service, the Secretary concerned shall update the lo-
cator service to indicate the new residential address
of the member.
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
INFORMATION.—The
Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to
make information regarding the residential address
of a member of the armed forces available, on re-
quest, to any authorized person for the purposes of
part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 651 et seq.).’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘709. Leave for attendance at child support or related hearings; availability of
personnel locator service information.’’.
(b) PAYMENT OF MILITARY RETIRED PAY IN COM-
PLIANCE WITH COURT ORDERS.—
(1) DATE
OF
CERTIFICATION
OF
COURT
ORDER.—Section 1408 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsection (i) as sub-
section (j); and
(B) by inserting after subsection (h) the
following new subsection:
‘‘(i) CERTIFICATION DATE.—It is not necessary that
the date of a certification of the authenticity or complete-
ness of a copy of a court order for child support received
by the Secretary concerned for the purposes of this section
be recent in relation to the date of receipt.’’.
(2) PAYMENTS
CONSISTENT
WITH
ASSIGN-
MENTS OF RIGHTS TO STATES.—Subsection (d)(1)
of such section is amended by inserting after the
first sentence the following: ‘‘In the case of a spouse
or 
former 
spouse 
who, 
pursuant 
to 
section
402(a)(26) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
602(26)), assigns to a State the rights of the spouse
or former spouse to receive support, the Secretary
concerned may make the child support payments re-
ferred to in the preceding sentence to that State in
amounts consistent with the assignment of rights.’’.
(3) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection
(c)(2) of such section is amended—
(A) by inserting after the first sentence the
following: ‘‘The second sentence of subsection
(d)(1) shall not be construed to create any such
right, title, or interest.’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and
(C) by designating the last sentence as
subparagraph (B) and conforming the margins
accordingly.
(c) ARREARAGES OWED BY MEMBERS OF THE UNI-
FORMED SERVICES.—Part D of title IV (42 U.S.C. 651–
669) is amended by inserting after section 465 the follow-
ing:
‘‘SEC. 465A. PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT ARREARAGES
OWED BY MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES.
‘‘Any authority, requirement, or procedure provided
in this part or section 1408 of title 10, United States
Code, that applies to the payment of child support owed
by a member of the uniformed services (as defined in sec-
tion 101 of title 37, United States Code) shall apply to
the payment of child support arrearages as well as to
amounts of child support that are currently due.’’.
SEC. 418. STATES REQUIRED TO ENACT THE UNIFORM
INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 466 (42 U.S.C. 666) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) In order to satisfy section 454(20)(A), each
State must have in effect laws which—
‘‘(1) adopt verbatim the officially approved ver-
sion of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
adopted by the National Conference of Commis-
sioners on Uniform State Laws in August 1992; and
‘‘(2) require the courts of the State to recognize
according to its terms an order issued by a court of
any other State adjudicating parentage of an indi-
vidual over whom the court of such other State has
exercised personal jurisdiction.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to payments under part D of
title IV of the Social Security Act for calendar quarters
ending 2 or more years after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 419. IRS RECONCILIATION PROCESS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General and the
Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly conduct a study
of the feasibility of a procedure under which—
(1) past-due child support is collected from the
taxpayer owing such support by increasing the tax-
payer’s tax liability for a taxable year by the past-
due child support for such taxable year, and
(2) the Internal Revenue Service remits the col-
lected past-due child support to the individual or
governmental agency entitled to receive it.
(b) FORM.—As part of the study, the Secretary of
the Treasury shall develop an appropriate form which
could be filed with a taxpayer’s income tax return and
which shows—
(1) the child support required to be paid by the
taxpayer during the taxable year,
(2) the unpaid amount of such support as of
the time of filing the taxpayer’s income tax return
for such taxable year, and
(3) the name and address of the individual or
governmental agency entitled to receive any payment
of such unpaid amount.
(c) REPORT.—The report of such study shall be sub-
mitted to Congress not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 420. DENIAL OF PASSPORTS TO NONCUSTODIAL PAR-
ENTS SUBJECT TO STATE ARREST WARRANTS
IN CASES OF NONPAYMENT OF CHILD SUP-
PORT.
The Secretary of State is authorized to refuse a pass-
port or revoke, restrict, or limit a passport in any case
in which the Secretary of State determines or is informed
by competent authority that the applicant or passport
holder is a noncustodial parent who is the subject of an
outstanding State warrant of arrest for nonpayment of
child support, where the amount in controversy is not less
than $10,000.
SEC. 421. DENIAL OF FEDERAL BENEFITS, LOANS, GUARAN-
TEES, AND EMPLOYMENT TO CERTAIN PER-
SONS WITH LARGE CHILD SUPPORT ARREAR-
AGES.
(a) BENEFITS, LOANS, AND GUARANTEES.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, each agency or
instrumentality of the Federal Government may not,
under any program that the agency or instrumentality su-
pervises or administers, provide a benefit to, make a loan
to, or provide any guarantee for the benefit of, any per-
son—
(1) whose child support arrearages, determined
under a court order or an order of an administrative
process established under State law, exceed $1,000;
and
(2) who is not in compliance with a plan or an
agreement to repay the arrearages.
(b) EMPLOYMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, an individual shall be considered in-
eligible to accept employment in a position in the
Federal Government if—
(A) such individual has child support ar-
rearages, determined under a court order or an
order of an administrative process established
under State law, exceeding $1,000; and
(B) such individual is not in compliance
with a plan or agreement to repay the arrear-
ages.
(2) REGULATIONS.—Regulations to carry out
paragraph (1) shall—
(A) with respect to positions in the execu-
tive branch, be prescribed by the President (or
his designee);
(B) with respect to positions in the legisla-
tive branch, be prescribed jointly by the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate and the Speak-
er of the House of Representatives (or their
designees); and
(C) with respect to positions in the judicial
branch, be prescribed by the Chief Justice of
the United States (or his designee).
(3) CHILD SUPPORT DEFINED.—For purposes
of this subsection, the term ‘‘child support’’ has the
meaning given such term in section 462(b) of the
Social Security Act.
SEC. 422. STATES REQUIRED TO ORDER COURTS TO ALLOW
ASSIGNMENT OF LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS
TO SATISFY CHILD SUPPORT ARREARAGES.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 416 of this Act, is amended by inserting after
paragraph (34) the following:
‘‘(35) Procedures allowing State courts to—
‘‘(A) order the issuer of a life insurance
policy to change the beneficiary provisions of
the policy to effect an assignment of the bene-
fits payable to a beneficiary under the policy, in
whole or in part, to a child to satisfy a child
support arrearage, determined under a court
order or an order of an administrative process
established under State law, owed by the bene-
ficiary with respect to the child; and
‘‘(B) prohibit the sale, assignment, or
pledge as collateral of the policy, in whole or in
part, by the beneficiary of the policy.’’.
SEC. 423. INTERESTS IN JOINTLY HELD PROPERTY SUB-
JECT TO ASSIGNMENT TO SATISFY CHILD
SUPPORT ARREARAGES.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 422 of this Act, is amended by inserting after
paragraph (35) the following:
‘‘(36) Procedures allowing State courts to order
the assignment of an interest in jointly held property
to an individual owed a child support arrearage (de-
termined under a court order or an order of an ad-
ministrative process established under State law) by
a holder of an interest in the property, to the extent
of the arrearage.’’.
SEC. 424. INTERNATIONAL CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCE-
MENT.
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT THE UNITED
STATES SHOULD RATIFY THE UNITED NATIONS CON-
VENTION OF 1956.—It is the sense of the Congress that
the United States should ratify the United Nations Con-
vention of 1956.
(b) TREATMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD SUP-
PORT CASES AS INTERSTATE CASES.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654), as amended by section 301(a)(1) of this Act,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(26);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (27) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (27) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(28) provide that the State must treat inter-
national child support cases in the same manner as
the State treats interstate child support cases.’’.
TITLE V—COLLECTION AND
DISTRIBUTION
SEC. 501. PRIORITIES IN DISTRIBUTION OF COLLECTED
CHILD SUPPORT.
(a) STATE DISTRIBUTION PLAN.—Section 457 (42
U.S.C. 657) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(e) The amounts that a State collects as child sup-
port (including interest) pursuant to a plan approved
under this part, other than amounts so collected through
a tax refund offset, shall (subject to subsection (d)) be
paid—
‘‘(1) first to the individual owed the support or
(if the individual assigned to the State the payment
of the support) to the State, to the extent necessary
to satisfy the current month’s support obligation;
‘‘(2) then to the individual owed the support, to
the extent necessary to satisfy any arrearage that
accrued after assistance with respect to the child
under this title ended;
‘‘(3) then, at the option of the State—
‘‘(A) to the individual owed the support, to
the extent necessary to satisfy any arrearage
that accrued before assistance was provided
with respect to the child under this title; or
‘‘(B) to the State, to the extent necessary
to reimburse the State for assistance provided
with respect to the child under this title (with-
out interest); and
‘‘(4) then to other States, to the extent nec-
essary to reimburse such other States for assistance
provided with respect to the child under this title
(without interest), in the order in which such assist-
ance was provided.’’.
(b) STUDY AND PILOT PROJECTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of
the United States shall conduct studies and pilot
projects of systems under which States would be re-
quired to pay the child support collected pursuant to
a State plan approved under part D of title IV of
the Social Security Act to the individuals to whom
the support is owed before making any payment to
reimburse any State for assistance provided with re-
spect to the child under part A of such title.
(2) REPORT
TO
THE
CONGRESS.—Within 3
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a re-
port on each study and pilot project conducted pur-
suant to paragraph (1), including a cost-benefit
analysis and an analysis of the costs that would be
avoided under the program of aid to families with
dependent children under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act, the program of medical assist-
ance under title XIX of such Act, and the food
stamp program under the Food Stamp Act of 1977,
if the various systems studied were implemented.
(3) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense
of the Congress that, if the report submitted pursu-
ant to paragraph (2) demonstrates that there would
be a net benefit to society if a system described in
paragraph (1) were implemented, then Federal law
should provide that States implement the system.
(c) REVISION OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX REFUND
OFFSET.—Section 6402 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to authority to make credits or refunds)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘after any
other reductions allowed by law (but before’’ and in-
serting ‘‘before any other reductions allowed by law
(and before’’; and
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘with respect
to past-due support collected pursuant to an assign-
ment under section 402(a)(26) of the Social Security
Act’’.
(d) $50 DISREGARDED
FOR ALL MEANS-TESTED
PROGRAMS.—Section 457(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. 657(b)(1)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘under this part or under any other
Federal program which determines eligibility for or the
amount of assistance based on the income or assets of the
applicant for or recipient of the assistance’’ after ‘‘during
such month’’.
(e) FILL-THE-GAP POLICIES ALLOWED.—Section
402(a)(28) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(28)) is amended by striking
the open parenthesis and all that follows through the close
parenthesis.
SEC. 502. STATE CLAIMS AGAINST NONCUSTODIAL PARENT
LIMITED TO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO THE
CHILD.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 423 of this Act, is amended by inserting after
paragraph (36) the following:
‘‘(37)(A) Procedures under which any claims
the State may have against a noncustodial parent
for a child’s portion of the assistance provided under
a State plan approved under part A shall not exceed
the amount specified as child support under a court
or administrative order.
‘‘(B) As used in subparagraph (A), the term
‘child’s portion’ means the assistance that would
have been provided with respect to the child if the
needs of the caretaker relative of the child had not
been taken into account in making the determination
with respect to the child’s family under section
402(a)(7).’’.
SEC. 503. FEES FOR NON-AFDC CLIENTS.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 454(6) (42 U.S.C.
654(6)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or recov-
ered’’ and all that follows through ‘‘program)’’;
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘on the
parent who owes the child or spousal support obliga-
tion involved’’ after ‘‘imposed’’;
(3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘individ-
ual who’’ and inserting ‘‘the noncustodial parent if
the child whose parentage is to be determined
through the tests’’; and
(4) in subparagraph (E), by striking all that
follows ‘‘may be collected’’ and inserting ‘‘from the
parent who owes the child or spousal support obliga-
tion involved, but only after all current and past-due
support and interest charges have been collected’’.
(b) PUBLICATION
OF FEE SCHEDULES.—Section
454(10) (42 U.S.C. 654(10)) is amended by inserting ‘‘,
and shall publish guidelines and schedules of fees which
may be imposed under paragraph (6), and which shall be
reasonable’’ before the semicolon.
SEC. 504. COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT POINTS FOR
CHILD SUPPORT.
Section 454 (42 U.S.C. 654), as amended by section
424(b) of this Act, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(27);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (28) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (28) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(29) provide for only 1 location, or several
local or regional locations for the collection of, ac-
counting for, and disbursement of child support in
cases enforced under the State plan under this
part.’’.
SEC. 505. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT STATES SHOULD
ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO USE THE STATE
CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY TO COLLECT AND
PROCESS CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS.
It is the sense of the Congress that States should en-
courage all parents to use the state child support agency
to process and distribute child support payments in order
to establish an official record of such payments.
TITLE VI—FEDERAL ROLE
SEC. 601. PLACEMENT AND ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF CHILD
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.
Section 452(a) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)), as amended by
section 401(b) of this Act, is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ‘‘, under the direction’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘and who’’ and inserting ‘‘which shall be
known as the Office of Child Support Enforcement,
shall be under the direction of an Assistant Sec-
retary appointed by the President with the advice
and consent of the Senate, and shall have its own
legal counsel. The Assistant Secretary shall report
directly to the Secretary and’’;
(2) in paragraph (10)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting
‘‘using a methodology that reflects cost-avoid-
ance as well as cost-recovery’’ after ‘‘the States
and the Federal Government’’;
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (H)
and (I) as subparagraphs (I) and (J), respec-
tively; and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (G)
the following:
‘‘(H) the budgetary allocation of the $50
pass through equally between part A and this
part;’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(13);
(4) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (14) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(5) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(15) initiate and actively pursue with other
Federal agencies, such as the Department of De-
fense, coordinated efforts on Federal legislation.’’.
SEC. 602. TRAINING.
(a) 
FEDERAL
TRAINING
ASSISTANCE.—Section
452(a)(7) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7)) is amended by inserting
‘‘and training’’ after ‘‘technical assistance’’.
(b) STATE TRAINING PROGRAM.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654), as amended by section 504 of this Act, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(28);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (29) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (29) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(30) provide that the State will develop and
implement a training program under which training
is to be provided not less frequently than annually
to all personnel performing functions under the
State plan.’’.
(c) 
REPORT.—Section 
452(a)(10) 
(42 
U.S.C.
652(a)(10)), as amended by section 601(2) of this Act,
is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (I) and (J)
as subparagraphs (J) and (K), respectively, and by insert-
ing after subparagraph (H) the following:
‘‘(I) the training activities at the Federal
and State levels, the training audit, and the
amounts expended on training;’’.
SEC. 603. STAFFING.
(a) STUDIES.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall conduct and, not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, complete staffing stud-
ies for each State child support enforcement program, in-
cluding each agency and court involved in the child sup-
port process.
(b) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Within 90 days
after the end of the 1-year period described in subsection
(a), the Secretary shall report to the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate, and to each State, the
results of the studies required by subsection (a).
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall reduce by 2 percent the amount oth-
erwise payable to a State pursuant to section 455(a)(1)(A)
of the Social Security Act for any calendar quarter ending
2 or more years after the State receives a report transmit-
ted pursuant to subsection (b), if the Secretary determines
that, during the quarter, the State has not implemented
the staffing levels recommended in the report.
SEC. 604. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO TEST ALTER-
NATIVE APPROACHES TO INCENTIVE FUND-
ING FOR STATE CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall authorize 3 States to carry out dem-
onstration projects under which—
(1) the State is to implement the State plan ap-
proved under part D of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act so as to promote quality control and provide
incentives for enforcement of health care support;
(2) in lieu of applying subsections (b) and (c)
of section 458 of such Act to the States, the incen-
tive payment to a State for a fiscal year shall be—
(A) not less than 65 percent of the total
amount expended to carry out the plan during
the fiscal year if the performance of the State
in implementing the plan meets such minimum
performance standards as the Secretary shall
prescribe by regulation; and
(B) not more than 90 percent of such total
amount if the performance significantly exceeds
the standards; and
(3) a payment to a State under this subsection
is deemed a payment to the State under such section
458.
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the Comptroller General of the United States
shall evaluate each demonstration project carried out
under subsection (a) and report to the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate the results and their rec-
ommendations.
(c) HEALTH CARE SUPPORT INCLUDED IN INCEN-
TIVE PAYMENT FORMULA.—Section 458 (42 U.S.C. 658)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) For purposes of this section, the term ‘support’
includes premiums paid for health insurance coverage pur-
suant to a support order.’’.
(d) MINIMUM STATE FUNDING OF CHILD SUPPORT
ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall reduce by 2 percent the amount otherwise pay-
able to a State pursuant to section 455(a)(1)(A) of the
Social Security Act for any of the 5 fiscal years that begin
after the date of the enactment of this Act (in this sub-
section referred to as ‘‘investment years’’), if the Secretary
determines that, during the investment year, the State has
not expended on the program under the State plan ap-
proved under part D of title IV of such an amount equal
to the sum of—
(1) the amount the State expends on the pro-
gram during the fiscal year in which this Act be-
comes law (in this subsection referred to as the
‘‘base year’’); plus
(2)(A) in the case of the 1st investment year,
60 percent of the amount paid to the State under
section 458 of such Act for the base year;
(B) in the case of the 2nd investment year, 70
percent of the amount so paid to the State;
(C) in the case of the 3rd investment year, 80
percent of the amount so paid to the State;
(D) in the case of the 4th investment year, 90
percent of the amount so paid to the State; and
(E) in the case of the 5th investment year, 100
percent of the amount so paid to the State.
(e) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that States should not use amounts paid to the
States pursuant to part D of title IV of the Social Security
Act, which are reinvested in child support activities, to
supplant State funding of such activities.
SEC. 605. CHILD SUPPORT DEFINITION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 452 (42 U.S.C. 652) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(j) For purposes of this part, the term ‘child sup-
port’ shall have the meaning given such term in section
462(b).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 462(b)
(42 U.S.C. 662(b)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and lump sum’’ after ‘‘peri-
odic’’, and
(2) by inserting ‘‘child care,’’ after ‘‘clothing,’’.
SEC. 606. AUDITS.
(a) STUDY.—
(1) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall enter into a con-
tract for a study of the audit process of the Office
of Child Support Enforcement to develop criteria
and methodology for auditing the activities of State
child support enforcement agencies pursuant to part
D of title IV of the Social Security Act.
(2) DESIGN OF STUDY.—The study shall be de-
signed to—
(A) identify ways to improve the auditing
process, including by—
(i) reducing the resources required to
perform the audit;
(ii) simplifying procedures for States
to follow in obtaining samples;
(iii) studying the feasibility of sam-
pling cases for needed action rather than
requiring sampling plans for each audit
criterion; and
(iv) a more timely audit period of re-
view; and
(B) develop a penalty process which—
(i) focuses on improving the delivery
of child support services and not harming
families;
(ii) uses a penalty not tied to any re-
duction of funds payable to States under
part A of title IV of the Social Security
Act; and
(iii) should include the escrowing of
funds withheld as penalties for use by
States to improve their child support pro-
grams in a manner approved by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after comple-
tion of the study required by subsection (a), the Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report
on the results of the study.
(c) LIMITATION ON CASES INCLUDED IN AUDITS.—
Section 452(a)(4) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(4)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(4)’’;
(2) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and
(3) by adding after and below the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(B) notwithstanding subparagraph (A), each
audit under subparagraph (A) shall be limited to
cases open on the date the audit begins and cases
closed within 180 days before such date, unless the
Secretary has determined, in accordance with regula-
tions, that there is a need for a longitudinal review
of case handling that includes cases that have been
closed for more than 180 days;’’.
SEC. 607. CHILD SUPPORT ASSURANCE DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that children should have a consistent source of
income to meet their education and medical needs.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that the provision of public assistance to a
custodial parent for the support of a child with respect
to whom a noncustodial parent owes child support does
not absolve the noncustodial parent of the obligation to
provide such support.
(c) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the States must continue to vigorously pur-
sue efforts to establish parentage, and establish and en-
force child support obligations.