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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3895
To authorize amounts required to be paid by the United States pursuant
to a judgment or settlement in favor of an individual to be used to
pay child support and alimony obligations of the individual.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 1996
Mr. GANSKE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To authorize amounts required to be paid by the United
States pursuant to a judgment or settlement in favor
of an individual to be used to pay child support and
alimony obligations of the individual.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Support En-
hancement Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE PAID BY THE UNITED
STATES PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OR SET-
TLEMENT IN FAVOR OF AN INDIVIDUAL AU-
THORIZED TO BE USED TO PAY CHILD SUP-
PORT AND ALIMONY OBLIGATIONS OF THE
INDIVIDUAL.
Part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 650–669) is amended by inserting after section
459 the following:
‘‘SEC. 459A. AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE PAID BY THE UNIT-
ED STATES PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OR
SETTLEMENT IN FAVOR OF AN INDIVIDUAL
AUTHORIZED TO BE USED TO PAY CHILD
SUPPORT AND ALIMONY OBLIGATIONS OF
THE INDIVIDUAL.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts due from, or payable
by, the United States or the District of Columbia (includ-
ing any agency, subdivision, or instrumentality thereof)
pursuant to a judgment against the United States or the
District of Columbia in favor of, or pursuant to a settle-
ment by the United States or the District of Columbia
of any claim of, an individual who has a legal obligation
to provide child support or make alimony payments, shall
be subject, in like manner and to the same extent as if
the United States or the District of Columbia were a pri-
vate person, to any legal process brought by a State agen-
cy administering a program under a State plan approved
under this part or by an individual obligee, to enforce the
obligation.
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—Rules similar
to the rules of subsections (b), (c), (d), and (f) of section
459 and the rules of section 461 shall apply to the disposi-
tion of amounts pursuant to subsection (a) of this section
in the same manner in which such rules apply to the dis-
position of moneys under section 459(a).
‘‘(c) LEGAL PROCESS DEFINED.—The term ‘legal
process’ means any writ, order, summons, or other similar
process in the nature of garnishment or attachment—
‘‘(1) which is issued by—
‘‘(A) a court or an administrative agency
of competent jurisdiction in any State, territory,
or possession of the United States;
‘‘(B) a court or an administrative agency
of competent jurisdiction in any foreign country
with which the United States has entered into
an agreement which requires the United States
to honor the process; or
‘‘(C) an authorized official pursuant to an
order of such a court or an administrative agen-
cy of competent jurisdiction or pursuant to
State or local law; and
‘‘(2) which is directed to, and the purpose of
which is to compel, a governmental entity which
holds moneys which are otherwise payable to an in-
dividual to make a payment from the moneys to an-
other party in order to satisfy a legal obligation of
the individual to provide child support or make ali-
mony payments.
‘‘(d) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—The definitions set forth
in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), and paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) of subsection (g), of section 462 shall apply
for purposes of this section.’’.
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