118 HR 7906 RH: Strengthening State and Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2024-12-24
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Union Calendar No. 800
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7906
[Report No. 118–951]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 9, 2024
Mr. Hern (for himself, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Smucker, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. LaHood) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
December 24, 2024
Additional sponsors: Mr. Balderson, Mr. Carey, Mr. Moolenaar, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Moore of Utah, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Mann, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Flood, Mr. Steil, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Chu, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Estes, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Steube, Mrs. Steel, Mrs. Hinson, and Mr. Langworthy
December 24, 2024
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic
For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 9, 2024
A BILL
To improve the effectiveness and available tools of State and tribal child support enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
1.

Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Strengthening State and Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act”.
2.

Improving the effectiveness of tribal child support enforcement agencies
(a)

Improving the collection of past-due child support through State and tribal parity in the allowable use of tax information
(1)

Amendment to the Social Security Act
Section 464 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 664) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(d)

Applicability to Indian tribes and tribal organizations receiving a grant under this part
This section, except for the requirement to distribute amounts in accordance with section 457, shall apply to an Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant under section 455(f) in the same manner in which this section applies to a State with a plan approved under this part.”.
(2)

Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code
(A)
Section 6103(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “any local child support enforcement agency” and inserting “any tribal or local child support enforcement agency”.
(B)
Section 6103(a)(3) of such Code is amended by inserting “, (8)” after “(6)”.
(C)
Section 6103(l) of such Code is amended—
(i)
in paragraph (6)—
(I)
by striking “or local” in subparagraph (A) and inserting “tribal, or local”;
(II)
by striking “and local” in the heading thereof and inserting “tribal, and local”;
(III)
by striking “The following” in subparagraph (B) and inserting “The”;
(IV)
by striking the colon and all that follows in subparagraph (B) and inserting a period; and
(V)
by adding at the end the following:
“(D)

State, tribal, or local child support enforcement agency
For purposes of this paragraph, the following shall be treated as a State, tribal, or local child support enforcement agency:
(i)
Any agency of a State or political subdivision thereof operating pursuant to a plan described in section 454 of the Social Security Act which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under part D of title IV of such Act.
(ii)
Any child support enforcement agency of an Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant under section 455(f) of the Social Security Act.”;
(ii)
in paragraph (8)—
(I)
in subparagraph (A), by striking “or State or local” and inserting “, State, tribal, or local”;
(II)
in subparagraph (B), by striking “enforced pursuant to a plan described” and all that follows through “of such Act” and inserting “enforced pursuant to the provisions of part D of title IV of the Social Security Act”;
(III)
by adding at the end of subparagraph (B) the following: “The information disclosed to any child support enforcement agency under subparagraph (A) with respect to any individual with respect to whom child support obligations are sought to be established or enforced may be disclosed by such agency to any agent of such agency which is under contract with such agency for purposes of, and to the extent necessary in, establishing and collecting child support obligations from, and locating, individuals owing such obligations.”;
(IV)
by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:
“(C)

State, tribal, or local child support enforcement agency
For purposes of this paragraph, the term State, tribal, or local child support enforcement agency has the same meaning as when used in paragraph (6)(D).”; and
(V)
by striking “and local” in the heading thereof and inserting “tribal, and local”; and
(iii)
in paragraph (10)(B), by adding at the end the following new clause:
“(iii)
The information disclosed to any child support enforcement agency under subparagraph (A) with respect to any individual with respect to whom child support obligations are sought to be established or enforced may be disclosed by such agency to any agent of such agency which is under contract with such agency for purposes of, and to the extent necessary in, establishing and collecting child support obligations from, and locating, individuals owing such obligations.”.
(D)
Section 6103(p)(4) of such Code is amended—
(i)
by striking “subsection (l)(10), (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), (18), (19), or (20), or any entity” in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting “subsection (l)(6), (8), (10), (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), (18), (19), or (20), or any Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant under section 455(f) of the Social Security Act, or any entity”;
(ii)
by striking “subsection (l)(10)” in subparagraph (F)(i) and inserting “subsection (l)(6), (8), (10)”;
(iii)
by striking “subsection (l)(10), (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), (18), (19), or (20) or any entity” each place it appears in the matter following subparagraph (F)(iii) and inserting “subsection (l)(6), (8), (10), (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), (18), (19), or (20), or any Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant under section 455(f) of the Social Security Act, or any entity”; and
(iv)
by inserting “, (8)” after “paragraph (6)(A)” in the matter following subparagraph (F)(iii).
(E)
Section 6103(p)(9) of such Code is amended by striking “or local” and inserting “tribal, or local”.
(F)
Section 6402(c) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following: “For purposes of this subsection, any reference to a State shall include a reference to any Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant under section 455(f) of the Social Security Act.”.
(b)

Reimbursement for reports
Section 453(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(g)) is amended—
(1)
in the subsection heading, by striking “State”; and
(2)
by striking “and State” and inserting “, State, and tribal”.
(c)

Technical amendments
Paragraphs (7) and (33) of section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) are each amended by striking “450b” and inserting “5304”.
December 24, 2024
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed