SEC. 213. ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENA POWER.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 212, is amended by inserting after paragraph (19)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(20) Procedures under which the State agency
may issue subpoenas that require the individual
served to produce and deliver documents to or to ap-
pear at a court or administrative agency on a certain
date and may sanction an individual for failing to
obey the subpoena’s command.’’.
TITLE III—PARENTAGE
SEC. 301. PARENTAGE.
(a) STATE PLAN.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 454 (42 U.S.C.
654), as amended by section 204, is amended by
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (24), by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (25) and
inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after paragraph
(25) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(26) in order to encourage voluntary paternity
acknowledgement, provide for—
‘‘(A) the development and distribution of
material at schools, hospitals, agencies admin-
istering the programs under part A of this title
and title XIX, prenatal health-care providers,
WIC programs, health departments, clinics, and
other appropriate locations that describe the
benefits and responsibilities of paternity estab-
lishment and the process by which paternity
services may be obtained,
‘‘(B) outreach programs at hospitals and
birthing facilities and programs for prenatal
care, child birth, and parenting, and
‘‘(C) the use of consent procedures.’’.
(2) ENHANCED
FEDERAL
MATCH.—Section
455(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 655(a)(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B), by
inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of
subparagraph (C), and by inserting after subpara-
graph (C) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) equal to 90 percent (rather than the
percentage specified in subparagraph (A)) of so
much of the sums expended during such quar-
ter as are attributable to costs incurred in car-
rying out the purposes of section 454(26);’’.
(b) STATE LAW.—Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a))
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘at the option of the State,’’ in
paragraph (2)(B), and
(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (5) the
following new subparagraphs:
‘‘(C) Procedures under which—
‘‘(i) the opportunity to establish paternity
voluntarily and by simple affidavit is available
to the unmarried parents of a child at the time
of the child’s birth by requiring hospitals and
birthing facilities to make explanatory materials
and forms available to the parents as part of
the birth certificate process;
‘‘(ii) a simple, civil consent procedure is
available at any time for individuals who agree
to acknowledge parentage of a child;
‘‘(iii) an acknowledgment of parentage may
be incorporated in a witnessed, written state-
ment that includes a statement that—
‘‘(I) the individual signing such state-
ment understands the consequences of pa-
ternity establishment,
‘‘(II) such individual is signing the
statement voluntarily,
‘‘(III) such individual does not object
to the court entering an order for parent-
age, based on the acknowledgment, without
notice prior to the entry of the order and
without the requirement of pleadings, serv-
ice, summons, testimony or a hearing, and
‘‘(IV) such individual understands
that signing such statement may create an
obligation to provide child support; and
‘‘(iv) if under State law a court order is re-
quired to establish paternity, an acknowledg-
ment of parentage as provided for under clause
(iii) shall be filed with a State court of appro-
priate jurisdiction within 10 days and a pater-
nity order based on such acknowledgment shall
be established without the requirement of plead-
ings, service, summons, testimony or a hearing.
‘‘(D) Procedures under which the opportunity
to establish paternity is available to unmarried par-
ents when paternity is contested through an admin-
istrative procedure in accordance with State due
process and subject to review de novo by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
‘‘(E) Procedures under which an individual who
voluntarily acknowledges paternity may request ge-
netic tests within 1 year of such acknowledgment.
‘‘(F) Procedures under which collection of in-
formation for support determination may be done
concurrently with the parentage acknowledgment
process, so long as consistent with State constitu-
tional law.
‘‘(G) Procedures under which—
‘‘(i) the State shall use a civil procedure
(and not a criminal procedure) for the estab-
lishment of parentage;
‘‘(ii) the standard of evidence for such es-
tablishment is a preponderance of the evidence;
and
‘‘(iii) a party may bring a parentage action
without joinder of the named child and the
State’s law regarding privity of the parties shall
govern the res judicata effect of nonjoinder.
‘‘(H) Procedures under which the State estab-
lishes a threshold percentage of probability of par-
entage or a threshold percentage of likelihood of ex-
clusion of those wrongfully accused which creates a
presumption of parentage if such parentage testing
results are admitted and uncontroverted.
‘‘(I) Procedures under which a resolution of
parentage may be made against a noncooperative
party who refuses to submit to an order by a court
for parentage testing.
‘‘(J) Procedures under which any objection to
the parentage testing or to the results of that testing
must be made in writing at least 21 days prior to
trial, and if no objection is made, the test result is
admitted to prove the truth of the matter asserted,
without the need for the attendance of a representa-
tive of the hospital, clinic, or parentage laboratory,
except that a party is not prohibited from calling an
outside expert witness to refute or support the test-
ing procedure or results, or the mathematical theory
on which the test results are based.
‘‘(K) Procedures under which the introduction
and admission into evidence, without the need for
third-party foundation testimony, of prenatal and
post-natal parentage-testing bills is allowed and each
bill is regarded as prima facie evidence of the
amount incurred on behalf of the child for the proce-
dures included in the bill.
‘‘(L) Procedures under which the State may
enter a default order in parentage cases upon proper
showing of evidence of parentage and of service of
process on the defendant, without requiring the per-
sonal presence of the plaintiff.
‘‘(M) Procedures under which temporary sup-
port orders are entered if—
‘‘(i) the parentage testing results create a
presumption of parentage,
‘‘(ii) the individual from whom support is
sought has signed a verified statement of par-
entage; or
‘‘(iii) other clear and convincing evidence is
presented that such individual is the child’s
parent.
‘‘(N) Procedures under which a party whose
parentage has been previously established by law
may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a child
support action.’’.
TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT
SEC. 401. ANTI-ASSIGNMENT CLAUSES AMENDED.
Section 462(f)(2) (42 U.S.C. 662(f)(2)) is amended
by striking ‘‘(not including’’ and all that follows through
‘‘compensation)’’.
SEC. 402. NATIONAL REPORTING OF NEW HIRES AND CHILD
SUPPORT INFORMATION.
(a) FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION OF SYSTEM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor,
shall establish a system of reporting of new employ-
ees by requiring employers to provide a copy of every
new employee’s W–4 form to the child support en-
forcement agency of the State in which the employ-
ment is located.
(2) EXPANDED USE OF FORM.—The Secretary
of the Treasury shall modify the W–4 form com-
pleted by the new employee to include—
(A) whether a child support obligation is
owed by the new employee, and if so, to whom
such obligation is payable and the amount of
such obligation,
(B) whether payment of such obligation is
to be by income withholding, and
(C) whether the new employee has health
care insurance available.
(3) EMPLOYER WITHHOLDING OBLIGATION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to employ-
ment taxes) is amended by inserting after chap-
ter 24 the following new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 24A—COLLECTION OF CHILD
SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS AT SOURCE
OF WAGES
‘‘Sec. 3411. Child support obligations collected at source of wages.
‘‘SEC. 3411. CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS COLLECTED AT
SOURCE OF WAGES.
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT OF WITHHOLDING.—Every em-
ployer making payment of wages shall deduct and with-
hold upon such wages a specified child support obligation
amount.
‘‘(b) SPECIFIED
CHILD
SUPPORT
OBLIGATION
AMOUNT.—For purposes of this chapter, the specified
child support obligation amount with respect to any em-
ployee shall be determined based on information provided
by the employee that has been confirmed or corrected by
the State enforcing the wage withholding within which the
employer is located under procedures described in section
466(a)(21) of the Social Security Act.
‘‘(c) LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT.—The employer shall
be liable for the payment of the specified child support
obligation amount to the payee identified by the employee.
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this chapter
(and so much of subtitle F as relates to this chapter), any
specified child support obligation amount shall be treated
as if it were a tax withheld under chapter 24 and rules
similar to the rules of such chapter shall apply.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the
terms ‘wages’, ‘employee’ and ‘‘employer’ shall have the
meanings given to such terms by subsections (a), (c), and
(d), respectively.’’
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of
chapters of subtitle C of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the
item relating to chapter 24 the following new
item:
‘‘CHAPTER 24A. Child support obligations collected at source of
wages.’’.
(4) WITHHELD CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS
REPORTED ON W–2 FORMS.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 6051 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (re-
lating to receipts for employees) is amended by
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (8), by strik-
ing the period at the end of paragraph (9) and in-
serting ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after paragraph
(9) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(10) the total amount of specified child sup-
port obligations withheld under section 3411.’’.
(b) STATE IMPLEMENTATION OF SYSTEM.—Section
466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by section 213,
is amended by inserting after paragraph (20) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(21) Procedures under which the State shall—
‘‘(A) impose monetary penalties on—
‘‘(i) any individual who owes child
support obligations who fails to report
such obligations on a Federal income tax
W–4 form at time of employment;
‘‘(ii) any employer who fails to for-
ward such W–4 form to the State child
support enforcement agency within 10 cal-
endar days of the date of the employment
of such individual; and
‘‘(iii) any employer who fails to with-
hold the child support obligation and dis-
burse such obligation to the individual
owed such obligation within 10 calendar
days of the date of the payroll, using elec-
tronic funds transfer, if possible, unless
otherwise notified by such State agency;
‘‘(B) confirm the information provided
under subparagraph (A)(ii) or identify child
support obligations that have not been reported
by the new employee through the use of the
Parent Locator System established under sec-
tion 453;
‘‘(C) notify the employer in cases where
the employee has not correctly reported on the
W–4 using a standard wage withholding notice
developed by the Federal Office of Child Sup-
port Enforcement under section 452(a)(14);
‘‘(D) broadcast over the Parent Locator
System to other States information based on
W–4 form information that has been sent to the
State child support enforcement agency; and
‘‘(E) in the event of a match between the
W–4 related information and the abstract of
support orders on file in the State registry of
child support orders, notify the individual owed
a child support obligation or such individual’s
designee of such information.
If an individual owed a child support obligation who
is not utilizing the State program under this part
desires the wage withholding services described in
this paragraph, such individual shall be required to
apply for assistance under the State plan.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions and amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on and after
January 1, 1998.
SEC. 403. DIRECT INCOME WITHHOLDING.
(a) STATE LAW.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 466(b) (42 U.S.C.
666(b)) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new paragraphs:
‘‘(11) Any individual or entity engaged in com-
merce, as a condition of doing business in the State,
shall honor income withholding notices or orders is-
sued by a court or agency of any other State. Serv-
ice of the notice may be by first-class mail, or di-
rectly served on the income source. The individual or
entity served shall immediately provide a copy of the
notice to the employee. The individual or entity shall
honor the withholding notice or order—
‘‘(A) if such notice or order is regular on
its face,
‘‘(B) regardless of the location of the em-
ployee’s workplace.
If such notice or order is fully complied with, the in-
dividual or entity may not be held liable for wrongful
withholding.
‘‘(12) In any case under this part, if a contest
to or refusal to comply with an income withholding
notice or order occurs, the State seeking withholding
shall send an informational copy of the withholding
notice or order to the registry established under sub-
section (a)(14) in the State in which the employee
is employed or which is the source of the income.’’.
(2) CONTEST HEARING.—Paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 466(b) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) If the employee requests a hearing to con-
test the withholding based on a mistake of fact, that
hearing may be held in the State of the income
source or the State of the employee’s employment,
with a determination made within 45 days of the
mailing of the withholding notice or order to the in-
come source. The State where any hearing is held
shall provide the appropriate services in cases en-
forced under the State plan to ensure that the inter-
ests of the individual owed the child support obliga-
tion are represented.’’.
(3) EMPLOYER
RECORDS.—Paragraph (6) of
section 466(b) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(E) The employer shall maintain records of
payroll deductions taken in compliance with this sec-
tion and make such records available upon request
to the State or individual enforcing the wage with-
holding order.’’.
(b) 
UNIFORM
WITHHOLDING
NOTICE.—Section
452(a) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)), as amended by section 211,
is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(12), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (13)
and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after paragraph
(13) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(14) develop a uniform withholding notice to
be used in all income withholding cases, such notice
to list the number of children covered by such notice
and to be generic to allow for the service of the same
notice on subsequent or concurrent sources of in-
come without the necessity of obtaining from the
decisionmaker a new, income-source-specific notice.’’.
SEC. 404. PRIORITY OF WAGE WITHHOLDING.
Section 466(b) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 403, is amended by inserting after paragraph (14)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(13) Procedures under which, absent a request
by the custodial parent, the presumptive priority of
withholding under a child support or income with-
holding order is—
‘‘(A) payments on current support obliga-
tions,
‘‘(B) payments of premiums for health in-
surance for dependent children, and
‘‘(C) payments on past due child support
obligations and unreimbursed health-care ex-
penses.
In the case of multiple withholding orders affecting
the same employee, payments shall be made to each
child on a pro rata basis.’’.
SEC. 405. DEFINITION OF INCOME SUBJECT TO WITHHOLD-
ING INCLUDES WORKERS’ COMPENSATION.
Section 462 (42 U.S.C. 662(f)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘For purposes of section 459’’
and inserting ‘‘For purposes of section 459 and, in
the case of subsection (f), this part’’,
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) of subsection (f) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and
(3) by adding at the end of subsection (f) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) workers’ compensation benefits.’’.
SEC. 406. CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION ACT AMEND-
MENTS.
(a) PREEMPTION OF STATE LAWS.—Section 307 of
the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1677) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘This’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), this’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(1);
(3) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) providing a cause of action, either by the
State or a private individual, to enforce a Federal or
State law related to garnishment for the purpose of
securing child support.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a)(1) does not apply
to the laws of any State that prohibit or restrict garnish-
ments for the purpose of securing support for any per-
son.’’.
(b) OTHER FORMS OF INCOME.—Title III of the
Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 308. OTHER FORMS OF INCOME.
‘‘This title does not apply to forms of income that
are not earnings within the definition contained in section
302(a).’’.
(c) PRIORITY OF DEBTS.—Title III of the Consumer
Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), as amend-
ed by subsection (b), is further amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 309. PRIORITY OF DEBTS.
‘‘If an individual’s disposable earnings are not suffi-
cient to pay—
‘‘(1) a garnishment intended to satisfy a Fed-
eral debt; and
‘‘(2) a garnishment intended to satisfy a debt
related to the support of any child,
the Federal debt shall be satisfied through garnishment
only after the debt related to child support has first been
satisfied.’’.
(d) ADDITIONAL
INDEBTEDNESS
IN
ANTI-DIS-
CHARGE SECTION.—Section 304 of the Consumer Credit
Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1674) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(c) The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall
apply to any employee whose earnings are subject to gar-
nishment for more than one indebtedness, if the additional
indebtedness arises from an order for the support of a
child.’’.
SEC. 407. ELECTION OF REMEDIES PROHIBITION.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 402, is amended by inserting after paragraph (21)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(22) Procedures under which the doctrine of
election of remedies may not be invoked in child sup-
port cases.’’.
SEC. 408. OCCUPATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS
LICENSES
(a) STATE HOLD BASED ON WARRANT OR SUPPORT
DELINQUENCY.—Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as
amended by section 407, is amended by inserting after
paragraph (22) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(23) Procedures under which the State occu-
pational licensing and regulating departments and
agencies may not issue or renew occupational, pro-
fessional, or business licenses of—
‘‘(A) noncustodial parents who are the sub-
ject of outstanding failure to appear warrants,
capiases, and bench warrants related to a child
support proceeding that appear on the State’s
crime information system, until removed from
the system; and
‘‘(B) individuals who are delinquent in
their child support obligation, until the pro se
obligee, the obligee’s attorney, or a State pros-
ecutor responsible for child support enforcement
consents to, or a court that is responsible for
the order’s enforcement orders, the release of
the hold on the license, or an expedited inquiry
and review is completed while such individual is
granted a 60-day temporary license.’’.
(b) FEDERAL HOLD BASED ON SUPPORT DELIN-
QUENCY.—No Federal agency may issue or renew occupa-
tional, professional, or business licenses of individuals who
are delinquent in their child support obligation, until the
pro se obligee, the obligee’s attorney or a State prosecutor
responsible for child support enforcement consents to, or
a court that is responsible for the order’s enforcement or-
ders, the release of the hold on the license, or an expedited
inquiry and review is completed while such individual is
granted a 60-day temporary license.
(c) WAIVER OF FEDERAL IMMUNITY.—The Federal
Government shall waive its sovereign immunity claims for
this limited purpose and cooperate fully with local and
State officials regarding license issuances or renewals.
SEC. 409. DRIVER’S LICENSES.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 408, is amended by inserting after paragraph (23)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(24) Procedures under which the State motor
vehicle department may not issue or renew a driver’s
license (other than a temporary license of not more
than 60-days duration) of any noncustodial parent
who is the subject of an outstanding failure to ap-
pear warrant, capias, or bench warrant related to a
child support proceeding that appears on the State’s
crime information system, until removed from the
system.’’.
SEC. 410. ATTACHMENT OF BANK ACCOUNTS.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 409, is amended by inserting after paragraph (24)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(25) Procedures under which the State shall
authorize post-judgment seizure of the bank ac-
counts of delinquent child support obligors without
the need to obtain a separate court order for the at-
tachment. The funds shall be frozen pending notice
to and an expedited opportunity to be heard for the
account holder or holders. If the account holder or
holders do not successfully challenge the freeze, the
part of the account subject to the freeze up to the
amount of the child support debt shall be turned
over to the individual or State seeking the execu-
tion.’’.
SEC. 411. LOTTERIES, SETTLEMENTS, PAYOUTS, AWARDS,
AND FORFEITURES.
Paragraph (4) of section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a))
is amended by inserting before the period the following:
‘‘, including the following:
‘‘(A) A lottery player’s winnings from a
State lottery or a gambler’s winnings in a
State-sanctioned or tribal-sanctioned gambling
house or casino held by the distributor.
‘‘(B) Insurance settlements or policy pay-
outs held by the insurance carrier or the risk-
holder.
‘‘(C) State or Federal court awards, judg-
ments, or settlements held by either the attor-
ney for the payor or the pro se payor.
‘‘(D) Property seized and forfeited to the
State when an individual has been convicted of
a crime involving forfeiture of property.’’.
SEC. 412. FRAUDULENT TRANSFER PURSUIT.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 410, is amended by inserting after paragraph (25)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(26) Procedures that allow the State to void
fraudulent conveyances of property that are made in
an attempt to avoid child support obligations.’’.
SEC. 413. FULL IRS COLLECTION.
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
Services should instruct the field offices and agents of the
Internal Revenue Service to give a high priority to re-
quests for the use of full collection in delinquent child sup-
port cases, and to set uniform standards for full collection
to ensure its expeditious and effective implementation.
(b) SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE.—The Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, shall by regulation simplify the full col-
lection process and reduce the amount of child support
arrearage needed before an individual may apply for full
collection, and shall report to the Congress by January
1, 1995, on the actions taken and the effect of such ac-
tions.
SEC. 414. BONDS.
Paragraph (6) of section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a))
is amended by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(6)’’ and by adding
at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) In cases not involving absent parents, pro-
cedures which allow the posting of a cash bond, se-
curity deposit, or personal undertaking with the
State child enforcement agency if child support pay-
ments are not timely made, with the refund of funds
(other than the costs of posting) if the individual
who owes a child support obligation makes full pay-
ments for a prescribed period of time.’’.
SEC. 415. TAX OFFSET FOR NONAFDC POST-MINOR CHILD.
Section 464(c) (42 U.S.C. 664(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), as’’ and inserting ‘‘As’’, and
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).
SEC. 416. ATTACHMENT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RETIRE-
MENT FUNDS.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 412, is amended by inserting after paragraph (26)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(27) Procedures under which—
‘‘(A) an individual owed a child support
obligation may attach lump sum funds invested
by the individual who owes such obligation or
the employer of such individual in public and
private retirement plans, including any funds
that are prematurely reachable by such individ-
ual without loss of employment even if the dis-
tribution would cause a penalty or tax to such
individual for early withdrawal;
‘‘(B) all early withdrawal penalties or taxes
remain the responsibility of the individual who
owes such obligation; and
‘‘(C) the attachment is made without the
requirement of a separate court order, with no-
tice and an expedited hearing provided if re-
quested.’’.
SEC. 417. REPORTING TO CREDIT BUREAUS.
Section 466(a)(7)(A) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(7)(A)) is
amended by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2-month’s
worth of support’’.
SEC. 418. CRIMINAL NONSUPPORT.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 416 is amended by inserting after paragraph (27)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(28) Procedures under which—
‘‘(A) criminal nonsupport penalties may be
imposed; and
‘‘(B) the use immunity may be granted to
compel testimony in civil child support proceed-
ings where the defendant claims a Fifth
Amendment privilege against self-incrimination,
and once granted, bars Federal or other State
prosecution for criminal nonsupport based on
the testimony given in the civil proceeding in
which use immunity was granted.’’.
SEC. 419. STATUTES OF LIMITATION.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C.
666(a)), as amended by section 418, is amended by insert-
ing after paragraph (28) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(29) Procedures which permit the enforcement
of any child support order until at least the child’s
30th birthday.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to orders entered before, on, and
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 420. INTEREST.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 419, is amended by inserting after paragraph (29)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(30) Procedures under which the State child
support enforcement agency is required to assess
and collect interest on all child support judgments,
at the rate determined for interest on money judg-
ments, and in addition to any late payment fee im-
posed by the State under section 454(21).’’.
SEC. 421. HEALTH-CARE ENFORCEMENT.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 420, is amended by inserting after paragraph (30)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(31) Procedures under which—
‘‘(A) a rebuttable presumption is estab-
lished that the individual owed a child support
obligation shall have the right to choose the ap-
propriate health care insurance for the children
of the parties;
‘‘(B) in making the appropriate order for
health care insurance, the court shall consider
the availability, coverage, and cost of any pro-
posed insurance plan;
‘‘(C) 
the 
insurance 
premium 
and
noncovered health care expenses are appor-
tioned between the parents pursuant to a for-
mula included in the State’s child support
guideline;
ent coverage including the name of the in-
surer,
‘‘(ii) the employer or union or insurer
shall provide all necessary reimbursement
forms to such individual, and
‘‘(iii) the employer or union shall pro-
vide claim forms and enrollment cards to
such individual and honor the signature of
such individual on the claim form;
‘‘(H) courts shall quantify ‘reasonable cost’
in the order providing for medical support; and
‘‘(I) employers located in the State are re-
quired to provide notice, using an address pro-
vided by the State child support enforcement
agency, to the custodial parent for children of
any termination or change in benefit of an in-
surance plan under which children in the par-
ent’s care are covered.’’.
SEC. 422. BANKRUPTCY.
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 101 of title 11, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (12)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(12a) ‘debt for child support’ means a debt to
a child for maintenance for or support of the child
within the meaning of section 523(a)(5).’’.
(b) EXCEPTION FROM AUTOMATIC STAY.—Section
362(b) of title 11, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’;
(2) by adding ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(B) under subsection (a), of the commence-
ment or continuation of a civil action or administra-
tive proceeding against the debtor—
‘‘(i) to establish parentage;
‘‘(ii) to establish, review, adjust, or modify
a judgment or order creating a debt for child
support; or
‘‘(iii) to enforce or collect on a judgment or
order issued in such an action or proceeding;’’.
(c) TREATMENT OF DEBT FOR CHILD SUPPORT IN
PROCEEDINGS UNDER CHAPTERS 11, 12, AND 13.—
(1) CHAPTER 11.—Section 1123(a) of title 11,
United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (6);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(8) provide for the full payment when due of
debts for child support, unless the parent in custody
or guardian of the child agrees otherwise.’’.
(2) CHAPTER 12.—Section 1222(a) of title 11,
United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(4) provide for the full payment when due of
debts for child support, unless the parent in custody
or guardian of the child agrees otherwise.’’.
(3) CHAPTER 13.—Section 1322(a) of title 11,
United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(4) provide for the full payment when due of
debts for child support, unless the parent in custody
or guardian of the child agrees otherwise.’’.
(d) ASSERTION OF CLAIM FOR CHILD SUPPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 5 of
title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 511. Assertion of claim for child support
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A claim for payment of a debt
for child support may be asserted by the filing of a claim
form that describes the debt.
‘‘(b) FEE.—No fee shall be charged for the filing of
a claim described in subsection (a).
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS
FOR APPEARANCE.—A claim
described in subsection (a) may be made in any court by
a person appearing—
‘‘(1) in proper person; or
‘‘(2) through an attorney admitted to practice
in any district court, without the attorney’s being re-
quired to meet any admission requirements other
than those applicable in the district in which the at-
torney is admitted to practice.’’.
(2) BANKRUPTCY RULES.—Pursuant to section
2705 of title 28, United States Code, the Bank-
ruptcy Rules shall be amended as necessary to im-
plement section 511 of title 11, United States Code,
as added by paragraph (1); until the Bankruptcy
Rules are so amended, any provision of the Bank-
ruptcy Rules or the rules of any court that is incon-
sistent with that section is superseded by that sec-
tion.
(e) CLARIFICATION OF THE NONDISCHARGEABILITY
OF STATE PUBLIC DEBTS AND ASSIGNED CHILD SUP-
PORT BASED
ON
THE PROVISION
OF EXPENDITURES
UNDER PARTS A AND E OF TITLE IV OF THE SOCIAL
SECURITY ACT.—Section 523 of title 11, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(f) For the purposes of subsection (a)(5), a debt to
a child of the debtor for maintenance for or support of
the child includes State public debts and assigned child
support based on the provision of expenditures under
parts A and E of title IV of the Social Security Act (43
U.S.C. 401 et seq. and 470 et seq.).’’.
SEC. 423. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COOPERATION IN EN-
FORCEMENT OF SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS OF
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND
OTHER PERSONS ENTITLED TO PAYMENTS
BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF CURRENT LOCATOR INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regula-
tions providing for each worldwide personnel locator serv-
ice of the Armed Forces and each installation personnel
locator service of the Armed Forces—
(1) to include the residential address of each
member of the Armed Forces listed in such service;
(2) in the case of a change of duty station or
residential address of a member so listed, to be up-
dated with regard to the residential address of the
member within 30 days after the change of duty sta-
tion or residential address; and
(3) to make the information regarding the
member’s residential address available, on request,
to any authorized person (as defined in section
453(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(c))
for the purposes of part D of title IV of such Act.
(b) FACILITATING THE GRANTING OF LEAVE FOR
ATTENDANCE AT HEARINGS.—
(1) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Secretary
of each military department shall prescribe regula-
tions to facilitate the granting of leave to a member
of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of that
Secretary when necessary for the member to attend
a hearing of a Court that is conducted in connection
with a civil action—
(A) to determine whether the member is a
natural parent of a child; or
(B) to determine an obligation of the mem-
ber to provide child support.
(2) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The regulations may
authorize a waiver of the applicability of the regula-
tions to a member of the Armed Forces when—
(A) the member is serving in an area of
combat operations; or
(B) such a waiver is otherwise necessary in
the national security interest of the United
States.
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(A) The term ‘‘Court’’ has the meaning
given such term in section 1408(a) of title 10,
United States Code.
(B) The term ‘‘child support’’ has the
meaning given such term in section 462 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 662).
(c) PAYMENT OF MILITARY RETIRED PAY IN COM-
PLIANCE WITH COURT ORDERS.—
(1) DATE
OF
CERTIFICATION
OF
COURT
ORDER.—Section 1408 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (i); and
(B) by inserting after subsection (g) the
following new subsection (h):
‘‘(h) CERTIFICATION DATE.—It is not necessary that
the date of a certification of the authenticity or complete-
ness of a copy of a court order for child support received
by the Secretary concerned for the purposes of this section
be recent in relation to the date of receipt.’’.
(2) PAYMENTS
CONSISTENT
WITH
ASSIGN-
MENTS OF RIGHTS TO STATES.—
(A) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (d)(1) of
such section is amended by inserting after the
first sentence the following: ‘‘In the case of a
spouse or former spouse who, pursuant to sec-
tion 402(a)(26) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 602(26)), assigns to a State the rights
of the spouse or former spouse to receive sup-
port, the Secretary concerned may make the
child support payments referred to in the pre-
ceding sentence to that State in amounts con-
sistent with the assignment of rights.’’.
(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection
(c)(2) of such section is amended—
(i) by inserting after the first sentence
the following: ‘‘The second sentence of sub-
section (d)(1) shall not be construed to
create any such right, title, or interest.’’;
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’;
and
(ii) by designating the last sentence as
subparagraph (B).
(3) ARREARAGES OWED BY MEMBERS OF THE
UNIFORMED
SERVICES.—Part D of title IV (42
U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by inserting after
section 465 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 465A. PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT ARREARAGES
OWED BY MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES.
‘‘Any authority, requirement, or procedure provided
in this part or section 1408 of title 10, United States
Code, that applies to the payment of child support owed
by a member of the uniformed services (as defined in sec-
tion 101 of title 37, United States Code) shall apply to
the payment of child support arrearages as well as to
amounts of child support that are currently due.’’.
SEC. 424. UIFSA ENDORSEMENT.
Section 466 (42 U.S.C. 666) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) In order to satisfy section 454(20)(A), each
State must have in effect laws which adopt without mate-
rial change by January 1, 1996, the officially approved
version of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on
Uniform State Laws and approved by the American Bar
Association House of Delegates on February 9, 1993.’’.
TITLE V—COLLECTION AND
DISTRIBUTION
SEC. 501. PRIORITY OF DISTRIBUTION OF COLLECTIONS.
(a) STATE DISTRIBUTION PLAN.—Section 457 (42
U.S.C. 657) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(e) The amounts collected as support by a State
pursuant to a plan approved under this part during any
fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1994 (except
amounts collected through a tax refund offset), shall (sub-
ject to subsection (d) be distributed as follows:
‘‘(1) To a current month’s child support obliga-
tion.
‘‘(2) After the fulfillment of the current
month’s obligation, to debts owed the family (other
than obligations under this title); if any right to
child support were assigned to the State, then all ar-
rearages that accrued after the child no longer re-
ceived assistance under this title are to be distrib-
uted to the family; States may include any
preassignment family-debt arrearages at this priority
level.
‘‘(3) To reimburse the State making the collec-
tion for any assistance payments made to the family
(with appropriate reimbursement of the Federal
Government to the extent of its participation in the
financing).
‘‘(4) To reimburse other States for payments
described in paragraph (3) (in the order in which
such payments occurred). The collecting State shall
continue to enforce the order until all such payments
have been reimbursed and to transmit the collections
and identifying information to the other State.’’.
(b) STUDY AND PILOT PROJECTS.—The Comptroller
General of the United States (hereafter in this subsection
referred to as the ‘‘Comptroller General’’) shall analyze
the existing child support distribution system under sec-
tion 457 of the Social Security Act and authorize pilot
projects for the distribution of arrearages in the following
order:
(1) Application of all support collected first to
a current month’s child support obligation.
(2) Application of funds collected in excess of
the amount of the current month’s obligation to
debts owed the family (other than obligations under
this title).
(3) Using funds collected in excess of the debts
to the family and in excess of the amount of the cur-
rent support obligation, to reimburse the State mak-
ing the collection for any assistance payments made
to the family (with appropriate reimbursement of the
Federal Government to the extent of its participa-
tion in the financing).
(4) Using funds collected in excess of the cur-
rent month’s support obligation after the debt to the
family and the collecting State have been satisfied,
to reimburse other States for payments described in
paragraph (3) (in the order in which such payments
occurred). The collecting State shall continue to en-
force the order until all such payments have been re-
imbursed and to transmit the collections and identi-
fying information to the other State.
(5) Subject to paragraph (6), the priority of
distribution of interest shall reflect the distribution
priority for the child support installment or the title
IV of the Social Security Act grant on which the in-
terest accrued.
(6) A State’s right to retain interest on as-
signed support is limited to the grant amount paid
by that State. All additional interest is to be distrib-
uted to the individual owed such support.
The pilot projects shall be awarded to States that allow
for the indefinite tolling of the statute of limitations on
debts under title IV of the Social Security Act and are
not governed by Federal case law that allows for the
dischargeability of such debts in bankruptcy. In analyzing
each pilot project a cost-benefit analysis, a welfare-medic-
aid-food stamp cost-avoidance analysis, and an analysis of
the family impact including a present value dollar valu-
ation of the distribution scheme shall be reported to the
Comptroller General. The Comptroller General shall re-
port the results of the study and pilot projects to the Con-
gress.
(c) REVISION OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX REFUND
OFFSET.—Section 6402 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to authority to make credits or refunds)
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘after any other reductions al-
lowed by law (but before’’ in subsection (c) and in-
serting ‘‘before any other reductions allowed by law
(and before’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘with respect to past-due sup-
port collected pursuant to an assignment under sec-
tion 402(a)(26) of the Social Security Act’’ in sub-
section (d).
(d) FIFTY-DOLLAR DISREGARDED FOR ALL MEANS-
TESTED
PROGRAM.—Section 457(b)(1) (42 U.S.C.
657(b)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘under this part or
under any other Federal program which determines eligi-
bility for assistance or amount of such assistance based
on the income or assets of the applicant for or recipient
of such assistance’’ after ‘‘during such month’’.
(e) FILL-THE-GAP POLICIES ENCOURAGED.—The
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, upon re-
quest by any State, grant a waiver under section
1115(a)(1) of the Social Security Act with respect to the
date limitations under section 402(a)(28) of such Act.
SEC. 502. RELATIONSHIP OF AFDC TO CSE—LIMITING REIM-
BURSEMENT CLAIMS TO AWARD AMOUNT.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
section 421, is amended by inserting after paragraph (31)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(32) Procedures under which any claims for
the child’s portion of the assistance under this title
such State may have against a noncustodial parent
shall be limited to the amount specified as child sup-
port under a court or administrative order.’’.
SEC. 503. FEES FOR NONAFDC CLIENTS.
Clause (ii) of section 454(6)(E) (42 U.S.C.
654(6)(E)) shall be amended to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) at the option of the State, from any
individual other than the custodial parent;’’.
SEC. 504. COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT POINTS FOR
CHILD SUPPORT.
Section 454 (42 U.S.C. 654), as amended by section
301, is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (25), by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(26) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after para-
graph (26) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(27) provide either one central, statewide col-
lection, accounting, and disbursement point for cases
under this part or several local or regional collection
and disbursement points throughout the State for all
cases.’’.
TITLE VI—FEDERAL ROLE
SEC. 601. PLACEMENT AND ROLE OF THE FEDERAL CHILD
SUPPORT AGENCY.
Section 452(a) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)), as amended by
section 403 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘under the direction of a des-
ignee of the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘to be known
as the Office of Child Support Enforcement, under
the direction of an assistant secretary appointed by
the President with the advice and consent of the
Senate’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘using a methodology that re-
flects cost-avoidance as well as cost-recovery’’ after
‘‘the States and the Federal Government’’ in para-
graph (10)(A);
(3) by inserting ‘‘, including a separate legal
counsel for the Office’’ after ‘‘Enforcement’’ in para-
graph (10)(B);
(4) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) and (I)
of paragraph (10) as subparagraphs (I) and (J) of
such paragraph, respectively, and by inserting after
subparagraph (G) of such paragraph the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(H) the budgetary allocation of the $50
pass through equally between part A and this
part;’’; and
(5) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(13), by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(14) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after
paragraph (14) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(15) initiate and actively pursue with other
Federal agencies, coordinated efforts on Federal leg-
islation.’’.
SEC. 602. TRAINING.
(a) 
FEDERAL
TRAINING
ASSISTANCE.—Section
452(a)(7) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7)) is amended by inserting
‘‘and training’’ after ‘‘technical assistance’’.
(b) STATE TRAINING PROGRAM.—Section 454 (42
U.S.C. 654), as amended by section 504, is amended by
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (26), by striking
the period at the end of paragraph (27) and inserting ‘‘;
and’’, and by inserting after paragraph (27) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(28) provide that the State will develop and
implement a training program which provides train-
ing no less than annually to all personnel providing
functions under the State plan.’’.
(c) 
REPORT.—Section 
452(a)(10) 
(42 
U.S.C.
652(a)(10)), as amended by section 601, is amended by
redesignating subparagraphs (I) and (J) as subpara-
graphs (J) and (K), respectively, and by inserting after
subparagraph (H) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(I) the training activities at the Federal
and State levels, the training audit, and the
amount of funds expended on training;’’.
SEC. 603. STAFFING.
Section 452(a) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)), as amended by
section 601, is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (15) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after
paragraph (15) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(16) conduct staffing studies for each State
child support enforcement program, including each
agency and court involved in the child support proc-
ess, and report such results to the Congress and
State officials.’’.
SEC. 604. FUNDING AND INCENTIVES FOR CHILD SUPPORT
AGENCIES.
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United
States shall study the incentive formula under section 458
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 458) and investigate
the feasibility, costs, and benefits of the following:
(1) Encouraging States to centralize functions
at the State level.
(2) Abolishing minimum incentives to States as
well as the requirement that incentive funds be
passed to local child support enforcement agencies.
(3) Exploring incentive formula that are based
on increases in FFP for States that exceed perform-
ance criteria instead of the present percentage of
collections formula.
(4) Promoting quality control.
(5) Providing financial incentives for the en-
forcement of health-care expenses.
(6) Providing for a Federal incentive formula
that would include tying incentive amounts to per-
formance criteria that include total collections as a
denominator (not solely the amount of AFDC collec-
tions) and which are not solely based on cost-benefit
criteria alone.
(b) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the Unit-
ed States shall report the results of the study described
in subsection (a) to the Congress not later than 1996.
SEC. 605. CHILD SUPPORT DEFINITION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 452 (42 U.S.C. 652) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(j) For purposes of this part, the term ‘child sup-
port’ includes periodic and lump sum payments for current
and past due economic support, payments of premiums for
health insurance for children, payments for or provision
of child care, and payments for educational expenses.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 462(b) (42
U.S.C. 662(b)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and lump sum’’ after ‘‘peri-
odic’’, and
(2) by inserting ‘‘child care,’’ after ‘‘clothing,’’.
SEC. 606. AUDITS.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall contract for a study of the audit process
of the Office of Child Support Enforcement to develop cri-
teria and methodology for auditing State child support en-
forcement agencies established under part D of title IV
of the Social Security Act. The study shall be designed
to result in improvements to the auditing process that in-
clude—
(1) reduction in the resources required to per-
form the audit,
(2) simplified procedures for States to follow in
obtaining samples,
(3) the feasibility of sampling cases for needed
action as opposed to the present audit methods that
require sampling plans for each audit criteria, and
(4) a more timely audit period of review.
The study shall also be designed to determine a penalty
process that focuses on improving the delivery of child
support services and not harming families, specifically a
penalty that is not tied to the reduction of funds available
to the States to provide payments under the Aid to Fami-
lies with Dependent Children program. Such a plan should
include the escrowing of funds withheld as penalties for
use by States in a federally approved program improve-
ment.
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall report the results of the study described in
subsection (a) to the Congress not later than 90 days after
completion of the study.
(c) CONTINUATION OF OCSE’S AUDIT REVIEW.—
From the date of the report described in subsection (b),
the audit review of the Office of Child Support Enforce-
ment shall be limited to cases open on such date and cases
closed within 180 days before such date, unless there is
a specific need for a longitudinal review of State agency
case handling that includes cases that have been closed
for more than 180 days. The criteria for longitudinal re-
views shall be established by regulation by the Secretary
of Health and Human Services. The Office of Child Sup-
port Enforcement shall continue to impose timeframes for
implementation and audit standards for each mandated
function under part D of title IV of the Social Security
Act.
SEC. 607. CHILD SUPPORT ASSURANCE DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to encourage States to
provide a guaranteed minimum level of child support for
every child not receiving such support, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services (hereafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall make grants to not less
than 6 States to conduct demonstration projects for the
purpose of establishing or improving a system of assured
minimum child support payments in accordance with this
section.
(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—An application for
grants under this section shall be submitted by the Gov-
ernor of a State and shall—
(1) contain a description of the proposed child
support assurance project to be established, imple-
mented, or enhanced using amounts provided under
this section, including the specific activities to be un-
dertaken and the agencies that will be involved;
(2) specify whether the project will be carried
out throughout the State or in limited areas of the
State;
(3) estimate the number of children who will be
eligible for assured minimum child support payments
under the project, and the amounts to which such
children will be entitled on average as individuals
and in the aggregate;
(4) describe the child support guidelines and re-
view procedures which are in use in the State and
any expected modifications;
(5) contain a commitment by the State to carry
out the project during a period of not less than 3
fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1994;
(6) specify the extent to which the State has
implemented (or will implement during the duration
of the project) major enforcement initiatives, such as
central registries, centralized administration, auto-
mated computer systems, administrative law sys-
tems, universal wage withholding, updating of or-
ders, access to State data bases, legal procedures for
paternity establishment (including in-hospital pater-
nity establishment), and enforcement tools;
(7) specify the current relative quality of the
State enforcement system as compared to other
States, including the ratio of collections to accounts
receivables for the immediate past year, the ratio of
collections to accounts receivables for all past years,
the ratio of collections to administrative expendi-
tures, and the paternity establishment rate;
(8) provide assurances that the State perform-
ance meets or exceeds the national median paternity
establishment rate (as defined in section 452(g)(2)
of the Social Security Act) and provide assurances
the State will continue to improve its performance in
the number of cases in which—
(A) paternity is established,
(B) child support orders are collected, and
(C) child support collections are made; and
(9) contain such other information as the Sec-
retary may require by regulation.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State shall use amounts pro-
vided under a grant awarded under this section to carry
out a child support assurance project designed to provide
a minimum monthly child support benefit for each child
in the State to the extent that such minimum child sup-
port is not paid in a month by the noncustodial parent.
(d) REQUIREMENTS.—(1) A child support assurance
project funded under this section shall provide that—
(A) the custodial parent is eligible for the as-
sured child support benefit if—
(i) such parent establishes paternity and
has a child support order established;
(ii) more than 1 year has passed since
such parent applied, in writing to the State for
the establishment of paternity and a child sup-
port order and has complied with the require-
ments of paragraph (3), but neither paternity
nor a child support order has been established
due to circumstances beyond the control of the
parent; or
(iii) with respect to the custodial parent,
the danger of physical abuse of such parent is
shown;
(B) the assured child support benefit shall be
paid promptly to the custodial parent at least once
a month and shall be offset and reduced to the ex-
tent that the custodial parent receives child support
in a month from the noncustodial parent; and
(C) in the event that the family as a whole be-
comes ineligible for Aid to Families With Dependent
Children under part A of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act due to consideration of assured child sup-
port benefits, the continuing eligibility of the care-
taker for Aid to Families With Dependent Children
under such title shall be calculated without consider-
ation of the assured child support benefit.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘child’’
means an individual who is of such an age, disability, or
educational status as to be eligible for child support as
provided by the law of the State in which such individual
resides.
(3) The requirements of this paragraph are as fol-
lows:
(A) Provide the name of the alleged father.