Child Support Assistance Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5452
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2014-09-11
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit

Separation, divorce, custody, support

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Child Support Assistance Act of 2014 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act, with respect to the permissible purposes of consumer reports, to authorize a consumer reporting agency to furnish a consumer report in response to a request by the head of a state or local child support enforcement agency (or an authorized state or local government official), if the requester certifies that the report is needed for enforcing a child support order, award, agreement, or judgment.</p> <p>Repeals: (1) the requirement for 10 days' prior notice to a consumer whose report is requested, and (2) the authorization for any consumer reporting agency to furnish a report to an agency administering a state plan for child and spousal support in order to set an initial or modified child support award. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5452 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 11, 2014 Mr. Duffy (for himself and Mr. Murphy of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to clarify the ability to use consumer reports in certain cases to establish and enforce child support payments.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Support Assistance Act of 2014 . 2. Use of consumer reports by State or local child support enforcement agencies Section 604(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681b(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking or determining the appropriate level of such payments and inserting , determining the appropriate level of such payments, or enforcing a child support order, award, agreement, or judgment ; (B) in subparagraph (B), by adding and at the end; (C) by striking subparagraph (C); and (D) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C); (2) by striking paragraph (5); and (3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5).