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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 970 
To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit States 
from charging child support recipients for the collection of child support. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2013 
Mr. MICHAUD 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 prohibit States from charging child support recipients 
for the collection of child support. 
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 ‘‘Elimination of Single 
Parent Tax Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON STATES FROM CHARGING CHILD 
SUPPORT RECIPIENTS FOR THE COLLECTION 
OF CHILD SUPPORT. 
Section 454(6)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 654(6)(B)(ii)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘retained by the State from sup-
port collected on behalf of the individual (but not 
from the first $500 so collected), paid by the indi-
vidual applying for the services,’’; and 
(2) by striking the comma after ‘‘absent par-
ent’’. 
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Section 457(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 657(a)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the portion of’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘that remains after withholding 
any fee pursuant to section 454(6)(B)(ii)’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
subsection (b), each amendment made by this Act shall 
take effect on October 1, 2013, and shall apply to pay-
ments under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act 
for quarters beginning on or after such date. 
(b) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE-
QUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Until the date described in 
paragraph (2), a qualified State plan shall not be re-
garded as failing to comply with part D of title IV 
of the Social Security Act, solely by reason of the 
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plan failing to comply with the additional require-
ments imposed by reason of this Act. 
(2) DATE DESCRIBED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The date described in 
this paragraph is the first day of the first cal-
endar quarter that begins after the close of the 
first regular session of the State legislature that 
ends after the effective date of this Act. 
(B) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (A), in the case of a State that has 
a 2-year legislative session, each year of the ses-
sion is deemed to be a separate regular session 
of the State legislature. 
(3) QUALIFIED
STATE
PLAN.—In paragraph 
(1), the term ‘‘qualified State plan’’ means a State 
plan, approved under part D of title IV of the Social 
Security Act, which the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services determines will require State legis-
lation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in 
order for the plan to meet the additional require-
ments imposed by reason of this Act. 
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