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 Dis-
tribution Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD SUPPORT
Sec. 101. Distribution of child support collected by States on behalf of children
receiving certain welfare benefits.
TITLE II—REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT
ORDERS
Sec. 201. Mandatory review and modification of child support orders for TANF
recipients.
TITLE III—DEMONSTRATION OF EXPANDED INFORMATION AND
ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 301. Guidelines for involvement of public non-IV-D child support enforce-
ment agencies in child support enforcement.
Sec. 302. Demonstrations involving establishment and enforcement of child sup-
port obligations by public non-IV-D child support enforcement
agencies.
Sec. 303. GAO report to Congress on private child support enforcement agen-
cies.
Sec. 304. Effective date.
TITLE IV—EXPANDED ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 401. Decrease in amount of child support arrearage triggering passport
denial.
Sec. 402. Use of tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support
on behalf of children who are not minors.
Sec. 403. Garnishment of compensation paid to veterans for service-connected
disabilities in order to enforce child support obligations.
TITLE V—FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS
Subtitle A—Fatherhood Grant Program
Sec. 501. Fatherhood grants.
Subtitle B—Fatherhood Projects of National Significance
Sec. 511. Fatherhood projects of national significance.
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 601. Change dates for abstinence evaluation.
Sec. 602. Report on undistributed child support payments.
Sec. 603. Use of new hire information to assist in administration of unemploy-
ment compensation programs.
Sec. 604. Immigration provisions.
Sec. 605. Correction of errors in conforming amendments in the Welfare-To-
Work and Child Support Amendments of 1999.
Sec. 606. Elimination of set-aside of welfare-to-work funds for successful per-
formance bonus.
Sec. 607. Increase in payment rate to States for expenditures for short term
training of staff of certain child welfare agencies.
TITLE VII—EFFECTIVE DATE
Sec. 701. Effective date.
TITLE I—DISTRIBUTION OF
CHILD SUPPORT
SEC. 101. DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTED
BY STATES ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN RE-
CEIVING CERTAIN WELFARE BENEFITS.
(a) MODIFICATION OF RULE REQUIRING ASSIGN-
MENT OF SUPPORT RIGHTS AS A CONDITION OF RECEIV-
ING TANF.—Section 408(a)(3) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 608(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) NO ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES NOT AS-
SIGNING
CERTAIN
SUPPORT
RIGHTS
TO
THE
STATE.—A State to which a grant is made under
section 403 shall require, as a condition of providing
assistance to a family under the State program
funded under this part, that a member of the family
assign to the State any rights the family member
may have (on behalf of the family member or of any
other person for whom the family member has ap-
plied for or is receiving such assistance) to support
from any other person, not exceeding the total
amount of assistance so provided to the family,
which accrues during the period that the family re-
ceives assistance under the program.’’.
(b) INCREASING CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS
TO
FAMILIES AND SIMPLIFYING CHILD SUPPORT DISTRIBU-
TION RULES.—
(1) DISTRIBUTION RULES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 457(a) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (d) and
(e), the amounts collected on behalf of a family as support
by a State pursuant to a plan approved under this part
shall be distributed as follows:
‘‘(1) FAMILIES RECEIVING ASSISTANCE.—In the
case of a family receiving assistance from the State,
the State shall—
‘‘(A) pay to the Federal Government the
Federal share of the amount collected, subject
to paragraph (3)(A);
‘‘(B) retain, or pay to the family, the State
share of the amount collected, subject to para-
graph (3)(B); and
‘‘(C) pay to the family any remaining
amount.
‘‘(2) FAMILIES THAT FORMERLY RECEIVED AS-
SISTANCE.—In the case of a family that formerly re-
ceived assistance from the State:
‘‘(A) CURRENT SUPPORT.—To the extent
that the amount collected does not exceed the
current support amount, the State shall pay the
amount to the family.
‘‘(B) ARREARAGES.—To the extent that
the amount collected exceeds the current sup-
port amount, the State—
‘‘(i) shall first pay to the family the
excess amount, to the extent necessary to
satisfy support arrearages not assigned
pursuant to section 408(a)(3);
‘‘(ii) if the amount collected exceeds
the amount required to be paid to the fam-
ily under clause (i), shall—
‘‘(I) pay to the Federal Govern-
ment, the Federal share of the excess
amount described in this clause, sub-
ject to paragraph (3)(A); and
‘‘(II) retain, or pay to the family,
the State share of the excess amount
described in this clause, subject to
paragraph (3)(B); and
‘‘(iii) shall pay to the family any re-
maining amount.
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) FEDERAL
REIMBURSEMENTS.—The
total of the amounts paid by the State to the
Federal Government under paragraphs (1) and
(2) of this subsection with respect to a family
shall not exceed the Federal share of the
amount assigned with respect to the family pur-
suant to section 408(a)(3).
‘‘(B) 
STATE
REIMBURSEMENTS.—The
total of the amounts retained by the State
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection
with respect to a family shall not exceed the
State share of the amount assigned with respect
to the family pursuant to section 408(a)(3).
‘‘(4) FAMILIES THAT NEVER RECEIVED ASSIST-
ANCE.—In the case of any other family, the State
shall pay the amount collected to the family.
‘‘(5) 
FAMILIES
UNDER
CERTAIN
AGREE-
MENTS.—Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) through
(4), in the case of an amount collected for a family
in accordance with a cooperative agreement under
section 454(33), the State shall distribute the
amount collected pursuant to the terms of the agree-
ment.
‘‘(6) STATE FINANCING OPTIONS.—To the ex-
tent that the State share of the amount payable to
a family for a month pursuant to paragraph (2)(B)
of this subsection exceeds the amount that the State
estimates (under procedures approved by the Sec-
retary) would have been payable to the family for
the month pursuant to former section 457(a)(2) (as
in effect for the State immediately before the date
this subsection first applies to the State) if such
former section had remained in effect, the State may
elect to use the grant made to the State under sec-
tion 403(a) to pay the amount, or to have the pay-
ment considered a qualified State expenditure for
purposes of section 409(a)(7), but not both.
‘‘(7) STATE OPTION TO PASS THROUGH ADDI-
TIONAL SUPPORT WITH FEDERAL FINANCIAL PAR-
TICIPATION.—
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
paragraphs (1) and (2), a State shall not be re-
quired to pay to the Federal Government the
Federal share of an amount collected on behalf
of a family that is not a recipient of assistance
under the State program funded under part A,
to the extent that the State pays the amount to
the family.
‘‘(B) RECIPIENTS
OF
TANF
FOR
LESS
THAN 5 YEARS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
paragraphs (1) and (2), a State shall not
be required to pay to the Federal Govern-
ment the Federal share of an amount col-
lected on behalf of a family that is a recipi-
ent of assistance under the State program
funded under part A and that has received
the assistance for not more than 5 years
after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph, to the extent that—
‘‘(I) the State pays the amount
to the family; and
‘‘(II) subject to clause (ii), the
amount is disregarded in determining
the amount and type of the assistance
provided to the family.
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—Of the amount
disregarded as described in clause (i)(II),
the maximum amount that may be taken
into account for purposes of clause (i) shall
not exceed $400 per month, except that, in
the case of a family that includes two or
more children, the State may elect to in-
crease the maximum amount to not more
than $600 per month.’’.
(B) APPROVAL
OF
ESTIMATION
PROCE-
DURES.—Not later than October 1, 2001, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, in
consultation with the States (as defined for
purposes of part D of title IV of the Social Se-
curity Act), shall establish the procedures to be
used to make the estimate described in section
457(a)(6) of such Act.
(2) CURRENT
SUPPORT
AMOUNT
DEFINED.—
Section 457(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 657(c)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) CURRENT SUPPORT AMOUNT.—The term
‘current support amount’ means, with respect to
amounts collected as support on behalf of a family,
the amount designated as the monthly support obli-
gation of the noncustodial parent in the order re-
quiring the support.’’.
(c) BAN ON RECOVERY OF MEDICAID COSTS FOR
CERTAIN BIRTHS.—Section 454 of such 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 State shall not use the
State program operated under this part to collect
any amount owed to the State by reason of costs in-
curred under the State plan approved under title
XIX for the birth of a child for whom support rights
have been assigned pursuant to section 408(a)(3),
471(a)(17), or 1912.’’.
(d) STATE OPTION TO DISCONTINUE CERTAIN SUP-
PORT ASSIGNMENTS.—Section 457(b) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 657(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘may’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) 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)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘457(a)(1)’’.
(2) Section 404(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
604(a)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (1);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) to fund payment of an amount pursuant to
clause (i) or (ii) of section 457(a)(2)(B), but only to
the extent that the State properly elects under sec-
tion 457(a)(6) to use the grant to fund the pay-
ment.’’.
(3) Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(V) 
PORTIONS
OF
CERTAIN
CHILD
SUPPORT
PAYMENTS
COL-
LECTED ON BEHALF OF AND DISTRIB-
UTED TO FAMILIES NO LONGER RE-
CEIVING
ASSISTANCE.—Any amount
paid by a State pursuant to clause (i)
or (ii) of section 457(a)(2)(B), but