‘‘(D) Procedures which prevent a State court
from entering an order awarding the payment of
money to any person, or accepting an agreement set-
tling an action brought in the court that requires
money to be paid to any person, until—
‘‘(i) the court has inquired of the agency
administering the plan under section 454
whether the person owes overdue support, and
has received a response to the inquiry; and
‘‘(ii) if the person owes overdue support,
the person pays the amount of the overdue
support.
‘‘(E) Procedures which prevent any agency of
State or local government from recording a property
transaction, until—
‘‘(i) the agency has inquired of the agency
administering the plan under section 454
whether any party to the transaction owes over-
due support, and has received a response to the
inquiry; and
‘‘(ii) any such party—
‘‘(I) pays the amount of any overdue
support; or
‘‘(II) demonstrates that the party has
made a good faith effort—
‘‘(aa) to pay the support due for
the month in which the transaction is
sought to be recorded; and
‘‘(bb) to provide for the payment
of the overdue support through regu-
lar, periodic payments.’’.
SEC. 105. STATE LICENSES DENIED TO PARENTS WITH
PAST DUE CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS.
Section 466(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)), as amended by the preceding provisions of this
Act, is amended by inserting after paragraph (13) the
following:
‘‘(14) Procedures which prohibit the provision,
renewal, or reissuance of any license, required under
the law of the State or of any political subdivision
thereof before engaging in conduct subject to the li-
cense, to any person the amount of whose overdue
support exceeds $1,000, until the person dem-
onstrates that the person has made a good faith ef-
fort—
‘‘(A) to pay the support due for the month
in which the license was requested to be pro-
vided, renewed, or reissued; and
‘‘(B) to provide for the payment of the
overdue support through regular, periodic pay-
ments.’’.
SEC. 106. CERTAIN OVERDUE CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGA-
TIONS 
REQUIRED 
TO 
BE 
REPORTED 
TO
CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES.
Section 466(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 666(a)(7)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(7) Procedures which ensure that the agency
administering the plan under section 454—
‘‘(A) reports to the major consumer report-
ing agencies (as defined in section 603(f) of the
Fair Credit Reporting Act) the amount of over-
due support owed by an individual residing in
the State if the amount of the delinquency ex-
ceeds the amount of child support payable by
the individual on a monthly basis; and
‘‘(B) upon request of a consumer reporting
agency, furnishes the consumer reporting agen-
cy information on the amount of overdue sup-
port owed by an individual residing in the
State, for a fee equal to not more than the cost
of furnishing the information;’’.
SEC. 107. ELIMINATION OF STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS IN
CHILD SUPPORT CASES.
Section 466(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)), as amended by the preceding provisions of this
Act, is amended by inserting after paragraph (14) the
following:
‘‘(15) Procedures which ensure that there is no
limit to the period in which any court order, or order
of an administrative process established under State
law, for support or maintenance of a child, may be
enforced.’’.
SEC. 108. REQUIREMENT THAT SOCIAL SECURITY NUM-
BERS APPEAR ON MARRIAGE LICENSES AND
CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.
Section 466(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)), as amended by the preceding provisions of this
Act, is amended by inserting after paragraph (15) the
following:
‘‘(16) Procedures which ensure that, on each
marriage license issued by the State, and in each
court order, or order of an administrative process es-
tablished under State law, for support or mainte-
nance of a child, there appear the social security ac-
count numbers of each individual to whom the li-
cense is issued or upon whom the order imposes a
support obligation.’’.
SEC. 109. SEPARATE TREATMENT OF CASES ALLEGING
NONSUPPORT AND CASES ALLEGING DENIAL
OF VISITATION RIGHTS.
Section 466(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)), as amended by the preceding provisions of this
Act, is amended by inserting after paragraph (16) the
following:
‘‘(17) Procedures which ensure that—
‘‘(A) conduct affecting the exercise of visi-
tation rights under a court order, or an order
of an administrative process established under
State law, for support or maintenance of a
child, shall be treated as irrelevant in any ac-
tion brought to enforce the support provisions
of the order; and
‘‘(B) the provision of, or failure to provide,
support pursuant to such an order shall be
treated as irrelevant in any action brought to
enforce visitation rights under the order.’’.
SEC. 110. TIMELY RESPONSE TO INTERSTATE LOCATE RE-
QUESTS.
Section 452(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
652(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(9);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(11) in establishing standards under para-
graph (1) for locating absent parents—
‘‘(A) not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this paragraph, prescribe
deadlines by which States must respond to re-
quests from other States for information, tak-
ing into account the state of available tech-
nology; and
‘‘(B) review and, if appropriate, revise
such deadlines every 3 years taking into ac-
count the state of available technology.’’.
SEC. 111. REGULATIONS FOR PROCESSING OF INTERSTATE
CHILD SUPPORT CASES.
Section 452 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
652) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(j) The Secretary shall issue regulations establishing
standards and procedures governing the processing by
States of cases involving the enforcement of child support
obligations against parents in other States, including a
deadline by which prosecutions must commence after the
case first comes to the attention of the State, and a dead-
line by which such actions must be decided or dismissed.’’.
SEC. 112. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES.
(a) ONLY CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT FUNDS
SUBJECT TO REDUCTION FOR SUBSTANTIAL NONCOMPLI-
ANCE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (h) of section
403 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(h)) is hereby trans-
ferred to section 455 of such Act, redesignated as
subsection (f) of such section 455, and amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Act’’ and inserting
‘‘part’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘part D’’ and inserting
‘‘this part’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘such part’’ and in-
serting ‘‘this part’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘this
part’’ and inserting ‘‘part A’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 452(a)(4) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 652(a)(4)) is amended by striking
‘‘403(h)’’ each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘455(f)’’.
(B) Subsections (d)(3)(A), (g)(1), and
(g)(3)(A) of section 452 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
652) are each amended by striking ‘‘403(h)’’
and inserting ‘‘455(f)’’.
(b) PAYMENTS TO STATES INCREASED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 455(a) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 655(a)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting
‘‘(a)’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘the percent specified in paragraph (2)’’
and inserting ‘‘90 percent’’; and
(iii) in each of subparagraphs (B) and
(C), by striking ‘‘(rather than the percent-
age specified in subparagraph (A))’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A),
(B), and (C) of paragraph (1) as paragraphs
(1), (2), and (3), respectively.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Paragraphs
(1)(B), (2)(A), and (2)(B) of section 452(d) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 652(d)) are each amended by strik-
ing ‘‘455(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘455(a)(2)’’.
(c) REPEAL OF INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TO STATES.—
Section 458 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 658) is hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. 113. DEADLINE FOR ADOPTION OF UNIFORM INTER-
STATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT.
Part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 651–669) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘SEC. 469A. ADOPTION OF UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY
SUPPORT ACT.
‘‘As a condition for the approval of any State plan
under this part, the State must, not later than the effec-
tive date of this section, have in effect a law identical to
the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, in the form
most recently adopted by the National Conference of Com-
missioners on Uniform State Laws before the enactment
of this section.’’.
SEC. 114. COMMISSION ON CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a
commission to be known as the Commission on Child
Support Guidelines (in this section referred to as the
‘‘Commission’’).
(b) APPLICABLE RULES.—Subsection (b) (except the
first sentence of paragraph (4) thereof), and subsections
(c), (e), (f)(2), and (g), of section 126 of the Family Sup-
port Act (42 U.S.C. 666 note; Public Law 100–485) shall
apply to the Commission in the same manner as such
provisions apply to the Commission on Interstate Child
Support.
(c) QUALIFICATIONS.—Each person with authority to
make appointments to the Commission shall exercise the
authority to ensure that the Commission includes—
(1) persons with judicial or administrative expe-
rience in matters involving child support enforce-
ment; and
(2) representatives of organizations which rep-
resent custodial and noncustodial parents.
(d) DUTY.—Not later than 18 months after the last
of the initial appointments to the Commission is made,
the Commission shall submit to the Congress a report con-
taining recommendations for national guidelines for child
support award amounts, after consideration of the guide-
lines established by each State pursuant to section 467(a)
of the Social Security Act.
(e) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate
2 months after the date of submission of the report re-
quired by subsection (d).
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 115. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided in this title (or in the
amendments made by this title), the amendments made
by this title shall take effect on the 1st day of the 12th
calendar quarter beginning after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
TITLE II—BANKRUPTCY AMEND-
MENTS RELATING TO CHILD
SUPPORT, 
ALIMONY, 
AND
PROPERTY 
SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENTS
SEC. 201. EXCEPTIONS TO STAY.
Section 362(b)(2) of title 11, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) under subsection (a) of this section—
‘‘(A) of the commencement or continuation
of an action or proceeding for—
‘‘(i) the establishment of paternity; or
‘‘(ii) the establishment or modification
of an order for alimony, maintenance, or
support; or
‘‘(B) of the collection of—
‘‘(i) alimony, maintenance, or support
from property that is not property of the
estate; or
‘‘(ii) a debt of the kind specified in
section 523(a)(5) of this title to a child of
the debtor if the claim for such debt arises
after the commencement of the case;’’.