Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/889

 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 863

considered to be a fee collected except amounts which exceed the actual amount of support owed).", (c) Section 453(a) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 42 USC 653. thereof the following new sentence: "In determining the total amounts expended by any State during a quarter, for purposes of this subsection, there shall be excluded an amount equal to the total of any fees collected or other income resulting from services provided under the plan approved under this part.". CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS NOT DISCHARGED BY BANKRUPTCY

SEC. 2334. (a) Section 456 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) A debt which is a child support obligation assigned to a State under section 402(a)(26) is not released by a discharge in bankruptcy under title 11, United States Code.". (b) Section 523(a)(5)(A) of title 11, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: "(other than debts assigned pursuant to section 402(a)(26) of the Social Security Act)". (c) The amendments made by this section shall become effective on the date of the enactment of this Act.

42 USC 656. 42 USC 602.

Effective date. ^2 USC 656 note.

CHILD SUPPORT INTERCEPT OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

SEC. 2335. (a) Section 454 of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 2333(b) of this Act) is amended by strimng out "and" at the end of paragraph (18), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (19) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and", and by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(20) provide that the agency administering the plan— "(A) shall determine on a periodic basis,frominformation supplied pursuant to section 508 of the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976, whether any individ- 29 USC 49b. uals receiving compensation under the State's unemploy- ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ment compensation law (including amounts payable pursuant to any agreement under any Federal unemployment compensation law) owe child support obligations which are being enforced by such agency, and "(B) shall enforce any such child support obligations which are owed by such an individual but are not being met— "(i) through an agreement with such individual to have specified amounts withheld from compensation otherwise payable to such individual and by submitting a cop^ of any such agreement to the State agency administering the unemployment compensation law, or "(ii) in the absence of such an agreement, by bringing legal process (as defined in section 462(e) of this Act) to 42 USC 662. require the withholding of amountsfromsuch compensation.". (b)(1) Subsection (e) of section 303 of the Social Security Act is 42 USC 503. amended by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: "(2)(A) The State agency charged with the administration of the State law— "(i) shall require each new applicant for unemployment compensation to disclose whether or not such applicant owes child

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