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HR 5706 109th Congress House Social Welfare Aid to dependent children Cash welfare block grants Child support Collection of accounts Families Government Operations and Politics

To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the pass through of all child support collected on behalf of families receiving assistance under the program of block grants to…

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To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the pass through of all child support collected on behalf of families receiving assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.

Introduced: June 28, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for the pass-through of child support collected on behalf of families receiving assistance under the program of block grants to states for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF).

Requires pass-through to a family receiving TANF of the total amount of collected child support. (Currently the federal government receives its share and the state retains or distributes to the family the state share of such child support.)

Requires payment to: (1) the federal government of its share of foster care maintenance payments; (2) the state for retention, or distribution to the family, of the state share of such payments; and (3) the family of any remaining amount.

What's happening now June 28, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 17, 2006
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jun 28, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5706: To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the pass through of all child support collected on behalf of families receiving assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5706/
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"H.R. 5706: To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the pass through of all child support collected on behalf of families receiving assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5706/.
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H.R. 5706, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5706/.
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[H.R. 5706: To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the pass through of all child support collected on behalf of families receiving assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5706/)
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