Child Support Assistance Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2077
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2015-09-24
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit

Separation, divorce, custody, support

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-09-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-09-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Child Support Assistance Act of 2015</b></p> <p>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 the requirement for 10 days' prior notice to a consumer whose report is requested.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2077 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 24, 2015 Mr. Toomey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to clarify the ability to request consumer reports in certain cases to establish and enforce child support payments and awards.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Support Assistance Act of 2015 . 2. Requests for consumer reports by State or local child support enforcement agencies Section 604(a)(4) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681b(a)(4) ) is amended— (1) 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 ; (2) in subparagraph (B)— (A) by striking paternity and inserting parentage ; and (B) by adding and at the end; (3) by striking subparagraph (C); and (4) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C).