vidual who is not a recipient of cash 
assistance’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(aa) has attained 18 years 
of age and has not attained 67 
years of age; 
‘‘(bb) is not employed and is 
determined by the qualifying en-
tity to have been unsuccessful at 
obtaining paid employment after 
participating in a job search pro-
gram; 
‘‘(cc) is not an individual de-
scribed in subitems (AA) or (BB) 
of subclause (II)(bb); and 
‘‘(dd) is a member of a fam-
ily that includes a minor child re-
siding with the family (including 
a noncustodial parent of the 
child) if the family has an income 
that is less than the poverty line 
(as defined in section 673(2) of 
the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1981, including any 
revision required by such section, 
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applicable to a family of the size 
involved). 
‘‘(E) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(i) SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT.—For 
each fiscal year for which a qualifying enti-
ty receives a grant under this paragraph, 
the entity shall submit to the Secretary, 
within 6 months after the end of the fiscal 
year, a report on the subsidized employ-
ment program described in subparagraph 
(D)(i)(I), which shall— 
‘‘(I) describe the structure of the 
activities of the entity to use the grant 
funds to subsidize employment for in-
dividuals participating in the program 
(in this clause referred to as ‘sub-
sidized 
employees’), 
including 
the 
amount and duration of the subsidies 
provided; 
‘‘(II) for each month of the fiscal 
year, specify the number of individ-
uals whose employment is subsidized 
with these funds and the percentage 
of such individuals whose employment 
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is in an area that matches their pre-
vious training and work experience; 
‘‘(III) describe the qualifying en-
tity’s policies in effect during the fis-
cal year— 
‘‘(aa) to ensure nondisplace-
ment as required under para-
graph (4)(A); and 
‘‘(bb) to implement griev-
ance procedures as required in 
(4)(B), including information on 
the number of grievance claims 
filed in the preceding fiscal year 
and the aggregate results of 
those claims; 
‘‘(IV) describe requirements im-
posed on employers by the State as a 
condition of participating in the pro-
gram; 
‘‘(V) describe the types of jobs in 
which 
subsidized 
employees 
are 
placed; 
‘‘(VI) provide demographic infor-
mation for subsidized employees and 
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for the target population the entity 
seeks to assist under the program; 
‘‘(VII) specify the average num-
ber of hours worked per week by a 
subsidized employee; 
‘‘(VIII) 
specify 
the 
average 
length of time for which a subsidized 
employee participates in the program; 
‘‘(IX) describe the employment 
outcomes for subsidized employees 
after participating in the program, in-
cluding the number of individuals 
hired by an employer with which the 
individual was placed during the pro-
gram and the number of individuals 
hired by other employers; 
‘‘(X) specify the percentage of 
subsidized employees who are in un-
subsidized employment during the sec-
ond quarter after the subsidy ended; 
‘‘(XI) specify the percentage of 
subsidized employees who are in un-
subsidized employment during the 
fourth quarter after the subsidy 
ended; 
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‘‘(XII) specify the median earn-
ings of subsidized employees who are 
in unsubsidized employment during 
the second quarter after the subsidy 
ended; and 
‘‘(XIII) specify the number of 
subsidized employees who concurrently 
received 
other 
Federal 
or 
State 
means-tested benefits during their 
subsidized employment. 
‘‘(ii) SECTORAL SKILLS TRAINING.—If 
a qualifying entity elects to conduct a sec-
toral skills training program described in 
subparagraph (D)(i)(II), the report re-
quired under clause (i) of this subpara-
graph shall also include a description of— 
‘‘(I) the design of the program; 
‘‘(II) the industries in which indi-
viduals receiving assistance under the 
program (in this clause referred to as 
‘trainees’) receive training; 
‘‘(III) demographic information 
for trainees and for the target popu-
lation the entity seeks to assist under 
the program; 
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‘‘(IV) the total number of train-
ees participating in the program dur-
ing the fiscal year; 
‘‘(V) the average number of 
hours per week for which a trainee re-
ceives training; 
‘‘(VI) the average length of time 
for which a trainee participates in the 
program; and 
‘‘(VII) the employment outcomes 
for trainees after participating in the 
program. 
‘‘(F) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall 
establish and implement a rigorous system for 
evaluating the success of subsidized employment 
programs and sectoral training programs con-
ducted pursuant to this paragraph. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) NONDISPLACEMENT.—A State to 
which a grant is made under this subsection 
shall ensure that no participant in a subsidized 
job program funded in whole or in part under 
this subsection is employed or assigned to a job 
under the program— 
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‘‘(i) when any other individual is on 
layoff from the same or any substantially 
equivalent job; or 
‘‘(ii) if the employer has terminated 
the employment of any regular employee or 
otherwise caused an involuntary reduction 
of its workforce in order to fill the vacancy 
so created with a participant in such sub-
sidized job program. 
‘‘(B) GRIEVANCE
PROCEDURE.—A State 
with a program funded under this subsection 
shall establish and maintain a grievance proce-
dure for resolving complaints of alleged viola-
tions of subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) NO
PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this 
paragraph shall preempt or supersede any pro-
vision of State or local law that provides greater 
protection for employees from displacement. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) INDIAN
TRIBE; TRIBAL
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal or-
ganization’ have the meaning given such terms 
in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b). 
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‘‘(B) SECTORAL
SKILLS
TRAINING.—The 
term ‘sectoral skills training’ means training 
that implements a sectoral skills training strat-
egy established by an industry or sector part-
nership (as defined in section 3(26) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act). 
‘‘(C) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means 
each of the 50 States of the United States and 
the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(D) TERRITORIES.—The term ‘territories’ 
means Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 
Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
and American Samoa.’’. 
(b) PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS COUNTED TOWARD 
WORK PARTICIPATION RATE.—Section 407(b) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 607(b)), as amended by section 201(a)(1)(B) 
of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) STATE OPTION TO INCLUDE SUBSIDIZED 
EMPLOYMENT
AND
SECTORAL
SKILLS
TRAINING 
PARTICIPANTS.—If an individual who is not a recipi-
ent of assistance under the State program funded 
under this part (or any other State program funded 
with qualified State expenditures (as defined in sec-
tion 409(a)(7)(B)(i))) participates in work activities 
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for not less than the minimum average number of 
hours per week specified in the table in subsection 
(c)(1) of this section during a month as part of a 
State’s subsidized employment or sectoral skills 
training program funded under section 403(b), the 
State may count the individual as a family that in-
cludes an adult or a minor child head of household 
who is engaged in work for the month for purposes 
of paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection.’’. 
(c) STATE PLAN REQUIRED TO INCLUDE DESCRIP-
TION
OF
EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAMS.—Section 
402(a)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(B)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) The document shall indicate 
whether the State intends to apply for a 
grant to conduct a subsidized employment 
program and, if the State so chooses, a 
sectoral skills training program, under sec-
tion 403(b). If so, the document shall in-
clude a description of the program or pro-
grams the State intends to conduct using 
the grant funds and a description of how 
the program or programs will serve non-
custodial parents of minor children.’’. 
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(d) GRANTS EXEMPTED FROM TERRITORIAL PAY-
MENT CEILING.—Section 1108(a)(2) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘403(b),’’ 
after ‘‘403(a)(5),’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO RETAIN DEFINI-
TION OF A NEEDY STATE.— 
(1) NUMBER
OF
WEEKS
FOR
WHICH
JOB 
SEARCH COUNTS AS WORK.—Section 407(c)(2)(A) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘section 
409(a)(7)(B)(i))’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (iii)’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) NEEDY
STATE.—For purposes 
of clause (i), a State is a needy State for 
a month if— 
‘‘(I) the average rate of— 
‘‘(aa) total unemployment in 
such State (seasonally adjusted) 
for the period consisting of the 
most recent 3 months for which 
data for all States are published 
equals or exceeds 6.5 percent; 
and 
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‘‘(bb) total unemployment in 
such State (seasonally adjusted) 
for the 3-month period equals or 
exceeds 110 percent of such aver-
age rate for either (or both) of 
the corresponding 3-month peri-
ods ending in the 2 preceding 
calendar years; or 
‘‘(II) as determined by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture (in the discretion 
of the Secretary of Agriculture), the 
monthly average number of individ-
uals (as of the last day of each 
month) participating in the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program 
in the State in the then most recently 
concluded 3-month period for which 
data are available exceeds by not less 
than 10 percent the lesser of— 
‘‘(aa) the monthly average 
number of individuals (as of the 
last day of each month) in the 
State that would have partici-
pated in the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program in the 
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corresponding 3-month period in 
fiscal year 1994 if the amend-
ments made by titles IV and VIII 
of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconcili-
ation Act of 1996 had been in ef-
fect throughout fiscal year 1994; 
or 
‘‘(bb) the monthly average 
number of individuals (as of the 
last day of each month) in the 
State that would have partici-
pated in the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program in the 
corresponding 3-month period in 
fiscal year 1995 if the amend-
ments made by titles IV and VIII 
of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconcili-
ation Act of 1996 had been in ef-
fect 
throughout 
fiscal 
year 
1995.’’. 
(2) AUTHORITY
OF
SECRETARY
TO
REDUCE 
WORK PARTICIPATION RATE PENALTY DUE TO CIR-
CUMSTANCES
THAT
CAUSED
STATE
TO
BECOME 
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NEEDY STATE.—Section 409(a)(3)(C) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 609(a)(3)(C)) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 
403(b)(5)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
407(c)(2)(A)(iii)’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 203. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that a State to which 
a grant is made under section 403 of the Social Security 
Act should consider a noncustodial parent of a minor 
child, if the child is a recipient of assistance under a State 
program funded under part A of title IV of such Act (or 
under any other State program funded with qualified 
State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) 
of such Act)), to be a member of the family of the child 
for purposes of providing assistance to the family, the 
child, and the noncustodial parent under the program. 
TITLE III—CHILD SUPPORT 
SEC. 301. FULL FAMILY DISTRIBUTION AND BAN ON RECOV-
ERY OF MEDICAID COSTS FOR BIRTHS. 
(a) BAN ON RECOVERY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 454 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (33); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (34) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (34) the 
following: 
‘‘(35) provide that, except as provided in sec-
tion 1902(a)(25)(F)(ii), 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 1912.’’. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sec-
tion 454(35) of such Act, as added by paragraph 
(1), shall be construed as affecting the application of 
section 1902(a)(25) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a(a)(25)) with respect to a State (relating to 
the State Medicaid plan requirement for the State to 
take all reasonable measures to ascertain the legal li-
ability of third parties to pay for care and services 
available under the plan). 
(b) CLARIFICATION THAT BAN ON RECOVERY DOES 
NOT APPLY WITH RESPECT TO INSURANCE OF A PARENT 
WITH AN OBLIGATION TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT.—Clause 
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(ii) of section 1902(a)(25)(F) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25)(F)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘only if such third-party liability is derived through insur-
ance,’’ before ‘‘seek’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
take effect on October 1, 2017. 
(2) EXTENSION
OF
EFFECTIVE
DATE
FOR 
STATE LAW AMENDMENT.—In the case of a State 
plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
which the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
determines requires State legislation in order for the 
plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by 
the amendments made by this section, the State 
plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with 
the requirements of such title solely on the basis of 
its failure to meet these additional requirements be-
fore the first day of the first calendar quarter begin-
ning after the close of the first regular session of the 
State legislature that begins after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sen-
tence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legis-
lative session, each year of the session is considered 
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to be a separate regular session of the State legisla-
ture. 
SEC. 302. STATE ASSESSMENTS OF BARRIERS TO EMPLOY-
MENT AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF CHIL-
DREN. 
(a) STATE ASSESSMENTS AND REPORTS.—As a con-
dition of the continued approval of a State plan under part 
D of title IV of the Social Security Act, each State with 
such an approved plan, acting through the appropriate 
State agencies, shall assess the State policies with respect 
to the issues described in subsection (b) that affect the 
ability of parents to pay child support, and shall submit 
a report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
on the results of the assessment not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this section. 
(b) ISSUES DESCRIBED.—The issues described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) The effect of State criminal laws and law 
enforcement practices on the employment acquisi-
tion, retention, and advancement prospects of an in-
dividual who is a parent of a minor child following 
arrest, conviction, or imprisonment, including— 
(A) any efforts, including counseling or 
employment support, to assist individuals re-
leased from custody with reentry to a commu-
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nity and successful reunification with their fam-
ilies; and 
(B) an assessment of any efforts to seal or 
expunge arrest and conviction records and any 
efforts to grant certificates or other acknowl-
edgments of rehabilitation to parents returning 
from incarceration, and to examine State occu-
pational licensing and certification procedures. 
(2) An assessment of State practices related to 
the collection of debts owed by individuals to the 
State, including criminal justice fees and fines and 
child support debt. 
(3) An assessment of State practices related to 
providing parents returning from incarceration with 
valid identification documents upon release from 
prison. 
(4) Identification of any other barriers to 
healthy family formation, family reunification, copar-
enting, or sustainable economic opportunity for cus-
todial and noncustodial parents that are created or 
exacerbated by Federal or State laws, policies, or 
procedures, including an examination of the rules of 
Federal and State means-tested programs, the oper-
ation of the State workforce system, the availability 
of financial education services, and the availability of 
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domestic violence services and child support proce-
dures to help victims of domestic violence stay safe 
and obtain the child support they are owed. 
SEC. 303. PUBLIC REPORTING ON CONSEQUENCES FOR 
NONPAYMENT. 
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 452(a)(10) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(10)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) the number of cases, by State, in 
which each of the following consequences for 
nonpayment of support was incurred by an obli-
gor: 
‘‘(i) a loss of liberty due to a criminal 
conviction or finding of civil contempt; 
‘‘(ii) a suspension of a driver’s license; 
‘‘(iii) a suspension of a professional, 
occupational, or recreational license; 
‘‘(iv) withholding of a passport; or 
‘‘(v) 
late 
payment 
fees, 
interest 
charged (including the amount and rate of 
interest), and other financial sanctions; 
and’’. 
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(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 2017, 
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, 
2018, 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, 2018, 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, 2018. 
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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