(11) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘or child
abuse order’’ after ‘‘a domestic relations order’’;
(12) in paragraph (9), by inserting ‘‘or a quali-
fied child abuse order’’ after ‘‘a qualified domestic
relations order’’;
(13) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘or a
qualified child abuse order’’ after ‘‘a qualified do-
mestic relations order’’; and
(14) in paragraph (11), by inserting ‘‘(in the
case of a domestic relations order) or a qualified
child abuse order (in the case of a child abuse
order)’’ after ‘‘pursuant to a qualified domestic rela-
tions order’’, and by inserting ‘‘or a child abuse
order’’ after ‘‘pursuant to a domestic relations
order’’.
(d) TAX TREATMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS PURSUANT
TO QUALIFIED CHILD ABUSE ORDERS.—
(1) ALTERNATE PAYEE SHALL INCLUDE BENE-
FITS IN GROSS INCOME.—Paragraph (1) of section
402(e) of such Code (relating to alternate payee
under qualified domestic relations order treated as
distributee) is amended by inserting ‘‘or qualified
child abuse order’’ after ‘‘a qualified domestic rela-
tions order’’ each place it appears.
(2) ALLOCATION OF INVESTMENT IN THE CON-
TRACT.—Paragraph (10) of section 72(m) of such
Code (relating to determination of investment in the
contract in the case of qualified domestic relations
orders) is amended—
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND
QUALIFIED
CHILD
ABUSE
ORDERS’’ 
after
‘‘QUALIFIED
DOMESTIC
RELATIONS
ORDERS’’;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or qualified child abuse
order’’ after ‘‘a qualified domestic relations
order’’.
(3) CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF PARTIC-
IPANT FOR LUMP SUM TREATMENT.—
(A) Subparagraph (H) of section 402(d)(4)
of such Code (relating to balance to credit of
employee not to include amounts payable under
qualified 
domestic 
relations 
order) 
is
amended—
(i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘OR
QUALIFIED
CHILD
ABUSE
ORDER’’ after
‘‘QUALIFIED
DOMESTIC
RELATIONS
ORDER’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or qualified child
abuse order’’ after ‘‘a qualified domestic
relations order’’.
(B) Subparagraph (J) of section 402(d)(4)
of such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘, or
under a qualified child abuse order (within the
meaning of section 414(p)) of the balance to
the credit of an alternate payee,’’ after ‘‘former
spouse of the employee’’.
SEC. 404. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this title shall take effect
on January 1, 1999, except that, in the case of a child
abuse order entered before such date, the plan
administrator—
(1) shall treat such order as a qualified child
abuse order if such administrator is paying benefits
pursuant to such order on such date, and
(2) may treat any other such order entered be-
fore such date as a qualified child abuse order even
if such order does not meet the requirements of such
amendments.
TITLE V—FAMILY SAFETY
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Family Safety Act’’.
SEC. 502. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 7(a) of the Parental Kid-
naping Prevention Act of 1980 (94 Stat. 3568; 28 U.S.C.
1738A note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(3);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (4) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(5) existing Federal and State laws are inad-
equate to protect parents from domestic violence and
to protect children from sexual assault and may
punish them when they seek to protect themselves;
and
‘‘(6) failures of State judicial and child protec-
tion systems may result in the inappropriate place-
ment of children in the custody of abusive parents
or punishment of nonabusing parents who attempt
to protect themselves or their children.’’.
(b) CONCLUSION.—Section 7(b) of such Act is
amended by inserting ‘‘to establish standards to prevent
children from being returned to abusive parents,’’ after
‘‘with such disputes,’’.
(c) PURPOSES.—Section 7(c) of such Act is
amended—