[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2463 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2463

   To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to prevent 
   States from requiring employees of work experience and community 
  service programs to work in exchange for child support collected on 
                             their behalf.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 1997

 Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut (for herself, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. 
 Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Christian-
    Green, Mrs. Thurman, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
    McDermott, Mr. Poshard, Mr. Frost, Mr. Stark, and Mr. LaFalce) 
 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 prevent 
   States from requiring employees of work experience and community 
  service programs to work in exchange for child support collected on 
                             their behalf.

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

SECTION 1. EMPLOYEES OF WORK EXPERIENCE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS 
              NOT TO BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN EXCHANGE FOR CHILD SUPPORT 
              COLLECTED ON THEIR BEHALF.

    Section 407 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Employees of Work Experience and Community Service Programs 
Not To Be Required To Work in Exchange for Child Support Collected on 
Their Behalf.--A State may not require an employee of a work experience 
or community service program to work in exchange for (or as a condition 
of providing) assistance under the State program funded under this 
part, to the extent that the State has reimbursed itself for such 
assistance by retaining child support collected by the State on behalf 
of the employee.''.
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