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 PUBLIC LAW 98-378—AUG. 16, 1984

Public Law 98-378 98th Congress

98 STAT. 1305

An Act

To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to assure, through mandatory income withholding, incentive payments to States, and other improvements in the child support enforcement program, that all children in the United States who are in need of assistance in securing financial support from their parents will receive such assistance regardless of their circumstances, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE; T A B L E OF C O N T E N T S

SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984".

Aug. 16, 1984 [H.R. 4325]

Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984. 42 USC 1305 note.

TABLE OF C O N T E N T S

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purpose of the program. Sec. 3. Improved child support enforcement through required State laws and procedures. Sec. 4. Federal matching of administrative costs. Sec. 5. Federal incentive payments. Sec. 6. 90-percent matching for automated management systems used in income withholding and other required procedures. Sec. 7. Continuation of support enforcement for AFDC recipients whose benefits are being terminated. Sec. 8. Special project grants to promote improvements in interstate enforcement. Sec. 9. Periodic review of effectiveness of State programs; modification of penalty. Sec. 10. Extension of section 1115 demonstration authority to child support enforcement program. Sec. 11. Child support enforcement for certain children in foster care. Sec. 12. Enforcement with respect to both child and spousal support. Sec. 13. Modifications in content of annual report of the Secretary. Sec. 14. Requirement that availability of child support enforcement services be publicized. Sec. 15. State Commissions on child support. Sec. 16. Inclusion of medical support in child support orders. Sec. 17. Increased availability of Federal parent locator service to State agencies. Sec. 18. State guidelines for child support awards. Sec. 19. Availability of social security numbers for child support enforcement purposes. Sec. 20. Extension of eligibility under title XIX when support collection results in termination of AFDC eligibility. Sec. 21. Collection of past-due support from Federal tax refunds. Sec. 22. Wisconsin child support initiative. Sec. 23. Sense of the Congress that State and local governments should focus on the problems of child custody, child support, and related domestic issues. PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM

SEC. 2. Section 451 of the Social Security Act is amended by 42 USC 651. striking out "and obtaining child and spousal support," and inserting in lieu thereof "obtaining child and spousal support, and assuring that assistance in obtaining support will be available under this

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