(1) allow access to Federal, State, and local
child support enforcement agencies to information
held by the Center, Network, or other system; and
(2) if an access code is required to allow such
access, provide an access code to each child support
enforcement agency that applies for one.
SEC. 106. STATE NETWORKS FOR BROADCASTING WAR-
RANTS.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 104, is amended by inserting after paragraph (13)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(14) Procedures under which the State—
‘‘(A) shall make available for broadcasting
on its local and State crime information system
failure-to-appear warrants, capiases and bench
warrants issued by courts in civil and criminal
parentage and child support proceedings; and
‘‘(B) if a defendant or anyone on behalf of
the defendant posts security after being ar-
rested, shall remit any subsequent forfeiture to
the individual owed the child support obligation
to the extent of any arrearage in such obliga-
tion.’’.
TITLE II—ESTABLISHMENT
SEC. 201. JURISDICTION, SERVICE OF PROCESS, AND FULL
FAITH AND CREDIT.
(a) STATE LAW.—Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)),
as amended by section 106, is amended by inserting after
paragraph (14) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(15) Procedures under which the State shall—
‘‘(A) treat out-of-State service of process
in child support and parentage actions in the
same manner as in-State service of process;
‘‘(B) require that notice for the exercise of
jurisdiction over nonresident be given in a man-
ner reasonably calculated to give actual notice
and may be—
‘‘(i) by personal delivery outside the
State in the manner prescribed for service
of process within the State;
‘‘(ii) in the manner prescribed by the
law of the place in which the service is
made;
‘‘(iii) by first-class mail addressed to
the individual to be served (if allowed by
the State’s rules of civil procedure) or any
other form of mail that includes a request
for a receipt or signature of such individ-
ual, subject to the requirements of such
rules of civil procedure; or
‘‘(iv) as directed by the court, includ-
ing publication if other means of notifica-
tion are ineffective, subject to the require-
ments of the State’s rules of civil proce-
dure;
‘‘(C) require that notice to commence a
child support or parentage action be delivered,
mailed, or published with sufficient time to
allow for serving an answer or other response
before any hearing in the State, in accordance
with the otherwise applicable rule regarding the
commencement of an original action in the
State;
‘‘(D) require notice of the commencement
of a child support or parentage action to each
party whose rights, privileges, duties, or powers
may be affected by the action;
‘‘(E) require that proof of service outside
the State may be made by the affidavit of the
individual who made the service, or in the man-
ner prescribed by the law of the State, by the
order under which the service is made, or by
the law of the place in which service is made,
and if service is made by mail, proof of service
may be by a receipt signed by the addressee or
other evidence of delivery to the addressee; and
‘‘(F) require the availability of first-class
mail service after the service of the summons
and initial pleadings.’’.
(b) DECLARATION
OF CONGRESSIONAL POLICY.—
Based on the findings specified in section 2(a) and pursu-
ant to its powers to enforce the Due Process Clause of
the Fifth Amendment, section 5 of the Fourteenth
Amendment, the Commerce Clause, the General Welfare
Clause, and the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Unit-
ed States Constitution, the Congress declares that due
process is satisfied if the courts of a State exercise per-
sonal jurisdiction over a nonresident who is the parent or
presumed parent of a resident child in order to establish,
enforce, or modify a child support order or to establish
parentage.
(c) INTERSTATE RECOGNITION OF CHILD SUPPORT
AND PARENTAGE ORDERS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 115 of title 28,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after
section 1738A the following new section:
‘‘§ 1738B. Full faith and credit to child support and
parentage orders
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the
term:
‘‘ ‘Child’ means any individual under the age of
18 years, and any individual who has attained the
age of 18 years or more for whom a child support
order has been issued pursuant to the laws of a
State.
‘‘ ‘Child support’ includes periodic and lump
sum payments for current and past due economic
support, payments of premiums for health insurance
for children, payments for or provision of child care,
and payments for educational expenses.
‘‘ ‘Child support order’ means a judgment, de-
cree or order of a court requiring the payment of
money, whether in periodic amounts or lump sum,
for the support of a child and includes permanent
and temporary orders, initial orders and modifica-
tions, ongoing support and arrearages.
‘‘ ‘Child’s State’ means the State in which the
child currently resides with a parent, or an individ-
ual acting as a parent.
‘‘ ‘Contestant’ means an individual, including a
parent, who claims a right to receive child support
or is under an order to pay child support, and in-
cludes States and political subdivisions to which sup-
port rights have been assigned.
‘‘ ‘Court’ means a court, administrative process,
or quasijudicial process of a State that is authorized
to—
‘‘(1) establish and enforce parentage or-
ders;
‘‘(2) establish and enforce orders regarding
the amount of support payable by a contestant;
or
‘‘(3) modify orders regarding the amount
of support payable by a contestant.
‘‘ ‘Modification’ and ‘modify’ refer to a change
in a child support order or an order establishing
parentage that modifies, replaces, supersedes, or
otherwise is made subsequent to such prior order,
whether or not made by the same court that issued
such prior order.
‘‘ ‘State’ means a State of the United States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, a territory or possession of the United
States, and Indian country as defined in section
1151 of title 18, United States Code.
‘‘(b) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.—The courts of each
State shall recognize and enforce according to its terms
a child support order or an order establishing parentage
against an individual over whom personal jurisdiction has
been exercised, including an order pursuant to a State law
that authorizes the courts of the State to exercise personal
jurisdiction over nonresidents to the extent permitted by
the Constitution of the United States, and shall not mod-
ify such an order except as provided in subsection (c).
‘‘(c) MODIFICATION.—A court of a State may modify
a child support order or an order establishing parentage
made by a court of another State if—
‘‘(1) it has jurisdiction to make such an order;
and
‘‘(2) the court of the other State no longer has
continuing, exclusive jurisdiction because—
‘‘(A) the other State no longer is the
child’s State or the residence of any contestant;
or
‘‘(B) each contestant has filed written con-
sent for the State to modify the order and as-
sume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of such
order.
‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT OF PRIOR ORDERS.—A court of
a State which no longer has continuing, exclusive jurisdic-
tion of a child support order or an order establishing par-
entage may enforce such order with respect to unsatisfied
available under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act
of 1940 (50 U.S.C. App. 501 et seq.).’’.
(c) REGULATIONS.—No later than 270 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each agency
shall promulgate and publish regulations implementing
the amendments made by this section.
SEC. 203. PRESUMED ADDRESS OF OBLIGOR AND OBLIGEE.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 201, is amended by inserting after paragraph (15)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(16) Procedures under which the State shall—
‘‘(A) require the filing of parents’ residen-
tial addresses, mailing addresses, home tele-
phone numbers, driver’s license numbers, social
security numbers, names of employers, address-
es of places of employment, and work telephone
numbers with the appropriate court or adminis-
trative agency, on or before the date the final
order is issued;
‘‘(B) create the presumption that for the
purpose of providing sufficient notice in any
support-related action other than the initial
notice in an action to establish parentage or es-
tablish a child support order that the last resi-
dential address of the party given to the
appropriate agency or court is the current ad-
dress of the party; and
‘‘(C) ensure that information concerning
the location of a parent or child shall not be re-
leased to the other parent if there is a court
order for the physical protection of one parent
or child entered against the other parent.’’.
SEC. 204. NOTIFICATION TO CUSTODIAL PARENTS.
Section 454 (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (23), by striking the period
at the end of paragraph (24) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and
by inserting after paragraph (24) the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(25) provide that the agency administering the
plan—
‘‘(A) notify any individual owed a child
support obligation of all hearings in which such
obligation might be established, modified, or en-
forced, in a timely fashion to allow custodial
parents the opportunity to attend and present
evidence to the court, except that failure to ac-
tually notify such individual may not be used as
a ground for delay and shall not prevent a
court from rendering a decision if the agency
made reasonable attempts to provide such no-
tice; and
‘‘(B) provide custodial parents with a copy
of any order that establishes, modifies, or en-
forces a child support obligation within 14 days
of the date of the issuance of such order.’’.
SEC. 205. STATE UNIFORMITY REGARDING ESTABLISH-
MENT OF PARENTAGE AND SUPPORT, JURIS-
DICTION AND VENUE, AND FEDERAL EM-
PLOYEE RESIDENTIAL STATUS.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 203, is amended by inserting after paragraph (16)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(17) Procedures under which within the
State—
‘‘(A) a party seeking both parentage and
child support establishment shall be able to
bring both in a single cause of action;
‘‘(B) the venue for parentage establish-
ment shall be in the county of residence of the
child, when the child and alleged parent who is
the defendant reside in different counties within
the State;
‘‘(C) a court or agency that issues a par-
entage or child support order shall have con-
tinuing and exclusive jurisdiction over the order
until that court or agency transfers jurisdiction
to the appropriate court or agency in the county
where the child resides, or the parties consent
to be bound by another court or agency in the
State that has subject matter jurisdiction;
‘‘(D) proceedings for purposes of enforce-
ment and modification shall be transferred to
the city, county, or district where the child re-
sides without the need for refiling by the plain-
tiff or re-serving the defendant;
‘‘(E) a court or agency that hears parent-
age or child support claims shall have statewide
jurisdiction over the parties, and the parentage
and child support orders issued by the court or
agency shall have statewide effect for enforce-
ment purposes; and
‘‘(F) visitation denial is not a defense to
child support enforcement and the nonpayment
of support is not a defense to visitation enforce-
ment.’’.
SEC. 206. FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT AMENDMENTS.
Section 604 of the Consumer Credit Protection Act
(15 U.S.C. 1681b) is amended by adding at the end there-
of the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) To an agency administering a State plan under
section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654)
to use the information relevant to the setting of an initial
or modified child support award, without the necessity of
a court order.’’.
SEC. 207. NATIONAL CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINE COMMIS-
SION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a
commission to be known as the ‘‘National Child Support
Guidelines Commission’’ (in this section referred to as the
‘‘Commission’’).
(b) GENERAL DUTIES.—The Commission shall con-
vene a conference to study the desirability of a national
child support guideline, and if such guideline is advisable,
the Commission shall develop for congressional consider-
ation a national child support guideline that is based on
the conference’s study of various guideline models, the de-
ficiencies of such models and any needed improvements.
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—
(1) NUMBER; APPOINTMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall
be composed of 9 individuals appointed jointly
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
and the Congress, not later than January 15,
1994.
(B) 
QUALIFICATIONS
OF
MEMBERS.—
Members of the Commission shall be appointed
from among those who are able to provide ex-
pertise and experience in the evaluation and de-
velopment of child support guidelines. At least
2 of the members shall represent parent child
support advocacy groups.
(2) TERMS OF OFFICE.—Each member shall be
appointed for a term of 1 year. A vacancy in the
Commission shall be filled in the manner in which
the original appointment was made.
(d) COMMISSION POWERS, COMPENSATION, ACCESS
TO INFORMATION, AND SUPERVISION.—The first sentence
of subparagraph (C), the first and third sentences of sub-
paragraph (D), subparagraph (F) (except with respect to
the conduct of medical studies), clauses (ii) and (iii) of
subparagraph (G), and subparagraph (H) of section
1886(e)(6) of the Social Security Act shall apply to the
Commission in the same manner in which such provisions
apply to the Prospective Payment Assessment Commis-
sion.
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the ap-
pointment of members, the Commission shall report to the
President and the Congress on the results of the study
described in subsection (b) and the final assessment by
the Commission of issues relating to a national child sup-
port guideline.
(f) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate
upon the submission of the report described in subsection
(e).
SEC. 208. STATE CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINE PRINCIPLES.
Section 467 (42 U.S.C. 667) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(d) The guidelines established pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall include the following principles:
‘‘(1) A change in the child support amount re-
sulting from the application of the guidelines since
the entry of the last support order is sufficient rea-
son for modification of a child support obligation
without the necessity of showing any other change in
circumstance.
‘‘(2) Any custodial parent requesting a review
of a child support award who is not receiving aid for
families with dependent children under part A of
this title must agree to both review and modification
of such award. Such custodial parent shall be ad-
vised of a recalculated support amount based on
such review and given an opportunity to decline the
pursuit of the modification.
‘‘(e) The guidelines established pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall take into account the following:
‘‘(1) Work-related or job-training-related child
care expenses of either parent for the care of chil-
dren of either parent.
‘‘(2) Health insurance and related uninsured
health care expenses, and extraordinary school ex-
penses incurred on behalf of the child of such par-
ents for whom the child support order is sought.
‘‘(3) Multiple family child raising obligations
other than those for the child for whom the child
support order is sought.’’.
SEC. 209. DURATION OF SUPPORT.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 205, is amended by inserting after paragraph (17)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(18) Procedures under which the State—
‘‘(A) requires a continuing support obliga-
tion by one or both parents until at least the
latter of when a child reaches the age of eight-
een, or graduates from or is no longer enrolled
in secondary school or its equivalent, unless a
child marries, or is otherwise emancipated by a
court of competent jurisdiction;
‘‘(B) provides that courts with child sup-
port jurisdiction have the discretionary power,
pursuant to criteria established by the State, to
order—
‘‘(i) child support, payable to an adult
child, at least up to the age of 22 for a
child enrolled in an accredited postsecond-
ary or vocational school or college and who
is a student in good standing;
‘‘(ii) either or both parents to pay for
postsecondary school support based on
each parent’s financial ability to pay;
‘‘(C) provides for child support to continue
beyond the child’s age of majority provided the
child is disabled, unable to be self-supportive,
and the disability arose during the child’s mi-
nority; and
‘‘(D) provides that courts should consider
the effect of child support received on means-
tested governmental benefits and whether to
credit governmental benefits against a support
award amount.’’.
SEC. 210. NATIONAL SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM.
Section 452(a) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (9), by striking
the period at the end of paragraph (10), and by inserting
after paragraph (10) the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(11) draft and distribute a national subpoena
duces tecum for use by local and State child support
agencies and child support litigants to reach income
information pertaining to all private, Federal, State,
and local government employees, as well as any re-
ceivers of income, such subpoena duces tecum—
‘‘(A) to be limited to evidence regarding
the prior 12 months of income or evidence of
accumulated income to date,
‘‘(B) to be honored by payors with the
timely mailing of the information to a supplied
address on the subpoena,
‘‘(C) to be enforced by a hearing held in
the payor’s State at which time the payor
bears, under penalty of State sanction, the bur-
den of specifying the reasons for not timely
honoring the subpoena, and
‘‘(D) the information of which is to be ad-
mitted once offered to prove the truth of the
matter asserted; and
‘‘(12) establish a simplified certification process
and admissibility procedure for out-of-State docu-
ments in child support or parentage cases.’’.
SEC. 211. UNIFORM TERMS IN ORDERS.
Section 452(a) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)), as amended by
section 210, is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (12) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after
paragraph (12) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(13) develop, in conjunction with State execu-
tive and judicial organizations, a uniform abstract of
a child support order, to be used by all State courts
to record the facts of a child support order in a reg-
istry of child support orders established under sec-
tion 466(a)(12), such abstract to include—
‘‘(A) the date that support payments are
to commence;
‘‘(B) the circumstances upon which sup-
port payments are to terminate;
‘‘(C) the amount of current child support
expressed as a sum certain, arrearages ex-
pressed as a sum certain as of a certain date,
and any payback schedule for the arrearages;
‘‘(D) whether the support award is in a
lump sum (nonallocated) or per child;
‘‘(E) if the award is lump sum, the event
causing a change in the support award and the
amount of any change;
‘‘(F) other expenses, such as those for
child care and health care;
‘‘(G) names of the parents;
‘‘(H) social security numbers and dates of
birth of the parents;
‘‘(I) names of all children covered by the
order;
‘‘(J) dates of birth and social security
numbers of children covered by the order;
‘‘(K) court identification (FIPS code,
name and address) of the court issuing the
order;
‘‘(L) health-care support information; and
‘‘(M) party to contact when additional in-
formation is obtained.’’.
SEC. 212. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON MARRIAGE LI-
CENSES AND CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 209, is amended by inserting after paragraph (18)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(19) Procedures under which social security
numbers of the individuals applying for a marriage
license are listed on the license by each applicant’s
name.’’.