[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7906 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7906
To improve the effectiveness and available tools of State and tribal
child support enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
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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
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A BILL
To improve the effectiveness and available tools of State and tribal
child support enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
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 ``Strengthening State and 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) Section 6103(p) of such Code is amended--
(i) in paragraph (4)--
(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), (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C),
(13)(D)(i), (16), (18), (19), or (20)
or any entity'' each place it appears
in subparagraph (F) 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
(ii) in paragraph (9), by striking ``or
local'' and inserting ``tribal, or local''.
(E) Subsection (c) of section 6402 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''.
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