[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 532 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 532

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                March 9 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

  Mr. Domenici (for himself and Mr. Bumpers) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and 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 ``Child Support and Custody 
Jurisdiction Reform Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS OF CHILD CUSTODY AND 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 providing for the support and maintenance of a 
        child by a noncustodial parent who retains responsibility for 
        financial support of such child;'';
            (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 and shall 
apply to a child custody determination or child support order entered 
before such date.

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