I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4469
To provide more child support money to families leaving welfare, to simplify
the rules governing the assignment and distribution of child support
collected by States on behalf of children, to improve the collection of
child support, to promote marriage, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 16, 2000
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. CAMP, and Mr. ENGLISH) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide more child support money to families leaving
welfare, to simplify the rules governing the assignment
and distribution of child support collected by States on
behalf of children, to improve the collection of child sup-
port, to promote marriage, and for other purposes.
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—EXPANDED INFORMATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 301. Guidelines for involvement of public non-IV-D and private agencies
in child support enforcement.
Subtitle A—State Option To Provide Information and Enforcement
Mechanism to Public Non-IV-D Child Support Enforcement Agencies
Sec. 311. Establishment and enforcement of child support obligations by public
non-IV-D child support enforcement agencies.
Sec. 312. Use of certain enforcement mechanisms.
Subtitle B—State Option to Provide Information and Enforcement
Mechanisms to Private Child Support Enforcement Agencies
Sec. 321. Establishment and enforcement of child support obligations by pri-
vate child support enforcement agencies.
Sec. 322. Use of certain enforcement mechanisms.
TITLE IV—EXPANDED ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 401. Decrease in amount of child support arrearage triggering passport
denial.
Sec. 402. Garnishment of compensation paid to veterans for service-connected
disabilities in order to enforce child support obligations.
Sec. 403. Use of tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support
on behalf of children who are not minors.
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—FINANCING
Sec. 601. Elimination of set-aside of welfare-to-work funds for successful per-
formance bonus.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 701. Change dates for abstinence evaluation.
Sec. 702. Report on undistributed child support payments.
Sec. 703. Use of new hire information to assist in administration of unemploy-
ment compensation programs.
Sec. 704. Immigration provisions.
Sec. 705. Correction of errors in conforming amendments in the Welfare-To-
Work and Child Support Amendments of 1999.
TITLE VIII—EFFECTIVE DATE
Sec. 801. 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 or acquire (on behalf of the family mem-
ber or of any other person for whom the family
member has applied for or is receiving such assist-
ance) to support from any other person for any pe-
riod for which the family receives assistance under
the program, in an amount equal to the lesser of—
‘‘(A) the number of months for which the
family receives or has received assistance from
the State (within the meaning of section 457)
and for which there is in effect a support order
on behalf of the family member or such other
person, multiplied by the amount of monthly
support awarded by the order; or
‘‘(B) the total amount of assistance so pro-
vided to the family.’’.
(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. For
purposes of section 455, any such payment made
from the grant made to the State under section
403(a) shall be considered an amount expended for
the operation of the plan approved under section
454.’’.
(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 such support.’’.
(3) CONVERSION OF PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED
CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS.—Section 457(b) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 657(b)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘until October 1, 2007 (or such earlier date as
the State may select)’’ before the period.
(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) 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)(B)(ii)’’.
(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
section 457(a)(2)(B)(i), but only to the extent that
the State properly elects under section 457(a)(6) to
use the grant to fund the payment.’’.
(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 section
457(a)(2)(B)(i), but only to the extent
that the State properly elects under
section 457(a)(6) to have the payment
considered a qualified State expendi-
ture.’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2005,
and shall apply to payments under parts A and D
of title IV of the Social Security Act for calendar
quarters beginning on or after such date, and with-
out regard to whether regulations to implement such
amendments (in the case of State programs operated
under such part D) are promulgated by such date.
(2) STATE OPTION TO ACCELERATE EFFECTIVE
DATE.—In addition, a State may elect to have the
amendments made by this section apply to the State
and to amounts collected by the State, on and after
such date as the State may select that is after the
date of the enactment of this Act and before October
1, 2005.
(f) EARLIER REPEAL OF HOLD HARMLESS PROVI-
SION
FOR STATE SHARE
OF DISTRIBUTION
OF COL-
LECTED CHILD SUPPORT.—Section 301 of the Foster
Care Independence Act of 1999 (P.L. 106–169; 113 Stat.
1857) is amended in each of subsections (b) and (c) by
striking ‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.
TITLE II—REVIEW AND ADJUST-
MENT OF CHILD SUPPORT
ORDERS
SEC. 201. MANDATORY REVIEW AND MODIFICATION OF
CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS FOR TANF RECIPI-
ENTS.
(a) 
REVIEW
EVERY
YEARS.—Section
466(a)(10)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)(10)(A)(i)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or,’’ and inserting ‘‘or’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘upon the request of the State
agency under the State plan or of either parent,’’.
(b) REVIEW UPON LEAVING TANF.—
(1) NOTICE
OF
CERTAIN
FAMILIES
LEAVING
TANF.—Section 402(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
602(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(8) CERTIFICATION
THAT
THE
CHILD
SUP-
PORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WILL BE PROVIDED
NOTICE OF CERTAIN FAMILIES LEAVING TANF PRO-
GRAM.—A certification by the chief executive officer
of the State that the State has established proce-
dures to ensure that the State agency administering
the child support enforcement program under the
State plan approved under part D will be provided
notice of the impending discontinuation of assistance
to an individual under the State program funded
under this part if the individual has custody of a
child whose other parent is alive and not living at
home with the child.’’.
(2) REVIEW.—Section 466(a)(10) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 666(a)(10)) is amended—
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking
‘‘UPON REQUEST’’;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘this
paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A) or
(B)’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) REVIEW UPON LEAVING TANF.—On
receipt of a notice issued pursuant to section
402(a)(8), the State child support enforcement
agency shall—
‘‘(i) examine the case file involved;
‘‘(ii) determine what actions (if any)
are needed to locate any noncustodial par-
ent, establish paternity or a support order,
or enforce a support order;
‘‘(iii) immediately take the actions;
and
‘‘(iv) if there is a support order which
the State has not reviewed during the 1-
year period ending with receipt of the no-
tice, notwithstanding subparagraph (B),
review and, if appropriate, adjust the order
in accordance with subparagraph (A).’’.
TITLE III—EXPANDED INFORMA-
TION AND ENFORCEMENT
SEC. 301. GUIDELINES FOR INVOLVEMENT OF PUBLIC NON-
IV-D AND PRIVATE AGENCIES IN CHILD SUP-
PORT ENFORCEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services, in consultation with States (as defined
for purposes of part D of title IV of the Social Security
Act), local governments, and individuals or companies
knowledgable about involving entities, other than State
agencies operating child support enforcement programs
under such part, in child support enforcement, shall de-
velop separate sets of recommendations which address the
participation of public non-IV-D child support enforce-
ment agencies (as defined in section 466(h) of such Act)
and private child support enforcement agencies (as defined
in section 466(i) of such Act) in child support enforcement
pursuant to the amendments made by this title. The mat-
ters addressed by the recommendations shall include sub-
stantive and procedural rules which should be followed
with respect to privacy safeguards, data security, due
process rights, administrative compatibility with State and
Federal automated systems, eligibility requirements (such
as registration, licensing, and posting of bonds) for access
to information and use of enforcement mechanisms, and
penalties for violations of the rules.
(b) ISSUANCE OF REPORTS.—
(1) PUBLIC
NON-IV-D
CHILD
SUPPORT
EN-
FORCEMENT AGENCIES.—Not later than October 1,
2001, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall issue to the general public a written report con-
taining the set of recommendations required by sub-
section (a) with respect to public non-IV-D child
support enforcement agencies.
(2) PRIVATE
CHILD
SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.—Not later than October 1, 2002, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue
to the general public a written report containing the
set of recommendations required by subsection (a)
with respect to private child support enforcement
agencies.
Subtitle A—State Option To Pro-
vide Information and Enforce-
ment 
Mechanisms 
to 
Public
Non-IV-D 
Child 
Support 
En-
forcement Agencies
SEC. 311. ESTABLISHMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD
SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS BY PUBLIC NON-IV-D
CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 454 of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654), as amended by
section 101(c) of this Act, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (33), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (34), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (34) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(35) at the option of the State, provide that—
‘‘(A) subject to the privacy safeguards of
paragraph (26), the State agency responsible
for administering the State plan under this part
may provide to a public non-IV-D child support
enforcement agency (as defined in section
466(h)) all information in the State Directory
of New Hires and any information obtained
through information comparisons under section
453(j)(3) about an individual with respect to
whom the public agency is seeking to establish
or enforce a child support obligation, if the pub-
lic agency meets such requirements as the State
may establish and has entered into an agree-
ment with the State under which the public
agency has made a binding commitment to
carry out establishment and enforcement activi-
ties with respect to the child support obligation
subject to the same data security, privacy pro-
tection, and due process requirements applica-
ble to the State agency and in accordance with
procedures approved by the head of the State
agency.’’.
(b) PUBLIC NON-IV-D CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCY DEFINED.—Section 466 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 666) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(h) PUBLIC NON-IV-D CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCE-
MENT AGENCY DEFINED.—In this part, the term ‘public
non-IV-D child support enforcement agency’ means an
agency, of a political subdivision of a State, which is prin-
cipally responsible for the operation of a child support reg-
istry or for the establishment or enforcement of an obliga-
tion to pay child support (as defined in section 459(i)(2))
other than pursuant to the State plan approved under this
part.’’.
SEC. 312. USE OF CERTAIN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS.
(a) FEDERAL TAX REFUND INTERCEPT.—
(1) ADDITIONAL STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—
Section 454(35) of the Social Security Act, as added
by section 311(a) of this Act, is amended—
(1) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) the State agency may transmit to the
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section
464 a notice submitted by a public non-IV-D
child support enforcement agency (in such form
and manner as the State agency may prescribe)
that a named individual owes past-due child
support (as defined in section 464(c)) which the
public agency has agreed to collect, and may
collect from the public agency any fee which the
State is required to pay for the cost of applying
the offset procedure in the case.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 464
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 664) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(2)(A)—
(i) in the 1st sentence, by striking ‘‘,
and that the State agency’’ and inserting
‘‘or which a public non-IV-D child support
enforcement agency in the State has
agreed to collect, and that the State agen-
cy (or the public non-IV-D child support
enforcement agency)’’; and
(ii) in the 2nd sentence, by striking
‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the
Treasury’’; and
(B) in subsection (a)(3)(A)—
(i) in the 1st sentence, by inserting
‘‘(or, in the case the State is acting on be-
half of a public non-IV-D child support en-
forcement agency, the public non-IV-D
child support enforcement agency)’’ after
‘‘the State’’; and
(ii) in the 2nd sentence, by inserting
‘‘(or, as applicable, the public non-IV-D
child support enforcement agency’s)’’ after
‘‘State’s’’.
(b) REPORTING
ARREARAGES
TO
CREDIT
BU-
REAUS.—Section 466(a)(7)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)(7)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and allowing the
State to include in the report similar information provided
subparagraph (A)(i) which is provided by the
State may include any such identifying informa-
tion that is provided to the State agency by a
public non-IV-D child support enforcement
agency in such form and manner as the State
agency may require.’’.
(2) LIABILITY PROTECTIONS.—Section 469A(d)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 669a(d)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(3) STATE
CHILD
SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term ‘State child support enforce-
ment agency’ includes, with respect to a financial
record of an individual, a public non-IV-D child sup-
port enforcement agency if the public agency is seek-
ing to establish or enforce a child support obligation
with respect to the individual pursuant to an agree-
ment described in section 454(35)(A).’’.
(e) USE OF INCOME WITHHOLDING FOR UNEMPLOY-
MENT INSURANCE BENEFITS.—
(1) DISCLOSURE OF WAGE INFORMATION.—Sec-
tion 303(e)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 503(e)(1)) is
amended by striking the second sentence and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘child support
obligations’ means obligations to pay child support (as de-
fined in section 459(i)(2) of the Social Security Act).’’.
(2) 
AUTHORITY
TO
WITHHOLD.—Section
303(e)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 503(e)(2)(A))
is amended—
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and the
identity and location of the State or local child
support enforcement agency enforcing the obli-
gations (to the extent known)’’ before the
comma;
(B) 
in 
clause 
(iii)(III), 
by 
striking
‘‘462(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘459(i)(5)’’; and
(C) in the matter following clause (iv), by
striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the individual’s’’.
(3) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
303(e)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 503(e)(4)) is
amended by striking ‘‘the last sentence of paragraph
(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 454 which has been ap-
proved by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices under part D of title IV or pursuant to an
agreement described in section 454(35)(A)’’.
Subtitle B—State Option To Pro-
vide Information and Enforce-
ment Mechanisms to Private
Child 
Support 
Enforcement
Agencies
SEC. 321. ESTABLISHMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD
SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS BY PRIVATE CHILD
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 454 of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654), as amended by
sections 101(c), 311(a), and 312(a)(1) of this Act, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (34), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (35), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (35) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(36) at the option of the State, provide that—
‘‘(A) subject to the privacy safeguards of
paragraph (26), the State agency responsible
for administering the State plan under this part
may provide to a private child support enforce-
ment agency (as defined in section 466(i)) any
information in the State Directory of New
Hires and any information obtained through in-
formation comparisons under section 453(j)(3)
about an individual with respect to whom the
private agency is seeking to establish or enforce
a child support obligation, if the private agency
meets such requirements as the State may es-
tablish and has entered into an agreement with
the State under which the private agency has
made a binding commitment to carry out estab-
lishment and enforcement activities with respect
to the child support obligation subject to the
same data security, privacy protection, and due
process requirements applicable to the State
agency and in accordance with procedures ap-
proved by the head of the State agency.’’.
(b) PRIVATE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CY DEFINED.—Section 466 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 666),
as amended by section 311(b) of this Act, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) PRIVATE
CHILD
SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY DEFINED.—In this part, the term ‘private child
support enforcement agency’ means an individual, a per-
son, or any other non-public entity which seeks to estab-
lish or enforce an obligation to pay child support (as de-
fined in section 459(i)(2)).’’.
SEC. 322. USE OF CERTAIN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS.
(a) FEDERAL TAX REFUND INTERCEPT.—
(1) ADDITIONAL STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—
Section 454(36) of the Social Security Act, as added
by section 321(a) of this Act, is amended—
(1) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) the State agency may transmit to the
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section
464 any notice submitted by a private child
support enforcement agency (in such form and
manner as the State agency may prescribe) that
a named individual owes past-due child support
(as defined in section 464(c)) which the private
agency has agreed to collect, and may collect
from the private agency any fee which the State
is required to pay for the cost of applying the
offset procedure in the case.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
464(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 664(a)), as amended
by section 312(a)(2) of this Act, is amended by in-
serting ‘‘(or private)’’ after ‘‘public non-IV-D’’ each
place it appears.
(b) REPORTING
ARREARAGES
TO
CREDIT
BU-
REAUS.—Section 466(a)(7)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)(7)(A)), as amended by section 312(b) of this Act,
is amended by inserting ‘‘(or private)’’ after ‘‘public non-
IV-D’’.
(c) PASSPORT SANCTIONS.—Section 454(31)(C) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 654(31)), as amended by section
312(c) of this Act, is amended by inserting ‘‘(or private)’’
after ‘‘public non-IV-D’’.
(d) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DATA MATCHES FOR
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 466(a)(17)(D) of
such Act, as added by section 311(d) of this Act, is
amended by inserting ‘‘(or private)’’ after ‘‘public
non-IV-D’’.
(2) 
LIABILITY
PROTECTIONS.—Section
469A(d)(3) of such Act, as added by section
312(d)(2) of this Act, is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(or private)’’ after ‘‘pub-
lic non-IV-D’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘(or private) after ‘‘the
public’’ each place it appears; and
(C) by inserting ‘‘(or 454(36)(A))’’ before
the period.
(e) USE OF INCOME WITHHOLDING FOR UNEMPLOY-
MENT INSURANCE BENEFITS.—Section 303(e)(4) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 503(e)(4)), as amended by section
312(e)(3) of this Act, is amended by inserting ‘‘, and in-
cludes a private child support enforcement agency (as de-
fined in section 466(i)) with respect to an individual who
is an applicant for, or who is determined to be eligible
for unemployment compensation if the State in which the
private child support enforcement agency is located con-
firms that the private child support enforcement agency
is seeking to establish, modify, or enforce a child support
obligation of the individual pursuant to an agreement de-
scribed in section 454(36)(A)’’ before the period.
TITLE IV—EXPANDED
ENFORCEMENT
SEC. 401. DECREASE IN AMOUNT OF CHILD SUPPORT AR-
REARAGE TRIGGERING PASSPORT DENIAL.
Section 452(k) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
652(k)) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$2,500’’.
SEC. 402. GARNISHMENT OF COMPENSATION PAID TO VET-
ERANS FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABIL-
ITIES IN ORDER TO ENFORCE CHILD SUP-
PORT OBLIGATIONS.
Section 459(h)(1)(A)(ii)(V) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 659(h)(1)(A)(ii)(V)) is amended by striking all
that follows ‘‘Armed Forces’’ and inserting a semicolon.
SEC. 403. USE OF TAX REFUND INTERCEPT PROGRAM TO
COLLECT PAST-DUE CHILD SUPPORT ON BE-
HALF OF CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT MINORS.
Section 464 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
664) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘(as
that term is defined for purposes of this paragraph
under subsection (c))’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(1) Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), as used in’’ and in-
serting ‘‘In’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(whether or not a
minor)’’ after ‘‘a child’’ each place it ap-
pears; and
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).
TITLE V—FATHERHOOD
PROGRAMS
Subtitle A—Fatherhood Grant
Program
SEC. 501. FATHERHOOD GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title IV of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601–619) is amended by inserting
after section 403 the following:
‘‘SEC. 403A. FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to
make grants available to public and private entities for
projects designed to—
‘‘(1) promote marriage through counseling,
mentoring, disseminating information about the ad-
vantages of marriage, enhancing relationship skills,
teaching how to control aggressive behavior, and
other methods;
‘‘(2) promote successful parenting through
counseling, mentoring, disseminating information
about 
good 
parenting 
practices 
including
prepregnancy, family planning, training parents in
money management, encouraging child support pay-
ments, encouraging regular visitation between fa-
thers and their children, and other methods; and
‘‘(3) help fathers and their families avoid or
leave cash welfare provided by the program under
part A and improve their economic status by pro-
viding work first services, job search, job training,
subsidized employment, career-advancing education,
job retention, job enhancement, and other methods.
‘‘(b) FATHERHOOD GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—An entity desiring a
grant to carry out a project described in subsection
(a) may submit to the Secretary an application that
contains the following:
‘‘(A) A description of the project and how
the project will be carried out.
‘‘(B) A description of how the project will
address all three of the purposes of this section.
‘‘(C) A written commitment by the entity
that the project will allow an individual to par-
ticipate in the project only if the individual is—
‘‘(i) a father of a child who is, or
within the past 24 months has been, a re-
cipient of assistance or services under a
State program funded under this part;
‘‘(ii) a father, including an expectant
or married father, whose income (net of
court-ordered child support) is less than
150 percent of the poverty line (as defined
in section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, including any
revision required by such section, applica-
ble to a family of the size involved); or
‘‘(iii) a parent referred to in para-
graph (3)(A)(iii).
‘‘(D) A written commitment by the entity
that the entity will provide for the project, from
funds obtained from non-Federal sources,
amounts (including in-kind contributions) equal
in value to—
‘‘(i) 20 percent of the amount of any
grant made to the entity under this sub-
section; or
‘‘(ii) such lesser percentage as the
Secretary deems appropriate (which shall
be not less than 10 percent) of such
amount, if the application demonstrates
that there are circumstances that limit the
ability of the entity to raise funds or ob-
tain resources.
‘‘(E) A written commitment by the entity
that the entity will make available to each indi-
vidual participating in the project education
about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and the
effects of abusing such substances, and infor-
mation about HIV/AIDS and its transmission.
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION
OF
APPLICATIONS
BY
INTERAGENCY PANELS.—
‘‘(A) FIRST PANEL.—
‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is es-
tablished a panel to be known as the ‘Fa-
therhood Grants Recommendations Panel’
(in this subparagraph referred to as the
‘Panel’).
‘‘(ii) MEMBERSHIP.—
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The Panel
shall be composed of 10 members, as
follows:
‘‘(aa) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Secretary.
‘‘(bb) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Secretary of Labor.
‘‘(cc) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives.
‘‘(dd) One member of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
ranking minority member of the
Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives.
‘‘(ee) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Committee on
Finance of the Senate.
‘‘(ff) One member of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
ranking minority member of the
Committee on Finance of the
Senate.
‘‘(II) QUALIFICATIONS.—An indi-
vidual shall not be eligible to serve on
the Panel unless the individual has ex-
perience in programs for fathers, pro-
grams for the poor, programs for chil-
dren, program administration, or pro-
gram research.
‘‘(III) CONFLICTS
OF
INTER-
EST.—An individual shall not be eligi-
ble to serve on the Panel if such serv-
ice would pose a conflict of interest
for the individual.
‘‘(IV) 
TIMING
OF
APPOINT-
MENTS.—The appointment of mem-
bers to the Panel shall be completed
not later than March 1, 2001.
‘‘(iii) DUTIES.—
‘‘(I) REVIEW
AND
MAKE
REC-
OMMENDATIONS ON PROJECT APPLI-
CATIONS.—The Panel shall review all
applications submitted pursuant to
paragraph 
(1), 
and 
make 
rec-
ommendations to the Secretary re-
garding which applicants should be
awarded grants under this subsection,
with due regard for the provisions of
paragraph (3), but shall not rec-
ommend that a project be awarded
such a grant if the application de-
scribing the project does not attempt
to meet the requirement of paragraph
(1)(B).
‘‘(II) TIMING.—The Panel shall
make such recommendations not later
than September 1, 2001.
‘‘(iv) TERM OF OFFICE.—Each mem-
ber appointed to the Panel shall serve for
the life of the Panel.
‘‘(v) PROHIBITION
ON
COMPENSA-
TION.—Members of the Panel may not re-
ceive pay, allowances, or benefits by reason
of their service on the Panel.
‘‘(vi) 
TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Each
member of the Panel shall receive travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, in accordance with sections 5702
and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(vii) MEETINGS.—The Panel shall
meet as often as is necessary to complete
the business of the Panel.
‘‘(viii) 
CHAIRPERSON.—The 
Chair-
person of the Panel shall be designated by
the Secretary at the time of appointment.
‘‘(ix) STAFF
OF
FEDERAL
AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary may detail any per-
sonnel of the Department of Health and
Human Services and the Secretary of
Labor may detail any personnel of the De-
partment of Labor to the Panel to assist
the Panel in carrying out its duties under
this subparagraph.
‘‘(x) OBTAINING
OFFICIAL
DATA.—
The Panel may secure directly from any
department or agency of the United States
information necessary to enable it to carry
out this subparagraph. On request of the
Chairperson of the Panel, the head of the
department or agency shall furnish that in-
formation to the Panel.
‘‘(xi) MAILS.—The Panel may use the
United States mails in the same manner
and under the same conditions as other de-
partments and agencies of the United
States.
‘‘(xii) 
TERMINATION.—The 
Panel
shall terminate on September 1, 2001.
‘‘(B) SECOND PANEL.—
‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—Effective Jan-
uary 1, 2002, there is established a panel
to be known as the ‘Fatherhood Grants
Recommendations Panel’ (in this subpara-
graph referred to as the ‘Panel’).
‘‘(ii) MEMBERSHIP.—
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The Panel
shall be composed of 10 members, as
follows:
‘‘(aa) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Secretary.
‘‘(bb) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Secretary of Labor.
‘‘(cc) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives.
‘‘(dd) One member of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
ranking minority member of the
Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives.
‘‘(ee) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Committee on
Finance of the Senate.
‘‘(ff) One member of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
ranking minority member of the
Committee on Finance of the
Senate.
‘‘(II) QUALIFICATIONS.—An indi-
vidual shall not be eligible to serve on
the Panel unless the individual has ex-
perience in programs for fathers, pro-
grams for the poor, programs for chil-
to meet the requirement of paragraph
(1)(B).
‘‘(II) TIMING.—The Panel shall
make such recommendations not later
than September 1, 2002.
‘‘(iv) TERM OF OFFICE.—Each mem-
ber appointed to the Panel shall serve for
the life of the Panel.
‘‘(v) PROHIBITION
ON
COMPENSA-
TION.—Members of the Panel may not re-
ceive pay, allowances, or benefits by reason
of their service on the Panel.
‘‘(vi) 
TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Each
member of the Panel shall receive travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, in accordance with sections 5702
and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(vii) MEETINGS.—The Panel shall
meet as often as is necessary to complete
the business of the Panel.
‘‘(viii) 
CHAIRPERSON.—The 
Chair-
person of the Panel shall be designated by
the Secretary at the time of appointment.
‘‘(ix) STAFF
OF
FEDERAL
AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary may detail any per-
sonnel of the Department of Health and
Human Services and the Secretary of
Labor may detail any personnel of the De-
partment of Labor to the Panel to assist
the Panel in carrying out its duties under
this subparagraph.
‘‘(x) OBTAINING
OFFICIAL
DATA.—
The Panel may secure directly from any
department or agency of the United States
information necessary to enable it to carry
out this subparagraph. On request of the
Chairperson of the Panel, the head of the
department or agency shall furnish that in-
formation to the Panel.
‘‘(xi) MAILS.—The Panel may use the
United States mails in the same manner
and under the same conditions as other de-
partments and agencies of the United
States.
‘‘(xii) 
TERMINATION.—The 
Panel
shall terminate on September 1, 2002.
‘‘(3) MATCHING GRANTS.—
‘‘(A) GRANT AWARDS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary
shall award matching grants, on a competi-
tive basis, among entities submitting appli-
cations therefor which meet the require-
ments of paragraph (1), in amounts that
take into account the written commitments
referred to in paragraph (1)(D).
‘‘(ii) TIMING.—
‘‘(I) FIRST ROUND.—On October
1, 2001, the Secretary shall award not
more than $70,000,000 in matching
grants after considering the rec-
ommendations submitted pursuant to
paragraph (2)(A)(iii)(I).
‘‘(II) SECOND ROUND.—On Octo-
ber 1, 2002, the Secretary shall award
not more than $70,000,000 in match-
ing grants after considering the rec-
ommendations submitted pursuant to
paragraph (2)(B)(iii)(I).
‘‘(iii) NONDISCRIMINATION.—The pro-
visions of this section shall be applied and
administered so as to ensure that mothers,
expectant mothers, and married mothers
are eligible for benefits and services under
projects awarded grants under this section
on the same basis as fathers, expectant fa-
thers, and married fathers.
‘‘(B) 
PREFERENCES.—In 
determining
which entities to which to award grants under
this subsection, the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to an entity—
‘‘(i) to the extent that the application
submitted by the entity describes actions
that the entity will take that are designed
to encourage or facilitate the payment of
child support, including but not limited
to—
‘‘(I) obtaining a written commit-
ment by the agency responsible for
administering the State plan approved
under part D for the State in which
the project is to be carried out that
the State will voluntarily cancel child
support arrearages owed to the State
by the father as a result of the father
providing various supports to the fam-
ily such as maintaining a regular child
support payment schedule or living
with his children;
‘‘(II) obtaining a written commit-
ment by the entity that the entity will
help participating fathers who cooper-
ate with the agency in improving their
credit rating; and
‘‘(III) helping fathers arrange
and maintain a consistent schedule of
visits with their children, unless it
would be unsafe;
‘‘(ii) to the extent that the application
includes written agreements of cooperation
with other private and governmental agen-
cies, including the State or local program
funded under this part, the local Work-
force Investment Board, the State or local
program funded under part D, community-
based domestic violence programs, and the
State or local program funded under part
E, which should include a description of
the services each such agency will provide
to fathers participating in the project de-
scribed in the application;
‘‘(iii) to the extent that the applica-
tion describes a project that will enroll a
high percentage of project participants
within 6 months before or after the birth
of the child; or
‘‘(iv) to the extent that the application
sets forth clear and practical methods by
which fathers will be recruited to partici-
pate in the project.
‘‘(C) MINIMUM
PERCENTAGE
OF
RECIPI-
ENTS OF GRANT FUNDS TO BE NONGOVERN-
MENTAL (INCLUDING FAITH-BASED) ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—Not less than 75 percent of the enti-
ties awarded grants under this subsection in
each fiscal year (other than entities awarded
such grants pursuant to the preferences re-
quired by subparagraph (B)) shall be awarded
to—
‘‘(i) nongovernmental (including faith-
based) organizations; or
‘‘(ii) governmental organizations that
pass through to organizations referred to
in clause (i) at least 50 percent of the
amount of the grant.
‘‘(D) DIVERSITY OF PROJECTS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In determining
which entities to which to award grants
under this subsection, the Secretary shall
attempt to achieve a balance among enti-
ties of differing sizes, entities in differing
geographic areas, entities in urban versus
rural areas, and entities employing dif-
fering methods of achieving the purposes
of this section.
‘‘(ii) REPORT
TO
THE
CONGRESS.—
Within 90 days after each award of grants
under subclause (I) or (II) of subpara-
graph (A)(ii), the Secretary shall submit to
the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate a brief re-
port on the diversity of projects selected to
receive funds under the grant program.
The report shall include a comparison of
funding for projects located in urban
areas, projects located in suburban areas,
and projects located in rural areas.
‘‘(E) PAYMENT OF GRANT IN FOUR EQUAL
ANNUAL
INSTALLMENTS.—During the fiscal
year in which a grant is awarded under this
subsection and each of the succeeding three fis-
cal years, the Secretary shall provide to the en-
tity awarded the grant an amount equal to 1⁄4
of the amount of the grant.
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each entity to which
a grant is made under this subsection shall use
grant funds provided under this subsection in
accordance with the application requesting the
grant, the requirements of this subsection, and
the regulations prescribed under this sub-
section, and may use the grant funds to support
community-wide initiatives to address the pur-
poses of this section.
‘‘(B) NONDISPLACEMENT.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—An adult in a
work activity described in section 407(d)
which is funded, in whole or in part, by
funds provided under this section shall not
be employed or assigned—
‘‘(I) when any other individual is
on layoff from the same or any sub-
stantially equivalent job; or
‘‘(II) if the employer has termi-
nated the employment of any regular
employee or otherwise caused an in-
voluntary reduction of its workforce in
order to fill the vacancy so created
with such an adult.
‘‘(ii) GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.—
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Complaints
alleging violations of clause (i) in a
State may be resolved—
‘‘(aa) if the State has estab-
lished 
a 
grievance 
procedure
under section 403(a)(5)(I)(iv),
pursuant to the grievance proce-
dure; or
‘‘(bb) otherwise, pursuant to
the grievance procedure estab-
lished by the State under section
407(f)(3).
‘‘(II) FORFEITURE OF GRANT IF
GRIEVANCE
PROCEDURE
NOT
AVAIL-
ABLE.—If a complaint referred to in
subclause (I) is made against an enti-
ty to which a grant has been made
under this section with respect to a
project, and the complaint cannot be
brought to, or cannot be resolved
within 90 days after being brought, by
a grievance procedure referred to in
subclause (I), then the entity shall im-
mediately return to the Secretary all
funds provided to the entity under
this section for the project, and the
Secretary shall immediately rescind
the grant.
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This sec-
tion shall not be construed to require the par-
ticipation of a father in a project funded under
this section to be discontinued by the project on
the basis of changed economic circumstances of
the father.
‘‘(D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON MAR-
RIAGE.—This section shall not be construed to
authorize the Secretary to define marriage for
purposes of this section.
‘‘(E) PENALTY
FOR
MISUSE
OF
GRANT
FUNDS.—If the Secretary determines that an
entity to which a grant is made under this sub-
section has used any amount of the grant in
violation of subparagraph (A), the Secretary
shall require the entity to remit to the Sec-
retary an amount equal to the amount so used,
plus all remaining grant funds, and the entity
shall thereafter be ineligible for any grant
under this subsection.
‘‘(F) REMITTANCE
OF
UNUSED
GRANT
FUNDS.—Each entity to which a grant is
awarded under this subsection shall remit to
the Secretary all funds paid under the grant
that remain at the end of the fifth fiscal year
ending after the initial grant award.
‘‘(5) AUTHORITY OF AGENCIES TO EXCHANGE
INFORMATION.—Each agency administering a pro-
gram funded under this part or a State plan ap-
proved under part D may share the name, address,
telephone number, and identifying case number in-
formation in the State program funded under this
part, of fathers for purposes of assisting in deter-
mining the eligibility of fathers to participate in
projects receiving grants under this section, and in
contacting fathers potentially eligible to participate
in the projects, subject to all applicable privacy laws.
‘‘(6) EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Labor, shall, directly or
by grant, contract, or interagency agreement, con-
duct an evaluation of projects funded under this sec-
tion (other than under subsection (c)(1)). The eval-
uation shall assess, among other outcomes selected
by the Secretary, effects of the projects on marriage,
parenting, employment, earnings, and payment of
child support. In selecting projects for the evalua-
tion, the Secretary should include projects that, in
the Secretary’s judgment, are most likely to impact
the matters described in the purposes of this section.
In conducting the evaluation, random assignment
should be used wherever possible.
‘‘(7) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry
out this subsection.
‘‘(8) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY OF OTHER
PROVISIONS OF THIS PART.—Sections 404 through
410 shall not apply to this section or to amounts
paid under this section, and shall not be applied to
an entity solely by reason of receipt of funds pursu-
ant to this section. A project shall not be considered
a State program funded under this part solely by
reason of receipt of funds paid under this section.
‘‘(9) FUNDING.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(i) INTERAGENCY
PANELS.—Of the
amounts made available pursuant to sec-
tion 403(a)(1)(E) to carry out this section
for fiscal years 2001 and 2002, a total of
$150,000 shall be made available for the
interagency panels established by para-
graph (2) of this subsection.
‘‘(ii) GRANTS.—Of the amounts made
available pursuant to section 403(a)(1)(E)
to carry out this section, there shall be
made available for grants under this
subsection—
‘‘(I) $17,500,000 for fiscal year
2002;
‘‘(II) $35,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2003 through 2005; and
‘‘(III) $17,500,000 for fiscal year
2006.
‘‘(iii) EVALUATION.—Of the amounts
made 
available 
pursuant 
to 
section
403(a)(1)(E) to carry out this section for
fiscal years 2001 through 2007, a total of
$6,000,000 shall be made available for the
evaluation required by paragraph (6) of
this subsection.
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—
‘‘(i) GRANT
FUNDS.—The amounts
made available pursuant to subparagraph
(A)(ii) shall remain available until the end
of fiscal year 2006.
‘‘(ii) 
EVALUATION
FUNDS.—The
amounts made available pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A)(iii) shall remain available
until the end of fiscal year 2008.’’.
(b) FUNDING.—Section 403(a)(1)(E) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(1)(E)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and for
fiscal years 2001 through 2007, such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out section 403A’’ before the period.
(c) APPLICABILITY OF CHARITABLE CHOICE PROVI-
SIONS OF WELFARE REFORM.—Section 104 of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 604a) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(l) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this
section, this section shall apply to any entity to which
funds have been provided under section 403A of the Social
Security Act in the same manner in which this section ap-
plies to States, and, for purposes of this section, any
project for which such funds are so provided shall be con-
sidered a program described in subsection (a)(2).’’.
Subtitle B—Fatherhood Projects of
National Significance
SEC. 511. FATHERHOOD PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFI-
CANCE.
Section 403A of the Social Security Act, as added
by subtitle A of this title, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(c) FATHERHOOD PROJECTS
OF NATIONAL SIG-
NIFICANCE.—
‘‘(1) NATIONAL
CLEARINGHOUSE.—The Sec-
retary shall award a $5,000,000 grant to a nation-
ally recognized, nonprofit fatherhood promotion or-
ganization with at least 4 years of experience in de-
signing and disseminating a national public edu-
cation campaign, including the production and suc-
cessful placement of television, radio, and print pub-
lic service announcements which promote the impor-
tance of responsible fatherhood, and with at least 4
years experience providing consultation and training
to community-based organizations interested in im-
plementing fatherhood outreach, support, or skill de-
velopment programs with an emphasis on promoting
married fatherhood as the ideal, to—
‘‘(A) develop, promote, and distribute to
interested States, local governments, public
agencies, and private nonprofit organizations,
including charitable and religious organizations,
a media campaign that encourages the appro-
priate involvement of both parents in the life of
any child of the parents, and encourages such
organizations to develope or sponsor programs
that specifically address the issue of responsible
fatherhood and the advantages conferred on
children by marriage;
‘‘(B) develop a national clearinghouse to
assist States, communities, and private entities
in efforts to promote and support marriage and
responsible fatherhood by collecting, evaluating,
and making available (through the Internet and
by other means) to all interested parties, infor-
mation regarding media campaigns and father-
hood programs;
‘‘(C) develop and distribute materials that
are for use by entities described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B) and that help young adults
manage their money, develop the knowledge and
skills needed to promote successful marriages,
plan for future expenditures and investments,
and plan for retirement;
‘‘(D) develop and distribute materials that
are for use by entities described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) and that list all the sources
of public support for education and training
that are available to young adults, including
government spending programs as well as bene-
fits under Federal and State tax laws.
‘‘(2) MULTICITY FATHERHOOD PROJECTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
award a $5,000,000 grant to each of two na-
tionally recognized nonprofit fatherhood pro-
motion organizations which meet the require-
ments of subparagraph (B), at least one of
which organizations meets the requirement of
subparagraph (C).
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements
of this subparagraph are the following:
‘‘(i) The organization must have sev-
eral years of experience in designing and
conducting programs that meet the pur-
poses described in paragraph (1).
‘‘(ii) The organization must have ex-
perience in simultaneously conducting such
programs in more than one major metro-
politan area and in coordinating such pro-
grams with local government agencies and
private, nonprofit agencies, including State
or local agencies responsible for conducting
the program under part D and Workfore
Investment Boards.
‘‘(iii) The organization must submit to
the Secretary an application that meets all
the conditions applicable to the organiza-
tion under this section and that provides
for projects to be conducted in three major
metropolitan areas.
‘‘(C) USE OF MARRIED COUPLES TO DE-
LIVER SERVICES IN THE INNER CITY.—The re-
quirement of this subparagraph is that the or-
ganization has extensive experience in using
married couples to deliver program services in
the inner city.
‘‘(3) PAYMENT OF GRANTS IN FOUR EQUAL AN-
NUAL INSTALLMENTS.—During each of fiscal years
2002 through 2005, the Secretary shall provide to
each entity awarded a grant under this subsection
an amount equal to 1⁄4 of the amount of the grant.
‘‘(4) FUNDING.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made
available pursuant to section 403(a)(1)(E) to
carry out this section, $3,750,000 shall be
made available for grants under this subsection
for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2005.
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made
available pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall
remain available until the end of fiscal year
2005.’’.
TITLE VI—FINANCING
SEC. 601. ELIMINATION OF SET-ASIDE OF WELFARE-TO-
WORK FUNDS FOR SUCCESSFUL PERFORM-
ANCE BONUS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(5) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)) is amended by striking
subparagraph (E) and redesignating subparagraphs (F)
through (K) as subparagraphs (E) through (J), respec-
tively.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 403(a)(5)(A)(i) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(A)(i)) is amended by striking
‘‘subparagraph (I)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph
(H)’’.
(2) Subclause (I) of each of subparagraphs
(A)(iv) and (B)(v) of section 403(a)(5) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(A)(iv)(I) and (B)(v)(I)) is
amended—
(A) in item (aa)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(I)’’ and inserting
‘‘(H)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘(G), and (H)’’ and
inserting ‘‘and (G)’’; and
(B) in item (bb), by striking ‘‘(F)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(E)’’.
(3) Section 403(a)(5)(B)(v) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(B)) is amended in the matter pre-
ceding subclause (I) by striking ‘‘(I)’’ and inserting
‘‘(H)’’.
(4) Subparagraphs (E) and (F) of section
403(a)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5) (F) and
(G)), as so redesignated by subsection (a) of this
section, are each amended by striking ‘‘(I)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(H)’’.
(5) Section 412(a)(3)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 612(a)(3)(A)) is amended by striking
‘‘403(a)(5)(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘403(a)(5)(H)’’.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 701. CHANGE DATES FOR ABSTINENCE EVALUATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(5)(G)(iii) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(G)(iii)), as so
redesignated by section 601(a) of this Act, is amended by
striking ‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’.
(b) 
INTERIM
REPORT
REQUIRED.—Section
403(a)(5)(G) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(G)), as so
redesignated, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iv) INTERIM
REPORT.—Not later
than January 1, 2002, the Secretary shall
submit to the Congress a interim report on
the evaluations referred to in clause (i).’’.
SEC. 702. REPORT ON UNDISTRIBUTED CHILD SUPPORT
PAYMENTS.
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall submit to the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Finance of the Senate a report on the procedures that
the States use generally to locate custodial parents for
whom child support has been collected but not yet distrib-
uted due to a change in address. The report shall include
an estimate of the total amount of such undistributed
child support and the average length of time it takes for
such child support to be distributed. The Secretary shall
include in the report recommendations as to whether addi-
tional procedures should be established at the State or
Federal level to expedite the payment of undistributed
child support.
SEC. 703. USE OF NEW HIRE INFORMATION TO ASSIST IN
ADMINISTRATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT COM-
PENSATION PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 453(j) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 653(j)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(7) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND DISCLO-
SURE TO ASSIST IN ADMINISTRATION OF UNEMPLOY-
MENT COMPENSATION PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a State agency re-
sponsible for the administration of an unem-
ployment compensation program under Federal
or State law transmits to the Secretary the
name and social security account number of an
individual, the Secretary shall, if the informa-
tion in the National Directory of New Hires in-
dicates that the individual may be employed,
disclose to the State agency the name, address,
and employer identification number of any pu-
tative employer of the individual, subject to this
paragraph.
‘‘(B) CONDITION
ON
DISCLOSURE.—The
Secretary shall make a disclosure under sub-
paragraph (A) only to the extent that the Sec-
retary determines that the disclosure would not
interfere with the effective operation of the pro-
gram under this part.
‘‘(C) USE
OF
INFORMATION.—A State
agency may use information provided under this
paragraph only for purposes of administering a
program referred to in subparagraph (A).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2000.
SEC. 704. IMMIGRATION PROVISIONS.
(a) NONIMMIGRANT ALIENS INELIGIBLE TO RE-
CEIVE VISAS
AND EXCLUDED FROM ADMISSION
FOR
NONPAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(a)(10) of the
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1182(a)(10)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(F) NONPAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT.—
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—Any 
non-
immigrant alien is inadmissible who is le-
gally obligated under a judgment, decree,
or order to pay child support (as defined in
section 459(i) of the Social Security Act),
and whose failure to pay such child sup-
port has resulted in an arrearage exceeding
$2,500, until child support payments
under the judgment, decree, or order are
satisfied or the nonimmigrant alien is in
compliance with an approved payment
agreement.
‘‘(ii) WAIVER AUTHORIZED.—The At-
torney General may waive the application
of clause (i) in the case of an alien, if the
Attorney General—
‘‘(I) has received a request for
the waiver from the court or adminis-
trative agency having jurisdiction over
the judgment, decree, or order obli-
gating the alien to pay child support
that is referred to in such clause; or
‘‘(II) determines that there are
prevailing humanitarian or public in-
terest concerns.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by this subsection shall take effect 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) AUTHORIZATION TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN
CHILD
SUPPORT
CASES
ON
CERTAIN
ARRIVING
ALIENS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 235(d) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(d)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) AUTHORITY TO SERVE PROCESS IN CHILD
SUPPORT CASES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—To the extent con-
sistent with State law, immigration officers are
authorized to serve on any alien who is an ap-
plicant for admission to the United States legal
process with respect to any action to enforce or
establish a legal obligation of an individual to
pay child support (as defined in section 459(i)
of the Social Security Act).
‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (A), the term ‘legal process’ means
any writ, order, summons or other similar proc-
ess, which is issued by—
‘‘(i) a court or an administrative
agency of competent jurisdiction in any
State, territory, or possession of the
United States; or
‘‘(ii) an authorized official pursuant to
an order of such a court or agency or pur-
suant to State or local law.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by this subsection shall apply to aliens applying for
admission to the United States on or after 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) AUTHORIZATION TO SHARE CHILD SUPPORT EN-
FORCEMENT INFORMATION TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION
AND NATURALIZATION LAW.—
(1) SECRETARIAL
RESPONSIBILITY.—Section
452 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(m) If the Secretary receives a certification by a
State agency, in accordance with section 454(37), that an
individual who is a nonimmigrant alien (as defined in sec-
tion 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act)
owes arrearages of child support in an amount exceeding
$2,500, the Secretary may, at the request of the State
agency, the Secretary of State, or the Attorney General,
or on the Secretary’s own initiative, provide such certifi-
cation to the Secretary of State and the Attorney General
information in order to enable them to carry out their re-
sponsibilities under sections 212(a)(10) and 235(d) of
such Act.’’.
(2) STATE AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY.—Section
454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654), as
amended by sections 101(c), 311(a), 312(a)(1),
321(a), and 322(a) of this Act, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (35);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (36) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (36) the
following:
‘‘(37) provide that the State agency will have in
effect a procedure for certifying to the Secretary, in
such format and accompained by such supporting
documentation as the Secretary may require, deter-
minations that nonimmigrant aliens owe arrearages
of child support in an amount exceeding $2,500.’’.
SEC. 705. CORRECTION OF ERRORS IN CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS IN THE WELFARE-TO-WORK
AND CHILD SUPPORT AMENDMENTS OF 1999.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(5) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)), as amended by sec-
tion 701(a) of this Act, is amended—
(1) 
in 
subparagraph 
(E), 
by 
striking
‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000’’;
(2) 
in 
subparagraph 
(F), 
by 
striking
‘‘$900,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$9,000,000’’;
(3) 
in 
subparagraph 
(G)(i), 
by 
striking
‘‘$300,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’.
(b) RETROACTIVITY.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) of this section shall take effect as if in-
cluded in the enactment of section 806 of H.R. 3424 of
the 106th Congress by section 1000(a)(4) of Public Law
106–113.
TITLE VIII—EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 801. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sections
101(e), 703(b), and 705(b), and in subsection (b) of this
section, this Act and the amendments made by this Act
shall take effect on October 1, 2001, and shall apply to
payments under part D of title IV of the Social Security
Act for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date,
and without regard to whether regulations to implement
such amendments are promulgated by such date.
(b) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE-
QUIRED.—In the case of a State plan approved under sec-
tion 454 of the Social Security Act which requires State
legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in
order for the plan to meet the additional requirements im-
posed by the amendments made by this Act, the State plan
shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the addi-
tional requirements solely on the basis of the failure of
the plan to meet the additional requirements before the
1st day of the 1st calendar quarter beginning after the
close of the 1st regular session of the State legislature that
begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. For
purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State
that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of such ses-
sion shall be deemed to be a separate regular session of
the State legislature.
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