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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2409

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

calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for 

the reinvestment of any such penalty. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2005

Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. STARK, and Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Ways and Means 

A BILL

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

to modify the calculation of the child support automation 

penalty and provide for the reinvestment of any such 

penalty.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Support Rein5 vestment Act of 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF CALCULATION OF PENALTY FOR 

2 FAILURE TO AUTOMATE CHILD SUPPORT IN3 FORMATION SYSTEMS; REINVESTMENT OF 

4 PENALTY. 

5 Section 455(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 655(a)(4)) is amended—

7 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘pre8 ceding fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘1st year in which 

9 the failure occurred’’; and 

10 (2) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(iv)(I) The Secretary shall reduce, by the 

13 amount described in the applicable clause of sub14 paragraph (D) of this paragraph, the amount of any 

15 reduction that, in the absence of this clause, would 

16 be required to be made under this paragraph by rea17 son of the failure of a State to achieve compliance 

18 with a subparagraph of section 454(24) if—

19 ‘‘(aa) the State has submitted, and the 

20 Secretary has approved, a corrective compliance 

21 plan under subparagraph (A)(i)(II) of this 

22 paragraph with respect to the failure; and 

23 ‘‘(bb) the Secretary finds that the State 

24 has made and is continuing to make a good 

25 faith effort to comply with the plan. 
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1 ‘‘(II) The State shall expend for operation of 

2 the State plan approved under section 454 an 

3 amount equal to the amount by which any reduction 

4 that, in the absence of this clause, would be required 

5 to be made under this paragraph is reduced under 

6 this clause.’’; and 

7 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub8 paragraph (E) and inserting after subparagraph (C) 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(D)(i) The amount described in this subpara11 graph is—

12 ‘‘(I) 25 percent of the reduction, if the 

13 State has increased expenditures by more than 

14 5 but not more than 7 percent; 

15 ‘‘(II) 50 percent of the reduction, if the 

16 State has increased expenditures by more than 

17 7 but not more than 9 percent; 

18 ‘‘(III) 75 percent of the reduction, if the 

19 State has increased expenditures by more than 

20 9 but not more than 11 percent; or 

21 ‘‘(IV) 100 percent of the reduction, if the 

22 State has increased expenditures by more than 

23 11 percent. 
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1 ‘‘(ii) In clause (i), the term ‘increased expendi2 tures’ means, with respect to a State and a fiscal 

3 year, the lesser of—

4 ‘‘(I) the average annual increase in the 

5 State share of expenditures under the State 

6 plan approved under this part in the 5-year pe7 riod ending with the preceding fiscal year; or 

8 ‘‘(II) the increase in the State share of 

9 such expenditures in the preceding fiscal year.’’.

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