117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 534 

AN ACT 

To improve the effectiveness of tribal child support 

enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Child Support 

3 Enforcement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRIBAL CHILD 

5 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 

6 (a) IMPROVING THE COLLECTION OF PAST-DUE

7 CHILD SUPPORT THROUGH STATE AND TRIBAL PARITY

8 IN THE ALLOWABLE USE OF TAX INFORMATION.— 

9 (1) AMENDMENT TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY

10 ACT.—Section 464 of the Social Security Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 664) is amended by adding at the end the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY TO INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL

14 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING A GRANT UNDER THIS

15 PART.—This section, except for the requirement to dis16 tribute amounts in accordance with section 457, shall 

17 apply to an Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving 

18 a grant under section 455(f) in the same manner in which 

19 this section applies to a State with a plan approved under 

20 this part.’’. 

21 (2) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE

22 CODE.— 

23 (A) Section 6103(a)(2) of the Internal 

24 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

25 ‘‘any local child support enforcement agency’’ 
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1 and inserting ‘‘any tribal or local child support 

2 enforcement agency’’. 

3 (B) Section 6103(a)(3) of such Code is 

4 amended by inserting ‘‘, (8)’’ after ‘‘(6)’’. 

5 (C) Section 6103(l) of such Code is 

6 amended— 

7 (i) in paragraph (6)— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘or local’’ in sub9 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘tribal, 

10 or local’’; 

11 (II) by striking ‘‘AND LOCAL’’ in 

12 the heading thereof and inserting 

13 ‘‘TRIBAL, AND LOCAL’’; 

14 (III) by striking ‘‘The following’’ 

15 in subparagraph (B) and inserting 

16 ‘‘The’’; 

17 (IV) by striking the colon and all 

18 that follows in subparagraph (B) and 

19 inserting a period; and 

20 (V) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(D) STATE, TRIBAL, OR LOCAL CHILD

23 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—For pur24 poses of this paragraph, the following shall be 
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1 treated as a State, tribal, or local child support 

2 enforcement agency: 

3 ‘‘(i) Any agency of a State or political 

4 subdivision thereof operating pursuant to a 

5 plan described in section 454 of the Social 

6 Security Act which has been approved by 

7 the Secretary of Health and Human Serv8 ices under part D of title IV of such Act. 

9 ‘‘(ii) Any child support enforcement 

10 agency of an Indian tribe or tribal organi11 zation receiving a grant under section 

12 455(f) of the Social Security Act.’’; 

13 (ii) in paragraph (8)— 

14 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik15 ing ‘‘or State or local’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘State, tribal, or local’’; 

17 (II) by adding the following at 

18 the end of subparagraph (B): ‘‘The 

19 information disclosed to any child 

20 support enforcement agency under 

21 subparagraph (A) with respect to any 

22 individual with respect to whom child 

23 support obligations are sought to be 

24 established or enforced may be dis25 closed by such agency to any agent of 
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1 such agency which is under contract 

2 with such agency for purposes of, and 

3 to the extent necessary in, estab4 lishing and collecting child support 

5 obligations from, and locating, individ6 uals owing such obligations.’’; 

7 (III) by striking subparagraph 

8 (C) and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(C) STATE, TRIBAL, OR LOCAL CHILD

10 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—For pur11 poses of this paragraph, the term ‘State, tribal, 

12 or local child support enforcement agency’ has 

13 the same meaning as when used in paragraph 

14 (6)(D).’’; and 

15 (IV) by striking ‘‘AND LOCAL’’ in 

16 the heading thereof and inserting 

17 ‘‘TRIBAL, AND LOCAL’’; and 

18 (iii) in paragraph (10)(B), by adding 

19 at the end the following new clause: 

20 ‘‘(iii) The information disclosed to any 

21 child support enforcement agency under 

22 subparagraph (A) with respect to any indi23 vidual with respect to whom child support 

24 obligations are sought to be established or 

25 enforced may be disclosed by such agency 
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1 to any agent of such agency which is under 

2 contract with such agency for purposes of, 

3 and to the extent necessary in, establishing 

4 and collecting child support obligations 

5 from, and locating, individuals owing such 

6 obligations.’’. 

7 (D) Subsection (c) of section 6402 of the 

8 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

9 adding at the end the following: ‘‘For purposes 

10 of this subsection, any reference to a State shall 

11 include a reference to any Indian tribe or tribal 

12 organization receiving a grant under section 

13 455(f) of the Social Security Act.’’. 

14 (b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPORTS.—Section 

15 453(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(g)) is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

18 ‘‘STATE’’; and 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘and State’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

20 State, and tribal’’. 

21 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Paragraphs (7) and 

22 (33) of section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
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1 654) are each amended by striking ‘‘450b’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘5304’’. 

Passed the Senate July 13, 2021. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 534 

AN ACT 

To improve the effectiveness of tribal child support 

enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.