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<title>Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act</title>
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<action-date>2017-04-27</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows the Department of the Treasury to enter into agreements with state and local governments&nbsp;for social-impact partnership projects&nbsp;for which federal funds&nbsp;shall be&nbsp;awarded only if a project achieves certain agreed-upon outcomes resulting in&nbsp;both social benefit&nbsp;and federal savings. In carrying out&nbsp;these agreements, Treasury must consult with the Federal Interagency Council on Social Impact Partnerships and the&nbsp;Commission on Social Impact Partnerships (both newly established by&nbsp;the bill). Treasury may transfer to another federal agency the authority to administer&nbsp;the agreements.</p> <p>At least 50% of all federal payments made&nbsp;under such agreements must be used for initiatives that directly benefit children.</p> <p>The Government Accountability Office shall evaluate, and report to Congress on, social-impact partnerships funded under the bill.</p>]]></summary-text>
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