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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3824
To simplify and improve the rules governing the distribution of child support
collected by States pursuant to part D of title IV of the Social Security
Act, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 2, 2000
Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. JEFFERSON, MR. STARK, and Mr. MATSUI) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
A BILL
To simplify and improve the rules governing the distribution
of child support collected by States pursuant to part
D of title IV of the Social Security Act, and for other
purposes.
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 for Chil-
dren Act’’.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY PASS THROUGH TO FAMILIES OF CUR-
RENT CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 457(a) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)) is amended by striking para-
graphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) CURRENT SUPPORT PAYMENTS.—To the
extent that the amount so collected does not exceed
the amount required to be paid to the family for the
month in which collected, the State shall distribute
the amount so collected to the family.’’.
(b) AMOUNTS PASSED THROUGH COUNTED TO-
WARDS TANF MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIREMENT
REGARDLESS
OF
WHETHER
DISREGARDED
UNDER
TANF PROGRAM.—Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa)) is amended by
striking ‘‘457(a)(1)’’ and all that follows and inserting
‘‘457(a).’’.
SEC. 3. SHARING OF COST OF DISREGARDING CHILD SUP-
PORT RECEIVED BY TANF RECIPIENTS IN DE-
TERMINING TANF ELIGIBILITY.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 454(11)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654(11)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A);
(2) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) provide that the State shall make
payments pursuant to section 457(g) with re-
spect to amounts collected as support;’’.
(b) PAYMENT RULES.—Section 457 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 655) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(g) COST-SHARING.—With respect to any amount
collected as support by a State pursuant to a plan ap-
proved under this part, on behalf of a family that is receiv-
ing assistance (as defined in subsection (c)(1)) from the
State, the State shall pay to the Federal Government a
sum equal to the Federal share (as defined in subsection
(c)(2)) of that portion of the amount that is not dis-
regarded in determining the eligibility of the family for
assistance under a State program funded under part A
and in determining the amount of such assistance.’’.
SEC. 4. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.
Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
654) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(32);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (33) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (33) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(34) provide that the total amount expended
by the State under this part for each fiscal year
shall be not less than the total amount expended by
the State under this part for the fiscal year among
fiscal years 1997 through 1999 for which such total
amount is the greatest.’’.
SEC. 5. PROTECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT FAMILIES RE-
CEIVE TANF BENEFITS WHEN CHILD SUP-
PORT PAYMENTS ARE DELAYED.
Section 402(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
608(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) CERTIFICATION OF PROTECTIONS TO EN-
SURE TIMELY TANF PAYMENTS WHEN CHILD SUP-
PORT PAYMENTS ARE DELAYED.—A certification by
the chief executive officer of the State that the State
will implement procedures to ensure that assistance
provided to the family under the State program
funded under this part is not adversely affected by
delayed child support payments.’’.