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Child Security Act of 1994

Introduced: May 25, 1994 Introduced by: Nadler, Jerrold Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 1, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
Jun 27, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Jun 22, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jun 22, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Jun 7, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jun 3, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition.
May 25, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 25, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 25, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
May 25, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs.
May 25, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
May 25, 1994
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Child Security Act of 1994 - Prescribes guidelines for an entitlement program under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) shall pay monthly child support assurance benefits to eligible individuals.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary to establish a national registry of child support orders issued or modified by any State court or State administrative process. Grants the Secretary of the Treasury access to such registry.

(Sec. 4) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe guidelines for the mandatory: (1) inclusion of child support obligations on each employee's tax withholding certificate; (2) withholding of such obligations from employee wages; and (3) payment of a child support obligation with the taxpayer's income tax return.

Establishes the Office of the Child Advocate in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

(Sec. 5) Prescribes guidelines for: (1) distribution by HHS of child support payments collected by the IRS; and (2) the State's role in collection and distribution of child support.

(Sec. 7) Instructs the Secretary to establish the National Child Support Guideline Commission to develop recommendations for uniform national child support guidelines.

(Sec. 8) Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) require that a State plan for child and spousal support provide that the State have in effect a law providing for the uniform termination of child support obligations; (2) prescribe guidelines for the reallocation of staffing resources by the Secretary; (3) increase the Federal financial participation in a State plan for child and spousal support; (4) set a minimum State AFDC standard of need; (5) expand from 19 to 21 years of age AFDC coverage for needy students; and (6) require that a State plan for medical assistance provide for an operative child support and AFDC program.

(Sec. 11) Instructs the Secretary to authorize five States to conduct five-year demonstration projects under which States are to give priority in the provision of Federal job training, education, and child care services to parents unable to support their children financially.

What's happening now July 1, 1994

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 11
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 25, 1994
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