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 98 STAT. 1320

Effective date. 42 USC 652 note.

PUBLIC LAW 98-378—AUG. 16, 1984

"(I) the amount of administrative costs which are expended in each functional category of expenditures, including establishment of paternity.". (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effective for reports for fiscal year 1986 and each fiscal year thereafter. REQUIREMENT THAT AVAILABILITY OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SERVICES BE PUBLICIZED

Ante, p. 1314.

Effective date. 42 USC 654 note.

SEC. 14. (a) Section 454 of the Social Security Act (as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act) is further amended— (1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (21); (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (22) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and (3) by inserting immediately after paragraph (22) the following new paragraph: "(23) provide that the State will regularly and frequently publicize, through public service announcements, the availability of child support enforcement services under the plan and otherwise, including information as to any application fees for such services and a telephone number or postal address at which further information may be obtained.". (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall become effective October 1, 1985. STATE COMMISSIONS ON CHILD SUPPORT

42 USC 654 note. 42 USC 601, 651.

Report. Public availability.

SEC. 15. (a) As a condition of the State's eligibility for Federal payments under part A or D of title IV of the Social Security Act for quarters beginning more than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and ending prior to October 1, 1985, the Governor of each State, on or before December 1, 1984, shall (subject to subsection (f)) appoint a State Commission on Child Support. 03) Each State Commission appointed under subsection (a) shall be composed of members appropriately representing all aspects of the child support system, including custodial and non-custodial parents, the agency or organizational unit administering the State's plan under part D of such title IV, the State judiciary, the executive and legislative branches of the State government, child welfare and social services agencies, and others. (c) It shall be the function of each State Commission to examine, investigate, and study the operation of the State's child support system for the primary purpose of determining the extent to which such system has been successful in securing support and parental involvement both for children who are eligible for aid under a State plan approved under part A of title IV of such Act and for children who are not eligible for such aid, giving particular attention to such specific problems (among others) as visitation, the establishment of appropriate objective standards for support, the enforcement of interstate obligations, the availability, cost, and effectiveness of services both to children who are eligible for such aid and to children who are not, and the need for additional State or Federal legislation to obtain support for all children. (d) Each State Commission shall submit to the Governor of the State and make available to the public, no later than October 1, 1985, a full and complete report of its findings and recommendations resulting from the examination, investigation, and study under this

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