(b) STATE PLAN.—Section 454 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 654), as amended by section 301(a)(1) of this Act, 
is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(34); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (35) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(36) provide that the State will maintain a full 
record of child support enforcement activities, in-
cluding the consequences incurred by obligors as de-
scribed in section 452(a)(10)(J).’’. 
(c) COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF CHILD SUP-
PORT ENFORCEMENT DATA.—Section 469 of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 669) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) CONSEQUENCES FOR NONPAYMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall collect and maintain up-to-date statistics, by 
State, and on a fiscal year basis, on the number of cases 
in which each consequence for nonpayment of support de-
scribed in section 452(a)(10)(J) was incurred by an obli-
gor.’’. 
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SEC. 304. EARLY INTERVENTION TO ENSURE REGULAR 
PAYMENT OF SUPPORT AND PREVENT OVER-
DUE SUPPORT. 
(a) PROCEDURES TO PROVIDE JOB SERVICES FOR 
NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS.—Section 466(a) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)) is amended by inserting 
after paragraph (19) the following: 
‘‘(20) PROCEDURES TO INTERVENE EARLY TO 
ENSURE REGULAR PAYMENT OF SUPPORT AND PRE-
VENT OVERDUE SUPPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the State elects to 
provide job services to noncustodial parents (as 
described in the State plan pursuant to section 
454(37)), procedures— 
‘‘(i) under which the State shall 
prioritize early intervention efforts and 
make such services available on a vol-
untary basis prior to a determination that 
the individual owes overdue support as 
specified in paragraph (15); 
‘‘(ii) under which the State shall es-
tablish criteria for eligibility to receive 
such services, which shall restrict eligibility 
to noncustodial parents— 
‘‘(I) with respect to whom there 
is an open child support case under 
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the State program funded under this 
part; 
‘‘(II) who are unemployed or un-
deremployed; 
‘‘(III) who are not making reg-
ular child support payments; 
‘‘(IV) who do not receive assist-
ance under a State program funded 
under part A (or under any other 
State program funded with qualified 
State expenditures (as defined in sec-
tion 409(a)(7)(B)(i))); 
‘‘(V) who do not participate in an 
employment and training program 
under section 6(d)(4) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (but who may 
receive supplemental nutrition assist-
ance benefits under such Act); and 
‘‘(VI) who do not receive the 
same job services under the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act; 
‘‘(iii) under which the State agency 
administering a program under a State 
plan approved under this part shall pro-
vide, including through contract or cooper-
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ative agreement, job services that may in-
clude— 
‘‘(I) job search assistance; 
‘‘(II) job readiness training; 
‘‘(III) job development and job 
placement services; 
‘‘(IV) skills assessments to facili-
tate job placement; 
‘‘(V) job retention services; 
‘‘(VI) certificate programs and 
other skills training directly related to 
employment, which may include activi-
ties to improve literacy and basic 
skills, such as programs to complete 
high school or a General Education 
Development (GED) certificate, as 
long as such activities and programs 
are included in the State job services 
plan pursuant to section 454(37); 
‘‘(VII) long-term and short-term 
subsidized employment or public-pri-
vate career pathway partnerships; 
‘‘(VIII) substance abuse treat-
ment; 
‘‘(IX) mental health services; 
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‘‘(X) occupational skills training, 
including college credit programs; and 
‘‘(XI) work supports, such as 
transportation assistance, uniforms, 
and tools; and 
‘‘(iv) under which the State shall en-
sure that participation in any such services 
is voluntary and shall inform potential par-
ticipants that such participation is vol-
untary. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—An Indian tribe or 
tribal organization (as defined in subsections 
(e) and (l) of section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 450b)) operating a child support en-
forcement program funded by a grant under 
this part may elect, as part of such program, to 
provide job services to noncustodial parents, 
consistent with the requirements of this para-
graph and section 455(f).’’. 
(b) PERFORMANCE TRACKING.—Section 452(a) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 652(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
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(2) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12)(A) consult with States, Indian tribes, and 
tribal organizations (as defined in subsections (e) 
and (l) of section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)), 
with a plan approved under this part, to develop 
data elements to ensure that the child support agen-
cy of any State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization 
administering a voluntary job services program 
under section 466(a)(20) demonstrates a plan for 
implementing measures to track the performance of 
such program with respect to meeting the goals of 
quality job placement, long-term unsubsidized job re-
tention, increasing child support payments, decreas-
ing child support arrearages, and increasing the in-
volvement of low-income noncustodial parents with 
their children; and 
‘‘(B) in carrying out section 466(a), collaborate 
with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to identify best practices and minimize 
duplication of services under employment and train-
ing programs for noncustodial parents administered 
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by the Departments of Health and Human Services, 
Labor, and Agriculture.’’. 
(c) STATE PLAN.—Section 454 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 654), as amended by sections 301(a)(1) and 
303(b) of this Act, is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (35), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (36), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (36) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(37) include— 
‘‘(A) a description of work activities in 
which the State requires noncustodial parents 
to participate pursuant to section 466(a)(15); 
‘‘(B) a description of any job services the 
State elects to provide to noncustodial parents, 
and criteria for eligibility to receive such serv-
ices, under section 466(a)(20), or an expla-
nation of why the State elects not to provide 
such services; 
‘‘(C) an explanation of how the State will 
coordinate job services and work activities pro-
vided under this title with the State workforce 
development system (as such term is defined in 
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section 3(67) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act), local responsible fatherhood 
programs (including such programs funded by a 
grant awarded under section 403(a)(2)), local 
prisoner reentry programs, and other local em-
ployment and training programs; and 
‘‘(D) if applicable, a description of the 
State plan for implementing measures for 
tracking the successful performance of the 
State voluntary job services program consistent 
with section 452(a)(12)(A).’’. 
(d) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—Section 455(a)(1)(A) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 655(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding 
at the end ‘‘including public and private non-Federal 
funds,’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is one year 
after the date of the enactment of this section. 
SEC. 305. IMPROVED COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF 
CHILD SUPPORT. 
(a) DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD SUPPORT.— 
(1) FULL
DISTRIBUTION
OF
CHILD
SUPPORT 
COLLECTED; REFORM OF RULES FOR DISTRIBUTION 
OF
CHILD
SUPPORT
COLLECTED
ON
BEHALF
OF 
CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 457 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657) is amended— 
(i) by amending subsection (a) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(a) FULL DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS COLLECTED 
ON BEHALF OF ANY FAMILY.—Subject to subsections (b) 
and (c), the entire amount of support collected by a State 
on behalf of any family receiving services pursuant to a 
plan approved under this part shall be paid to the family 
in accordance with this section.’’; 
(ii) by amending subsection (b) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) CONTINUATION OF ASSIGNMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any rights to support obli-
gations that are assigned to a State under this part 
on behalf of a family receiving assistance and in ef-
fect before the implementation date of this section 
may remain assigned after such date and distributed 
under the provisions and limitations of the Deficit 
Reduction Act of 2005. 
‘‘(2) OPTION TO TERMINATE ASSIGNMENTS.—A 
State may choose to discontinue any assignment of 
a support obligation described in paragraph (1) and 
may treat amounts collected pursuant to the assign-
ment as if the amounts had never been assigned and 
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may distribute the amounts to the family in accord-
ance with subsection (a).’’; 
(iii) by striking subsections (c) and 
(d) and redesignating subsection (e) as 
subsection (c); and 
(iv) in subsection (c) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking paragraph (1) and all 
that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) shall be used to provide supplemental serv-
ices that serve the best interests of such child in a 
manner that best meets the future needs and edu-
cational, health, and employment interests of the 
child, or be deposited in— 
‘‘(A) an account of the type described in 
section 1631(a)(2)(F) of this Act; 
‘‘(B) an ABLE account established under 
section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; 
‘‘(C) an individual development account es-
tablished pursuant to Federal or State law; or 
‘‘(D) any other account in which benefits 
for the child may be conserved in a manner 
that the State determines, consistent with this 
paragraph, is in the best interests of the child; 
and 
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‘‘(2) shall supplement and not supplant any 
other Federal funds or programs that may be avail-
able for the benefit of the child.’’. 
(B) FOSTER CARE STATE PLAN AMEND-
MENT.—Section 471(a)(17) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 671(a)(17)) is amended— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and consistent with 
the child’s case plan’’ after ‘‘where appro-
priate’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘secure an assignment 
to the State of any rights to support’’ and 
inserting ‘‘establish paternity and estab-
lish, modify, and enforce child support ob-
ligations’’. 
(C) CHILD SUPPORT STATE PLAN AMEND-
MENT.—Section 454 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
654), as amended by sections 301(a)(1), 
303(b), and 304(c) of this Act, is further 
amended— 
(i) in paragraph (36), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (37), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (37) 
the following: 
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‘‘(38) provide that a State shall pay all col-
lected child support to the family in accordance with 
section 457.’’. 
(D) 
SUPPORT
PAYMENTS
COLLECTED 
PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 454(5) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 654(5)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘such payments’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘support payments collected’’ and in-
serting ‘‘entered into prior to the effective date 
of section 204 of the Julia Carson Responsible 
Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2019, 
the individual will be notified on a monthly 
basis of the amount of the support payments 
collected and retained by the State under sec-
tion 457(a)(1)(B) (as in effect prior to the ef-
fective date of such section)’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) 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 in-
serting ‘‘457(a)’’. 
(B) Section 454(34) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 654(34)) is amended by striking 
‘‘457(a)(2)(B)’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘457(b)’’. 
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(C) Section 456(a)(1) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 656(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 
shall be distributed in accordance with section 
457’’ after ‘‘local processes’’. 
(D) Section 466(a)(3)(B) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 666(a)(3)(B)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘shall be distributed in 
accordance with section 457 in the case of 
overdue support assigned to a State pursu-
ant to section 408(a)(3) or 471(a)(17), or, 
in any other case,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or to the public 
agency responsible for supervising the 
placement of the child receiving foster care 
maintenance payments under section 472, 
which may use such payments in the man-
ner the public agency determines will serve 
the best interest of the child, consistent 
with section 457(c)’’ before the semicolon. 
(b) PROHIBITION
ON CONDITIONING RECEIPT
OF 
TANF ON ASSIGNMENT OF SUPPORT.—Section 408(a)(3) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(3)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘NO 
ASSISTANCE
FOR
FAMILIES
NOT’’ and inserting 
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‘‘PROHIBITION ON CONDITIONING ASSISTANCE FOR 
FAMILIES ON’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘not’’ after ‘‘shall’’; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘or under a program funded 
with qualified State expenditures (as defined in sec-
tion 409(a)(7)(B)(i))’’ after ‘‘this part’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘, not exceeding the total 
amount of assistance so paid to the family,’’. 
(c) REQUIREMENT TO DISREGARD PERCENTAGE OF 
CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTED IN DETERMINING AMOUNT 
AND TYPE OF TANF ASSISTANCE.—Section 408(a) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)), as amended by section 
101(a)(2) of this Act and subsection (b) of this section, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(14) REQUIREMENT TO DISREGARD PERCENT-
AGE
OF
CHILD
SUPPORT
COLLECTED
IN
DETER-
MINING AMOUNT AND TYPE OF TANF ASSISTANCE.— 
A State to which a grant is made under section 403 
shall disregard at least the same percentage of 
amounts collected as support on behalf of a family 
as the percentage of earned income that the State 
disregards, in determining the amount or type of as-
sistance provided to the family under the State pro-
gram funded under this part or under a program 
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funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined 
in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)).’’. 
(d) RESTORATION OF FEDERAL FUNDING.—Effec-
tive on the date of enactment of this Act, section 7309 
of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 
171; 120 Stat. 147) is repealed, and part D of title IV 
of the Social Security Act shall be applied as if the amend-
ment made by subsection (a) of that section had not been 
enacted. 
(e) REPEAL OF MANDATORY FEE FOR CHILD SUP-
PORT COLLECTION.—Effective on the date of enactment 
of this Act, section 7310 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109–171; 120 Stat. 147) is repealed, 
and part D of title IV of the Social Security Act shall 
be applied as if the amendments made by that section had 
not been enacted. 
(f) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 
2020, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
study and submit a report to Congress regarding the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The effect of age eligibility restrictions for 
the earned income tax credit established under sec-
tion 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for in-
dividuals without qualifying children on— 
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(A) the ability of young parents to pay 
child support; 
(B) compliance with child support orders; 
and 
(C) the relationship between young non-
custodial parents and their children. 
(2) The impact of State earned income tax 
credit programs, especially such programs with tar-
geted benefits for noncustodial parents, on— 
(A) the ability of noncustodial parents to 
pay child support; 
(B) compliance with child support orders; 
and 
(C) the relationship between noncustodial 
parents and their children. 
(3) The challenges faced by legal immigrants 
and individuals for whom English is not their pri-
mary language in fulfilling child support and other 
noncustodial parenting obligations. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2020, and 
shall apply to payments under parts A and D of title 
IV of the Social Security Act for calendar quarters 
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beginning on or after that date, without regard to 
whether regulations to implement the amendments 
are promulgated by such date. 
(2) STATE OPTION TO ACCELERATE EFFECTIVE 
DATE.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a State 
may elect to have the amendments made by the pre-
ceding provisions of this section apply to the State 
and to amounts collected by the State (and to pay-
ments under such parts), on and after such date as 
the State may select that is not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
SEC. 306. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NON-
CUSTODIAL PARENTING TIME. 
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 452(a)(10) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(10)), as amend-
ed by section 303(a), is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (J), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) a summary of 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 chil-
dren, including by— 
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