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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Children First Child Support Reform
Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. DISTRIBUTION AND TREATMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTED BY OR ON
BEHALF OF FAMILIES RECEIVING ASSISTANCE UNDER TANF.

(a) Requirement to Pass All Child Support Collected Directly to the
Family.--
(1) In general.--Section 457 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 657) is amended--
(A) by striking all that precedes subsection (f)
and inserting the following:

''SEC. 457. DISTRIBUTION OF COLLECTED SUPPORT.

''(a) Distribution to Family.--
''(1) In General.--Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection
(f), any amount collected on behalf of a family as support by a
State pursuant to a plan approved under this part shall be
distributed to the family.
''(2) Families under certain agreements.--In the case of an
amount collected for a family in accordance with a cooperative
agreement under section 454(33), the State shall distribute the
amount so collected pursuant to the terms of the agreement.
''(b) Hold Harmless Provision.--If the amounts collected which
could be retained by the State in the fiscal year (to the extent
necessary to reimburse the State for amounts paid to families as
assistance by the State) are less than the State share of the amounts
collected in fiscal year 1995, the State share for the fiscal year
shall be an amount equal to the State share in fiscal year 1995.'';
(B) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection
(c); and
(C) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by
striking ''Notwithstanding'' and inserting ''Amounts
Collected On Behalf of Children in Foster Care.--
Notwithstanding''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(I))(aa) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa)) is
amended by striking ''457(a)(1)(B)'' and inserting
''457''.
(B) Section 454B(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 654b(c))
is amended by striking ''457(a)'' and inserting
''457''.
(b) Disregard of Child Support Collected For Purposes of
Determining Amount of TANF Assistance.--Section 408(a) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
''(12) Requirement to disregard child support in
determining amount of assistance.--
''(A) In general.--A State to which a grant is made
under section 403 shall disregard any amount received
by a family as a result of a child support obligation
in determining the amount or level of assistance that
the State will provide to the family under the State
program funded under this part.
''(B) Option to include child support for purposes
of determining eligibility.--A State may include any
amount received by a family as a result of a child
support obligation in determining the family's income
for purposes of determining the family's eligibility
for assistance under the State program funded under
this part.''.
(c) Elimination of TANF Requirement to Assign Support to the
State.--
(1) In general.--Section 408(a) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 452 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 652) is amended--
(i) in subsection (a)(10)(C), by striking
''section 408(a)(3) or under''; and
(ii) in subsection (h), by striking ''or
with respect to whom an assignment pursuant to
section 408(a)(3) is in effect''.
(B) Section 454(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 654(5))
is amended by striking ''(A) in any case'' and all that
follows through ''the support payments collected, and
(B)''.
(C) Section 456(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 656(a))
is amended--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking
''assigned to the State pursuant to section
408(a)(3) or''; and
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking
''assigned''.
(D) Section 464(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
654(a)(1)) is amended by striking ''section 408(a)(3)
or ''.
(E) Section 466(a)(3)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ''408(a)(3) or ''.
(F) Section 458A(b)(5)(C)(i)(I) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 658a(b)(5)(C)(i)(I)), as added
by the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of
1998 (Public Law 105-200; 112 Stat. 645) is amended by
striking ''A or''.
(d) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section take effect on October 1, 1998.
(2) Child support performance and incentive act conforming
amendment.--The amendment made by subsection (c)(2)(F) shall
take effect on October 2, 1999.
Solution:
Children First Child Support Reform Act of 1998 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require States to pass through directly to families on assistance under SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) all child support collected by the State on behalf of such families on TANF assistance.
Amends SSA title IV part A to require a State to disregard child support collected for purposes of determining the amount of TANF assistance; but allows the State to include such support in family income for purposes of determining TANF eligibility. Repeals the TANF requirement that families assign certain support rights to the State.