[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5061 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5061

 To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to improve the 
        collection of child support arrears in interstate cases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2002

 Ms. Woolsey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to improve the 
        collection of child support arrears in interstate cases.

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

SECTION 1. IMPROVED COLLECTION OF CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS IN INTERSTATE 
              CASES.

    (a) Accelerated Transmission of Income Withholding Orders to 
Employers.--Section 452(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
652(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (10);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (11) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:
            ``(12) if the Federal Parent Locator Service has located an 
        individual whom information in the Federal Case Registry of 
        Child Support Orders indicates is subject to a child support 
        income withholding order, and has information that the 
        individual is employed--
                    ``(A) complete a copy of the form developed under 
                paragraph (11)(A), using information from the abstract;
                    ``(B) transmit the completed form to any such 
                employer; and
                    ``(B) notify the appropriate State child support 
                agency that a copy of the completed form has been so 
                transmitted.''.
    (b) Improvement of Authority to Refer Child Support Arrearage Cases 
to the Internal Revenue Service.--Section 452(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
652(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) The Secretary shall certify to the Secretary of the 
Treasury for collection pursuant to section 6305 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 the amount of any child support arrears (including 
any arrears with respect to the parent who is living with the child) 
which are owed in a case in which the amount is not less than $5,000, 
and which a State has undertaken to collect pursuant to section 454(4) 
of this Act, if--
            ``(A) in an interstate case, information from the Federal 
        Parent Locator Service indicates that income withholding is not 
        available as a means to collect the amount; or
            ``(B) in any other case, the State--
                    ``(i) requests the Secretary to provide the 
                certification;
                    ``(ii) shows that the State has made diligent 
                efforts to collect the amount using the collection 
                mechanisms of the State; and
                    ``(iii) agrees to reimburse the Secretary of the 
                Treasury for the costs of the collection.
    ``(2) In paragraph (1), the term `interstate case' means a case in 
which, at any time after a child support order is established on behalf 
of a child, the person obligated to pay support under the order does 
not reside in the State in which the child resides, regardless of 
whether the person and the child subsequently reside in the same State.
    ``(3) Any reimbursement received pursuant to paragraph (1)(B)(iii) 
with respect to a collection shall be credited to the appropriation 
accounts which bore all or part of the costs involved in making the 
collection.
    ``(4) If the Secretary or the Secretary of the Treasury is made 
aware of a child support arrearage case in which a violation of section 
228 of title 18, United States Code, may have occurred, the Secretary 
or the Secretary of the Treasury, as the case may be, shall refer the 
case to the Attorney General for investigation.
    ``(5) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Treasury, shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out this subsection.''.
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