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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 534 

To improve the effectiveness of tribal child support enforcement agencies, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 2 (legislative day, MARCH 1), 2021 

Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Enforcement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRIBAL CHILD 

7 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 

8 (a) IMPROVING THE COLLECTION OF PAST-DUE

9 CHILD SUPPORT THROUGH STATE AND TRIBAL PARITY

10 IN THE ALLOWABLE USE OF TAX INFORMATION.— 


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1 (1) AMENDMENT TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY

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

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

4 following: 

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

6 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING A GRANT UNDER THIS

7 PART.—This section, except for the requirement to dis8 tribute amounts in accordance with section 457, shall 

9 apply to an Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving 

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

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

12 this part.’’. 

13 (2) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE

14 CODE.— 

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

16 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘any local child support enforcement agency’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘any tribal or local child support 

19 enforcement agency’’. 

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

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

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

23 amended— 

24 (i) in paragraph (6)— 


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1 (I) by striking ‘‘or local’’ in sub2 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘tribal, 

3 or local’’; 

4 (II) by striking ‘‘AND LOCAL’’ in 

5 the heading thereof and inserting 

6 ‘‘TRIBAL, AND LOCAL’’; 

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

8 in subparagraph (B) and inserting 

9 ‘‘The’’; 

10 (IV) by striking the colon and all 

11 that follows in subparagraph (B) and 

12 inserting a period; and 

13 (V) by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

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

16 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—For pur17 poses of this paragraph, the following shall be 

18 treated as a State, tribal, or local child support 

19 enforcement agency: 

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

21 subdivision thereof operating pursuant to a 

22 plan described in section 454 of the Social 

23 Security Act which has been approved by 

24 the Secretary of Health and Human Serv25 ices under part D of title IV of such Act. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Any child support enforcement 

2 agency of an Indian tribe or tribal organi3 zation receiving a grant under section 

4 455(f) of the Social Security Act.’’; 

5 (ii) in paragraph (8)— 

6 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik7 ing ‘‘or State or local’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘State, tribal, or local’’; 

9 (II) by adding the following at 

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

11 information disclosed to any child 

12 support enforcement agency under 

13 subparagraph (A) with respect to any 

14 individual with respect to whom child 

15 support obligations are sought to be 

16 established or enforced may be dis17 closed by such agency to any agent of 

18 such agency which is under contract 

19 with such agency for purposes of, and 

20 to the extent necessary in, estab21 lishing and collecting child support 

22 obligations from, and locating, individ23 uals owing such obligations.’’; 

24 (III) by striking subparagraph 

25 (C) and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(C) STATE, TRIBAL, OR LOCAL CHILD

2 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—For pur3 poses of this paragraph, the term ‘State, tribal, 

4 or local child support enforcement agency’ has 

5 the same meaning as when used in paragraph 

6 (6)(D).’’; and 

7 (IV) by striking ‘‘AND LOCAL’’ in 

8 the heading thereof and inserting 

9 ‘‘TRIBAL, AND LOCAL’’; and 

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

11 at the end the following new clause: 

12 ‘‘(iii) The information disclosed to any 

13 child support enforcement agency under 

14 subparagraph (A) with respect to any indi15 vidual with respect to whom child support 

16 obligations are sought to be established or 

17 enforced may be disclosed by such agency 

18 to any agent of such agency which is under 

19 contract with such agency for purposes of, 

20 and to the extent necessary in, establishing 

21 and collecting child support obligations 

22 from, and locating, individuals owing such 

23 obligations.’’. 

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

25 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 


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

2 of this subsection, any reference to a State shall 

3 include a reference to any Indian tribe or tribal 

4 organization receiving a grant under section 

5 455(f) of the Social Security Act.’’. 

6 (b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPORTS.—Section 

7 453(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(g)) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

10 ‘‘STATE’’; and 

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

12 State, and tribal’’. 

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

14 (33) of section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 654) are each amended by striking ‘‘450b’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘5304’’. 

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