[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 555 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 555

   To ensure that consumer credit reports include information on any 
           overdue child support obligations of the consumer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1993

 Ms. Woolsey introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly 
 to the Committees on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs and Ways and 
                                 Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To ensure that consumer credit reports include information on any 
           overdue child support obligations of the consumer.

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

SECTION 1. INCLUSION IN CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTS OF INFORMATION ON 
              OVERDUE CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONSUMER.

    (a) Consumer Reporting Agencies Required To Include in Consumer 
Credit Reports Information on Overdue Child Support Obligations of the 
Consumer.--Section 604 of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 
1681b) is amended--
            (1) in the caption for such section, by adding at the end 
        the following: ``; reporting of overdue child support 
        obligations'';
            (2) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``A consumer''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) A consumer reporting agency shall include in any consumer 
report information (if any) provided by a State child support agency or 
verified by another government entity on the failure of the consumer to 
pay overdue support (as defined in section 466(e) of the Social 
Security Act).''.
    (b) Provision to Consumer Reporting Agencies of Information on 
Overdue Child Support Obligations of Absent Parents.--Section 466(a)(7) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(7)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``will'' and inserting ``shall'';
            (2) by striking ``upon the request of such agency'';
            (3) by striking ``, and (C)'' and all that follows through 
        ``State''.
            (4) by striking ``minor'' from 466(e) and deleting ``at the 
        option'' and all that follows through the word ``section.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter that begins on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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