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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2300

To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to improve the 

collection of child support arrears in interstate cases. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 2, 2003

Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. HINCHEY, 

Ms. NORTON, Mr. FROST, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. 

MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 

Texas, and Ms. SLAUGHTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL

To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act 

to improve the collection of child support arrears in 

interstate cases.

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

3 SECTION 1. IMPROVED COLLECTION OF CHILD SUPPORT 

4 ARREARS IN INTERSTATE CASES. 

5 (a) ACCELERATED TRANSMISSION OF INCOME WITH6 HOLDING ORDERS TO EMPLOYERS.—Section 452(a) of 

7 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652(a)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

2 (10); 

3 (2) by striking the period at the end of para4 graph (11) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(12) if the Federal Parent Locator Service has 

8 located an individual whom information in the Fed9 eral Case Registry of Child Support Orders indicates 

10 is subject to a child support income withholding 

11 order, and has information that the individual is em12 ployed—

13 ‘‘(A) complete a copy of the form devel14 oped under paragraph (11)(A), using informa15 tion from the abstract; 

16 ‘‘(B) transmit the completed form to any 

17 such employer; and 

18 ‘‘(C) notify the appropriate State child 

19 support agency that a copy of the completed 

20 form has been so transmitted.’’. 

21 (b) IMPROVEMENT OF AUTHORITY TO REFER CHILD

22 SUPPORT ARREARAGE CASES TO THE INTERNAL REV23 ENUE SERVICE.—Section 452(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 652(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(b)(1) The Secretary shall certify to the Secretary 

2 of the Treasury for collection pursuant to section 6305 

3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 the amount of any 

4 child support arrears (including any arrears with respect 

5 to the parent who is living with the child) which are owed 

6 in a case in which the amount is not less than $5,000, 

7 and which a State has undertaken to collect pursuant to 

8 section 454(4) of this Act, if—

9 ‘‘(A) in an interstate case, information from the 

10 Federal Parent Locator Service indicates that in11 come withholding is not available as a means to col12 lect the amount; or 

13 ‘‘(B) in any other case, the State—

14 ‘‘(i) requests the Secretary to provide the 

15 certification; 

16 ‘‘(ii) shows that the State has made dili17 gent efforts to collect the amount using the col18 lection mechanisms of the State; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) agrees to reimburse the Secretary of 

20 the Treasury for the costs of the collection. 

21 ‘‘(2) In paragraph (1), the term ‘interstate case’ 

22 means a case in which, at any time after a child support 

23 order is established on behalf of a child, the person obli24 gated to pay support under the order does not reside in 

25 the State in which the child resides, regardless of whether 
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1 the person and the child subsequently reside in the same 

2 State. 

3 ‘‘(3) Any reimbursement received pursuant to para4 graph (1)(B)(iii) with respect to a collection shall be cred5 ited to the appropriation accounts which bore all or part 

6 of the costs involved in making the collection. 

7 ‘‘(4) If the Secretary or the Secretary of the Treasury 

8 is made aware of a child support arrearage case in which 

9 a violation of section 228 of title 18, United States Code, 

10 may have occurred, the Secretary or the Secretary of the 

11 Treasury, as the case may be, shall refer the case to the 

12 Attorney General for investigation. 

13 ‘‘(5) The Secretary, in consultation with the Sec14 retary of the Treasury, shall prescribe such regulations as 

15 may be necessary to carry out this subsection.’’.

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