[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2628 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2628

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

                            October 7, 1997

  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 
1997''.

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.

    Section 459(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 659(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Notwithstanding''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) 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.''.
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