[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[S. 2287 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2287

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the operation of 
 State employment and training programs under that Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 13, 2023

 Ms. Klobuchar introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the operation of 
 State employment and training programs under that Act, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Revitalize and Expand SNAP Education 
and Training for America's Future Act of 2023'' or the ``RESET for 
America's Future Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. INNOVATION EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.

    (a) Innovation Employment and Training Program.--Section 6(d)(4) of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by conforming the margins of subparagraphs (C) through 
        (J), (L), and (M) to the margin of subparagraph (A); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(P) Innovation employment and training program.--
                            ``(i) Reimbursement of costs.--Subject to 
                        the availability of funds under section 
                        16(h)(1), on request of a State agency, the 
                        Secretary shall reimburse the State agency an 
                        amount equal to 100 percent of all costs 
                        directly incurred in carrying out a component 
                        of an employment and training program that 
                        meets 1 or more of the following requirements:
                                    ``(I) At the time of use, the 
                                program component is under evaluation 
                                with respect to measuring employment 
                                and earnings outcomes for participants 
                                in the employment and training program 
                                with a methodology that could, in the 
                                event that the evaluation finds 
                                positive program impacts, subsequently 
                                classify the employment and training 
                                program as having--
                                            ``(aa) a high or moderate 
                                        causal evidence rating (as 
                                        defined by the Secretary and 
                                        consistent with evidence 
                                        standards established by 
                                        Federal agencies implementing 
                                        other Federal workforce 
                                        investments, including 
                                        standards defined by the 
                                        Secretary of Labor under 
                                        section 306 of the Social 
                                        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 506)); 
                                        and
                                            ``(bb) a demonstrated 
                                        capacity to improve employment 
                                        or earnings outcomes for 
                                        program participants.
                                    ``(II) The program component 
                                provides services that have already 
                                been evaluated and found to positively 
                                affect employment or earnings outcomes 
                                for employment or training program 
                                participants, with a methodology that 
                                has a high or moderate causal evidence 
                                rating (as defined by the Secretary as 
                                described in subclause (I)(aa)).
                                    ``(III)(aa) Subject to items (bb) 
                                and (cc), the State agency uses at 
                                least 20 percent of the funding 
                                allocated under this paragraph to the 
                                employment and training program 
                                component to enter into a performance 
                                or outcomes contract to pay for--
                                            ``(AA) measurable 
                                        improvements in outcomes 
                                        related to improved employment 
                                        or earnings;
                                            ``(BB) credential 
                                        attainment; or
                                            ``(CC) measurable 
                                        attainment of new vocational 
                                        skills for participants of the 
                                        employment and training 
                                        program, which shall include 
                                        any reporting measures related 
                                        to those outcomes that State 
                                        agencies must track and report 
                                        annually under regulations 
                                        promulgated pursuant to this 
                                        Act or any benchmarks 
                                        demonstrated by credible 
                                        research to be highly 
                                        correlated with those outcomes 
                                        if those outcomes are measured 
                                        using administrative data 
                                        validated by a third-party 
                                        evaluator.
                                    ``(bb) Activities carried out under 
                                a performance or outcomes contract 
                                described in item (aa) ensure that the 
                                population served by the performance or 
                                outcomes contract in an area, as 
                                demonstrated by the State agency--
                                            ``(AA) is similar to the 
                                        population in that area that 
                                        participates in the 
                                        supplemental nutrition 
                                        assistance program with respect 
                                        to demographics and barriers to 
                                        employment; and
                                            ``(BB) is not selected for 
                                        purposes of excluding 
                                        participants in that area that 
                                        are perceived as `harder-to-
                                        serve'.
                                    ``(cc) The State agency submits 
                                each request for reimbursement for 
                                payments made for activities carried 
                                out under a performance or outcomes 
                                contract described in item (aa)--
                                            ``(AA) not later than 60 
                                        months after the effective date 
                                        of the performance or outcomes 
                                        contract; and
                                            ``(BB) within 12 months of 
                                        making the payment for which 
                                        reimbursement is requested.
                            ``(ii) Administrative, technical 
                        assistance, and evaluation costs.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--Subject to the 
                                availability of funds under section 
                                16(h)(1) remaining after expenditure 
                                under clause (i), on request of a State 
                                agency, the Secretary shall reimburse 
                                the State agency for administration, 
                                technical assistance, and evaluation 
                                costs associated with activities 
                                eligible for reimbursement under clause 
                                (i).
                                    ``(II) Amount.--The Secretary shall 
                                reimburse the State agency under 
                                subclause (I) in an amount that--
                                            ``(aa) is not more than 20 
                                        percent of the direct costs 
                                        approved for reimbursement 
                                        under clause (i); and
                                            ``(bb) in the case of an 
                                        employment and training program 
                                        component that is coordinated 
                                        with a program funded in part 
                                        by funds authorized under the 
                                        Workforce Innovation and 
                                        Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 
                                        et seq.), is not more than 30 
                                        percent of the direct costs 
                                        approved for reimbursement 
                                        under clause (i).
                            ``(iii) Extension of eligibility.--
                        Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
                        Act, an individual enrolled in an employment 
                        and training program component described in 
                        clause (i) that becomes ineligible due to 
                        failure to meet a requirement described in 
                        subsection (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (i), (k), 
                        (l), (m), or (n) of section 5 shall be 
                        permitted to continue participating in the 
                        employment and training program component until 
                        the date that is the earlier of--
                                    ``(I) 6 months after the date on 
                                which the individual would otherwise 
                                become ineligible; and
                                    ``(II) the date on which the 
                                individual completes the employment and 
                                training program component.
                            ``(iv) State agency requirements.--
                                    ``(I) Report.--A State agency that 
                                receives reimbursement under clause (i) 
                                shall submit annually to the Secretary 
                                a report describing--
                                            ``(aa) the services 
                                        provided by the applicable 
                                        employment and training program 
                                        component;
                                            ``(bb) the demographics of 
                                        participants of that program 
                                        component;
                                            ``(cc) the costs of that 
                                        program component;
                                            ``(dd) the manner in which 
                                        funds were used for that 
                                        program component; and
                                            ``(ee) in the case of a 
                                        State agency that carries out a 
                                        program component described in 
                                        clause (i)(I), findings from 
                                        the applicable completed 
                                        evaluation.
                                    ``(II) Publicly available.--The 
                                Secretary shall make publicly available 
                                the information submitted to the 
                                Secretary under subclause (I).''.
    (b) Funding for Employment and Training Programs.--Section 16(h)(1) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``To carry out'' and inserting the 
                following:
                            ``(i) In general.--To carry out''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) Additional funds.--In addition to 
                        funds made available under clause (i), the 
                        Secretary shall reserve for allocation to State 
                        agencies, to remain available for 24 months, 
                        from funds made available for each fiscal year 
                        under section 18(a)(1), $100,000,000 for each 
                        fiscal year to provide reimbursements under 
                        section 6(d)(4)(P).'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by striking ``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting 
        ``subparagraph (A)(i)'';
            (3) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``subparagraph 
        (A)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A)(i)''; and
            (4) in subparagraph (E)(i), by striking ``subparagraph 
        (A)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A)(i)''.
    (c) Use of Federal Funding Streams as Matching Funds.--Section 
16(h)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(2) If, in carrying out such program 
        during such fiscal year'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Reimbursement of excess costs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If, in carrying out an 
                employment and training program in a fiscal year'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated)--
                    (A) by striking ``shall pay'' and inserting the 
                following: ``shall--
                            ``(i) pay'';
                    (B) in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking 
                the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) consider any other Federal funding 
                        used to carry out a component of an employment 
                        and training program as qualifying for the 50-
                        percent share of the State required under 
                        subsection (a), this paragraph, and paragraph 
                        (3), unless that use of funding is specifically 
                        disallowed by law.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Reporting.--A State agency that incurs costs 
                described in subparagraph (A) and uses any other 
                Federal funding as described in clause (ii) of that 
                subparagraph shall submit to the Secretary a report 
                that--
                            ``(i) identifies each source of those 
                        Federal funds; and
                            ``(ii) describes, if applicable, how 
                        implementation of the employment and training 
                        program component is carried out in 
                        coordination with local and State entities 
                        supported by the same source of Federal funds--
                                    ``(I) to improve measurable 
                                outcomes for participants of the 
                                employment and training program 
                                component;
                                    ``(II) to streamline service 
                                delivery, colocate services, align 
                                services across employment and training 
                                programs, streamline service delivery 
                                for participants of the employment and 
                                training program component, or make it 
                                easier for those participants eligible 
                                for multiple employment and training 
                                programs to participate in cost-sharing 
                                across the programs in which they are 
                                enrolled; and
                                    ``(III) to otherwise partner with 
                                other entities in the area to improve 
                                employment and training program 
                                performance management.''.
    (d) Reimbursement for Additional Supportive Services.--Section 
16(h)(3) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(3)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(3) The Secretary shall also reimburse 
        each State agency in an amount equal to 50 per centum'' and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(3) Transportation and other expenses.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall reimburse each 
                State agency in an amount equal to 50 percent''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Full reimbursement for transportation and 
                other costs.--On request by a State agency, the 
                Secretary shall fully reimburse the State agency for 
                costs directly incurred and expended in connection with 
                transportation costs and other expenses that were 
                reasonably necessary and directly related to carrying 
                out an employment and training program component that 
                meets at least 1 of the requirements described in 
                clause (i) of section 6(d)(4)(P), subject to the 
                availability of funding made available under paragraph 
                (1)(A)(ii).''.
    (e) Employment and Training Data Grants.--Section 17 of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2026) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(o) Employment and Training Data Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to 
        States, on a competitive basis, to create and strengthen 
        longitudinal administrative databases and associated resources 
        for the purpose of strengthening program quality, advancing 
        equity, reducing burden, protecting privacy, and improving 
        transparency in employment and training programs.
            ``(2) Priority.--In awarding grants under paragraph (1), 
        the Secretary shall give priority to--
                    ``(A) States that--
                            ``(i) have not previously received a grant 
                        from the Secretary for the purpose described in 
                        paragraph (1); and
                            ``(ii) have the greatest need with respect 
                        to improving data infrastructure; and
                    ``(B) projects that--
                            ``(i) strengthen the quality of an 
                        employment and training program or otherwise 
                        improve the employment and training program;
                            ``(ii) facilitate co-enrollment and 
                        coordination of services between the employment 
                        and training program and other federally 
                        supported workforce development programs, 
                        including programs authorized under--
                                    ``(I) the Workforce Innovation and 
                                Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et 
                                seq.); and
                                    ``(II) the Strengthening Career and 
                                Technical Education for the 21st 
                                Century Act (Public Law 115-224; 132 
                                Stat. 1563) and the amendments made by 
                                that Act;
                            ``(iii) participate in and contribute data 
                        to the linked longitudinal data system of the 
                        State, including submitting data that, when 
                        linked with elementary, secondary, and 
                        postsecondary school data and workforce 
                        development data, provides the State with the 
                        ability to create more robust tools and 
                        analytics;
                            ``(iv) encourage the use of non-Federal 
                        contributions to improve State data 
                        infrastructure and related resources;
                            ``(v) support research and program 
                        improvement activities; or
                            ``(vi) achieve other priorities, as 
                        determined by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Technical assistance.--The Secretary shall provide 
        technical assistance to support the implementation of projects 
        carried out using grants awarded under this subsection.
            ``(4) Privacy and security standards.--Data in longitudinal 
        administrative databases and associated resources supported by 
        a grant under this subsection shall--
                    ``(A) be exempted from the disclosure requirements 
                of subsection (a) of section 552 of title 5, United 
                States Code, pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of that 
                section;
                    ``(B) be used in a manner that protects the 
                identity and location of a vulnerable individual 
                (including a victim of domestic violence) that is an 
                applicant for, or recipient of, supplemental nutrition 
                assistance program benefits; and
                    ``(C) meet security standards determined by the 
                Secretary.
            ``(5) Integrated data.--Nothing in this subsection shall 
        prohibit the use of data supported by a grant under this 
        subsection from being used as part of a State data system or 
        other integrated data system.
            ``(6) Authorization of appropriations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Of the funds made available 
                under section 18(a), the Secretary shall use to carry 
                out this subsection $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 
                and each fiscal year thereafter, of which not more than 
                10 percent shall be used to carry out paragraph (3).
                    ``(B) Supplement not supplant.--Funds used under 
                subparagraph (A) shall supplement, not supplant, other 
                State or local funds used for developing State data 
                systems.''.
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