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Union Calendar No. 800 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7906 
[Report No. 118–951] 
To improve the effectiveness and available tools of State and tribal child 
support enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2024 
Mr. HERN (for himself, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. SMUCKER, Ms. MOORE of Wis-
consin, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and Mr. LAHOOD) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
DECEMBER 24, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. CAREY, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mrs. 
DINGELL, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. MOORE of Utah, 
Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. MANN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. STEIL, Mrs. 
LESKO, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. CHU, Mr. 
POCAN, Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. 
SCHOLTEN, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 
ESTES, Mrs. MILLER
of West Virginia, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. 
FISCHBACH, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. KELLY
of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
WENSTRUP, Mr. STEUBE, Mrs. STEEL, Mrs. HINSON, and Mr. 
LANGWORTHY 
DECEMBER 24, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 9, 2024] 
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A BILL 
To improve the effectiveness and available tools of State 
and tribal child support enforcement agencies, and for 
other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Strengthening State and 
Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRIBAL CHILD 
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 
(a) IMPROVING THE COLLECTION OF PAST-DUE CHILD 
SUPPORT THROUGH STATE AND TRIBAL PARITY IN THE 
ALLOWABLE USE OF TAX INFORMATION.— 
(1) AMENDMENT
TO
THE
SOCIAL
SECURITY 
ACT.—Section 464 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 664) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY TO INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL 
ORGANIZATIONS
RECEIVING
A
GRANT
UNDER
THIS 
PART.—This section, except for the requirement to dis-
tribute amounts in accordance with section 457, shall apply 
to an Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant 
under section 455(f) in the same manner in which this sec-
tion applies to a State with a plan approved under this 
part.’’. 
(2) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE 
CODE.— 
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(A) Section 6103(a)(2) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘any 
local child support enforcement agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘any tribal or local child support en-
forcement agency’’. 
(B) Section 6103(a)(3) of such Code is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, (8)’’ after ‘‘(6)’’. 
(C) Section 6103(l) of such Code is amend-
ed— 
(i) in paragraph (6)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘or local’’ in sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘tribal, 
or local’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘AND LOCAL’’ in 
the heading thereof and inserting 
‘‘TRIBAL, AND LOCAL’’; 
(III) by striking ‘‘The following’’ 
in subparagraph (B) and inserting 
‘‘The’’; 
(IV) by striking the colon and all 
that follows in subparagraph (B) and 
inserting a period; and 
(V) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(D) STATE, TRIBAL, OR LOCAL CHILD SUP-
PORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, the following shall be treated as 
a State, tribal, or local child support enforce-
ment agency: 
‘‘(i) Any agency of a State or political 
subdivision thereof operating pursuant to a 
plan described in section 454 of the Social 
Security Act which has been approved by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices under part D of title IV of such Act. 
‘‘(ii) Any child support enforcement 
agency of an Indian tribe or tribal organi-
zation receiving a grant under section 
455(f) of the Social Security Act.’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (8)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘or State or local’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
State, tribal, or local’’; 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘enforced pursuant to a plan 
described’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘of such Act’’ and inserting ‘‘enforced 
pursuant to the provisions of part D of 
title IV of the Social Security Act’’; 
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(III) by adding at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) the following: ‘‘The in-
formation disclosed to any child sup-
port enforcement agency under sub-
paragraph (A) with respect to any in-
dividual with respect to whom child 
support obligations are sought to be es-
tablished or enforced may be disclosed 
by such agency to any agent of such 
agency which is under contract with 
such agency for purposes of, and to the 
extent necessary in, establishing and 
collecting child support obligations 
from, and locating, individuals owing 
such obligations.’’; 
(IV) by striking subparagraph (C) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) STATE, TRIBAL, OR LOCAL CHILD SUP-
PORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, the term ‘State, tribal, or local 
child support enforcement agency’ has the same 
meaning as when used in paragraph (6)(D).’’; 
and 
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poses of this subsection, any reference to a State 
shall include a reference to any Indian tribe or 
tribal organization receiving a grant under sec-
tion 455(f) of the Social Security Act.’’. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPORTS.—Section 453(g) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(g)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘STATE’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and State’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
State, and tribal’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Paragraphs (7) and 
(33) of section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
654) are each amended by striking ‘‘450b’’ and inserting 
‘‘5304’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 800 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7906 
[Report No. 118–951] 
A BILL 
To improve the effectiveness and available tools of 
State and tribal child support enforcement agen-
cies, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 24, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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