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H.R. 4678 (106th)

Child Support Distribution Act of 2000

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Introduced

15 June 2000

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Summary

Child Support Distribution Act of 2000 - Title I: Distribution of Child Support - Amends title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) modify the rule requiring that a family member assign support rights to the State as a condition for receiving TANF; (2) revise child support payment and distribution guidelines; and (3) mandate that State plans for child and spousal support ban the use of the TANF program to recover Medicaid costs for the birth of a child for whom support rights have been assigned. Title II: Review and Adjustment of Child Support Orders - Requires State plans to prescribe mandatory triennial review and modification of child support orders for TANF recipients, including certification that the child support enforcement program will receive notice of certain families leaving the TANF program. Title III: Expanded Information and Enforcement - Instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to report to the public separate sets of recommendations regarding participation of certain public and private child support enforcement agencies, including privacy safeguards, data security, and due process rights. Subtitle A: State Option to Provide Information and Enforcement Mechanisms to Public Non-IV-D Child Support Enforcement Agencies - Requires State plans for child and spousal support to set forth a State plan option to provide information and enforcement mechanisms to public non-IV-D child support enforcement agencies, including all information in the State Directory of New Hires and information obtained through certain information comparisons. (Sec. 312) Authorizes a State agency implementing such option to use certain enforcement mechanisms, including: (1) Federal tax refund intercepts; (2) reports of arrearages to credit bureaus, (3) passport sanctions; (4) financial institution data matches; and (5) income withholding for unemployment insurance benefits. Subtitle B: State Option to Provide Information and Enforcement Mechanisms to Private Child Support Enforcement Agencies - Requires State plans for child and spousal support to set forth a State plan option to provide the same information and enforcement mechanisms to private child support enforcement agencies as apply to their public non-IV-D child support enforcement agency counterparts. Title IV: Expanded Enforcement - Reduces the amount of child support arrearages that will trigger passport denial. Provides for the use of the tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support on behalf of children who are not minors. Title V: Fatherhood Programs - Subtitle A: Fatherhood Grant Program - Prescribes requirements for a fatherhood grant program to promote marriage, parenting, and employment building skills. Subtitle B: Fatherhood Projects of National Significance - Instructs the Secretary to award a grant to a nationally recognized, nonprofit fatherhood promotion organization to develop and promote marriage and responsible fatherhood, including a national clearinghouse to disseminate information regarding media campaigns and fatherhood programs. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Instructs the Secretary to: (1) report to certain congressional committees on undistributed child support payments; (2) disclose to a State unemployment compensation agency the putative employer of an individual listed in the National Directory of New Hires. (Sec. 604) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) declare that nonimmigrant aliens are ineligible to receive visas and excluded from admission for nonpayment of adjudicated child support; and (2) authorize immigration officers to serve an alien applicant for admission to the United States with legal process with respect to any action to enforce or establish a legal obligation to pay child support.. Makes conforming amendments to SSA title IV part A to: (1) reflect these provisions; and (2) authorize the Secretary to share child support enforcement information in order to enforce Immigration and Naturalization law. (Sec. 605) Amends the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program to: (1) correct errors in conforming amendments in the Welfare-to-Work and Child Support Amendments of 1999; and (2) repeal the set-aside of welfare-to-work funds for successful performance bonus. Title VII: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.

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