[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2349 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2349

To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to permit States 
   with proven cost-effective and efficient child support collection 
              systems to continue to operate such systems.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 4, 2000

 Mr. Thomas (for himself and Mr. Enzi) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to permit States 
   with proven cost-effective and efficient child support collection 
              systems to continue to operate such systems.

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

SECTION 1. STATE OPTION TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE COST-EFFECTIVE AND 
              EFFICIENT CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION SYSTEMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 454B(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 654b(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The State'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--The State'';
            (2) by inserting ``, subject to subparagraph (B),'' after 
        ``if''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) State option to continue to operate cost-
                effective and efficient systems.--The Secretary shall 
                permit a State that operates a child support collection 
                system by linking local disbursement units through an 
                automated information network to continue to operate 
                such system if the State meets the following criteria:
                            ``(i) The State satisfies the requirements 
                        of section 454(24)(A) and the system functional 
                        capacity requirements of sections 454(16) and 
                        454A.
                            ``(ii) The State allows employers to send 
                        all wage withholding payments to a single 
                        address.
                            ``(iii) The State provides data on a 
                        quarterly basis that demonstrates that, under 
                        the system, for the most recent 4 fiscal year 
                        quarters, at least 90 percent of all child 
                        support obligations paid are disbursed within 2 
                        business days after receipt.
                            ``(iv) The State complies with all other 
                        applicable requirements of this part.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take 
effect as if included in the enactment of title III of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2198 et seq.).
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