3.0.0 503 2023-01-11T13:47:51Z 2023-01-11T13:47:51Z Senate S 2021-03-01 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2021-07-27T22:25:08Z Referred to 2021-03-01T23:09:02Z 2021-07-28 15:42:00 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2021-07-28 14:39:33 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2021-07-28 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2021-07-27 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5110; text: CR S5110) Floor 2021-07-27 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S5110; text: CR S5110) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2021-07-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. Discharge 2021-07-27 Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssfi00 Finance Committee 2021-03-01 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-03-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2021-03-01 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2021-03-01 True Families Child safety and welfare Family relationships Family services Separation, divorce, custody, support State and local finance Families 00 2021-03-01 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-14T17:35:41Z Providing Adequate Resources to Enhance Needed Time with Sons and daughters Act of 2021 or the PARENTS Act of 2021

This bill expands the use of federal incentive payments to states under the Child Support Enforcement Program to include establishing agreements for how much time a child spends with each parent as agreed to by the parents under a child support or medical support order.

Generally, the incentive payments program provides funding based on a state's performance measures related to (1) establishing paternity, (2) the number of cases with child support orders in place, (3) the collection of current and past-due support payments, and (4) cost-effectiveness.

]]> 55 2021-07-27 Passed Senate 2021-08-11T15:25:40Z Providing Adequate Resources to Enhance Needed Time with Sons and daughters Act of 2021 or the PARENTS Act of 2021

This bill expands the use of federal incentive payments to states under the Child Support Enforcement Program to include establishing agreements for how much time a child spends with each parent as agreed to by the parents under a child support or medical support order.

Generally, the incentive payments program provides funding based on a state's performance measures related to (1) establishing paternity, (2) the number of cases with child support orders in place, (3) the collection of current and past-due support payments, and (4) cost-effectiveness.

]]> PARENTS Act of 2021 Display Title PARENTS Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow States to use incentive payments available under the child support enforcement program to improve parent-child relationships, increase child support collections, and improve outcomes for children by supporting parenting time agreements for noncustodial parents in uncontested agreements, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Passed Senate Providing Adequate Resources to Enhance Needed Time with Sons and daughters Act of 2021 S Senate Engrossed in Senate ES Short Title(s) as Passed Senate PARENTS Act of 2021 S Senate Engrossed in Senate ES Short Title(s) as Introduced Providing Adequate Resources to Enhance Needed Time with Sons and daughters Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced PARENTS Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Passed Senate PARENTS Act of 2021 S Senate Short Titles as Passed Senate Providing Adequate Resources to Enhance Needed Time with Sons and daughters Act of 2021 S Senate Engrossed in Senate 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s503es/xml/BILLS-117s503es.xml Introduced in Senate 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s503is/xml/BILLS-117s503is.xml 2021-07-28 Held at the desk. 15:42:00 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.