SEC. 202. SERVICE OF PROCESS ON FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED SERVICES IN
CONNECTION WITH PROCEEDINGS RELATING
TO CHILD SUPPORT AND PARENTAGE OBLI-
GATIONS.
Part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 651–670) is amended by inserting after section
460 the following:
‘‘SEC. 460A. SERVICE OF PROCESS ON FEDERAL EMPLOY-
EES AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED SERV-
ICES IN CONNECTION WITH PROCEEDINGS
RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT AND PARENT-
AGE OBLIGATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of each Government
agency shall, in accordance with applicable regulations
under subsection (b), designate an agent for receipt of
service of process, for any Federal employee or member
of the Armed Forces serving in or under such agency, in
connection with an action, brought in a court of competent
jurisdiction within any State, territory, or possession of
the United States, for obtaining a child support order or
for establishing parentage.
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—Regulations governing the im-
plementation of this section with respect to the executive,
legislative, or judicial branch of the Government shall be
promulgated by the authority or authorities responsible
for promulgating regulations under section 461 with re-
spect to the branch of Government involved.
‘‘(c) INTERPRETIVE RULE.—This section shall not be
construed to prevent any otherwise eligible individual from
requesting or being granted a stay or continuance in any
judicial proceeding, including under the Soldiers’ and Sail-
ors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940.
‘‘(d) GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘Government agency’ means
each agency of the Federal Government, including—
‘‘(1) an Executive agency (as defined by section
105 of title 5, United States Code);
‘‘(2) the Department of Defense, to the extent
that any Federal employee serving in or under that
agency or any member of the armed services is in-
volved;
‘‘(3) the United States Postal Service and the
Postal Rate Commission;
‘‘(4) the government of the District of Colum-
bia;
‘‘(5) an agency within the legislative or judicial
branch of the Government; and
‘‘(6) an advisory committee to which the Fed-
eral Advisory Committee Act applies.’’.
SEC. 203. PRESUMED ADDRESS OF OBLIGOR AND OBLIGEE.
Section 466(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)), as amended by sections 102(c), 104, 105(b), and
107, and 108 of this Act, is amended by inserting after
paragraph (17) the following:
‘‘(18) Procedures under which the State shall—
‘‘(A) require the court or administrative
agency with authority to issue the final order in
a child support or parentage case to require
each party subject to the order to file with the
court or administrative agency, on or before the
date the order is issued—
‘‘(i) the party’s residential address or
addresses;
‘‘(ii) the party’s mailing address or
addresses;
‘‘(iii) the party’s home telephone num-
ber or numbers;
‘‘(iv) the party’s driver’s license num-
ber;
‘‘(v) the party’s social security ac-
count number;
‘‘(vi) the name of each employer of
the party;
‘‘(vii) the addresses of each place of
employment of the party; and
‘‘(viii) the party’s work telephone
number or numbers;
‘‘(B) require the court or administrative
agency in any action related to child support to
presume, for the purpose of providing sufficient
notice (other than the initial notice in an action
to establish parentage or a child support order),
that the noncustodial parent resides at the last
residential address given by the noncustodial
parent to the court or agency, or a more recent
address provided in good faith by the parent
owed the support obligation; and
‘‘(C) ensure that information concerning
the location of a custodial parent or a child of
the custodial parent is not released to a
noncustodial parent if a court order has been
issued against the noncustodial parent for the
physical protection of the custodial parent or
the child.’’.
SEC. 204. NOTICE TO CUSTODIAL PARENTS.
Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
654) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(23);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (24) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (24) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(25) provide that the agency administering the
plan—
‘‘(A) shall make reasonable attempts to
provide timely notice to any individual owed
child support of any proceeding to establish,
modify, or enforce the support obligation;
‘‘(B) shall not delay any such proceeding
solely due to the failure of the custodial parent
to appear; and
‘‘(C) shall, within 14 days after the date
an order that establishes, modifies, or enforces
a child support obligation is issued, provide the
custodial parent of the child with a copy of the
order.’’.
SEC. 205. UNIFORM STATE RULES IN PARENTAGE AND
CHILD SUPPORT CASES.
Section 466(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)), as amended by sections 102(c), 104, 105(b), 107,
108, and 203 of this Act, is amended by inserting after
paragraph (18) the following:
‘‘(19) Procedures under which, in the State—
‘‘(A) a party may, in a single cause of ac-
tion, seek judicial determination of the parent-
age of a child and judicial establishment of a
child support order with respect to the child;
‘‘(B) the venue for determination of par-
entage of a child shall be in the county of resi-
dence of the child;
‘‘(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 the court or agency transfers such juris-
diction to the appropriate court or agency in
the county of residence of the child, or the par-
ties consent to be bound by another court or
agency in the State that has subject matter ju-
risdiction;
‘‘(D) proceedings to enforce or modify of a
child support order may be transferred to the
city, county, or district in which the child re-
sides without any requirement that the order be
filed or the defendant be served again;
‘‘(E) a court or agency that hears a par-
entage or child support cases shall have state-
wide jurisdiction over the parties to the case,
and the parentage and child support orders is-
sued by the court or agency shall have state-
wide effect for enforcement purposes; and
‘‘(F) denial of visitation rights may not be
used as a defense in an action to enforce an ob-
ligation to provide child support and the failure
to provide child support may not be used as a
defense in an action to enforce visitation
rights.’’.
SEC. 206. FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT AMENDMENT.
Section 604 of the Consumer Credit Protection Act
(15 U.S.C. 1681b) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(4) To a State agency administering a State plan
under section 454 of the Social Security Act, for use to
establish or modify a child support award.’’.
SEC. 207. GUIDELINE PRINCIPLES.
Section 467 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
667) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) The guidelines established pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be based on, and applied in accordance
with, 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
on behalf of the child 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.
‘‘(f) Each State must publish the guidelines estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a).’’.
SEC. 208. UIFSA ENDORSEMENT.
Section 466 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(f) In order to satisfy section 454(20)(A), each
State must have in effect laws which adopt without mate-
rial change the officially approved version of the Uniform
Interstate Family Support Act adopted by the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and
approved by the American Bar Association House of Dele-
gates on February 9, 1993.’’.
SEC. 209. UNIFORM TERMS IN ORDERS.
Section 452(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
652(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at
the end of the 2nd sentence and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(11) not later than 12 months after the date
of the enactment of this paragraph, develop, in con-
junction with State executive and judicial organiza-
tions, a uniform abstract of a child support order,
for use by all State courts to record, with respect to
each child support order in the child support order
registry established under section 466(a)(12)—
‘‘(A) the date support payments are to
begin under the order;
‘‘(B) the circumstances upon which sup-
port payments are to end under the order;
‘‘(C) the amount of child support payable
pursuant to the order expressed as a sum cer-
tain to be paid on a monthly basis, arrearages
expressed as a sum certain as of a certain date,
and any payback schedule for the arrearages;
‘‘(D) whether the order awards support in
a lump sum (nonallocated) or per child;
‘‘(E) if the award is in a lump sum, the
event causing a change in the support award
and the amount of any change;
‘‘(F) other expenses covered by the order;
‘‘(G) the names of the parents subject to
the order;
‘‘(H) the social security account numbers
of the parents;
‘‘(I) the name, date of birth, and social se-
curity account number (if any) of each child
covered by the order;
‘‘(J) the identification (FIPS code, name,
and address) of the court that issued the order;
‘‘(K) any information on health care sup-
port required by the order; and
‘‘(L) the party to contact if additional in-
formation is obtained.’’.
TITLE III—COST SHARING AND
COLLECTIONS DISBURSEMENTS
SEC. 301. NEW SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING COST SHARING
AND DISBURSEMENT OF COLLECTED CHILD
SUPPORT.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 454 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(23);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (24) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (24) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(25) provide that the State shall make pay-
ments to the Secretary in accordance with section
455.’’.
(b) PAYMENTS BY STATES WITH RESPECT TO COL-
LECTIONS REGARDING CHILDREN RECEIVING AID
TO
FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—Section 455
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 655) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 455. PAYMENTS BY STATES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State with a plan approved
under this part for a fiscal year shall pay to the Secretary
for the year an amount equal to the adjusted AFDC per-
centage of the net AFDC child support collections of the
State during the year.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
‘‘(1) ADJUSTED AFDC PERCENTAGE.—The term
‘adjusted AFDC percentage’ means, with respect to
a State and a fiscal year—
‘‘(A) the AFDC percentage of the State
for the fiscal year; minus
‘‘(B) the number of percentage points (if
any) by which the State performance percent-
age exceeds the performance standard for the
fiscal year.
‘‘(2) AFDC PERCENTAGE.—The term ‘AFDC
percentage’ means, with respect to a State and a fis-
cal year—
‘‘(A) if the State has exercised the option
provided for in section 1118, the Federal medi-
cal assistance percentage referred to in such
section; or
‘‘(B) if the State has not exercised the op-
tion—
‘‘(i) the Federal percentage (as de-
fined in section 1101(a)(8)), in the case of
any State other than Puerto Rico, the Vir-
gin Islands, Guam, or American Samoa; or
‘‘(ii) 50 percent, in the case of Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and Amer-
ican Samoa.
‘‘(3) NET
AFDC
CHILD
SUPPORT
COLLEC-
TIONS.—The term ‘net AFDC child support collec-
tions’ means, with respect to a State and a fiscal
year—
‘‘(A) the total amount of child support (in-
cluding past-due support) collected by the State
during the fiscal year with respect to children
receiving aid under the State plan approved
under part A; minus