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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3507 

To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants 

to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 26, 2019 

Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Mr. CARSON of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 

and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 

and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure 

funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood 

and strengthen low-income families, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Fami6 lies Act of 2019’’. 


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

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

TITLE I—PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD AND 

STRENGTHENING LOW-INCOME FAMILIES 

Sec. 101. Healthy marriage promotion and responsible fatherhood programs. 

Sec. 102. Grants supporting healthy family partnerships for domestic violence 

intervention and preventions. 

Sec. 103. Procedures to address domestic violence. 

Sec. 104. Grants to States for family strengthening commissions. 

TITLE II—TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES 

Sec. 201. TANF work participation improvements. 

Sec. 202. TANF Employment Fund. 

Sec. 203. Sense of Congress. 

TITLE III—CHILD SUPPORT 

Sec. 301. Full family distribution and ban on recovery of Medicaid costs for 

births. 

Sec. 302. State assessments of barriers to employment and financial support of 

children. 

Sec. 303. Public reporting on consequences for nonpayment. 

Sec. 304. Early intervention to ensure regular payment of support and prevent 

overdue support. 

Sec. 305. Improved collection and distribution of child support. 

Sec. 306. Services and activities to support noncustodial parenting time. 

TITLE IV—REVENUE PROVISION 

Sec. 401. Increase in credit percentage under earned income tax credit for eligible individuals with no qualifying children. 

TITLE V—SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 

Sec. 501. Collection of child support under the supplemental nutrition assistance program. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress makes the following findings: 

5 (1) Fathers play a significant and underappre6 ciated role in the development of their children, with 

7 research demonstrating that a supportive and in8 volved father strengthens a child’s emotional, physVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:56 Jul 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3507.IH H3507

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1 ical, intellectual, and behavioral development. Chil2 dren with positive relationships with fathers, even if 

3 they do not live in the same household, have strong4 er mental health, economic success, and academic 

5 achievement with lower rates of youth delinquency, 

6 school dropout, and teen pregnancy. 

7 (2) Economic stability also leads to positive out8 comes for children, including stronger emotional 

9 well-being, physical health, and academic success. 

10 (3) Family patterns in the United States have 

11 resulted in fewer children living with their fathers. 

12 The October 2016 Child Trends report on family 

13 structure shows the proportion of all children who 

14 have not attained the age of 18 living with both par15 ents has decreased over the past half century, from 

16 85 percent in 1960 to 65 percent in 2015, with 23 

17 percent of such children living with their mother 

18 only and 4 percent of such children living with their 

19 father only in 2015. 

20 (4) A 2015 United States Census analysis of 

21 children’s living arrangements and characteristics 

22 showed that a child in a father-absent home is more 

23 than 5 times more likely to live in poverty than a 

24 child in a married-couple family. 


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1 (5) Father engagement does not depend on liv2 ing in the same house as the child, with many non3 residential fathers being actively involved with their 

4 children and supportive of their children’s mothers. 

5 However, low-income fathers experience multiple 

6 challenges to contributing financially and emotion7 ally to their children due to limited education and 

8 job skills, unstable employment opportunities, child 

9 support enforcement policies, incarceration, and 

10 strained relationships with the children’s mothers. 

11 Multiple approaches are needed to address these 

12 barriers to create opportunities for fathers to sustain 

13 their engagement and closeness with their children 

14 and families. 

15 (6) Federal programs should encourage respon16 sible fatherhood and healthy families by increasing 

17 the upward economic mobility of custodial and non18 custodial parents so that they can actively partici19 pate in financial support and child-rearing as well as 

20 maintain positive, healthy, and nonviolent relation21 ships with their children and coparents, including 

22 improving compliance with child support obligations 

23 and cooperative parenting. 


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1 TITLE I—PROMOTING RESPON2 SIBLE FATHERHOOD AND 

3 STRENGTHENING LOW-IN4 COME FAMILIES 

5 SEC. 101. HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION AND RESPON6 SIBLE FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS. 

7 (a) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.— 

8 (1) ASSURANCE.—Section 403(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II) 

9 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 603(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)) is amended— 

11 (A) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

12 (B) in item (bb), by striking the period 

13 and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

15 ‘‘(cc) if the entity is a State 

16 or an Indian tribe or tribal orga17 nization, to not condition the re18 ceipt of assistance under the pro19 gram funded under this part, 

20 under a program funded with 

21 qualified State expenditures (as 

22 defined in section 

23 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), or under any 

24 other program funded under this 


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1 title, on enrollment in any such 

2 programs or activities; and 

3 ‘‘(dd) to permit any partici4 pant in a program or activity 

5 funded under this paragraph, in6 cluding an individual whose par7 ticipation is specified in the indi8 vidual responsibility plan devel9 oped for the individual in accord10 ance with section 408(b), to 

11 transfer to another such program 

12 or activity upon notification to 

13 the entity and the State agency 

14 responsible for administering the 

15 State program funded under this 

16 part.’’. 

17 (2) PROHIBITION.—Section 408(a) of such Act 

18 (42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by adding at the end 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(13) BAN ON CONDITIONING RECEIPT OF

21 TANF OR CERTAIN OTHER BENEFITS ON PARTICIPA22 TION IN A HEALTHY MARRIAGE OR RESPONSIBLE

23 FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.—A State to which a grant 

24 is made under section 403 shall not condition the re25 ceipt of assistance under the State program funded 


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1 under this part, under a program funded with quali2 fied State expenditures (as defined in section 

3 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), or under any other program fund4 ed under this title, on participation in a healthy 

5 marriage promotion activity (as defined in section 

6 403(a)(2)(A)(iii)) or in an activity promoting re7 sponsible fatherhood (as defined in section 

8 403(a)(2)(C)(ii)).’’. 

9 (3) PENALTY.—Section 409(a) of such Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(17) PENALTY FOR CONDITIONING RECEIPT

13 OF TANF OR CERTAIN OTHER BENEFITS ON PARTICI14 PATION IN A HEALTHY MARRIAGE OR RESPONSIBLE

15 FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.—If the Secretary deter16 mines that a State has violated section 408(a)(13) 

17 during a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reduce the 

18 grant payable to the State under section 403(a)(1) 

19 for the immediately succeeding fiscal year by an 

20 amount equal to 5 percent of the State family assist21 ance grant.’’. 

22 (b) ACTIVITIES PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE FATHER23 HOOD.—Section 403(a)(2)(C)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 603(a)(2)(C)(ii)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘marriage or 

2 sustain marriage’’ and inserting ‘‘healthy relation3 ships and marriages or to sustain healthy relation4 ships or marriages’’; 

5 (2) in subclause (II), by inserting ‘‘educating 

6 youth who are not yet parents about the economic, 

7 social, and family consequences of early parenting, 

8 helping participants in fatherhood programs work 

9 with their own children to break the cycle of early 

10 parenthood,’’ after ‘‘child support payments,’’; and 

11 (3) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘fathers’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘low-income fathers and other low-income 

13 noncustodial parents who are not eligible for assist14 ance under the State program funded under this 

15 part’’. 

16 (c) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 403(a)(2)(D) of 

17 such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(D)) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2017 and 2018’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’; and 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2017 or 2018’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘any of fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’. 

22 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

23 this section shall take effect on October 1, 2019. 


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1 SEC. 102. GRANTS SUPPORTING HEALTHY FAMILY PART2 NERSHIPS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTER3 VENTION AND PREVENTIONS. 

4 Section 403(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 603(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 

6 new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(6) GRANTS SUPPORTING HEALTHY FAMILY

8 PARTNERSHIPS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTER9 VENTION AND PREVENTION.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

11 award grants on a competitive basis to healthy 

12 family partnerships to develop and implement 

13 promising practices for— 

14 ‘‘(i) assessing and providing services 

15 to individuals and families affected by do16 mestic violence, including through case17 worker training, the provision of technical 

18 assistance to community partners, and the 

19 implementation of safe visitation and ex20 change programs; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) preventing domestic violence, 

22 particularly as a barrier to economic secu23 rity, and fostering healthy relationships. 

24 ‘‘(B) EDUCATION SERVICES.—In awarding 

25 grants under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 

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1 available under such grants are used for high 

2 schools and other secondary educational institu3 tions and institutions of higher education to 

4 provide education services on the value of 

5 healthy relationships, responsible parenting, 

6 and healthy marriages characterized by mutual 

7 respect and nonviolence, and the importance of 

8 building relationship skills such as communica9 tion, conflict resolution, and budgeting. 

10 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—The respective entity 

11 and organization of a healthy family partner12 ship entered into for purposes of receiving a 

13 grant under this paragraph shall submit a joint 

14 application to the Secretary, at such time and 

15 in such manner as the Secretary shall specify, 

16 containing— 

17 ‘‘(i) a description of how the partner18 ship intends to carry out the activities de19 scribed in subparagraph (A); 

20 ‘‘(ii) an assurance that funds made 

21 available under the grant shall be used to 

22 supplement, and not supplant, other funds 

23 used by the entity or organization to carry 

24 out programs, activities, or services de25 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B); and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) such other information as the 

2 Secretary may require. 

3 ‘‘(D) GENERAL RULES GOVERNING USE OF

4 FUNDS.—The rules of section 404, other than 

5 subsection (b) of that section, shall not apply to 

6 a grant made under this paragraph. 

7 ‘‘(E) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(i) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term 

9 ‘domestic violence’ has the meaning given 

10 that term in section 402(a)(7)(B). 

11 ‘‘(ii) HEALTHY FAMILY PARTNER12 SHIP.—The term ‘healthy family partner13 ship’ means a partnership between— 

14 ‘‘(I) an entity receiving funds 

15 under a grant made under paragraph 

16 (2) to promote healthy marriage or re17 sponsible fatherhood; and 

18 ‘‘(II) an organization with dem19 onstrated expertise working with sur20 vivors of domestic violence. 

21 ‘‘(F) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money 

22 in the Treasury of the United States not other23 wise appropriated, there are appropriated for 

24 each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, 

25 $25,000,000 to carry out this paragraph.’’. 


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1 SEC. 103. PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(2) of the Social 

3 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and 

5 (E) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and 

6 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(D) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIPT OF

9 FUNDS.—An entity may not be awarded a grant 

10 under this paragraph unless the entity, as a 

11 condition of receiving funds under such a 

12 grant— 

13 ‘‘(i) identifies in its application for the 

14 grant the domestic violence experts at the 

15 local, State, or national level with whom 

16 the entity will consult in the development 

17 and implementation of the programs and 

18 activities of the entity; 

19 ‘‘(ii) on award of the grant, and in 

20 consultation with such domestic violence 

21 experts, develops a written protocol which 

22 describes— 

23 ‘‘(I) how the entity will identify 

24 instances or risks of domestic violence; 

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1 ing making service referrals and pro2 viding protections and appropriate as3 sistance for identified individuals and 

4 families; 

5 ‘‘(III) how confidentiality issues 

6 will be addressed; and 

7 ‘‘(IV) the domestic violence train8 ing that will be provided to ensure ef9 fective and consistent implementation 

10 of the protocol; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) in an annual report to the Sec12 retary, includes a description of the domes13 tic violence protocols, and a description of 

14 any implementation issues identified with 

15 respect to domestic violence and how the 

16 issues were addressed. 

17 ‘‘(E) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFINED.—In 

18 this paragraph, the term ‘domestic violence’ has 

19 the meaning given the term in section 

20 402(a)(7)(B).’’. 

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 403(a)(2) 

22 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)), as amended by sub23 section (a)(1) of this section, is amended— 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘and (E)’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘(D), and (G)’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(F)’’; 

4 and 

5 (2) in subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C)(i), by 

6 striking ‘‘(D)’’ each place it appears and inserting 

7 ‘‘(F)’’. 

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

9 this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years begin10 ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

11 SEC. 104. GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILY STRENGTH12 ENING COMMISSIONS. 

13 Part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 469C. GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILY STRENGTH17 ENING COMMISSIONS. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

19 Human Services shall make grants to States under this 

20 section to enable States to establish and support commis21 sions to identify methods of expanding access to family 

22 strengthening services. 

23 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—In this section, the term 

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1 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

2 Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)), having in effect a plan approved 

3 under this part. 

4 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—In order to be eligible for a 

5 grant under this section, a State shall submit an applica6 tion to the Secretary at such time and in such manner 

7 as the Secretary may require. 

8 ‘‘(d) FAMILY STRENGTHENING SERVICES.—The 

9 commissions described in subsection (a) shall focus on pro10 viding family strengthening services that include— 

11 ‘‘(1) family and relationship counseling; 

12 ‘‘(2) relationship and parenting education; and 

13 ‘‘(3) assistance with developing and imple14 menting parenting time arrangements. 

15 ‘‘(e) FAMILIES SERVED.—The commissions described 

16 in subsection (a) shall focus on serving varying types of 

17 families, including— 

18 ‘‘(1) families seeking to preserve a marriage or 

19 other adult relationship; 

20 ‘‘(2) families seeking a divorce or separation 

21 and working to maintain coparenting and parent22 child relationships; 

23 ‘‘(3) families seeking to maintain or rebuild 

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1 ‘‘(4) families seeking to build a support system 

2 around a child who has experienced trauma, includ3 ing— 

4 ‘‘(A) witnessing violence; 

5 ‘‘(B) experiencing sexual or physical abuse; 

6 or 

7 ‘‘(C) having a parent who is experiencing 

8 challenges with mental health or substance 

9 abuse; and 

10 ‘‘(5) families below 250 percent of poverty 

11 guidelines applicable to a family of the size involved. 

12 ‘‘(f) MEMBERSHIP.—A State seeking a grant under 

13 this section shall demonstrate that a family strengthening 

14 commission funded by such grant will consist of relevant 

15 government and private actors, including— 

16 ‘‘(1) State government agency officials from de17 partments of health, human services, child support, 

18 education, youth services, or corrections; 

19 ‘‘(2) local government agency officials from de20 partments of health, human services, child support, 

21 education, youth services, or corrections; 

22 ‘‘(3) access to Justice Commissions, bar asso23 ciations, judicial associations, courts, or other rep24 resentatives of the legal system; 


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1 ‘‘(4) associations of social workers, counselors, 

2 psychologists, and other mental health professionals; 

3 ‘‘(5) associations of mediators and others who 

4 deliver alternative dispute resolution services; 

5 ‘‘(6) healthy marriage and responsible father6 hood programs; 

7 ‘‘(7) youth-serving programs; and 

8 ‘‘(8) academics and researchers. 

9 ‘‘(g) DUTIES.—A commission funded by a grant 

10 under this section shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) identify the need for potential policy 

12 changes; 

13 ‘‘(2) determine methods of leveraging existing 

14 resources and growing new resources; and 

15 ‘‘(3) explore methods of improving service deliv16 ery, including the training of service providers. 

17 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

18 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 

19 Health and Human Services to carry out this section 

20 $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.’’. 

21 TITLE II—TEMPORARY ASSIST22 ANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES 

23 SEC. 201. TANF WORK PARTICIPATION IMPROVEMENTS. 

24 (a) ELIMINATION OF SEPARATE WORK REQUIRE25 MENTS FOR 2-PARENT FAMILIES.— 


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1 (1) WORK PARTICIPATION RATE.—Section 407 

2 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607) is amend3 ed— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)— 

5 (i) beginning in the heading, by strik6 ing ‘‘PARTICIPATION RATE REQUIRE7 MENTS’’ and all that follows through ‘‘A 

8 State’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting 

9 ‘‘PARTICIPATION RATE REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 A State’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 

12 (B) in subsection (b)— 

13 (i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 

14 ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub15 section (a)’’; 

16 (ii) by striking paragraph (2) and re17 designating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as 

18 paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; 

19 (iii) in paragraph (3) (as so redesig20 nated), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1)(B) and 

21 (2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘determining month22 ly participation rates under paragraph 

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1 (iv) in paragraph (4) (as so redesig2 nated), by striking ‘‘rates’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘rate’’. 

4 (2) MINIMUM WEEKLY HOURS REQUIRE5 MENT.—Section 407(c)(1) of the Social Security Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(1)) is amended— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘GENERAL RULES’’ and all 

8 that follows through ‘‘For purposes of’’ in sub9 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘GENERAL

10 RULES.—For purposes of’’; and 

11 (B) by striking subparagraph (B). 

12 (3) LIMITATION ON PENALTY IMPOSITION.—In 

13 applying section 409(a)(3) of the Social Security Act 

14 for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2007 

15 and ending with the fiscal year in which occurs the 

16 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 

17 of Health and Human Services shall disregard the 

18 requirement imposed by section 407(a)(2) of the So19 cial Security Act. 

20 (b) ELIMINATION OF DISTINCTION BETWEEN CORE

21 AND OTHER WORK ACTIVITIES.—Section 407(c)(1) of 

22 such Act (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(1)), as amended by subsection 

23 (a)(2) of this section, is further amended by striking ‘‘not 

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1 (c) ELIMINATION OF SPECIAL WORK PARTICIPATION

2 RULE FOR TEENS ATTENDING SECONDARY SCHOOL.— 

3 Section 407(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)) is 

4 amended by striking subparagraph (C). 

5 (d) ELIMINATION OF CAP ON TREATING VOCATIONAL

6 EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AS WORK PARTICIPATION.— 

7 Section 407(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)), as 

8 amended by subsection (c) of this section, is further 

9 amended by striking subparagraph (D). 

10 (e) INCREASE IN MONTHS OF EDUCATIONAL VOCA11 TIONAL TRAINING THAT MAY BE COUNTED AS WORK

12 PARTICIPATION.—Section 407(d)(8) of such Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 607(d)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘12 months’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘24 months’’. 

15 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

16 this section shall take effect on October 1 of the first fiscal 

17 year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act 

18 and shall apply to the determination of minimum partici19 pation rates for months beginning on or after that date. 

20 SEC. 202. TANF EMPLOYMENT FUND. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(b) of the Social Secu22 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)) is amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(b) EMPLOYMENT FUND.— 

24 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab25 lished in the Treasury of the United States a fund 


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1 which shall be known as the Employment Fund for 

2 Needy Families (in this subsection referred to as the 

3 ‘Fund’). 

4 ‘‘(2) DEPOSITS INTO FUND.—Out of any money 

5 in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 

6 appropriated, there are appropriated for each of fis7 cal years 2017 through 2023, $608,000,000 for pay8 ment to the Fund, which shall remain available until 

9 expended. 

10 ‘‘(3) GRANTS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal 

12 years 2017 through 2023, the Secretary shall 

13 make grants, on a competitive basis, to quali14 fying entities as provided in this paragraph. 

15 ‘‘(B) QUALIFYING ENTITY.—For purposes 

16 of this paragraph, a qualifying entity for a fis17 cal year is a State, territory, Indian tribe, or 

18 tribal organization, operating a State program 

19 funded under this part (or any other State pro20 gram funded with qualified State expenditures 

21 (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i))), that 

22 submits to the Secretary an application for a 

23 grant under this paragraph for the fiscal year, 

24 in such manner and at such time as the Sec25 retary may require. 


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1 ‘‘(C) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.— 

2 ‘‘(i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

3 Secretary shall reserve $10,000,000 out of 

4 the amounts made available under para5 graph (2) for each fiscal year to provide 

6 technical assistance to qualifying entities 

7 receiving a grant under this paragraph for 

8 the fiscal year. 

9 ‘‘(ii) TERRITORIES AND INDIAN

10 TRIBES.—The Secretary shall reserve, 

11 from the amount made available under 

12 paragraph (2) for a fiscal year that re13 mains after applying clause (i), 3 percent 

14 for grants under this paragraph for the fis15 cal year to qualifying entities that are ter16 ritories and 1 percent for grants under this 

17 paragraph for the fiscal year to qualifying 

18 entities that are Indian tribes or tribal or19 ganizations, to be allotted in a manner the 

20 Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

21 ‘‘(iii) STATES.— 

22 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The amount 

23 of a grant under this paragraph pay24 able for a fiscal year to a qualifying 

25 entity that is a State shall be the 


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1 amount that bears the same ratio to 

2 the aggregate amount as the number 

3 of individuals residing in the State 

4 who have attained 18 years of age but 

5 have not attained 67 years of age who 

6 are not employed or underemployed 

7 (such as involuntarily working part8 time), as determined by the Secretary, 

9 bears to the total number of such in10 dividuals residing in all qualifying en11 tities that are States. 

12 ‘‘(II) AGGREGATE AMOUNT.—For 

13 purposes of this clause, the term ‘ag14 gregate amount’ means the amount 

15 made available for a fiscal year under 

16 paragraph (2) that remains after ap17 plying clauses (i) and (ii). 

18 ‘‘(iv) UNUSED FUNDS.— 

19 ‘‘(I) REASONABLE LIMITS ON

20 CARRYING OVER FUNDS.—The Sec21 retary shall set reasonable limits on 

22 the amount of funds a State receiving 

23 a grant under this paragraph may 

24 carry over for expenditure in fiscal 


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1 years after the fiscal year for which 

2 the grant is awarded. 

3 ‘‘(II) REDISTRIBUTION OF UN4 USED FUNDS.—Any portion of the 

5 amount of a grant made to a State 

6 under clause (iii) that the Secretary 

7 determines will not be used by the 

8 State shall be redistributed among the 

9 States that the Secretary determines 

10 will not have such an unused amount, 

11 using the rules specified in clause (iii). 

12 Any amount so redistributed to a 

13 State is deemed part of the grant 

14 made to the State under the preceding 

15 provisions of this paragraph. 

16 ‘‘(D) USE OF FUNDS.— 

17 ‘‘(i) EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS.— 

18 ‘‘(I) SUBSIDIZED EMPLOY19 MENT.—A qualifying entity awarded a 

20 grant under this paragraph shall use 

21 the grant funds to conduct a sub22 sidized employment program to assist 

23 recipients of TANF cash assistance 

24 and TANF-eligible individuals who 


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1 are not recipients of cash assistance 

2 in obtaining paid employment. 

3 ‘‘(II) SECTORAL SKILLS TRAIN4 ING.—A qualifying entity may use not 

5 more than 15 percent of funds award6 ed to the entity under this paragraph 

7 for a fiscal year to conduct a sectoral 

8 skills training program to provide sec9 toral skills training to recipients of 

10 TANF cash assistance and TANF-eli11 gible individuals who are not recipi12 ents of cash assistance. 

13 ‘‘(ii) ALLOWABLE EXPENSES.—A 

14 qualifying entity may use funds awarded 

15 under this paragraph to carry out clause 

16 (i), including the following activities: 

17 ‘‘(I) Administrative expenses. 

18 ‘‘(II) Supportive services, includ19 ing transportation and childcare, to 

20 enable individuals to participate in a 

21 program described in clause (i). 

22 ‘‘(III) Wages and associated pay23 roll costs for individuals participating 

24 in the subsidized employment program 

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1 ‘‘(iii) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSIST2 ANCE.— 

3 ‘‘(I) REQUIREMENT TO USE 75

4 PERCENT OF FUNDS TO ASSIST RE5 CIPIENTS OF TANF CASH ASSIST6 ANCE.—A qualifying entity shall use 

7 not less than 75 percent of funds 

8 awarded to the entity under this para9 graph to assist under the program de10 scribed in clause (i)(I) (and, if the en11 tity so elects, the program described 

12 in clause (i)(II)) recipients of TANF 

13 cash assistance and may use the re14 mainder of the funds to assist TANF15 eligible individuals who are not recipi16 ents of cash assistance. 

17 ‘‘(II) RECIPIENT OF TANF CASH

18 ASSISTANCE.—In this subparagraph, 

19 the term ‘recipient of TANF cash as20 sistance’ means an individual who— 

21 ‘‘(aa) has attained 18 years 

22 of age and has not attained 67 

23 years of age; and 

24 ‘‘(bb) is not employed and is 

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1 tity to have been unsuccessful at 

2 obtaining paid employment after 

3 participating in a job search pro4 gram; and— 

5 ‘‘(AA) is a member of a 

6 family that receives cash as7 sistance under the State 

8 program funded under this 

9 part or any other State pro10 gram funded with qualified 

11 State expenditures (as de12 fined in section 

13 409(a)(7)(B)(i)); or 

14 ‘‘(BB) is a noncustodial 

15 parent of a minor child re16 siding with a family de17 scribed in subitem (AA), in 

18 a case in which the parent is 

19 not considered by the State 

20 to be a member of the fam21 ily. 

22 ‘‘(III) TANF-ELIGIBLE INDI23 VIDUAL WHO IS NOT A RECIPIENT OF

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1 vidual who is not a recipient of cash 

2 assistance’ means an individual who— 

3 ‘‘(aa) has attained 18 years 

4 of age and has not attained 67 

5 years of age; 

6 ‘‘(bb) is not employed and is 

7 determined by the qualifying en8 tity to have been unsuccessful at 

9 obtaining paid employment after 

10 participating in a job search pro11 gram; 

12 ‘‘(cc) is not an individual de13 scribed in subitems (AA) or (BB) 

14 of subclause (II)(bb); and 

15 ‘‘(dd) is a member of a fam16 ily that includes a minor child re17 siding with the family (including 

18 a noncustodial parent of the 

19 child) if the family has an income 

20 that is less than the poverty line 

21 (as defined in section 673(2) of 

22 the Omnibus Budget Reconcili23 ation Act of 1981, including any 

24 revision required by such section, 


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1 applicable to a family of the size 

2 involved). 

3 ‘‘(E) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

4 ‘‘(i) SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT.—For 

5 each fiscal year for which a qualifying enti6 ty receives a grant under this paragraph, 

7 the entity shall submit to the Secretary, 

8 within 6 months after the end of the fiscal 

9 year, a report on the subsidized employ10 ment program described in subparagraph 

11 (D)(i)(I), which shall— 

12 ‘‘(I) describe the structure of the 

13 activities of the entity to use the grant 

14 funds to subsidize employment for in15 dividuals participating in the program 

16 (in this clause referred to as ‘sub17 sidized employees’), including the 

18 amount and duration of the subsidies 

19 provided; 

20 ‘‘(II) for each month of the fiscal 

21 year, specify the number of individ22 uals whose employment is subsidized 

23 with these funds and the percentage 

24 of such individuals whose employment 


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1 is in an area that matches their pre2 vious training and work experience; 

3 ‘‘(III) describe the qualifying en4 tity’s policies in effect during the fis5 cal year— 

6 ‘‘(aa) to ensure nondisplace7 ment as required under para8 graph (4)(A); and 

9 ‘‘(bb) to implement griev10 ance procedures as required in 

11 (4)(B), including information on 

12 the number of grievance claims 

13 filed in the preceding fiscal year 

14 and the aggregate results of 

15 those claims; 

16 ‘‘(IV) describe requirements im17 posed on employers by the State as a 

18 condition of participating in the pro19 gram; 

20 ‘‘(V) describe the types of jobs in 

21 which subsidized employees are 

22 placed; 

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1 for the target population the entity 

2 seeks to assist under the program; 

3 ‘‘(VII) specify the average num4 ber of hours worked per week by a 

5 subsidized employee; 

6 ‘‘(VIII) specify the average 

7 length of time for which a subsidized 

8 employee participates in the program; 

9 ‘‘(IX) describe the employment 

10 outcomes for subsidized employees 

11 after participating in the program, in12 cluding the number of individuals 

13 hired by an employer with which the 

14 individual was placed during the pro15 gram and the number of individuals 

16 hired by other employers; 

17 ‘‘(X) specify the percentage of 

18 subsidized employees who are in un19 subsidized employment during the sec20 ond quarter after the subsidy ended; 

21 ‘‘(XI) specify the percentage of 

22 subsidized employees who are in un23 subsidized employment during the 

24 fourth quarter after the subsidy 

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1 ‘‘(XII) specify the median earn2 ings of subsidized employees who are 

3 in unsubsidized employment during 

4 the second quarter after the subsidy 

5 ended; and 

6 ‘‘(XIII) specify the number of 

7 subsidized employees who concurrently 

8 received other Federal or State 

9 means-tested benefits during their 

10 subsidized employment. 

11 ‘‘(ii) SECTORAL SKILLS TRAINING.—If 

12 a qualifying entity elects to conduct a sec13 toral skills training program described in 

14 subparagraph (D)(i)(II), the report re15 quired under clause (i) of this subpara16 graph shall also include a description of— 

17 ‘‘(I) the design of the program; 

18 ‘‘(II) the industries in which indi19 viduals receiving assistance under the 

20 program (in this clause referred to as 

21 ‘trainees’) receive training; 

22 ‘‘(III) demographic information 

23 for trainees and for the target popu24 lation the entity seeks to assist under 

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1 ‘‘(IV) the total number of train2 ees participating in the program dur3 ing the fiscal year; 

4 ‘‘(V) the average number of 

5 hours per week for which a trainee re6 ceives training; 

7 ‘‘(VI) the average length of time 

8 for which a trainee participates in the 

9 program; and 

10 ‘‘(VII) the employment outcomes 

11 for trainees after participating in the 

12 program. 

13 ‘‘(F) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall 

14 establish and implement a rigorous system for 

15 evaluating the success of subsidized employment 

16 programs and sectoral training programs con17 ducted pursuant to this paragraph. 

18 ‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) NONDISPLACEMENT.—A State to 

20 which a grant is made under this subsection 

21 shall ensure that no participant in a subsidized 

22 job program funded in whole or in part under 

23 this subsection is employed or assigned to a job 

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1 ‘‘(i) when any other individual is on 

2 layoff from the same or any substantially 

3 equivalent job; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) if the employer has terminated 

5 the employment of any regular employee or 

6 otherwise caused an involuntary reduction 

7 of its workforce in order to fill the vacancy 

8 so created with a participant in such sub9 sidized job program. 

10 ‘‘(B) GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.—A State 

11 with a program funded under this subsection 

12 shall establish and maintain a grievance proce13 dure for resolving complaints of alleged viola14 tions of subparagraph (A). 

15 ‘‘(C) NO PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this 

16 paragraph shall preempt or supersede any pro17 vision of State or local law that provides greater 

18 protection for employees from displacement. 

19 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

20 ‘‘(A) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZA21 TION.—The terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal or22 ganization’ have the meaning given such terms 

23 in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 

24 and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘(B) SECTORAL SKILLS TRAINING.—The 

2 term ‘sectoral skills training’ means training 

3 that implements a sectoral skills training strat4 egy established by an industry or sector part5 nership (as defined in section 3(26) of the 

6 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act). 

7 ‘‘(C) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means 

8 each of the 50 States of the United States and 

9 the District of Columbia. 

10 ‘‘(D) TERRITORIES.—The term ‘territories’ 

11 means Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 

12 Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

13 and American Samoa.’’. 

14 (b) PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS COUNTED TOWARD

15 WORK PARTICIPATION RATE.—Section 407(b) of such Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 607(b)), as amended by section 201(a)(1)(B) 

17 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(5) STATE OPTION TO INCLUDE SUBSIDIZED

20 EMPLOYMENT AND SECTORAL SKILLS TRAINING

21 PARTICIPANTS.—If an individual who is not a recipi22 ent of assistance under the State program funded 

23 under this part (or any other State program funded 

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1 for not less than the minimum average number of 

2 hours per week specified in the table in subsection 

3 (c)(1) of this section during a month as part of a 

4 State’s subsidized employment or sectoral skills 

5 training program funded under section 403(b), the 

6 State may count the individual as a family that in7 cludes an adult or a minor child head of household 

8 who is engaged in work for the month for purposes 

9 of paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection.’’. 

10 (c) STATE PLAN REQUIRED TO INCLUDE DESCRIP11 TION OF EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS.—Section 

12 402(a)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(B)) is 

13 amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(vi) The document shall indicate 

15 whether the State intends to apply for a 

16 grant to conduct a subsidized employment 

17 program and, if the State so chooses, a 

18 sectoral skills training program, under sec19 tion 403(b). If so, the document shall in20 clude a description of the program or pro21 grams the State intends to conduct using 

22 the grant funds and a description of how 

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1 (d) GRANTS EXEMPTED FROM TERRITORIAL PAY2 MENT CEILING.—Section 1108(a)(2) of such Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘403(b),’’ 

4 after ‘‘403(a)(5),’’. 

5 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO RETAIN DEFINI6 TION OF NEEDY STATE.— 

7 (1) NUMBER OF WEEKS FOR WHICH JOB

8 SEARCH COUNTS AS WORK.—Section 407(c)(2)(A) of 

9 such Act (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(A)) is amended— 

10 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘section 

11 409(a)(7)(B)(i))’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (iii)’’; 

12 and 

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

14 ‘‘(iii) NEEDY STATE.—For purposes 

15 of clause (i), a State is a needy State for 

16 a month if— 

17 ‘‘(I) the average rate of— 

18 ‘‘(aa) total unemployment in 

19 such State (seasonally adjusted) 

20 for the period consisting of the 

21 most recent 3 months for which 

22 data for all States are published 

23 equals or exceeds 6.5 percent; 

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1 ‘‘(bb) total unemployment in 

2 such State (seasonally adjusted) 

3 for the 3-month period equals or 

4 exceeds 110 percent of such aver5 age rate for either (or both) of 

6 the corresponding 3-month peri7 ods ending in the 2 preceding 

8 calendar years; or 

9 ‘‘(II) as determined by the Sec10 retary of Agriculture (in the discretion 

11 of the Secretary of Agriculture), the 

12 monthly average number of individ13 uals (as of the last day of each 

14 month) participating in the supple15 mental nutrition assistance program 

16 in the State in the then most recently 

17 concluded 3-month period for which 

18 data are available exceeds by not less 

19 than 10 percent the lesser of— 

20 ‘‘(aa) the monthly average 

21 number of individuals (as of the 

22 last day of each month) in the 

23 State that would have partici24 pated in the supplemental nutri25 tion assistance program in the 


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1 corresponding 3-month period in 

2 fiscal year 1994 if the amend3 ments made by titles IV and VIII 

4 of the Personal Responsibility 

5 and Work Opportunity Reconcili6 ation Act of 1996 had been in ef7 fect throughout fiscal year 1994; 

8 or 

9 ‘‘(bb) the monthly average 

10 number of individuals (as of the 

11 last day of each month) in the 

12 State that would have partici13 pated in the supplemental nutri14 tion assistance program in the 

15 corresponding 3-month period in 

16 fiscal year 1995 if the amend17 ments made by titles IV and VIII 

18 of the Personal Responsibility 

19 and Work Opportunity Reconcili20 ation Act of 1996 had been in ef21 fect throughout fiscal year 

22 1995.’’. 

23 (2) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO REDUCE

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1 NEEDY STATE.—Section 409(a)(3)(C) of such Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(3)(C)) is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘section 403(b)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

4 407(c)(2)(A)(iii)’’. 

5 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

6 this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years begin7 ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

8 SEC. 203. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

9 It is the sense of the Congress that a State to which 

10 a grant is made under section 403 of the Social Security 

11 Act should consider a noncustodial parent of a minor 

12 child, if the child is a recipient of assistance under a State 

13 program funded under part A of title IV of such Act (or 

14 under any other State program funded with qualified 

15 State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) 

16 of such Act)), to be a member of the family of the child 

17 for purposes of providing assistance to the family, the 

18 child, and the noncustodial parent under the program. 

19 TITLE III—CHILD SUPPORT 

20 SEC. 301. FULL FAMILY DISTRIBUTION AND BAN ON RECOV21 ERY OF MEDICAID COSTS FOR BIRTHS. 

22 (a) BAN ON RECOVERY.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 454 of the Social 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para2 graph (33); 

3 (B) by striking the period at the end of 

4 paragraph (34) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (C) by inserting after paragraph (34) the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(35) provide that, except as provided in sec8 tion 1902(a)(25)(F)(ii), the State shall not use the 

9 State program operated under this part to collect 

10 any amount owed to the State by reason of costs in11 curred under the State plan approved under title 

12 XIX for the birth of a child for whom support rights 

13 have been assigned pursuant to section 1912.’’. 

14 (2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sec15 tion 454(35) of such Act, as added by paragraph 

16 (1), shall be construed as affecting the application of 

17 section 1902(a)(25) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 1396a(a)(25)) with respect to a State (relating to 

19 the State Medicaid plan requirement for the State to 

20 take all reasonable measures to ascertain the legal li21 ability of third parties to pay for care and services 

22 available under the plan). 

23 (b) CLARIFICATION THAT BAN ON RECOVERY DOES

24 NOT APPLY WITH RESPECT TO INSURANCE OF A PARENT

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1 (ii) of section 1902(a)(25)(F) of the Social Security Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25)(F)) is amended by inserting 

3 ‘‘only if such third-party liability is derived through insur4 ance,’’ before ‘‘seek’’. 

5 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7 graph (2), the amendments made by this section 

8 take effect on October 1, 2019. 

9 (2) EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR

10 STATE LAW AMENDMENT.—In the case of a State 

11 plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act 

12 which the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

13 determines requires State legislation in order for the 

14 plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by 

15 the amendments made by this section, the State 

16 plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with 

17 the requirements of such title solely on the basis of 

18 its failure to meet these additional requirements be19 fore the first day of the first calendar quarter begin20 ning after the close of the first regular session of the 

21 State legislature that begins after the date of enact22 ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sen23 tence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legis24 lative session, each year of the session is considered 


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1 to be a separate regular session of the State legisla2 ture. 

3 SEC. 302. STATE ASSESSMENTS OF BARRIERS TO EMPLOY4 MENT AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF CHIL5 DREN. 

6 (a) STATE ASSESSMENTS AND REPORTS.—As a con7 dition of the continued approval of a State plan under part 

8 D of title IV of the Social Security Act, each State with 

9 such an approved plan, acting through the appropriate 

10 State agencies, shall assess the State policies with respect 

11 to the issues described in subsection (b) that affect the 

12 ability of parents to pay child support, and shall submit 

13 a report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

14 on the results of the assessment not later than two years 

15 after the date of the enactment of this section. 

16 (b) ISSUES DESCRIBED.—The issues described in 

17 this subsection are the following: 

18 (1) The effect of State criminal laws and law 

19 enforcement practices on the employment acquisi20 tion, retention, and advancement prospects of an in21 dividual who is a parent of a minor child following 

22 arrest, conviction, or imprisonment, including— 

23 (A) any efforts, including counseling or 

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1 nity and successful reunification with their fam2 ilies; and 

3 (B) an assessment of any efforts to seal or 

4 expunge arrest and conviction records and any 

5 efforts to grant certificates or other acknowl6 edgments of rehabilitation to parents returning 

7 from incarceration, and to examine State occu8 pational licensing and certification procedures. 

9 (2) An assessment of State practices related to 

10 the collection of debts owed by individuals to the 

11 State, including criminal justice fees and fines and 

12 child support debt. 

13 (3) An assessment of State practices related to 

14 providing parents returning from incarceration with 

15 valid identification documents upon release from 

16 prison. 

17 (4) Identification of any other barriers to 

18 healthy family formation, family reunification, copar19 enting, or sustainable economic opportunity for cus20 todial and noncustodial parents that are created or 

21 exacerbated by Federal or State laws, policies, or 

22 procedures, including an examination of the rules of 

23 Federal and State means-tested programs, the oper24 ation of the State workforce system, the availability 

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1 domestic violence services and child support proce2 dures to help victims of domestic violence stay safe 

3 and obtain the child support they are owed. 

4 SEC. 303. PUBLIC REPORTING ON CONSEQUENCES FOR 

5 NONPAYMENT. 

6 (a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 452(a)(10) of 

7 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(10)) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

10 the end; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(J) the number of cases, by State, in 

13 which each of the following consequences for 

14 nonpayment of support was incurred by an obli15 gor: 

16 ‘‘(i) a loss of liberty due to a criminal 

17 conviction or finding of civil contempt; 

18 ‘‘(ii) a suspension of a driver’s license; 

19 ‘‘(iii) a suspension of a professional, 

20 occupational, or recreational license; 

21 ‘‘(iv) withholding of a passport; or 

22 ‘‘(v) late payment fees, interest 

23 charged (including the amount and rate of 

24 interest), and other financial sanctions; 

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1 (b) STATE PLAN.—Section 454 of such Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 654), as amended by section 301(a)(1) of this Act, 

3 is further amended— 

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

5 (34); 

6 (2) by striking the period at the end of para7 graph (35) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(36) provide that the State will maintain a full 

10 record of child support enforcement activities, in11 cluding the consequences incurred by obligors as de12 scribed in section 452(a)(10)(J).’’. 

13 (c) COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF CHILD SUP14 PORT ENFORCEMENT DATA.—Section 469 of such Act 

15 (42 U.S.C. 669) is amended by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(e) CONSEQUENCES FOR NONPAYMENT.—The Sec18 retary shall collect and maintain up-to-date statistics, by 

19 State, and on a fiscal year basis, on the number of cases 

20 in which each consequence for nonpayment of support de21 scribed in section 452(a)(10)(J) was incurred by an obli22 gor.’’. 


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1 SEC. 304. EARLY INTERVENTION TO ENSURE REGULAR 

2 PAYMENT OF SUPPORT AND PREVENT OVER3 DUE SUPPORT. 

4 (a) PROCEDURES TO PROVIDE JOB SERVICES FOR

5 NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS.—Section 466(a) of the Social 

6 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)) is amended by inserting 

7 after paragraph (19) the following: 

8 ‘‘(20) PROCEDURES TO INTERVENE EARLY TO

9 ENSURE REGULAR PAYMENT OF SUPPORT AND PRE10 VENT OVERDUE SUPPORT.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the State elects to 

12 provide job services to noncustodial parents (as 

13 described in the State plan pursuant to section 

14 454(37)), procedures— 

15 ‘‘(i) under which the State shall 

16 prioritize early intervention efforts and 

17 make such services available on a vol18 untary basis prior to a determination that 

19 the individual owes overdue support as 

20 specified in paragraph (15); 

21 ‘‘(ii) under which the State shall es22 tablish criteria for eligibility to receive 

23 such services, which shall restrict eligibility 

24 to noncustodial parents— 

25 ‘‘(I) with respect to whom there 

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1 the State program funded under this 

2 part; 

3 ‘‘(II) who are unemployed or un4 deremployed; 

5 ‘‘(III) who are not making reg6 ular child support payments; 

7 ‘‘(IV) who do not receive assist8 ance under a State program funded 

9 under part A (or under any other 

10 State program funded with qualified 

11 State expenditures (as defined in sec12 tion 409(a)(7)(B)(i))); 

13 ‘‘(V) who do not participate in an 

14 employment and training program 

15 under section 6(d)(4) of the Food and 

16 Nutrition Act of 2008 (but who may 

17 receive supplemental nutrition assist18 ance benefits under such Act); and 

19 ‘‘(VI) who do not receive the 

20 same job services under the Workforce 

21 Innovation and Opportunity Act; 

22 ‘‘(iii) under which the State agency 

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1 ative agreement, job services that may in2 clude— 

3 ‘‘(I) job search assistance; 

4 ‘‘(II) job readiness training; 

5 ‘‘(III) job development and job 

6 placement services; 

7 ‘‘(IV) skills assessments to facili8 tate job placement; 

9 ‘‘(V) job retention services; 

10 ‘‘(VI) certificate programs and 

11 other skills training directly related to 

12 employment, which may include activi13 ties to improve literacy and basic 

14 skills, such as programs to complete 

15 high school or a General Education 

16 Development (GED) certificate, as 

17 long as such activities and programs 

18 are included in the State job services 

19 plan pursuant to section 454(37); 

20 ‘‘(VII) long-term and short-term 

21 subsidized employment or public-pri22 vate career pathway partnerships; 

23 ‘‘(VIII) substance abuse treat24 ment; 

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1 ‘‘(X) occupational skills training, 

2 including college credit programs; and 

3 ‘‘(XI) work supports, such as 

4 transportation assistance, uniforms, 

5 and tools; and 

6 ‘‘(iv) under which the State shall en7 sure that participation in any such services 

8 is voluntary and shall inform potential par9 ticipants that such participation is vol10 untary. 

11 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—An Indian tribe or 

12 tribal organization (as defined in subsections 

13 (e) and (l) of section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter14 mination and Education Assistance Act (25 

15 U.S.C. 450b)) operating a child support en16 forcement program funded by a grant under 

17 this part may elect, as part of such program, to 

18 provide job services to noncustodial parents, 

19 consistent with the requirements of this para20 graph and section 455(f).’’. 

21 (b) PERFORMANCE TRACKING.—Section 452(a) of 

22 such Act (42 U.S.C. 652(a)) is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

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1 (2) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at 

2 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(12)(A) consult with States, Indian tribes, and 

5 tribal organizations (as defined in subsections (e) 

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

7 and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)), 

8 with a plan approved under this part, to develop 

9 data elements to ensure that the child support agen10 cy of any State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization 

11 administering a voluntary job services program 

12 under section 466(a)(20) demonstrates a plan for 

13 implementing measures to track the performance of 

14 such program with respect to meeting the goals of 

15 quality job placement, long-term unsubsidized job re16 tention, increasing child support payments, decreas17 ing child support arrearages, and increasing the in18 volvement of low-income noncustodial parents with 

19 their children; and 

20 ‘‘(B) in carrying out section 466(a), collaborate 

21 with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 

22 Agriculture to identify best practices and minimize 

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1 by the Departments of Health and Human Services, 

2 Labor, and Agriculture.’’. 

3 (c) STATE PLAN.—Section 454 of such Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 654), as amended by sections 301(a)(1) and 

5 303(b) of this Act, is further amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (35), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (36), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (36) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(37) include— 

13 ‘‘(A) a description of work activities in 

14 which the State requires noncustodial parents 

15 to participate pursuant to section 466(a)(15); 

16 ‘‘(B) a description of any job services the 

17 State elects to provide to noncustodial parents, 

18 and criteria for eligibility to receive such serv19 ices, under section 466(a)(20), or an expla20 nation of why the State elects not to provide 

21 such services; 

22 ‘‘(C) an explanation of how the State will 

23 coordinate job services and work activities pro24 vided under this title with the State workforce 

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1 section 3(67) of the Workforce Innovation and 

2 Opportunity Act), local responsible fatherhood 

3 programs (including such programs funded by a 

4 grant awarded under section 403(a)(2)), local 

5 prisoner reentry programs, and other local em6 ployment and training programs; and 

7 ‘‘(D) if applicable, a description of the 

8 State plan for implementing measures for 

9 tracking the successful performance of the 

10 State voluntary job services program consistent 

11 with section 452(a)(12)(A).’’. 

12 (d) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—Section 455(a)(1)(A) of 

13 such Act (42 U.S.C. 655(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding 

14 at the end ‘‘including public and private non-Federal 

15 funds,’’. 

16 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 this section shall take effect on the date that is one year 

18 after the date of the enactment of this section. 

19 SEC. 305. IMPROVED COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF 

20 CHILD SUPPORT. 

21 (a) DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD SUPPORT.— 

22 (1) FULL DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD SUPPORT

23 COLLECTED; REFORM OF RULES FOR DISTRIBUTION

24 OF CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTED ON BEHALF OF

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 457 of the So2 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657) is amended— 

3 (i) by amending subsection (a) to read 

4 as follows: 

5 ‘‘(a) FULL DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS COLLECTED

6 ON BEHALF OF ANY FAMILY.—Subject to subsections (b) 

7 and (c), the entire amount of support collected by a State 

8 on behalf of any family receiving services pursuant to a 

9 plan approved under this part shall be paid to the family 

10 in accordance with this section.’’; 

11 (ii) by amending subsection (b) to 

12 read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(b) CONTINUATION OF ASSIGNMENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any rights to support obli15 gations that are assigned to a State under this part 

16 on behalf of a family receiving assistance and in ef17 fect before the implementation date of this section 

18 may remain assigned after such date and distributed 

19 under the provisions and limitations of the Deficit 

20 Reduction Act of 2005. 

21 ‘‘(2) OPTION TO TERMINATE ASSIGNMENTS.—A 

22 State may choose to discontinue any assignment of 

23 a support obligation described in paragraph (1) and 

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1 may distribute the amounts to the family in accord2 ance with subsection (a).’’; 

3 (iii) by striking subsections (c) and 

4 (d) and redesignating subsection (e) as 

5 subsection (c); and 

6 (iv) in subsection (c) (as so redesig7 nated), by striking paragraph (1) and all 

8 that follows and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) shall be used to provide supplemental serv10 ices that serve the best interests of such child in a 

11 manner that best meets the future needs and edu12 cational, health, and employment interests of the 

13 child, or be deposited in— 

14 ‘‘(A) an account of the type described in 

15 section 1631(a)(2)(F) of this Act; 

16 ‘‘(B) an ABLE account established under 

17 section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code of 

18 1986; 

19 ‘‘(C) an individual development account es20 tablished pursuant to Federal or State law; or 

21 ‘‘(D) any other account in which benefits 

22 for the child may be conserved in a manner 

23 that the State determines, consistent with this 

24 paragraph, is in the best interests of the child; 

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1 ‘‘(2) shall supplement and not supplant any 

2 other Federal funds or programs that may be avail3 able for the benefit of the child.’’. 

4 (B) FOSTER CARE STATE PLAN AMEND5 MENT.—Section 471(a)(17) of such Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 671(a)(17)) is amended— 

7 (i) by inserting ‘‘and consistent with 

8 the child’s case plan’’ after ‘‘where appro9 priate’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘secure an assignment 

11 to the State of any rights to support’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘establish paternity and estab13 lish, modify, and enforce child support ob14 ligations’’. 

15 (C) CHILD SUPPORT STATE PLAN AMEND16 MENT.—Section 454 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 654), as amended by sections 301(a)(1), 

18 303(b), and 304(c) of this Act, is further 

19 amended— 

20 (i) in paragraph (36), by striking 

21 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

22 (ii) in paragraph (37), by striking the 

23 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (37) 

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1 ‘‘(38) provide that a State shall pay all col2 lected child support to the family in accordance with 

3 section 457.’’. 

4 (D) SUPPORT PAYMENTS COLLECTED

5 PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 454(5) of 

6 such Act (42 U.S.C. 654(5)) is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘such payments’’ and all that follows 

8 through ‘‘support payments collected’’ and in9 serting ‘‘entered into prior to the effective date 

10 of section 204 of the Julia Carson Responsible 

11 Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2019, 

12 the individual will be notified on a monthly 

13 basis of the amount of the support payments 

14 collected and retained by the State under sec15 tion 457(a)(1)(B) (as in effect prior to the ef16 fective date of such section)’’. 

17 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

18 (A) Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa) of such 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa)) is 

20 amended by striking ‘‘457(a)(1)(B)’’ and in21 serting ‘‘457(a)’’. 

22 (B) Section 454(34) of such Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 654(34)) is amended by striking 

24 ‘‘457(a)(2)(B)’’ each place it appears and in25 serting ‘‘457(b)’’. 


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1 (C) Section 456(a)(1) of such Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 656(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

3 shall be distributed in accordance with section 

4 457’’ after ‘‘local processes’’. 

5 (D) Section 466(a)(3)(B) of such Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 666(a)(3)(B)) is amended— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘shall be distributed in 

8 accordance with section 457 in the case of 

9 overdue support assigned to a State pursu10 ant to section 408(a)(3) or 471(a)(17), or, 

11 in any other case,’’; and 

12 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or to the public 

13 agency responsible for supervising the 

14 placement of the child receiving foster care 

15 maintenance payments under section 472, 

16 which may use such payments in the man17 ner the public agency determines will serve 

18 the best interest of the child, consistent 

19 with section 457(c)’’ before the semicolon. 

20 (b) PROHIBITION ON CONDITIONING RECEIPT OF

21 TANF ON ASSIGNMENT OF SUPPORT.—Section 408(a)(3) 

22 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(3)) is amend23 ed— 

24 (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘NO

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1 ‘‘PROHIBITION ON CONDITIONING ASSISTANCE FOR

2 FAMILIES ON’’; 

3 (2) by inserting ‘‘not’’ after ‘‘shall’’; 

4 (3) by inserting ‘‘or under a program funded 

5 with qualified State expenditures (as defined in sec6 tion 409(a)(7)(B)(i))’’ after ‘‘this part’’; and 

7 (4) by striking ‘‘, not exceeding the total 

8 amount of assistance so paid to the family,’’. 

9 (c) REQUIREMENT TO DISREGARD PERCENTAGE OF

10 CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTED IN DETERMINING AMOUNT

11 AND TYPE OF TANF ASSISTANCE.—Section 408(a) of 

12 such Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)), as amended by section 

13 101(a)(2) of this Act and subsection (b) of this section, 

14 is amended by adding at the end the following new para15 graph: 

16 ‘‘(14) REQUIREMENT TO DISREGARD PERCENT17 AGE OF CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTED IN DETER18 MINING AMOUNT AND TYPE OF TANF ASSISTANCE.— 

19 A State to which a grant is made under section 403 

20 shall disregard at least the same percentage of 

21 amounts collected as support on behalf of a family 

22 as the percentage of earned income that the State 

23 disregards, in determining the amount or type of as24 sistance provided to the family under the State pro25 gram funded under this part or under a program 


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1 funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined 

2 in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)).’’. 

3 (d) RESTORATION OF FEDERAL FUNDING.—Effec4 tive on the date of enactment of this Act, section 7309 

5 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

6 171; 120 Stat. 147) is repealed, and part D of title IV 

7 of the Social Security Act shall be applied as if the amend8 ment made by subsection (a) of that section had not been 

9 enacted. 

10 (e) REPEAL OF MANDATORY FEE FOR CHILD SUP11 PORT COLLECTION.—Effective on the date of enactment 

12 of this Act, section 7310 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 

13 2005 (Public Law 109–171; 120 Stat. 147) is repealed, 

14 and part D of title IV of the Social Security Act shall 

15 be applied as if the amendments made by that section had 

16 not been enacted. 

17 (f) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 

18 2020, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

19 study and submit a report to Congress regarding the fol20 lowing: 

21 (1) The effect of age eligibility restrictions for 

22 the earned income tax credit established under sec23 tion 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for in24 dividuals without qualifying children on— 


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1 (A) the ability of young parents to pay 

2 child support; 

3 (B) compliance with child support orders; 

4 and 

5 (C) the relationship between young non6 custodial parents and their children. 

7 (2) The impact of State earned income tax 

8 credit programs, especially such programs with tar9 geted benefits for noncustodial parents, on— 

10 (A) the ability of noncustodial parents to 

11 pay child support; 

12 (B) compliance with child support orders; 

13 and 

14 (C) the relationship between noncustodial 

15 parents and their children. 

16 (3) The challenges faced by legal immigrants 

17 and individuals for whom English is not their pri18 mary language in fulfilling child support and other 

19 noncustodial parenting obligations. 

20 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro22 vided in this section, the amendments made by this 

23 section shall take effect on October 1, 2020, and 

24 shall apply to payments under parts A and D of title 

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1 beginning on or after that date, without regard to 

2 whether regulations to implement the amendments 

3 are promulgated by such date. 

4 (2) STATE OPTION TO ACCELERATE EFFECTIVE

5 DATE.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a State 

6 may elect to have the amendments made by the pre7 ceding provisions of this section apply to the State 

8 and to amounts collected by the State (and to pay9 ments under such parts), on and after such date as 

10 the State may select that is not later than Sep11 tember 30, 2020. 

12 SEC. 306. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NON13 CUSTODIAL PARENTING TIME. 

14 (a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 452(a)(10) of 

15 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(10)), as amend16 ed by section 303(a), is further amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (J), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

18 end; and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(K) a summary of efforts by the State to 

21 provide early intervention services and activities 

22 that aim to improve the ability and willingness 

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1 ‘‘(i) supporting and improving pater2 nity establishment, child support order es3 tablishment, and collections outcomes; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) facilitating and assisting parents 

5 in accessing court processes to establish 

6 parenting time arrangements, assisting ob7 ligors with employment needs, or providing 

8 other allowable services or activities to 

9 carry out the State responsibilities under 

10 this part: and’’. 

11 (b) STATE PLAN.—Section 454 of such Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 654), as amended by sections 301(a)(1), 303(b), 

13 304(c), and 305(a)(1)(C) of this Act, is further amend14 ed— 

15 (1) in paragraph (37), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

16 end; 

17 (2) in paragraph (38), by striking the period at 

18 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘(39) describe efforts by the State to provide 

21 early intervention services and activities that aim to 

22 improve the ability and willingness of noncustodial 

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1 ‘‘(A) supporting and improving paternity 

2 establishment, child support order establish3 ment, and collections outcomes; and 

4 ‘‘(B) facilitating and assisting parents in 

5 accessing court processes to establish parenting 

6 time arrangements, assisting obligors with em7 ployment needs, or providing other allowable 

8 services or activities to carry out the State re9 sponsibilities under this part.’’. 

10 (c) DETERMINATIONS OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS

11 PERFORMANCE LEVEL.—Section 458(b)(6)(E) is amend12 ed— 

13 (1) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); 

14 and 

15 (2) by inserting after clause (i) the following: 

16 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR AMOUNT SPENT

17 ON EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES AND

18 ACTIVITIES.—For the purposes of sub19 section (i), the total amount expended dur20 ing the fiscal year under the State plan 

21 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the 

22 amount expended by the State for the fis23 cal year on early intervention services and 

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1 and willingness of noncustodial parents to 

2 support their children, including by— 

3 ‘‘(I) improving paternity estab4 lishment, child support order estab5 lishment, and collections outcomes; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(II) offering parenting time ar8 rangements, assisting obligors with 

9 employment needs, or providing other 

10 allowable services or activities to carry 

11 out the State responsibilities under 

12 this part, 

13 except that such reduced amount may not 

14 exceed 10 percent of such total amount ex15 pended during the fiscal year under the 

16 State plan.’’. 

17 (d) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES FOR ACCESS AND VISI18 TATION PROGRAM GRANTS.—Section 469B(c)(1) of such 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 669b(c)(1)) is amended by striking 

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1 TITLE IV—REVENUE PROVISION 

2 SEC. 401. INCREASE IN CREDIT PERCENTAGE UNDER 

3 EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR ELIGIBLE 

4 INDIVIDUALS WITH NO QUALIFYING CHIL5 DREN. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The row in the table in section 

7 32(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 relating 

8 to no qualifying children is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘No qualifying children .......................................... 20 7.65’’. 

9 (b) INCOME PHASEOUT FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS

10 WITH NO QUALIFYING CHILDREN.—The table in section 

11 32(b)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘$5,280’’ and inserting ‘‘$11,500’’. 

13 (c) INCREASE IN AGE RANGE FOR ELIGIBLE INDI14 VIDUALS WITH NO QUALIFYING CHILD.—Section 

15 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of such Code is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘age 25’’ and inserting ‘‘age 

17 21’’; and 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘age 65’’ and inserting ‘‘age 

19 68’’. 

20 (d) TAXPAYER ELIGIBLE FOR CREDIT FOR INDIVID21 UALS WITH NO QUALIFYING CHILDREN IF QUALIFYING

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1 BERS.—Section 32(c)(1)(F) of such Code is amended to 

2 read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(F) INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT INCLUDE

4 TIN, ETC., OF ANY QUALIFYING CHILD.—In the 

5 case of any eligible individual who has one or 

6 more qualifying children, if— 

7 ‘‘(i) no qualifying child of such indi8 vidual is taken into account under sub9 section (b) by reason of paragraph (3)(D), 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(ii) no child of such individual is 

12 taken into account for purposes of any 

13 other child tax benefit under this chapter, 

14 for purposes of the credit allowed under this 

15 section, such individual may be considered an 

16 eligible individual without a qualifying child.’’. 

17 (e) EXPANDING THE EITC FOR CERTAIN FORMER

18 FOSTER YOUTH.—Section 32(c)(1) of such Code, as 

19 amended by subsection (e), is amended by adding at the 

20 end the following: 

21 ‘‘(G) FOSTER YOUTH.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of 

23 subparagraph (A), the term ‘eligible indi24 vidual’ shall include an individual who is a 

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1 ‘‘(ii) QUALIFIED FOSTER YOUTH DE2 FINED.—For purposes of clause (i), the 

3 term ‘qualified foster youth’ means an in4 dividual who— 

5 ‘‘(I) has attained age 18 but not 

6 attained age 21 before the close of the 

7 taxable year, and 

8 ‘‘(II) on or after attaining the 

9 age of 14 was placed in a foster fam10 ily home by an agency of a State or 

11 a political subdivision thereof or by a 

12 qualified foster care placement agency 

13 (as defined by section 131(b)(3)).’’. 

14 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

15 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

16 December 31, 2017. 

17 TITLE V—SUPPLEMENTAL 

18 NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 

19 SEC. 501. COLLECTION OF CHILD SUPPORT UNDER THE 

20 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 

21 PROGRAM. 

22 (a) ENCOURAGEMENT OF COLLECTION OF CHILD

23 SUPPORT.—Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

24 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 

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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 

2 (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; 

3 (B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking 

4 ‘‘paragraph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

5 (7)’’; and 

6 (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(5) DEDUCTION FOR CHILD SUPPORT RE9 CEIVED.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A household shall be 

11 allowed a deduction of 20 percent of all legally 

12 obligated child support payments received from 

13 an identified or putative parent of a child in the 

14 household if that parent is not a household 

15 member. 

16 ‘‘(B) ORDER OF DETERMINING DEDUC17 TIONS.—A deduction under this paragraph shall 

18 be determined before the computation of the ex19 cess shelter deduction under paragraph (7).’’; 

20 and 

21 (2) in subsection (k)(4)(B), by striking ‘‘sub22 section (e)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(7)’’. 

23 (b) SIMPLIFIED VERIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT

24 PAYMENTS.—Section 5(n) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

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1 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘STATE OPTIONS TO SIMPLIFY’’, and inserting 

3 ‘‘SIMPLIFIED’’; and 

4 (2) by striking ‘‘Regardless of whether’’ and in5 serting the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A household that is paying 

7 legally obligated child support through the program 

8 under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act 

9 (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) shall receive— 

10 ‘‘(A) a deduction under subsection (e)(4); 

11 or 

12 ‘‘(B) an exclusion under subsection (d)(6); 

13 for child support payments made. 

14 ‘‘(2) STATE OPTIONS.—Regardless of whether’’. 

15 (c) INCLUSION OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES PRO16 GRAMS IN DEFINITION OF WORK PROGRAM.—Section 

17 6(o)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

18 2015(o)(2)) is amended— 

19 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

20 the end; 

21 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

22 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

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1 services to noncustodial parents as provided in 

2 section 466(a)(20) of the Social Security Act;’’. 

3 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—This section and the amend5 ments made by this section take effect on October 

6 1, 2019. 

7 (2) IMPLEMENTATION.—A State shall imple8 ment the amendments made by subsections (a) and 

9 (b) for participating households at the first certifi10 cation, or first recertification, of the household that 

11 occurs on or after October 1, 2019. 

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