the program      
during the year1 including information  
on the length of time the individual    
received assistance under the program1  
the educational level of the individual1
 and the earnings of the individual in  
the #d quarters preceding the exit2 and 
7,,iii7 information specifying the      
levels of performance achieved on each  

indicator described in subparagraph     
7,a77ii74  7iii7 ,publication ,not later
 than ,september #cj of fiscal year     
#bjbj and of each succeeding fiscal     
year1 the ,secretary shall make         
available electronically to the public  
each report submitted under this        
subparagraph during the fiscal year4    
7,c7 ,regulations ,the ,secretary1 in   
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,labor1 shall prescribe such regulations
 as may be necessary to provide for the 
measurement of ,state performance on the
 indicators described in this paragraph4
  4  #c4 ,effective date ,the amendments
 made by this ,act shall take effect on 
,october #a1 #bjaf4  ,amend the title so
 as to read3 ,a bill to increase the    
employment1 job retention1 and earnings 
of former ,,tanf recipients44  ,june    
#bh1 #bjaf ,reported with amendments1   
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed