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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1877 

To increase the reliability of child support for children, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 19, 2013 

Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. HATCH, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

GRASSLEY, and Mr. ROCKEFELLER) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To increase the reliability of child support for children, 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 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Child Support Improvement and Work Promotion Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

TITLE I—INCREASED RELIABILITY OF CHILD SUPPORT 

Sec. 101. Compliance with multilateral child support conventions. 

Sec. 102. Relief from passport sanctions for certain individuals. 


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Sec. 103. Child support enforcement programs for Indian tribes. 

Sec. 104. Parenting time arrangements. 

Sec. 105. Efficient use of the national directory of new hires database for federally sponsored research assessing the effectiveness of Federal 

policies and programs in achieving positive labor market outcomes. 

TITLE II—CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE 

Sec. 201. Child Support Enforcement Task Force. 

TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATES 

Sec. 301. Effective dates. 

TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

Sec. 401. Determination of budgetary effects. 

1 TITLE I—INCREASED RELI2 ABILITY OF CHILD SUPPORT 

3 SEC. 101. COMPLIANCE WITH MULTILATERAL CHILD SUP4 PORT CONVENTIONS. 

5 (a) SECRETARY’S AUTHORITY TO ENSURE COMPLI6 ANCE WITH MULTILATERAL CHILD SUPPORT CONVEN7 TION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 452 of the Social 

9 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652) is amended— 

10 (A) by redesignating the second subsection 

11 (l) (as added by section 7306 of Public Law 

12 109–171) as subsection (m); and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(n) SECRETARY’S AUTHORITY TO ENSURE COMPLI15 ANCE WITH MULTILATERAL CHILD SUPPORT CONVEN16 TION.—Consistent with the national policy of the United 

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1 eral child support convention to which the United States 

2 is a party, the Secretary shall utilize Federal and, as ap3 propriate, State enforcement mechanisms in furtherance 

4 of this policy and take such steps as may be necessary 

5 within the Secretary’s authority to ensure compliance with 

6 the United States treaty obligations under such convention 

7 in the event the Secretary determines that a State plan 

8 does not comply with such obligations.’’. 

9 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

10 453(k)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 653(k)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘452(l)’’ and in12 serting ‘‘452(m)’’. 

13 (b) ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR

14 SERVICE.—Section 453(c) of the Social Security Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 653(c)) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

17 (3); 

18 (2) by striking the period at the end of para19 graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(5) an entity designated as a Central Author22 ity for child support enforcement in a foreign recip23 rocating country or a foreign treaty country for pur24 poses specified in section 459A(c)(2).’’. 


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1 (c) STATE OPTION TO REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS IN

2 FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO APPLY THROUGH THEIR COUN3 TRY’S APPROPRIATE CENTRAL AUTHORITY.—Section 454 

4 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii), by inserting before 

6 the semicolon ‘‘(except that, if the individual apply7 ing for the services resides in a foreign reciprocating 

8 country or foreign treaty country, the State may opt 

9 to require the individual to request the services 

10 through the Central Authority for child support en11 forcement in the foreign reciprocating country or the 

12 foreign treaty country, and if the individual resides 

13 in a foreign country that is not a foreign recipro14 cating country or a foreign treaty country, a State 

15 may accept or reject the application)’’; and 

16 (2) in paragraph (32)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, a 

18 foreign treaty country,’’ after ‘‘a foreign recip19 rocating country’’; and 

20 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or 

21 foreign obligee’’ and inserting ‘‘, foreign treaty 

22 country, or foreign individual’’. 

23 (d) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT EN24 FORCEMENT PROVISIONS.—Section 459A of the Social Se25 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 659a) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (c)— 

2 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

3 by striking ‘‘foreign countries that are the sub4 ject of a declaration under this section’’ and in5 serting ‘‘foreign reciprocating countries or for6 eign treaty countries’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 

8 foreign treaty countries’’ after ‘‘foreign recipro9 cating countries’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the subject of 

11 a declaration pursuant to subsection (a)’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘foreign reciprocating countries or foreign treaty 

13 countries’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(e) REFERENCES.—In this part: 

16 ‘‘(1) FOREIGN RECIPROCATING COUNTRY.—The 

17 term ‘foreign reciprocating country’ means a foreign 

18 country (or political subdivision thereof) with respect 

19 to which the Secretary has made a declaration pur20 suant to subsection (a). 

21 ‘‘(2) FOREIGN TREATY COUNTRY.—The term 

22 ‘foreign treaty country’ means a foreign country for 

23 which the 2007 Family Maintenance Convention is 

24 in force. 


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1 ‘‘(3) 2007 FAMILY MAINTENANCE CONVEN2 TION.—The term ‘2007 Family Maintenance Con3 vention’ means the Hague Convention of 23 Novem4 ber 2007 on the International Recovery of Child 

5 Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance.’’. 

6 (e) COLLECTION OF PAST-DUE SUPPORT FROM FED7 ERAL TAX REFUNDS.—Section 464(a)(2)(A) of the Social 

8 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 664(a)(2)(A)) is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘under section 454(4)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘under paragraph (4)(A)(ii) or (32) of section 454’’. 

11 (f) STATE LAW REQUIREMENT CONCERNING THE

12 UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

13 (UIFSA).—Section 466(f) (42 U.S.C. 666(f)) is amend14 ed— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘on and after January 1, 

16 1998,’’; 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘and as in effect on August 22, 

18 1996,’’; and 

19 (3) by striking ‘‘adopted as of such date’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘adopted as of September 30, 2008’’. 

21 (g) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT FOR CHILD SUPPORT

22 ORDERS.—Section 1738B of title 28, United States Code, 

23 is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1) CHILD.—The term’’ 

2 before ‘‘ ‘child’ ’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘ ‘child’s State’ ’’ and all 

4 that follows through ‘‘a child resides.’’; 

5 (C) by inserting ‘‘(2) CHILD’S HOME

6 STATE.—The term’’ before ‘‘ ‘child’s home 

7 State’ ’’; 

8 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2), as 

9 designated by subparagraph (C), the following: 

10 ‘‘(3) CHILD’S STATE.—The term ‘child’s State’ 

11 means the State in which a child resides.’’; 

12 (E) by inserting ‘‘(4) CHILD SUPPORT.— 

13 The term’’ before ‘‘ ‘child support’ ’’; 

14 (F) by inserting ‘‘(5) CHILD SUPPORT

15 ORDER.—The term’’ before ‘‘ ‘child support 

16 order’ ’’; 

17 (G) by inserting ‘‘(6) CONTESTANT.—The 

18 term’’ before ‘‘ ‘contestant’ ’’; 

19 (H) by striking ‘‘ ‘court’ means’’ and all 

20 that follows through ‘‘modification of a child 

21 support order.’’; 

22 (I) by inserting ‘‘(7) MODIFICATION.—The 

23 term’’ before ‘‘ ‘modification’ ’’; 

24 (J) by inserting ‘‘(8) STATE.—The term’’ 

25 before ‘‘ ‘State’ ’’; and 


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1 (K) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(9) TRIBUNAL.—The term ‘tribunal’ means a 

3 court or administrative agency of a State that is au4 thorized by State law to establish the amount of 

5 child support payable by a contestant or make a 

6 modification of a child support order.’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘court’’ each place it appears 

8 except subsection (b)(9), as added by paragraph (1) 

9 of this section, and inserting ‘‘tribunal’’; 

10 (3) by striking ‘‘courts’’ each place it appears 

11 and inserting ‘‘tribunals’’; 

12 (4) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘sub13 sections (e), (f), and (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘this sec14 tion’’; 

15 (5) by striking subsection (i); 

16 (6) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), 

17 and (h) as subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i), respec18 tively; 

19 (7) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(d) CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.—A 

22 tribunal of a State that has made a child support order 

23 consistently with this section has continuing, exclusive ju24 risdiction to modify the order if— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the order is the controlling order, as deter2 mined under subsection (g); and 

3 ‘‘(2)(A) the State is the child’s State or the res4 idence of any individual contestant; or 

5 ‘‘(B) the contestants provide consent (by pro6 viding consent in a record or in a hearing) for the 

7 tribunal to continue to exercise jurisdiction to mod8 ify the order. 

9 ‘‘(e) RESTRICTIONS ON EXERCISING CONTINUING, 

10 EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.—A tribunal of a State that 

11 has made a child support order may not exercise con12 tinuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if— 

13 ‘‘(1) each individual contestant files a consent 

14 in a record with the issuing tribunal stating that a 

15 tribunal of another State (which has jurisdiction of 

16 at least 1 of the individual contestants or that is a 

17 tribunal of the State of the residence of the child) 

18 may modify the order and assume continuing, exclu19 sive jurisdiction; or 

20 ‘‘(2) the order is not the controlling order, as 

21 determined under subsection (g).’’; 

22 (8) in subsection (f), as redesignated by para23 graph (6) of this section— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub25 section (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (j)’’; and 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

3 ‘‘and the contestants have not provided 

4 consent (by providing consent in a record 

5 or in a hearing) for the tribunal of the 

6 other State to continue to exercise jurisdic7 tion to modify the order’’ before the semi8 colon; and 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

10 ‘‘with jurisdiction of at least 1 of the indi11 vidual contestants or that is a tribunal of 

12 the State of the residence of the child’’ 

13 after ‘‘of another State’’; 

14 (9) in subsection (g), as redesignated by para15 graph (6) of this section— 

16 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

17 ‘‘RECOGNITION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘DETERMINATION OF CONTROL19 LING CHILD SUPPORT ORDER’’; 

20 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

21 by striking ‘‘to recognize for purposes of con22 tinuing, exclusive jurisdiction and enforcement’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘is the controlling order and shall 

24 be recognized’’; and 


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1 (C) by striking ‘‘must be recognized’’ each 

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘is the control3 ling order’’; 

4 (10) in subsection (h), as redesignated by para5 graph (6) of this section, by striking ‘‘subsections 

6 (e) and (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (f) and (g)’’; 

7 (11) in subsection (i), as redesignated by para8 graph (6) of this section— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or col10 lect arrears and interest due on a child support 

11 order’’ after ‘‘enforce a child support order’’; 

12 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert13 ing the following: 

14 ‘‘(2) LAW OF STATE OF ISSUANCE OF ORDER.— 

15 A tribunal shall apply the law of the State of the tri16 bunal that issued a child support order registered in 

17 the State of the tribunal with regard to— 

18 ‘‘(A) the nature, extent, amount, and dura19 tion of current payments under the child sup20 port order; 

21 ‘‘(B) the computation and payment of ar22 rears and accrual of interest on arrears under 

23 the child support order; and 

24 ‘‘(C) the existence and satisfaction of other 

25 obligations under the child support order.’’; 


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1 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘child 

2 support order, a’’ and inserting ‘‘child support 

3 order registered in the State of a tribunal, the’’; 

4 and 

5 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(4) PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION OF LAW.— 

7 After a tribunal determines which is the controlling 

8 order and issues an order consolidating arrears, if 

9 any, a tribunal shall apply the law of the State of 

10 the tribunal that issued the controlling order (in11 cluding the law of the State relating to interest on 

12 arrears)— 

13 ‘‘(A) for support paid after the date of the 

14 order consolidating arrears; and 

15 ‘‘(B) relating to consolidated arrears.’’; 

16 and 

17 (12) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(j) REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A tribunal may modify a 

20 child support order issued in another State which 

21 has been registered in the State of the tribunal if, 

22 after notice and hearing, the tribunal finds— 

23 ‘‘(A) that— 


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1 ‘‘(i) no individual contestant or child 

2 resides in the State of the tribunal issuing 

3 the child support order; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the individual contestant seeking 

5 to modify, or to modify and enforce, a 

6 child support order issued in another State 

7 does not reside in the State in which the 

8 registering tribunal is located; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) the tribunal of the State in 

10 which the child support order has been 

11 registered has personal jurisdiction of the 

12 parties not seeking to modify, or modify 

13 and enforce, the child support order; 

14 ‘‘(B) that the State in which the child sup15 port order has been registered— 

16 ‘‘(i)(I) is the residence of the child; or 

17 ‘‘(II) has personal jurisdiction of an 

18 individual contestant; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) each individual contestant has 

20 filed a consent in a record with the issuing 

21 tribunal for a tribunal in the registering 

22 State to modify the support order and as23 sume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or 

24 ‘‘(C) that all of the individual contestants 

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1 bunal is located and the child does not reside in 

2 the issuing State. 

3 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—A tribunal may not modify 

4 any term of a child support order that may not be 

5 modified under the law of the issuing State, includ6 ing the duration of the obligation of support. If 2 or 

7 more tribunals have issued child support orders for 

8 the same obligor and same child, the law of the 

9 State of the tribunal issuing the controlling order, as 

10 determined under subsection (g), establishes the 

11 terms of the child support order which are not modi12 fiable. 

13 ‘‘(3) PROCEEDING TO MODIFY.—In a pro14 ceeding to modify a child support order, the law of 

15 the State of the tribunal that issued the initial con16 trolling order, as determined under subsection (g), 

17 governs the duration of the obligation of support. 

18 The obligor’s fulfillment of the duty of support es19 tablished by that controlling order precludes a tri20 bunal of another State from imposing a further obli21 gation of child support on the obligor. 

22 ‘‘(4) PARTIES RESIDING OUTSIDE THE UNITED

23 STATES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a tribunal 

24 in the issuing State retains jurisdiction to modify an 

25 order issued in that State if— 


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1 ‘‘(A) 1 party resides in another State; and 

2 ‘‘(B) the other party resides outside of the 

3 United States.’’. 

4 SEC. 102. RELIEF FROM PASSPORT SANCTIONS FOR CER5 TAIN INDIVIDUALS. 

6 Section 452(k) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 652(k)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘The Sec9 retary of State’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to para10 graph (3), the Secretary of State’’; 

11 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para12 graph (4); and 

13 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol14 lowing new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Sec16 retary of State may issue a passport to an individual with 

17 respect to whom the Secretary has transmitted certifi18 cation under paragraph (1) if— 

19 ‘‘(i) the individual submits an application for 

20 relief to the Secretary of State, in such form and 

21 manner as the Secretary of State shall require; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) the Secretary of State certifies that the 

23 application includes evidence that the individual— 

24 ‘‘(I) has an annual income of less than 

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1 ‘‘(II) is not incurring any new child sup2 port obligations, but only owes arrearages; 

3 ‘‘(III) does not owe arrearages of child 

4 support for a child who is less than 18 years 

5 old; 

6 ‘‘(IV) has been making child support pay7 ments consistently and in good faith for each of 

8 the most recently preceding 12 months; and 

9 ‘‘(V) has a current offer to work outside of 

10 the United States, an offer to interview for 

11 work outside of the United States, a profes12 sional history of working outside of the United 

13 States, a job that requires travel outside of the 

14 United States, or is enrolled in a professional 

15 training program that requires travel outside of 

16 the United States. 

17 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of State shall revoke a passport 

18 issued to an individual under subparagraph (A) upon a 

19 determination that the individual has failed to make child 

20 support payments consistently and in good faith for more 

21 than 6 months. 

22 ‘‘(C) The Secretary of State shall report the issuance 

23 of a passport under this paragraph to the Secretary. 

24 ‘‘(D) The Secretary shall report the issuance of a 

25 passport under this paragraph to the State agency that 


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1 certified in accordance with section 454(31) that the indi2 vidual to whom the passport is issued owed child support 

3 arrearages in an amount exceeding $2,500.’’. 

4 SEC. 103. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS FOR 

5 INDIAN TRIBES. 

6 (a) TRIBAL ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL PARENT LO7 CATOR SERVICE.—Section 453(c)(1) of the Social Security 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 653(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or In9 dian tribe or tribal organization (as defined in subsections 

10 (e) and (l) of section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 

11 and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)),’’ after 

12 ‘‘any State’’. 

13 (b) WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR INDIAN TRIBES OR

14 TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING CHILD SUPPORT

15 ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS.—Section 1115(b) of the So16 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315(b)) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

18 (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, 

19 and realigning the left margin of subparagraph (C) 

20 so as to align with subparagraphs (A) and (B) (as 

21 so redesignated); 

22 (2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and 

23 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(2) An Indian tribe or tribal organization operating 

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1 for purposes of authority to conduct an experimental, 

2 pilot, or demonstration project under subsection (a) to as3 sist in promoting the objectives of part D of title IV and 

4 receiving payments under the second sentence of that sub5 section. The Secretary may waive compliance with any re6 quirements of section 455(f) or regulations promulgated 

7 under that section to the extent and for the period the 

8 Secretary finds necessary for an Indian tribe or tribal or9 ganization to carry out such project. Costs of the project 

10 which would not otherwise be included as expenditures of 

11 a program operating under section 455(f) and which are 

12 not included as part of the costs of projects under section 

13 1110, shall, to the extent and for the period prescribed 

14 by the Secretary, be regarded as expenditures under a 

15 tribal plan or plans approved under such section, or for 

16 the administration of such tribal plan or plans, as may 

17 be appropriate. An Indian tribe or tribal organization ap18 plying for or receiving start-up program development 

19 funding pursuant to section 309.16 of title 45, Code of 

20 Federal Regulations, shall not be considered to be an In21 dian tribe or tribal organization operating a program 

22 under section 455(f) for purposes of this paragraph.’’. 


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1 SEC. 104. PARENTING TIME ARRANGEMENTS. 

2 (a) STATE PLAN AMENDMENTS.—Section 454 of the 

3 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654), as amended by sec4 tion 101(c), is further amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (4)(A), in the matter pre6 ceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, establishment of 

7 voluntary parenting time arrangements,’’ after ‘‘es8 tablishment of paternity’’; 

9 (2) in paragraph (9)— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 

11 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

12 (B) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 

13 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(F) in establishing a voluntary parenting time 

16 arrangement at the time that a support order (as 

17 defined in section 453(p)) is initially issued under 

18 this part pursuant to the requirements, standards, 

19 and procedures described in paragraph (35);’’; 

20 (3) in paragraph (13), by inserting ‘‘estab21 lishing voluntary parenting time arrangements,’’ 

22 after ‘‘obtaining support orders,’’; 

23 (4) in paragraph (15)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

25 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

2 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(C) a process for including in the annual re5 views and reports required under subparagraph (A) 

6 information, in such form and manner as the Sec7 retary shall require, regarding the policies and prac8 tices implemented by the State or which the State 

9 plans to implement to facilitate access to and visita10 tion of children by noncustodial parents;’’; 

11 (5) in paragraph (26)(A), by inserting ‘‘to es12 tablish voluntary parenting time arrangements,’’ 

13 after ‘‘to establish paternity,’’; 

14 (6) in paragraph (33), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

15 the semicolon; 

16 (7) in paragraph (34), by striking the period at 

17 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (8) by inserting after paragraph (34) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(35) provide that the State shall implement proce21 dures for the establishment of a voluntary parenting time 

22 arrangement at the time that a support order (as defined 

23 in section 453(p)) is initially issued under this part for 

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1 rangement is not contested, in accordance with such re2 quirements and standards as the Secretary determines 

3 necessary and that include exceptions for family or domes4 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.’’. 

5 (b) SECRETARIAL GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall 

6 issue guidance for States for the establishment of vol7 untary parenting time arrangements. The guidance shall 

8 provide that in establishing such arrangements, a State 

9 shall establish procedures to ensure— 

10 (1) the informed and voluntary participation of 

11 both parents in the establishment of a voluntary 

12 parenting time arrangement that is free from coer13 cion and threats of recrimination; 

14 (2) each parent’s informed consent to the terms 

15 and legal implications of any parenting time plan es16 tablished under a voluntary parenting time arrange17 ment; and 

18 (3) that all voluntary parenting time arrange19 ments comply with State law. 


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1 SEC. 105. EFFICIENT USE OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORY 

2 OF NEW HIRES DATABASE FOR FEDERALLY 

3 SPONSORED RESEARCH ASSESSING THE EF4 FECTIVENESS OF FEDERAL POLICIES AND 

5 PROGRAMS IN ACHIEVING POSITIVE LABOR 

6 MARKET OUTCOMES. 

7 Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (i)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘24’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘48’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (j), by striking paragraph (5) 

11 and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(5) RESEARCH.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara14 graph (B) of this paragraph, the Secretary may 

15 provide access to data in each component of the 

16 Federal Parent Locator Service maintained 

17 under this section and to information reported 

18 by employers pursuant to section 453A(b), 

19 for— 

20 ‘‘(i) research undertaken by a State or 

21 Federal agency (including through grant or 

22 contract) for purposes found by the Sec23 retary to be likely to contribute to achiev24 ing the purposes of part A or this part; or 

25 ‘‘(ii) an evaluation or statistical anal26 ysis undertaken to assess the effectiveness 


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1 of a Federal program in achieving positive 

2 labor market outcomes (including through 

3 grant or contract), by— 

4 ‘‘(I) the Department of Health 

5 and Human Services; 

6 ‘‘(II) the Social Security Admin7 istration; 

8 ‘‘(III) the Department of Labor; 

9 ‘‘(IV) the Department of Edu10 cation; 

11 ‘‘(V) the Department of Housing 

12 and Urban Development; 

13 ‘‘(VI) the Department of Justice; 

14 ‘‘(VII) the Department of Vet15 erans Affairs; 

16 ‘‘(VIII) the Bureau of the Cen17 sus; 

18 ‘‘(IX) the Department of Agri19 culture; or 

20 ‘‘(X) the National Science Foun21 dation. 

22 ‘‘(B) PERSONAL IDENTIFIERS.—Data or 

23 information provided under this paragraph may 

24 include a personal identifier only if, in addition 


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1 to meeting the requirements of subsections (l) 

2 and (m)— 

3 ‘‘(i) the State or Federal agency con4 ducting the research described in subpara5 graph (A)(i), or the Federal department or 

6 agency undertaking the evaluation or sta7 tistical analysis described in subparagraph 

8 (A)(ii), as applicable, enters into an agree9 ment with the Secretary regarding the se10 curity and use of the data or information; 

11 ‘‘(ii) the agreement includes such re12 strictions or conditions with respect to the 

13 use, safeguarding, disclosure, or redisclo14 sure of the data or information (including 

15 by contractors or grantees) as the Sec16 retary deems appropriate; 

17 ‘‘(iii) the data or information is used 

18 exclusively for the purposes defined in the 

19 agreement; and 

20 ‘‘(iv) the Secretary determines that 

21 the provision of data or information under 

22 this paragraph is the minimum amount 

23 needed to conduct the research, evaluation, 

24 or statistical analysis, as applicable, and 


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1 will not interfere with the effective oper2 ation of the program under this part. 

3 ‘‘(C) PENALTIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED DIS4 CLOSURE OF DATA.—Any individual who will5 fully discloses a personal identifier (such as a 

6 name or social security number) provided under 

7 this paragraph, in any manner to an entity not 

8 entitled to receive the data or information, shall 

9 be fined under title 18, United States Code, im10 prisoned not more than 5 years, or both.’’. 

11 TITLE II—CHILD SUPPORT 

12 ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE 

13 SEC. 201. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the ex15 ecutive branch a task force to be known as the Child Sup16 port Enforcement Task Force (referred to in this section 

17 as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

18 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

19 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall be 

20 composed of 15 members consisting of— 

21 (A) the Assistant Secretary of the Admin22 istration for Children and Families of the De23 partment of Health and Human Services; 

24 (B) 5 members appointed by the Senate, of 

25 which— 


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1 (i) 1 shall be appointed by the Major2 ity Leader of the Senate; 

3 (ii) 1 shall be appointed by the Minor4 ity Leader of the Senate; 

5 (iii) 1 shall be appointed by the Chair6 man of the Committee on Finance of the 

7 Senate; 

8 (iv) 1 shall be appointed by the Rank9 ing Member of the Committee on Finance 

10 of the Senate; and 

11 (v) 1 shall be jointly appointed by the 

12 Chairman and Ranking Member of the 

13 Committee on Finance of the Senate; 

14 (C) 5 members appointed by the House of 

15 Representatives, of which— 

16 (i) 1 shall be appointed by the Speak17 er of the House of Representatives; 

18 (ii) 1 shall be appointed by the Minor19 ity Leader of the House of Representa20 tives; 

21 (iii) 1 shall be appointed by the Chair22 man of the Committee on Ways and Means 

23 of the House of Representatives; 

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1 and Means of the House of Representa2 tives; and 

3 (v) 1 shall be jointly appointed by the 

4 Chairman and Ranking Member of the 

5 Committee on Ways and Means of the 

6 House of Representatives; and 

7 (D) 4 members appointed by the Presi8 dent. 

9 (2) DATE.—The appointments of the members 

10 of the Task Force shall be made not later than 6 

11 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 

12 (3) EXPERTISE.—The membership of the Task 

13 Force shall consist of individuals who are knowledge14 able on issues regarding child support and related 

15 activities. 

16 (4) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— 

17 Members shall be appointed for the life of the Task 

18 Force. A vacancy in the Task Force shall be filled 

19 in the manner in which the original appointment was 

20 made and shall not affect the powers or duties of the 

21 Task Force. 

22 (5) QUORUM.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—A majority of the Task 

24 Force shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser 

25 number of members may hold hearings. 


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1 (B) REPORT.—The Task Force may not 

2 submit the report required under subsection (c) 

3 until all of the members have been appointed. 

4 (6) MEETINGS.— 

5 (A) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 

6 days after the Task Force has a majority, the 

7 Task Force shall hold its first meeting. 

8 (B) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIR9 PERSON.—During the first meeting of the Task 

10 Force, the Task Force shall select a Chair11 person and Vice Chairperson from among the 

12 members appointed as of the date of the meet13 ing. 

14 (C) OTHER MEETINGS.—Following the 

15 first meeting of the Task Force, any subsequent 

16 meetings shall be at the call of the Chairperson 

17 or Vice Chairperson. 

18 (D) PUBLIC MEETINGS.—In addition to 

19 any other meetings held by the Task Force, the 

20 Task Force shall hold at least 3 meetings that 

21 are open to the public and preceded by timely 

22 public notice in the Federal Register of the 

23 time, place, and subject of the meeting. At least 

24 one public meeting of the Task Force shall 

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1 other State or local courts with responsibility 

2 for conducting or supervising proceedings relat3 ing to child support enforcement, child welfare, 

4 or social services for children and their families. 

5 At the public meetings of the Task Force, sub6 ject to such requirements and limitations as are 

7 determined appropriate by the Chairperson, ap8 pearances may be made and oral and written 

9 statements given by members of the public and 

10 the Task Force shall engage, at a minimum, 

11 with the following groups: 

12 (i) Administrators of State child sup13 port programs. 

14 (ii) Judges who preside over family 

15 courts or other State or local courts with 

16 responsibility for conducting or supervising 

17 proceedings relating to child support en18 forcement, child welfare, or social services 

19 for children and their families, and organi20 zations that represent such judges. 

21 (iii) Custodial parents and organiza22 tions that represent such parents. 

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1 (v) Organizations that represent fidu2 ciary entities that are affected by child 

3 support enforcement policies. 

4 (7) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Task 

5 Force— 

6 (A) shall not receive compensation for 

7 service on the Task Force; and 

8 (B) shall be allowed travel expenses, in9 cluding per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates 

10 authorized for employees of agencies under sub11 chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 

12 Code, while away from their homes or regular 

13 places of business in the performance of service 

14 for the Task Force. 

15 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than January 

16 1, 2016, the Task Force shall prepare and submit a report 

17 to Congress that contains the Task Force’s findings and 

18 recommendations for improvements in child support en19 forcement. The report shall include the following: 

20 (1) An evaluation of the effectiveness of exist21 ing child support enforcement programs and collec22 tion practices employed by State agencies admin23 istering programs under part D of title IV of the So24 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) and an 

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1 in any unintended consequences or performance 

2 issues associated with such programs and practices. 

3 (2) Recommendations for methods to enhance 

4 the effectiveness of child support enforcement pro5 grams and collection practices. 

6 (3) An analysis of the feasibility of the estab7 lishment of a centralized lien registry by each State 

8 to contain all liens placed against real and personal 

9 property for overdue child support that would ensure 

10 access to and sharing of registry data among all nec11 essary entities and individuals prior to any sale or 

12 distribution of property or funds. 

13 (4) A compilation of State recovery and dis14 tribution policies. 

15 (5) Recommendations for methods to foster en16 gagement by fathers in their children’s lives through 

17 consideration of parental time and visitation with 

18 children. 

19 (6) An analysis of the role for alternative dis20 pute resolution in making child support determina21 tions. 

22 (7) Identification of best practices for— 

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1 based, and produce quality outcomes, and con2 necting custodial and noncustodial parents to 

3 those services and support programs; 

4 (B) providing employment support, job 

5 training, and job placement for custodial and 

6 noncustodial parents; and 

7 (C) establishing services, supports, and 

8 child support payment tracking for noncustodial 

9 parents, including options for the prevention of, 

10 and intervention on, uncollectible arrearages, 

11 such as retroactive obligations and Medicaid 

12 birthing costs. 

13 (8) Recommendations for methods for States to 

14 use to collect child support payments from individ15 uals who owe excessive arrearages as determined 

16 under section 454(31) of the Social Security Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 654(31)). 

18 (9) Recommendations for such legislative and 

19 administrative actions as the Task Force determines 

20 appropriate for improvement in child support en21 forcement. 

22 (d) POWERS OF THE TASK FORCE.— 

23 (1) HEARINGS.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force may 

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1 and places, take such testimony, and receive 

2 such evidence as the Task Force considers ad3 visable to carry out this section. 

4 (B) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGEN5 CIES.—The Task Force may secure directly 

6 from any Federal agency such information as 

7 the Task Force considers necessary to carry out 

8 this section. Upon request of the Chairperson, 

9 the head of such agency shall furnish such in10 formation to the Task Force. 

11 (2) RULES.—For the purposes of carrying out 

12 its duties in preparing the report required under 

13 subsection (c), the Task Force may adopt such rules 

14 for its organization and procedures as it determines 

15 appropriate. 

16 (3) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Task Force may 

17 use the United States mails in the same manner and 

18 under the same conditions as other agencies of the 

19 Federal Government. 

20 (4) DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS.—The Task 

21 Force may accept, use, and dispose of donations of 

22 money and property and may accept such volunteer 

23 services of individuals as it determines appropriate. 

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1 (A) STAFF.—The Chairperson may, with2 out regard to the civil service laws and regula3 tions, appoint and terminate an executive direc4 tor and such other additional employees as may 

5 be necessary to enable the Task Force to per6 form its duties. The employment of an executive 

7 director shall be subject to confirmation by the 

8 Task Force. 

9 (B) COMPENSATION.—The Chairperson 

10 may fix the compensation of the executive direc11 tor and other employees of the Task Force 

12 without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter 

13 III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, 

14 relating to classification of positions and Gen15 eral Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of 

16 pay for the executive director and other per17 sonnel may not exceed the rate payable for level 

18 V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

19 of such title. 

20 (C) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOY21 EES.—Any Federal Government employee may 

22 be detailed to the Task Force without reim23 bursement, and such detail shall be without 

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1 (D) TEMPORARY AND INTERMITTENT

2 SERVICES.—The Chairperson may procure tem3 porary and intermittent services under section 

4 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates 

5 for individuals which do not exceed the daily 

6 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay pre7 scribed for level V of the Executive Schedule 

8 under section 5316 of such title. 

9 (e) TERMINATION.—The Task Force shall terminate 

10 60 days after submission of the report required under sub11 section (c). 

12 (f) FUNDING.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the unobligated bal14 ance of funds made available to carry out section 

15 414 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 614), 

16 $2,000,000 of such funds are hereby transferred and 

17 made available to carry out this section. Amounts 

18 transferred and made available to carry out this sec19 tion shall remain available through fiscal year 2016 

20 and shall not be subject to reduction under a seques21 tration order issued under the Balanced Budget and 

22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 

23 900 et seq.). 

24 (2) UNOBLIGATED AMOUNTS.—Any amounts 

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1 obligated on the date of the termination of the Task 

2 Force under subsection (e) shall be returned to the 

3 Treasury of the United States. 

4 (g) ADMINISTRATION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of the 

6 Task Force, the Secretary of Health and Human 

7 Services shall provide to the Task Force, on a reim8 bursable basis, the administrative support services 

9 necessary for the Task Force to carry out its respon10 sibilities under this Act. These administrative serv11 ices may include human resource management, 

12 budget, leasing, accounting, and payroll services. 

13 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the 

14 Task Force shall be allowed travel expenses, includ15 ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates author16 ized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 

17 chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 

18 away from their homes or regular places of business 

19 in the performance of services for the Task Force. 

20 TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATES 

21 SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

23 (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act take 

24 effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

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1 (1) UIFSA STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS; PAR2 ENTING TIME ARRANGEMENTS.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara4 graph (B), the amendments made by sections 

5 101(f) and 104(a) take effect on October 1, 

6 2014. 

7 (B) DELAY.—In the case of a State plan 

8 under part D of title IV of the Social Security 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) which the Secretary 

10 of Health and Human Services determines re11 quires State legislation or State regulation in 

12 order for the plan to meet the additional re13 quirements imposed by the amendments made 

14 by sections 101(f) and 104(a), the State plan 

15 shall not be regarded as failing to comply with 

16 the requirements of such sections solely on the 

17 basis of its failure to meet these additional re18 quirements before the first day of the first cal19 endar quarter beginning after the close of the 

20 first regular session of the State legislature that 

21 begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 

22 For purposes of the previous sentence, in the 

23 case of a State that has a 2-year legislative ses24 sion, each year of the session is considered to 


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1 be a separate regular session of the State legis2 lature. 

3 (2) RELIEF FROM PASSPORT SANCTIONS; CHILD

4 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS FOR INDIAN

5 TRIBES.—The amendments made by sections 102 

6 and 103 shall take effect on the date that is 1 year 

7 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

8 TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

9 SEC. 401. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

10 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

11 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

12 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

13 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

14 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

15 by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, pro16 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

17 vote on passage. 

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