[House Report 106-798]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 106-798
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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4678, CHILD SUPPORT
DISTRIBUTION ACT OF 2000
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July 27, 2000.--Ordered to be printed
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Ms. Pryce, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 566]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 566, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be
adopted.
summary of provisions of resolution
The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4678, the
Child Support Distribution Act of 2000, under a modified closed
rule. The rule provides one hour of debate in the House equally
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Ways and Means.
The rule waives all points of order against consideration
of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means,
as modified by the amendment printed in Part A of this report,
shall be an original bill for the purpose of amendment, which
shall be considered as read.
The rule also provides for consideration of the amendment
printed in Part B of this report if offered by Representative
Scott or his designee, which shall be considered as read and
shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the proponent and an opponent. The rule further
waives all points of order against the amendment printed in
Part B of this report.
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.
H.R. 4678, the Child Support Distribution Act of 2000
PART A
Summary of Amendment Considered as Adopted
Allows states at their option to pay child support
currently retained by State and Federal government to mothers
on welfare.
Allows states at their option to make child support
payments on obligations that accrued before 1997 to families
rather than to government.
Clarifies that recommendations from the Department of
Health and Human Services about certain public agencies
participating in child support enforcement activities must be
submitted to Congress by October 1, 2001.
Lists several specific activities that fatherhood projects
could undertake to promote and sustain marriage.
Allows fatherhood projects to provide services to low-
income young men and women who are at risk of becoming parents
outside marriage.
Requires fatherhood projects to provide information about
sexually transmitted diseases including human papillomavirus
(HPV).
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in
selecting fatherhood projects for funding, to grant preference
to projects that set forth clear and practical methods to
encourage and sustain marriage.
PART B
Summary of Amendment Made in Order Under the Rule
Scott (VA): Adds provisions that have been included in two
previous bills (H.R. 3222, Families Involve Literacy Act and
H.R. 4141, the Safe and Drug Free Schools). The first provision
clarifies that any eligible entity cannot subject a participant
during the grant program to sectarian worship, instruction, or
proselytization, but does not affect the private activities of
the religious organization that take place outside of the
Fatherhood Grant program. The second provision simply clarifies
that eligible recipients are in receipt of federal financial
assistance. The third provision closes the loophole contained
within welfare reform that allows discrimination against
beneficiaries when another standing law (federal, state or
local) permits it.
PART A
Text of amendment considered as adopted:
Page 7, line 16, strike the close quotation marks and the
following period.
Page 7, after line 16, insert the following:
``(7) State option to pass through additional support
with federal financial participation.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraphs
(1) and (2), a State shall not be required to
pay to the Federal Government the Federal share
of an amount collected on behalf of a family
that is not a recipient of assistance under the
State program funded under part A, to the
extent that the State pays the amount to the
family.
``(B) Recipients of tanf for less than 5
years.--
``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding
paragraphs (1) and (2), a State shall
not be required to pay to the Federal
Government the Federal share of an
amount collected on behalf of a family
that is a recipient of assistance under
the State program funded under part A
and that has received the assistance
for not more than 5 years after the
date of the enactment of this
paragraph, to the extent that--
``(I) the State pays the
amount to the family; and
``(II) subject to clause
(ii), the amount is disregarded
in determining the amount and
type of the assistance provided
to the family.
``(ii) Limitation.--Of the amount
disregarded as described in clause
(i)(II), the maximum amount that may be
taken into account for purposes of
clause (i) shall not exceed $400 per
month, except that, in the case of a
family that includes 2 or more
children, the State may elect to
increase the maximum amount to not more
than $600 per month.''.
Page 8, after line 25, insert the following:
(d) State Option to Discontinue Certain Support
Assignments.--Section 457(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 657(b)) is
amended by striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may''.
Page 9, line 1, strike ``(d)'' and insert ``(e)''.
Page 10, line 5, strike ``(e)'' and insert ``(f)''.
Page 13, line 11, strike ``The'' and insert ``Not later than
October 1, 2001, the''.
Page 25, strike lines 13 through 18 and insert the following:
``(1) promote marriage through such activities as--
``(A) counseling, mentoring, disseminating
information about the advantages of marriage,
enhancing relationship skills, teaching how to
control aggressive behavior, disseminating
information on the causes and treatment of
domestic violence and child abuse, and other
methods; and
``(B) sustaining marriages through marriage
preparation programs, premarital counseling,
and marital inventories, and through divorce
education and reduction programs, including
mediation and counseling;
Page 25, line 19, insert ``such activities as'' after
``through''.
Page 25, line 21, strike the comma.
Page 26, line 4, insert ``such activities as'' after
``viding''.
Page 26, strike line 16 and all that follows through line 7
on page 27 and insert the following:
``(C) A written commitment by the entity that
the project--
``(i) will not allow an individual to
participate in the project unless the
income of the individual (net of court-
ordered child support) is less than 150
percent of the poverty line (as defined
in section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, including
any revision required by such section,
applicable to a family of the size
involved);
``(ii) will allow a individual who is
a father to participate in the project
only if the individual is--
``(I) a father of a child who
is, or within the past 24
months has been, a recipient of
assistance or services under a
State program funded under this
part; or
``(II) a parent referred to
in paragraph (3)(A)(iii); and
``(iii) will allow an individual who
is at risk of parenthood outside
marriage to participate in the project,
but will not allow more than 25 percent
of the participants in the project to
be such individuals.
Page 28, strike lines 4 and 5 and insert the following:
stances, and information about sexually transmitted
diseases and their transmission, including HIV/AIDS and
human papillomavirus (HPV).
Page 33, after line 6, insert the following:
``(i) to the extent that the
application submitted by the entity
sets forth clear and practical methods
to encourage and sustain marriage;
Page 33, line 7, strike ``(i)'' and insert ``(ii)''.
Page 33, line 23, strike ``schedule or'' and insert
``schedule,''.
Page 33, line 24, strike ``(unless'' and insert ``, or
marrying the mother of his children, unless''.
Page 34, line 2, strike the close parenthesis.
Page 34, line 12, strike ``(ii)'' and insert ``(iii)''.
Page 35, line 1, strike ``(iii)'' and insert ``(iv)''.
Page 35, line 6, strike ``(iv)'' and insert ``(v)''.
PART B
Text of amendment made in order under the rule:
An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Virginia, or a
Designee
Page 39, after line 19, insert the following:
``(E) Protection for beneficiaries.--An
entity to which a grant is made under this
section shall not subject a participant in a
program assisted with the grant to sectarian
worship, instruction, or proselytization.
``(F) Rule of construction on receipt of
financial assistance under this section.--For
purposes of any Federal, State, or local law,
receipt of financial assistance from a grant
made under this section shall constitute
receipt of Federal financial assistance or aid.
Page 39, line 20, strike ``(E)'' and insert ``(G)''.
Page 40, line 5, strike ``(F)'' and insert ``(H)''.
Page 43, line 15, insert ``(except the except clause of
subsection (g))'' after ``this section''.