(B) Provide sufficient information to verify the
identity of the person named, including the present
address of the person, the past or present place of
employment of the person, the past or present school
attended by the person, the name and address of the
person’s parents, friends or relatives that can pro-
vide location information for the person, the tele-
phone number of the person, the social security
number of the person, the date of birth of the per-
son, or other information that, if reasonable efforts
were made by the State, could lead to identify a par-
ticular person to be served with process.
(C) Continue to provide all other relevant infor-
mation that the applicant has that may be requested
by the State.
(D) Appear at required interviews, conference
hearings or legal proceedings, if notified in advance
and an illness or emergency does not prevent attend-
ance.
(E) Submit (along with the child) to genetic
tests.
(4) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘cir-
cumstances beyond the control of the parent’’ includes—
(A) failure of the State to make reasonable and
timely efforts to locate the noncustodial parent,
(B) instances in which the noncustodial parent
cannot be located despite the State’s reasonable ef-
forts because the noncustodial parent has dis-
appeared or moved out of the country,
(C) instances in which the noncustodial parent
has been located but the State has failed to serve
such parent with the legal papers,
(D) cases in which the State or courts have
failed to complete the legal process to establish pa-
ternity or set an award, and
(E) other cases in which the State’s or court’s
action or inaction has resulted in the failure to es-
tablish paternity or set an award.
(e) CONSIDERATION
AND PRIORITY
OF APPLICA-
TIONS.—The Secretary shall consider all applications re-
ceived from States desiring to conduct demonstration
projects under this section and shall approve the 6 applica-
tions which appear likely to contribute significantly to the
achievement of the purpose of this section. In selecting
States to conduct demonstration projects under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall consider geographic diversity, va-
riety in types of support guideline models used, and vari-
ation in population of the applicants.
(f) EVALUATION
AND REPORTS.—(1) Each State
that conducts a demonstration project under this section
shall, as a part of such demonstration project, conduct an
interim and a final evaluation of the effectiveness of the
demonstration project and shall submit an interim and
final report to the Secretary concerning the results of the
evaluation and any improvements in child support enforce-
ment.
(2) The evaluation and report submitted by a State
to the Secretary shall analyze and describe (in such a
manner as prescribed by the Secretary)—
(A) the impact of the child support assurance
project on the economic and noneconomic well-being
of children and adults in both custodial and
noncustodial households;
(B) the work force participation rates of both
custodial and noncustodial parents as a result of
participation in the child support assurance project;
(C) the impact of the child support assurance
project on Aid to Families With Dependent Children
participation rates, grants, and funding levels;
(D) the impact of the child support assurance
project on paternity establishment;
(E) a comparison of enforcement effectiveness
in intrastate and interstate cases;
(F) administrative policies and laws of the Fed-
eral Government and the State or a political subdivi-
sion of the State, identified by the State as impedi-
ments to the implementation of child support assur-
ance;
(G) the measures that the State has taken to
implement the project and the lessons learned there-
from by the State; and
(H) any other relevant items as the Secretary
may require.
(g) DURATION.—A demonstration project conducted
under this section shall be commenced not later than fiscal
year 1994 and shall be conducted for not less than 3 and
not more than 5 consecutive fiscal years, except that the
Secretary may terminate a project before the end of such
period if the Secretary determines that the State conduct-
ing the project is not in substantial compliance with the
terms of the application approved by the Secretary under
this section.
(h) COST SAVINGS RECOVERY.—The Secretary shall
develop a methodology to identify any State cost savings
realized in connection with the implementation of a child
support assurance project conducted under this section.
Any such savings realized as a result of the implementa-
tion of a child support assurance project shall be utilized
for child support enforcement improvements or expansions
and improvements in the Aid to Families With Dependent
Children Program conducted under part A of title IV of
the Social Security Act within the participating State, and
Federal expenditures for such project within the State
shall be reduced in proportion to any such savings.
(i) EVALUATION AND REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Three
and 5 years after commencement of the first State child
support assurance project, the Secretary shall conduct an
evaluation of each such project and submit a report to the
Committee on Finance and the Committee on Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on
Ways and Means and the Committee on Education and
Labor of the House of Representatives concerning the ef-
fectiveness of the child support assurance projects funded
under this section. Such report shall analyze the reports
received by the Secretary under subsection (f) from each
participating State and shall compare the effects of dif-
ferent types of child support guidelines.
(j) RESTRICTIONS
ON MATCHING
AND USE
OF
FUNDS.—(1) A State conducting a demonstration project
under this section shall be required—
(A) except as provided in paragraph (2), to pro-
vide not less than 15 percent of the total amounts
expended in each calendar year of the project to pay
the costs associated with the project funded under
this section; and
(B) to maintain its level of expenditures for
child support collection, enforcement, and payment
at the same level, or at a higher level, than such ex-
penditures were prior to such State’s participation in
a demonstration project provided by this section.
(2) A State participating in a demonstration project
under this section may provide no less than 10 percent
of the total amounts expended to pay the costs associated
with the project funded under this section in years after
the first year such project is conducted in a State if the
State meets the improvements specified in subsection
(b)(6).
(k) TREATMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT BENEFIT.—
Any assured child support benefit received by an individ-
ual under this section shall be considered child support
for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(l) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated and are appropriated
such sums as may be necessary in each of the fiscal years
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998, to carry out the pur-
poses of this section.
TITLE VII—STATE ROLE
SEC. 701. PROHIBITION OF RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR
IV–D SERVICES.
Section 454 (42 U.S.C. 654), as amended by section
602, is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (27), by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(28) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after para-
graph (28) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(29) provide that an applicant may not be de-
nied services under the plan solely because of the ap-
plicant’s nonresidency in that State.’’.
SEC. 702. ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN’S ECONOMIC SECU-
RITY.
Section 454 (42 U.S.C. 654), as amended by section
701, is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (28), by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(29) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after para-
graph (29) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(30) provide that the State agency administer-
ing the plan shall advocate to promote the greatest
economic security possible for children, within the
ability of the individual who owes a child support ob-
ligation to pay such obligation.’’.
application fees are deferred pending such de-
termination.’’.
SEC. 704. BROADER ACCESS TO SERVICES.
It is the sense of the Congress that State and local
child support enforcement agencies should provide—
(1) offices in easily accessible locations near
public transportation,
(2) office hours that allow parents to meet with
attorneys and caseworkers without taking time off
from work, and
(3) office environments conducive to discussion
of legal and personal matters in privacy (e.g., indi-
vidual interview rooms and child care facilities).
SEC. 705. PROCESS FOR CHANGE OF PAYEE IN IV–D CASES.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 502, is amended by inserting after paragraph (32)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(33) Procedures under which a change in
payee may not require a court hearing or order to
take effect and may be done administratively, as
long as a statement by an agency official is included
in the court or administrative file documenting the
change.’’.
TITLE VIII—EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 801. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amend-
ments made by this Act shall take effect on and after Jan-
uary 1, 1996.
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