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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—EXPANDED ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 201. Decrease in amount of child support arrearage triggering passport 
denial. 
Sec. 202. Use of tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support 
on behalf of children who are not minors. 
Sec. 203. Garnishment of compensation paid to veterans for service-connected 
disabilities in order to enforce child support obligations. 
Sec. 204. Improved interstate enforcement. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 301. Report on undistributed child support payments. 
Sec. 302. Use of new hire information to assist in administration of unemploy-
ment compensation programs. 
Sec. 303. Improving Federal debt collection practices. 
Sec. 304. Maintenance of technical assistance funding. 
Sec. 305. Maintenance of Federal parent locator service funding. 
Sec. 306. Electronic disbursement of child support payments to families. 
Sec. 307. Optional expansion of State disbursement unit to create a centralized 
payment location for all child support wage withholding. 
Sec. 308. Implemention of medical support performance measure. 
Sec. 309. Authority to continue State program for monitoring and enforcement 
of child support orders. 
TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 401. 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:
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‘‘(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 paying 
assistance to a family under the State program 
funded under this part, that a member of the family 
assign to the State any right 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 paid to the family, which ac-
crues during the period that the family receives as-
sistance 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 the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (e) and 
(f), 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:
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‘‘(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.—Except as otherwise 
provided in an election made under 454(34), to 
the extent that the amount collected exceeds the 
current support amount, the State— 
‘‘(i) shall first pay to the family the 
excess amount, to the extent necessary to
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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