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court may continue to exercise jurisdiction to 
modify its order. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—A court may not exercise 
its continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the 
order if the court of another State, acting in accord-
ance with subsections (e) and (f), has made a modi-
fication of the order.’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘be-
cause’’ and all that follows through the semicolon 
and inserting ‘‘pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) 
of subsection (d);’’ and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘with jurisdiction over at least 1 of the indi-
vidual contestants or that is located in the 
child’s State’’ after ‘‘another State’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘RECOGNITION OF’’ and inserting ‘‘DETERMINA-
TION OF CONTROLLING’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘shall apply’’ and all that follows 
through the colon and inserting ‘‘having personal 
jurisdiction over both individual contestants
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shall apply the following rules and by order shall 
determine which order controls:’’
(C) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘must be’’ 
and inserting ‘‘controls and must be so’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘must be 
recognized’’ and inserting ‘‘controls’’; 
(E) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘must be 
recognized’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘controls’’; 
(F) in paragraph (4)—
(i) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘must be recognized’’ 
and inserting ‘‘controls’’; and 
(G) by striking paragraph (5); 
(4) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(g) ENFORCEMENT
OF MODIFIED ORDERS.—If a 
child support order issued by a court of a State is modified 
by a court of another State which properly assumed juris-
diction, the issuing court—
‘‘(1) may enforce its order that was modified 
only as to arrears and interest accruing before the 
modification;
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‘‘(2) may provide appropriate relief for viola-
tions of its order which occurred before the effective 
date of the modification; and 
‘‘(3) shall recognize the modifying order of the 
other State for the purpose of enforcement.’’; 
(5) in subsection (h)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, (3), and (4)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the 
computation and payment of arrearages, and the 
accrual of interest on the arrearages,’’ after ‘‘ob-
ligations of support,’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION.—After a court 
determines which is the controlling order and issues 
an order consolidating arrears, if any, a court shall 
prospectively apply the law of the State issuing the 
controlling order, including that State’s law with re-
spect to interest on arrears, current and future sup-
port, and consolidated arrears.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (i), by inserting ‘‘and sub-
section (d)(2) does not apply’’ after ‘‘issuing State’’.
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SEC. 320. GRANTS TO STATES FOR ACCESS AND VISITATION 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) AUTHORITY
TO
MAKE
GRANTS
TO
INDIAN 
TRIBES.—Section 469B (42 U.S.C. 669b) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘AND 
INDIAN TRIBES’’ after ‘‘STATES’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and Indian 
tribes or tribal organizations’’ after ‘‘to enable 
States’’. 
(b) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Section 469B(b) (42 U.S.C. 
669b(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) GRANTS TO STATES.—The amount of the 
grant to be made to a State under this section for a 
fiscal year shall be an amount equal to the lesser of—
‘‘(A) 90 percent of State expenditures dur-
ing the fiscal year for activities described in sub-
section (a); or 
‘‘(B) the allotment of the State under sub-
section (c) for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS
TO
INDIAN
TRIBES.—An Indian 
tribe or tribal organization operating a program 
under section 455 that has operated such program 
throughout the preceding fiscal year and has an ap-
plication under this section approved by the Secretary 
shall receive a grant under this section for a fiscal