[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 106 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: August 4, 1994]
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                     CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. LaROCCO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaROCCO. Mr. Speaker, today Idaho's Governor Cecil Andrus will 
proclaim August as ``Child Support Awareness Month.'' I congratulate 
him and all Idahoans who are on the child support front lines.
  In the United States, some $34 billion in court-ordered child support 
remain unpaid each year. But I am pleased to say Idaho has been 
reversing that trend. Since 1986, Idaho has led the Nation in child 
support collections. Last year, Idaho collected more than $44 million 
in child support payments, allowing the State to recover one-third of 
its costs in Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
  Mr. Speaker, I recognize this as a significant achievement. One of my 
first bills signed into law was the Child Support Enforcement Act of 
1992. This public law requires credit agencies to include child support 
delinquencies of more than one thousand dollars with other credit 
information. Since its enactment, the number of delinquent parents 
listed on credit reports has increased from 1.5 to 2 million.
  I am proud of this result, Mr. Speaker, and of my State and Governor 
for leading the way to child support awareness and responsibility.

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