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Child Support Recovery Amendments Act of 1996

Introduced: October 3, 1996 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Oct 4, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Oct 3, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 3, 1996
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Child Support Recovery Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends Federal criminal code provisions regarding failure to pay legal child support obligations to create two new categories of felony offenses, subject to a two-year maximum prison term: (1) traveling in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to evade a support obligation if the obligation has remained unpaid for a period longer than one year or is greater than $5,000; and (2) willfully failing to pay a support obligation regarding a child residing in another State, if the obligation has remained unpaid for a period longer than two years or is greater than $10,000.

Specifies that the existence of a support obligation that was in effect for the time period charged in the indictment or information creates a rebuttable presumption that the obligor has the ability to pay such obligation for that period. Directs the court, upon a conviction, to order restitution in an amount equal to the total unpaid support obligation as it exists at the time of sentencing.

What's happening now October 4, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

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