[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4188 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4188

  To amend section 1738A of title 28, United States Code, relating to 
 child custody determinations and child support orders, to modify the 
                  requirements for court jurisdiction.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 1994

Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Penny, Mr. Pickett, 
   Mr. Frost, Mr. Hefner, Mr. King, Mr. Sundquist, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
 Peterson of Florida, and Mr. Reynolds) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 1738A of title 28, United States Code, relating to 
 child custody determinations and child support orders, to modify the 
                  requirements for court jurisdiction.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhanced Access to Support 
Enforcement Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1738A of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by inserting ``or child support 
        order'' after ``child custody determination'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as 
                paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(2) `child support order' means a judgment, decree, or 
        order of a court requiring the payment of money, whether in 
        periodic amounts or lump sum, for the support of a child and 
        includes permanent and temporary orders, initial orders and 
        modifications, on-going support and arrearages;'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the first sentence by inserting ``or child 
                support order'' after ``child custody determination''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(D)(i) by inserting ``or 
                support'' after ``determine the custody'';
            (4) in subsection (d), by striking out ``the requirement of 
        subsection (c)(1) of this section continues to be met and''; 
        and
            (5) in subsection (f)(2), by inserting ``as described under 
        subsection (d) of this section,'' after ``no longer has 
        jurisdiction,''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--(1) The heading for 
section 1738A of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 1738A. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT GIVEN TO CHILD CUSTODY 
              DETERMINATIONS AND CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.''.

    (2) The table of sections for chapter 115 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to section 
1738A and inserting in lieu thereof:

``1738A. Full faith and credit given to child custody determinations 
                            and child support orders.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall be 
effective on and after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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