[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 267 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 267

To require States to impose criminal penalties on persons who willfully 
 fail to pay child support, as a condition of Federal funding of State 
                  child support enforcement programs.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mrs. Roukema introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To require States to impose criminal penalties on persons who willfully 
 fail to pay child support, as a condition of Federal funding of State 
                  child support enforcement programs.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT THAT STATES IMPOSE CRIMINAL PENALTIES ON PERSONS 
              WHO WILLFULLY FAIL TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT.

    (a) State Plan Requirement.--Section 454 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 654) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (32);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (33) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (33) the following:
            ``(34) provide that the State shall have in effect criminal 
        penalties for the willful failure to pay child support.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on January 1, 1999, and shall apply to payments under title 
IV of the Social Security Act for calendar quarters beginning on or 
after such date, without regard to whether regulations to implement 
such amendments are promulgated by such date.
                                 <all>