[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7572 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7572
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide employment and
training data grants, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 6, 2024
Ms. Salinas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide employment and
training data grants, 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 ``SNAP E&T Data And Technical
Assistance (DATA) Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.
Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(o) Employment and Training Data Grants.--The Secretary is
authorized to award grants to State agencies, on a competitive basis,
for the purpose of creating and strengthening longitudinal
administrative databases and associated resources for the purpose of
strengthening program quality, reducing burden, advancing equity,
protecting privacy, and improving transparency in supplemental
nutrition and assistance program employment and training programs.
``(1) Award basis.--The Secretary shall award grants on a
competitive basis and in a manner consistent with the following
priorities:
``(A) Encouraging participation among States that
have not yet received such grants and among those with
the greatest needs in terms of data infrastructure.
``(B) Strengthening effectiveness in meeting the
purposes of section 6(d)(4)(A)(i).
``(C) Facilitating co-enrollment and coordination
of services between employment and training programs
offered under this Act and other federally-supported
workforce development programs, such as those
authorized under the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and 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.
``(D) Participating in and contributing data to the
State's linked longitudinal data system, including
submitting data that when linked with K-12,
postsecondary, and workforce development data, provides
the State with the ability to create more robust tools
and analytics.
``(E) Encouraging the use of non-Federal
contributions to improve State data infrastructure and
related resources.
``(F) Enabling research and program improvement
activities.
``(G) Other priorities as determined by the
Secretary.
``(2) Privacy and security standards.--Data supported by
this subsection shall be--
``(A) used only for the purpose described in this
subsection;
``(B) exempted from the disclosure requirements of
section 552(a) of title 5 of the United States Code
pursuant to section 552(b)(3) of such title, to the
extent such information is obtained or received by the
Secretary;
``(C) used in a manner that protects the identity
and location of an individual that is an applicant for,
or recipient of, supplemental nutrition assistance
program benefits; and
``(D) shall meet security standards as determined
by the Secretary.
``(3) Supplement not supplant.--Funds made available under
this subsection shall be used to supplement, and not supplant,
other State or local funds used for developing State data
systems.
``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--Of the funds
available under section 18, the Secretary shall use to carry
out this subsection $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2024 through 2028.
``(5) Administrative costs.--The Secretary shall reserve
not more than 20 percent of the funds made available under
paragraph (4) for the provision of technical assistance to
support the implementation of these Grants.
``(6) Reports.--Not later than 3 years after the effective
date of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry of the Senate, a report regarding implementation
of this subsection that, includes the following information.
``(A) The number of grants awarded, a list of
recipients, and the amount of funds awarded.
``(B) A description of recipients' use of the grant
funds.
``(C) An analysis of the impact of receiving such
grants on improving the effectiveness of State
employment and training programs in meeting the
purposes of section 6(d)(4)(A)(i).''.
SEC. 3. GAO REPORT.
Not later than 1 year after funds are made available to carry out
section 5(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(o)),
the Comptroller General of the United States shall--
(1) examine and review the implementation of such section,
including an examination of--
(A) co-enrollment strategies and related best
practices that maximize participant eligibility using
linked and integrated data;
(B) an examination and distillation of best
practices related to the coordination and braiding of
funds that improve the quality of employment and
training programs implemented under the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008; and
(C) additional issues and impact that access to
linked and integrated databases and the development of
data exchange agreements have on the participant and
provider outcomes within employment and training
programs implemented under the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008;
(2) develop recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture
on any changes that should be made to improve such data grants;
and
(3) prepare and submit a report on the findings and
recommendations based on the examination made under paragraph
(1), and recommendations received, under paragraph (2), to--
(A) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives.
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