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‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS AFTER 
ASSIGNMENT
DISCONTINUATION.—If a State 
chooses to discontinue the assignment of a sup-
port obligation described in subparagraph (A), 
the State may treat amounts collected pursuant 
to such assignment as if such amounts had 
never been assigned and may distribute such 
amounts to the family in accordance with sub-
section (a)(4).’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 404(a) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 604(a)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) to fund payment of an amount pursuant to 
clause (i) or (ii) of section 457(a)(2)(B), but only to 
the extent that the State properly elects under sec-
tion 457(a)(6) to use the grant to fund the pay-
ment.’’. 
(2) Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)) is amended—
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(A) in subclause (I)(aa), by striking 
‘‘457(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘457(a)(1)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(V) 
PORTIONS
OF
CERTAIN 
CHILD
SUPPORT
PAYMENTS
COL-
LECTED ON BEHALF OF AND DISTRIB-
UTED TO FAMILIES NO LONGER RE-
CEIVING
ASSISTANCE.—Any amount 
paid by a State pursuant to clause (i) 
or (ii) of section 457(a)(2)(B), but 
only to the extent that the State prop-
erly elects under section 457(a)(6) to 
have the payment considered a quali-
fied State expenditure.’’. 
(3) Section 6402(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to offset of past-due support 
against overpayments) is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the 
Social Security Act.’’ and inserting ‘‘of such 
Act.’’; and 
(B) by striking the third sentence and in-
serting the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall 
apply a reduction under this subsection first to 
an amount certified by the State as past due 
support under section 464 of the Social Secu-
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rity Act before any other reductions allowed by 
law.’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2007, 
and shall apply to payments under parts A and D 
of title IV of the Social Security Act for calendar 
quarters beginning on or after such date, and with-
out regard to whether regulations to implement such 
amendments (in the case of State programs operated 
under such part D) are promulgated by such date. 
(2) STATE OPTION TO ACCELERATE EFFECTIVE 
DATE.—A State may elect to have the amendments 
made by this section apply to the State and to 
amounts collected by the State and to payments 
under parts A and D of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act, on and after such date as the State may 
select that is after the date of enactment of this Act 
and before October 1, 2007.
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TITLE II—EXPANDED 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 201. DECREASE IN AMOUNT OF CHILD SUPPORT AR-
REARAGE TRIGGERING PASSPORT DENIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 452(k)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652(k)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 454(31) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654(31)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’. 
SEC. 202. USE OF TAX REFUND INTERCEPT PROGRAM TO 
COLLECT PAST-DUE CHILD SUPPORT ON BE-
HALF OF CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT MINORS. 
Section 464 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
664) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘(as 
that term is defined for purposes of this paragraph 
under subsection (c))’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(1) Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), as used in’’; and 
inserting ‘‘In’’; and