; or (ii) reduces services that an individual is entitled to receive under Federal, State, or local law. (b) Pay for success initiative authority (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and except as provided under subsection (c)— (A) any recipient of a grant under this Act may request to use grant funds to carry out a pay for success initiative that accomplishes the objectives of the grant and meets all requirements of the grant (except to the extent a requirement is specifically modified by the pay for success initiative), if such use is proposed in the application or plan submitted for such grant; and (B) the Secretary may approve not more than 5 pilot demonstrations each fiscal year from the grant applications or plans that contain a request to carry out a pay for success initiative. (2) Use of funds for feasibility studies and rigorous third-party evaluation If the Secretary, or a grant recipient, is authorized to carry out a pay for success initiative under paragraph (1), the Secretary or grant recipient may use funds available for the pay for success initiative— (A) to conduct the feasibility study required under subsection (a)(2)(A)(iii)(I) or the rigorous third-party evaluation required under subsection (a)(2)(A)(iii)(II)