[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3895 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3895

To authorize amounts required to be paid by the United States pursuant 
to a judgment or settlement in favor of an individual to be used to pay 
        child support and alimony obligations of the individual.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 1996

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize amounts required to be paid by the United States pursuant 
to a judgment or settlement in favor of an individual to be used to pay 
        child support and alimony obligations of the individual.

    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 Enhancement Act of 
1996''.

SEC. 2. AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE PAID BY THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO A 
              JUDGMENT OR SETTLEMENT IN FAVOR OF AN INDIVIDUAL 
              AUTHORIZED TO BE USED TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT AND ALIMONY 
              OBLIGATIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

    Part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 650-669) 
is amended by inserting after section 459 the following:

``SEC. 459A. AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE PAID BY THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT 
              TO A JUDGMENT OR SETTLEMENT IN FAVOR OF AN INDIVIDUAL 
              AUTHORIZED TO BE USED TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT AND ALIMONY 
              OBLIGATIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

    ``(a) In General.--Amounts due from, or payable by, the United 
States or the District of Columbia (including any agency, subdivision, 
or instrumentality thereof) pursuant to a judgment against the United 
States or the District of Columbia in favor of, or pursuant to a 
settlement by the United States or the District of Columbia of any 
claim of, an individual who has a legal obligation to provide child 
support or make alimony payments, shall be subject, in like manner and 
to the same extent as if the United States or the District of Columbia 
were a private person, to any legal process brought by a State agency 
administering a program under a State plan approved under this part or 
by an individual obligee, to enforce the obligation.
    ``(b) Administrative Provisions.--Rules similar to the rules of 
subsections (b), (c), (d), and (f) of section 459 and the rules of 
section 461 shall apply to the disposition of amounts pursuant to 
subsection (a) of this section in the same manner in which such rules 
apply to the disposition of moneys under section 459(a).
    ``(c) Legal Process Defined.--The term `legal process' means any 
writ, order, summons, or other similar process in the nature of 
garnishment or attachment--
            ``(1) which is issued by--
                    ``(A) a court or an administrative agency of 
                competent jurisdiction in any State, territory, or 
                possession of the United States;
                    ``(B) a court or an administrative agency of 
                competent jurisdiction in any foreign country with 
                which the United States has entered into an agreement 
                which requires the United States to honor the process; 
                or
                    ``(C) an authorized official pursuant to an order 
                of such a court or an administrative agency of 
                competent jurisdiction or pursuant to State or local 
                law; and
            ``(2) which is directed to, and the purpose of which is to 
        compel, a governmental entity which holds moneys which are 
        otherwise payable to an individual to make a payment from the 
        moneys to another party in order to satisfy a legal obligation 
        of the individual to provide child support or make alimony 
        payments.
    ``(d) Other Definitions.--The definitions set forth in subsections 
(a), (b), (c), and (d), and paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection 
(g), of section 462 shall apply for purposes of this section.''.
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