[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 892 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 892

 To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure the 
identification of the biological parents of each child who receives aid 
                  to families with dependent children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 1993

  Mr. Franks of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure the 
identification of the biological parents of each child who receives aid 
                  to families with dependent children.

    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 ``Parental Responsibility Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR AID TO FAMILIES WITH 
              DEPENDENT CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
603) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the 
Secretary shall reduce the amounts payable to any State under this part 
for any calendar quarter by--
            ``(A) 5 percent, if the parental identity percentage of the 
        State for the calendar quarter is less than 70 percent but not 
        less than 60 percent;
            ``(B) 7 percent, if the parental identity percentage of the 
        State for the calendar quarter is less than 60 percent but not 
        less than 50 percent;
            ``(C) 10 percent, if the parental identity percentage of 
        the State for the calendar quarter is less than 50 percent but 
        not less than 40 percent;
            ``(D) 15 percent, if the parental identity percentage of 
        the State for the calendar quarter is less than 40 percent but 
        not less than 22 percent; or
            ``(E) 20 percent, if the parental identity percentage of 
        the State for the calendar quarter is less than 22 percent.
    ``(2) As used in paragraph (1), the term `parental identity 
percentage of a State for a calendar quarter' means the percentage of 
dependent children who received aid during the calendar quarter under 
the State plan approved under this part whose biological parents have 
not been identified to the State agency referred to in section 
402(a)(3).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to payments for calendar quarters ending at least 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

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