Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act
Latest action · Jun 22, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 6, 2016
- Passed HouseJun 21, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to require the Department of the Treasury to publish in the Federal Register a request for proposals from states or local governments for social impact partnership projects which produce one or more measurable, clearly defined outcomes that result in social benefit, such as employment for the unemployed between ages 16 and 24, high school graduation, and reduction of teen and unplanned pregnancies as well as incidences and adverse consequences of child abuse and neglect.
Treasury shall:
- decide whether to enter into an agreement for such a social impact partnership project within six months after receiving an application, and
- reserve certain funds to assist state or local governments with up to 50% of the costs of developing feasibility studies to apply for social impact partnership funding.
This bill requires that not less than 50% of all federal payments made to carry out such agreements be used for initiatives that directly benefit children.
The bill requires an independent evaluation to determine whether the state or local government project has met an outcome specified in the agreement in order for such governments to receive outcome payments.
The bill establishes:
- the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships to coordinate the efforts of social impact partnership projects as well as establish a public website for project information, and
- a Commission on Social Impact Partnerships to assist Treasury and the Federal Interagency Council in reviewing funding applications.
Treasury shall reserve certain funds to carry out projects under this bill.
(Sec. 3) This bill extends at current levels through FY2017: (1) family assistance grants under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; (2) healthy marriage promotion and responsible fatherhood grants; (3) tribal family assistance grants and grants for Indian tribes that received jobs funds; and (4) the general child care entitlement.
SSAct title XI is amended to extend through FY2017 at current levels additional grants to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.
(Sec. 4) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall research:
- the effect of state TANF programs and any other state program funded with qualified state expenditures on employment, self-sufficiency, child well-being, unmarried births, marriage, poverty, economic mobility, and such other factors as determined by HHS; and
- the effects of the healthy marriage promotion and responsible fatherhood grants on child well-being, marriage, family stability, economic mobility, poverty, and other factors as determined by HHS.
The Bureau of the Census shall implement or enhance household surveys of program participation to allow for assessment of the outcomes of continued welfare reform on the economic and child well-being of low-income families with children.
HHS shall develop a database (called the "What Works Clearinghouse of Proven and Promising Projects to Move Welfare Recipients into Work") of those projects that used a proven or promising approach in moving welfare recipients into work, based on independent, rigorous evaluation of the projects.
(Sec. 5) The bill makes technical corrections to data exchange standards to improve program coordination.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 6, 2016 to Jun 7, 2016, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Original | May 6, 2016 |
| R-TN | Diane Black | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | May 13, 2016 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | May 16, 2016 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | May 17, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | May 17, 2016 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Jun 21, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4012-4021)
- Jun 21, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5170.
- Jun 21, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 21, 2016Mr. Young (IN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1089 | Social Impact Partnership Act | Related bill | Apr 27, 2015 |
| HR 1336 | Social Impact Partnership Act | Related bill | Mar 19, 2015 |
| S 3458 | Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 28, 2016 |
| HR 5169 | What Works to Move Welfare Recipients into Jobs Act | Related bill | Jun 10, 2016 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Adoption and foster care
- Advisory bodies
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Child care and development
- Child safety and welfare
- Crime prevention
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Disability and paralysis
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Intergovernmental relations
- Marriage and family status
- Mental health
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Research administration and funding
- Sex and reproductive health
- Social Welfare
- State and local government operations
- Teenage pregnancy
- Unemployment
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Wages and earnings
- Youth employment and child labor
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2016Referred in Senate
- Jun 21, 2016Engrossed in House
- Jun 10, 2016Reported in House
- May 6, 2016Introduced in House
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