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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7906 

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 

A BILL 

To improve the effectiveness and available tools of State 

and 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 ‘‘Strengthening State 

5 and Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRIBAL CHILD 

2 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 

3 (a) IMPROVING THE COLLECTION OF PAST-DUE

4 CHILD SUPPORT THROUGH STATE AND TRIBAL PARITY

5 IN THE ALLOWABLE USE OF TAX INFORMATION.— 

6 (1) AMENDMENT TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY

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

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

9 following: 

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

11 ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING A GRANT UNDER THIS

12 PART.—This section, except for the requirement to dis13 tribute amounts in accordance with section 457, shall 

14 apply to an Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving 

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

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

17 this part.’’. 

18 (2) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE

19 CODE.— 

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

21 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

22 ‘‘any local child support enforcement agency’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘any tribal or local child support 

24 enforcement agency’’. 

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

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


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

2 amended— 

3 (i) in paragraph (6)— 

4 (I) by striking ‘‘or local’’ in sub5 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘tribal, 

6 or local’’; 

7 (II) by striking ‘‘AND LOCAL’’ in 

8 the heading thereof and inserting 

9 ‘‘TRIBAL, AND LOCAL’’; 

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

11 in subparagraph (B) and inserting 

12 ‘‘The’’; 

13 (IV) by striking the colon and all 

14 that follows in subparagraph (B) and 

15 inserting a period; and 

16 (V) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

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

19 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—For pur20 poses of this paragraph, the following shall be 

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

22 enforcement agency: 

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

24 subdivision thereof operating pursuant to a 

25 plan described in section 454 of the Social 


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1 Security Act which has been approved by 

2 the Secretary of Health and Human Serv3 ices under part D of title IV of such Act. 

4 ‘‘(ii) Any child support enforcement 

5 agency of an Indian tribe or tribal organi6 zation receiving a grant under section 

7 455(f) of the Social Security Act.’’; 

8 (ii) in paragraph (8)— 

9 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik10 ing ‘‘or State or local’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘State, tribal, or local’’; 

12 (II) by adding the following at 

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

14 information disclosed to any child 

15 support enforcement agency under 

16 subparagraph (A) with respect to any 

17 individual with respect to whom child 

18 support obligations are sought to be 

19 established or enforced may be dis20 closed by such agency to any agent of 

21 such agency which is under contract 

22 with such agency for purposes of, and 

23 to the extent necessary in, estab24 lishing and collecting child support 


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1 obligations from, and locating, individ2 uals owing such obligations.’’; 

3 (III) by striking subparagraph 

4 (C) and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(C) STATE, TRIBAL, OR LOCAL CHILD

6 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—For pur7 poses of this paragraph, the term ‘State, tribal, 

8 or local child support enforcement agency’ has 

9 the same meaning as when used in paragraph 

10 (6)(D).’’; and 

11 (IV) by striking ‘‘AND LOCAL’’ in 

12 the heading thereof and inserting 

13 ‘‘TRIBAL, AND LOCAL’’; and 

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

15 at the end the following new clause: 

16 ‘‘(iii) The information disclosed to any 

17 child support enforcement agency under 

18 subparagraph (A) with respect to any indi19 vidual with respect to whom child support 

20 obligations are sought to be established or 

21 enforced may be disclosed by such agency 

22 to any agent of such agency which is under 

23 contract with such agency for purposes of, 

24 and to the extent necessary in, establishing 

25 and collecting child support obligations 


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1 from, and locating, individuals owing such 

2 obligations.’’. 

3 (D) Section 6103(p) of such Code is 

4 amended— 

5 (i) in paragraph (4)— 

6 (I) by striking ‘‘subsection 

7 (l)(10), (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), 

8 (13)(D)(i), (16), (18), (19), or (20), 

9 or any entity’’ in the matter preceding 

10 subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘sub11 section (l)(6), (8), (10), (13)(A), 

12 (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), 

13 (18), (19), or (20), or any Indian 

14 tribe or tribal organization receiving a 

15 grant under section 455(f) of the So16 cial Security Act, or any entity’’, 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘subsection 

18 (l)(10), (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), 

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

20 any entity’’ each place it appears in 

21 subparagraph (F) and inserting ‘‘sub22 section (l)(6), (8), (10), (13)(A), 

23 (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), 

24 (18), (19), or (20), or any Indian 

25 tribe or tribal organization receiving a 


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1 grant under section 455(f) of the So2 cial Security Act, or any entity’’, and 

3 (ii) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘or 

4 local’’ and inserting ‘‘tribal, or local’’. 

5 (E) Subsection (c) of section 6402 of such 

6 Code is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: ‘‘For purposes of this subsection, any 

8 reference to a State shall include a reference to 

9 any Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving 

10 a grant under section 455(f) of the Social Secu11 rity Act.’’. 

12 (b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPORTS.—Section 

13 453(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(g)) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

16 ‘‘STATE’’; and 

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

18 State, and tribal’’. 

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

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

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

22 ‘‘5304’’. 

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