[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3711 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3711

     To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make debts to 
   governmental units for the care and maintenance of minor children 
                           nondischargeable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 1998

Mr. Smith of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make debts to 
   governmental units for the care and maintenance of minor children 
                           nondischargeable.

    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 ``Parental Responsibility and Taxpayer 
Protection Amendment of 1998''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 523(a) of title 11, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (17) by striking ``or'' at the end,
            (2) in paragraph (18) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(19) to a governmental unit for a cost incurred for the 
        care or maintenance of a minor child of the debtor.''.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF AMENDMENT.

    The amendment made by section 2 shall not apply with respect to 
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code before the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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