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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Child Abuse Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. GARNISHMENT AUTHORITY.

(a) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8345(j) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
''(j)(1)(A) Payments under this subchapter that would otherwise be
made to an employee, Member, or annuitant based on service of that
individual shall be paid (in whole or in part) by the Office to another
person if and to the extent expressly provided for in the terms of--
''(i) any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal
separation, or the terms of any court order or court-approved
property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of
divorce, annulment, or legal separation; or
''(ii) any court order or other similar process in the
nature of garnishment for the enforcement of a judgment
rendered for physically or sexually abusing a child against
such employee, Member, or annuitant.
''(B) Any payment under this paragraph to a person bars recovery by
any other person.
''(C) If the Office is served with more than 1 decree, order, or
other legal process with respect to the same moneys due or payable to
any individual, such moneys shall be available to satisfy such
processes on a first-come, first-served basis, with any such process
being satisfied out of such moneys as remain after the satisfaction of
all such processes which have been previously served.'';
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ''other legal process,''
after ''order,''; and
(3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
''(3) For the purpose of this subsection--
''(A) the term 'court' means any court of a State, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam,
the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands, and any
Indian court;
''(B) the term 'judgment rendered for physically or
sexually abusing a child' means any legal claim perfected
through a final enforceable judgment, which claim is based in
whole or in part upon the physical abuse or sexual abuse of a
child, whether or not that physical abuse or sexual abuse is
accompanied by other actionable wrongdoing, such as sexual
exploitation, gross negligence, or emotional abuse; and
''(C) the term 'child' means an individual under 18 years
of age.''.
(b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--Section 8467 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
''(a)(1) Payments under this chapter that would otherwise be made
to an employee, Member, or annuitant (including an employee, Member, or
annuitant as defined in section 8331) based on service of that
individual shall be paid (in whole or in part) by the Office or the
Executive Director, as the case may be, to another person if and to the
extent expressly provided for in the terms of--
''(A) any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal
separation, or the terms of any court order or court-approved
property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of
divorce, annulment, or legal separation; or
''(B) any court order or other similar process in the
nature of garnishment for the enforcement of a judgment
rendered for physically or sexually abusing a child against
such employee, Member, or annuitant.
''(2) Any payment under this subsection to a person bars recovery
by any other person.
''(3) If the Office is served with more than 1 decree, order, or
other legal process with respect to the same moneys due or payable to
any individual, such moneys shall be available to satisfy such
processes on a first-come, first-served basis, with any such process
being satisfied out of such moneys as remain after the satisfaction of
all such processes which have been previously served.'';
(2) in subsection (b) by inserting ''other legal process,''
after ''order,''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(c) For the purpose of this section--
''(1) the term 'judgment rendered for physically or
sexually abusing a child' means a legal claim perfected through
a final enforceable judgment, which claim is based in whole or
in part upon the physical abuse or sexual abuse of a child,
whether or not that physical abuse or sexual abuse is
accompanied by other actionable wrongdoing, such as sexual
exploitation, gross negligence, or emotional abuse; and
''(2) the term 'child' means an individual under 18 years
of age.''.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to any
decree, order, or other legal process or any notice of agreement
received by the Office of Personnel Management on or after the date of
enactment of this Act.
Solution:
Child Abuse Accountability Act - Amends Federal law regarding Federal employees' pensions to provide for the garnishment of retirement annuities of Federal employees for the enforcement of a court order for the payment of monetary damages to victims of sexual or physical abuse.