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Union Calendar No. 800 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7906 

[Report No. 118–951] 

To improve the effectiveness and available tools of State and tribal child 

support enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 9, 2024 

Mr. HERN (for himself, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. SMUCKER, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and Mr. LAHOOD) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

DECEMBER 24, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. CAREY, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mrs. 

DINGELL, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. MOORE of Utah, 

Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. MANN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. STEIL, Mrs. 

LESKO, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. CHU, Mr. 

POCAN, Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. 

SCHOLTEN, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 

ESTES, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. 

FISCHBACH, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

WENSTRUP, Mr. STEUBE, Mrs. STEEL, Mrs. HINSON, and Mr. 

LANGWORTHY

DECEMBER 24, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 9, 2024] 


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A BILL 

To improve the effectiveness and available tools of State 

and tribal child support enforcement agencies, and for 

other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Strengthening State and 

5 Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRIBAL CHILD 

7 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 

8 (a) IMPROVING THE COLLECTION OF PAST-DUE CHILD

9 SUPPORT THROUGH STATE AND TRIBAL PARITY IN THE

10 ALLOWABLE USE OF TAX INFORMATION.— 

11 (1) AMENDMENT TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY

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

13 U.S.C. 664) is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

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

16 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING A GRANT UNDER THIS

17 PART.—This section, except for the requirement to dis18 tribute amounts in accordance with section 457, shall apply 

19 to an Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant 

20 under section 455(f) in the same manner in which this sec21 tion applies to a State with a plan approved under this 

22 part.’’. 

23 (2) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE

24 CODE.— 


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1 (A) Section 6103(a)(2) of the Internal Rev2 enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘any 

3 local child support enforcement agency’’ and in4 serting ‘‘any tribal or local child support en5 forcement agency’’. 

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

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

8 (C) Section 6103(l) of such Code is amend9 ed— 

10 (i) in paragraph (6)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘or local’’ in sub12 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘tribal, 

13 or local’’; 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘AND LOCAL’’ in 

15 the heading thereof and inserting 

16 ‘‘TRIBAL, AND LOCAL’’; 

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

18 in subparagraph (B) and inserting 

19 ‘‘The’’; 

20 (IV) by striking the colon and all 

21 that follows in subparagraph (B) and 

22 inserting a period; and 

23 (V) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(D) STATE, TRIBAL, OR LOCAL CHILD SUP2 PORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—For purposes of 

3 this paragraph, the following shall be treated as 

4 a State, tribal, or local child support enforce5 ment agency: 

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

7 subdivision thereof operating pursuant to a 

8 plan described in section 454 of the Social 

9 Security Act which has been approved by 

10 the Secretary of Health and Human Serv11 ices under part D of title IV of such Act. 

12 ‘‘(ii) Any child support enforcement 

13 agency of an Indian tribe or tribal organi14 zation receiving a grant under section 

15 455(f) of the Social Security Act.’’; 

16 (ii) in paragraph (8)— 

17 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik18 ing ‘‘or State or local’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

19 State, tribal, or local’’; 

20 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 

21 striking ‘‘enforced pursuant to a plan 

22 described’’ and all that follows through 

23 ‘‘of such Act’’ and inserting ‘‘enforced 

24 pursuant to the provisions of part D of 

25 title IV of the Social Security Act’’; 


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1 (III) by adding at the end of sub2 paragraph (B) the following: ‘‘The in3 formation disclosed to any child sup4 port enforcement agency under sub5 paragraph (A) with respect to any in6 dividual with respect to whom child 

7 support obligations are sought to be es8 tablished or enforced may be disclosed 

9 by such agency to any agent of such 

10 agency which is under contract with 

11 such agency for purposes of, and to the 

12 extent necessary in, establishing and 

13 collecting child support obligations 

14 from, and locating, individuals owing 

15 such obligations.’’; 

16 (IV) by striking subparagraph (C) 

17 and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(C) STATE, TRIBAL, OR LOCAL CHILD SUP19 PORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—For purposes of 

20 this paragraph, the term ‘State, tribal, or local 

21 child support enforcement agency’ has the same 

22 meaning as when used in paragraph (6)(D).’’; 

23 and 


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1 (V) by striking ‘‘AND LOCAL’’ in 

2 the heading thereof and inserting 

3 ‘‘TRIBAL, AND LOCAL’’; and 

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

5 at the end the following new clause: 

6 ‘‘(iii) The information disclosed to any 

7 child support enforcement agency under 

8 subparagraph (A) with respect to any indi9 vidual with respect to whom child support 

10 obligations are sought to be established or 

11 enforced may be disclosed by such agency to 

12 any agent of such agency which is under 

13 contract with such agency for purposes of, 

14 and to the extent necessary in, establishing 

15 and collecting child support obligations 

16 from, and locating, individuals owing such 

17 obligations.’’. 

18 (D) Section 6103(p)(4) of such Code is 

19 amended— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘subsection (l)(10), 

21 (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), 

22 (18), (19), or (20), or any entity’’ in the 

23 matter preceding subparagraph (A) and in24 serting ‘‘subsection (l)(6), (8), (10), (13)(A), 

25 (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), (18), 


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1 (19), or (20), or any Indian tribe or tribal 

2 organization receiving a grant under sec3 tion 455(f) of the Social Security Act, or 

4 any entity’’; 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (l)(10)’’ in 

6 subparagraph (F)(i) and inserting ‘‘sub7 section (l)(6), (8), (10)’’; 

8 (iii) by striking ‘‘subsection (l)(10), 

9 (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), 

10 (18), (19), or (20) or any entity’’ each place 

11 it appears in the matter following subpara12 graph (F)(iii) and inserting ‘‘subsection 

13 (l)(6), (8), (10), (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), 

14 (13)(D)(i), (16), (18), (19), or (20), or any 

15 Indian tribe or tribal organization receiv16 ing a grant under section 455(f) of the So17 cial Security Act, or any entity’’; and 

18 (iv) by inserting ‘‘, (8)’’ after ‘‘para19 graph (6)(A)’’ in the matter following sub20 paragraph (F)(iii). 

21 (E) Section 6103(p)(9) of such Code is 

22 amended by striking ‘‘or local’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘tribal, or local’’. 

24 (F) Section 6402(c) of such Code is amend25 ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For purVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:14 Dec 27, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H7906.RH H7906

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1 poses of this subsection, any reference to a State 

2 shall include a reference to any Indian tribe or 

3 tribal organization receiving a grant under sec4 tion 455(f) of the Social Security Act.’’. 

5 (b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPORTS.—Section 453(g) 

6 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(g)) is amended— 

7 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘STATE’’; and 

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

10 State, and tribal’’. 

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

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

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

14 ‘‘5304’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 800 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7906 

[Report No. 118–951] 

A BILL 

To improve the effectiveness and available tools of 

cies, and for other purposes. State and tribal child support enforcement agenDECEMBER 24, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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