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S 1859 111th Congress Senate

Child Support Protection Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to reinstate Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments.

Introduced: October 22, 2009 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Child safety and welfarePoverty and welfare assistanceSeparation, divorce, custody, support
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Oct 22, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 22, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10705-10706)
Oct 22, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 22, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Child Support Protection Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion from federal matching payments of any amounts expended by a state from child support incentive payments it has received from the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Thus reinstates federal matching of state spending of child support incentive payments.)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 9 Republican 2 Independent 1
R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Nov 17, 2010
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Sep 21, 2010
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 17, 2010
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 3, 2010
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Feb 23, 2010
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Feb 4, 2010
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 4, 2010
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jan 21, 2010
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Dec 11, 2009
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Dec 3, 2009
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 26, 2009
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Oct 22, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1859: Child Support Protection Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1859/
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"S. 1859: Child Support Protection Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1859/.
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S. 1859, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1859/.
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