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Child Support Penalty Fairness Act

Introduced: September 15, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Sep 22, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Sep 15, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 15, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Child Support Penalty Fairness Act - Amends title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from disapproving a State plan for child and spousal support for noncompliance with Federal requirements for State disbursement unit operations while the State is receiving a grant-reduction penalty for noncompliance with Federal requirements for an automated data processing and information retrieval system.
What's happening now September 22, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 30, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2877: Child Support Penalty Fairness Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2877/
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"H.R. 2877: Child Support Penalty Fairness Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2877/.
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H.R. 2877, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2877/.
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