‘‘(i) supporting and improving pater-
nity establishment, child support order es-
tablishment, and collections outcomes; and 
‘‘(ii) facilitating and assisting parents 
in accessing court processes to establish 
parenting time arrangements, assisting ob-
ligors with employment needs, or providing 
other allowable services or activities to 
carry out the State responsibilities under 
this part: and’’. 
(b) STATE PLAN.—Section 454 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 654), as amended by sections 301(a)(1), 303(b), 
304(c), and 305(a)(1)(C) of this Act, is further amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (37), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (38), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(39) describe efforts by the State to provide 
early intervention services and activities that aim to 
improve the ability and willingness of noncustodial 
parents to support their children, including by— 
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‘‘(A) supporting and improving paternity 
establishment, child support order establish-
ment, and collections outcomes; and 
‘‘(B) facilitating and assisting parents in 
accessing court processes to establish parenting 
time arrangements, assisting obligors with em-
ployment needs, or providing other allowable 
services or activities to carry out the State re-
sponsibilities under this part.’’. 
(c) DETERMINATIONS
OF
COST-EFFECTIVENESS 
PERFORMANCE LEVEL.—Section 458(b)(6)(E) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); 
and 
(2) by inserting after clause (i) the following: 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR AMOUNT SPENT 
ON EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES AND 
ACTIVITIES.—For the purposes of sub-
section (i), the total amount expended dur-
ing the fiscal year under the State plan 
shall be reduced by an amount equal to the 
amount expended by the State for the fis-
cal year on early intervention services and 
activities intended to improve the ability 
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and willingness of noncustodial parents to 
support their children, including by— 
‘‘(I) improving paternity estab-
lishment, child support order estab-
lishment, and collections outcomes; 
and 
‘‘(II) offering parenting time ar-
rangements, assisting obligors with 
employment needs, or providing other 
allowable services or activities to carry 
out the State responsibilities under 
this part, 
except that such reduced amount may not 
exceed 10 percent of such total amount ex-
pended during the fiscal year under the 
State plan.’’. 
(d) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES FOR ACCESS AND VISI-
TATION PROGRAM GRANTS.—Section 469B(c)(1) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 669b(c)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000,000’’. 
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TITLE IV—REVENUE PROVISION 
SEC. 401. INCREASE IN CREDIT PERCENTAGE UNDER 
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR ELIGIBLE 
INDIVIDUALS WITH NO QUALIFYING CHIL-
DREN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The row in the table in section 
32(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 relating 
to no qualifying children is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘No qualifying children ..........................................
7.65’’. 
(b) INCOME PHASEOUT FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS 
WITH NO QUALIFYING CHILDREN.—The table in section 
32(b)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘$5,280’’ and inserting ‘‘$11,500’’. 
(c) REDUCTION OF MARRIAGE PENALTY MADE PER-
MANENT.—Section 32(b)(2)(B) of such Code is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) JOINT RETURNS.—In the case of a 
joint return filed by an eligible individual and 
such individual’s spouse, the phaseout amount 
determined under subparagraph (A) shall be in-
creased by $5,000.’’. 
(d) INCREASE IN AGE RANGE FOR ELIGIBLE INDI-
VIDUALS
WITH
NO
QUALIFYING
CHILD.—Section 
32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of such Code is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘age 25’’ and inserting ‘‘age 
21’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘age 65’’ and inserting ‘‘age 
68’’. 
(e) TAXPAYER ELIGIBLE FOR CREDIT FOR INDIVID-
UALS WITH NO QUALIFYING CHILDREN IF QUALIFYING 
CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE VALID SOCIAL SECURITY NUM-
BERS.—Section 32(c)(1)(F) of such Code is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(F) INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT INCLUDE 
TIN, ETC., OF ANY QUALIFYING CHILD.—In the 
case of any eligible individual who has one or 
more qualifying children, if— 
‘‘(i) no qualifying child of such indi-
vidual is taken into account under sub-
section (b) by reason of paragraph (3)(D), 
and 
‘‘(ii) no child of such individual is 
taken into account for purposes of any 
other child tax benefit under this chapter, 
for purposes of the credit allowed under this 
section, such individual may be considered an 
eligible individual without a qualifying child.’’. 
(f) EXPANDING THE EITC FOR CERTAIN FORMER 
FOSTER YOUTH.—Section 32(c)(1) of such Code, as 
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amended by subsection (e), is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(G) FOSTER YOUTH.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), the term ‘eligible indi-
vidual’ shall include an individual who is a 
qualified foster youth. 
‘‘(ii) QUALIFIED FOSTER YOUTH DE-
FINED.—For purposes of clause (i), the 
term ‘qualified foster youth’ means an in-
dividual who— 
‘‘(I) has attained age 18 but not 
attained age 21 before the close of the 
taxable year, and 
‘‘(II) on or after attaining the 
age of 14 was placed in a foster fam-
ily home by an agency of a State or 
a political subdivision thereof or by a 
qualified foster care placement agency 
(as defined by section 131(b)(3)).’’. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2017. 
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TITLE V—SUPPLEMENTAL 
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 501. COLLECTION OF CHILD SUPPORT UNDER THE 
SUPPLEMENTAL 
NUTRITION 
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ENCOURAGEMENT OF COLLECTION OF CHILD 
SUPPORT.—Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 
(6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; 
(B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(7)’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following: 
‘‘(5) DEDUCTION
FOR
CHILD
SUPPORT
RE-
CEIVED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A household shall be 
allowed a deduction of 20 percent of all legally 
obligated child support payments received from 
an identified or putative parent of a child in the 
household if that parent is not a household 
member. 
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‘‘(B) ORDER
OF
DETERMINING
DEDUC-
TIONS.—A deduction under this paragraph shall 
be determined before the computation of the ex-
cess shelter deduction under paragraph (7).’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (k)(4)(B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (e)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(7)’’. 
(b) SIMPLIFIED VERIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT 
PAYMENTS.—Section 5(n) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(n)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘STATE
OPTIONS
TO
SIMPLIFY’’, and inserting 
‘‘SIMPLIFIED’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Regardless of whether’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A household that is paying 
legally obligated child support through the program 
under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) shall receive— 
‘‘(A) a deduction under subsection (e)(4); 
or 
‘‘(B) an exclusion under subsection (d)(6); 
for child support payments made. 
‘‘(2) STATE OPTIONS.—Regardless of whether’’. 
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(c) INCLUSION OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES PRO-
GRAMS
IN DEFINITION
OF WORK PROGRAM.—Section 
6(o)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015(o)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) participate in and comply with the re-
quirements of a State program to provide job 
services to noncustodial parents as provided in 
section 466(a)(20) of the Social Security Act;’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section take effect on October 
1, 2017. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—A State shall imple-
ment the amendments made by subsections (a) and 
(b) for participating households at the 1st certifi-
cation, or 1st recertification, of the household that 
occurs on or after October 1, 2017. 
Æ 
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