[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I)]
[June 18, 1996]
[Page 928]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



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Memorandum on the Child Support Initiative
June 18, 1996

Memorandum for the Secretary of Labor

Subject: Child Support Initiative

    I hereby direct you to assist in the implementation of the plan I am 
announcing today to strengthen the child support system and promote 
parental responsibility.
    I direct you to exercise your legal authority in a manner that will 
assist the implementation of the plan by encouraging those State 
employment security agencies that collect new-hire information for use 
in child support enforcement to report such information to the 
Department of Health and Human Service's pilot program for matching new-
hire data with Federal Parent Locator Service data in order to better 
track parents owing child support who have taken a job in another State.
    The plan I have outlined will help strengthen child support 
operations by toughening the paternity establishment requirements for 
applicants for welfare and by enabling States to locate, and withhold 
wages from, child support obligors who have taken a job in another 
State. Its prompt implementation is integral to achieving our goal of 
promoting the American value of parental responsibility.

                                                      William J. Clinton