3.0.0 1309 2023-01-11T13:18:36Z 2023-01-11T13:18:36Z Senate S S 2009-06-19 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-06-19T16:38:10Z Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009 111 2979 HR 2010-06-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2009-06-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-06-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN N L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-06-19 True B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2009-06-19 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2009-06-25 False Social Welfare Crime prevention Disability and paralysis Domestic violence and child abuse Employment and training programs Family relationships Food assistance and relief Foreign and international corporations Government information and archives Income tax credits Income tax deductions Interest, dividends, interest rates Medicaid Poverty and welfare assistance Separation, divorce, custody, support Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Social Welfare 00 2009-06-19 Introduced in Senate 2009-09-23T20:48:48Z Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) funding for responsible fatherhood programs; and (2) elimination of separate TANF work participation rate for two-parent families.

Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to prohibit a state from collecting any amount owed it by reason of costs it has incurred for the birth of a child for whom support rights have been assigned.

Revises requirements for collection and distribution of child support, including the rules for the distribution of child support collected on behalf of children in foster care beginning with FY2011.

Repeals the requirement that states condition receipt of TANF or certain other benefits on assignment to the state of certain support rights. Authorizes states to make such a condition, at their own discretion, as well as to discontinue such assignments.

Requires a state to make a full distribution of collected child support to the family.

Repeals mandatory fee for child support collection.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to states for an employment demonstration project involving a court- or state child support agency supervised-employment program for noncustodial parents who have barriers to employment and a history of nonpayment, so that they can pay child support obligations.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to award grants for transitional jobs programs and for public-private career pathways partnerships.

Conditions continued approval of a state plan under part D upon state assessment of its policies with respect to barriers to employment and financial support of children.

Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2009 with respect to: (1) deductions from family income for child support received in order to qualify for food stamps; (2) verification of child support payments; and (3) inclusion of economic opportunities programs in qualifying work programs.

Amends SSA title IV part A with respect to: (1) grants to healthy family partnerships for domestic violence intervention and prevention; and (2) entities receiving grants and their procedures for addressing domestic violence prevention.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) modify the earned income tax credit; (2) provide an additional tax credit for certain workers required to make child support payments; and (3) provide for marriage penalty relief.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to: (1) the economic substance doctrine; (2) imposition of a penalty for understatements attributable to transactions lacking economic substance; and (3) denial of a deduction of interest on underpayments attributable to noneconomic substance transactions.

]]> Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009 Display Title Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1309is/xml/BILLS-111s1309is.xml 2009-06-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.