[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S994]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
S. 534. A bill to improve the effectiveness of tribal child support
enforcement agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Finance.
Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of
the bill be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be
printed in the Record, as follows:
S. 534
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 ``Tribal Child Support
Enforcement Act''.
SEC. 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) by adding the following at the end of subparagraph
(B): ``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.'';
(III) 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
(IV) 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) Subsection (c) of section 6402 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 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
sections 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) are
each amended by striking ``450b'' and inserting ``5304''.
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