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HR 7725 116th Congress House

PARENTS Act of 2020

Official title: To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow States to use incentive payments available under the child support enforcement program to impro… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow States to use incentive payments available under the child support enforcement program to improve parent-child relationships, increase child support collections, and improve outcomes for children by supporting parenting time agreements for noncustodial parents in uncontested agreements, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 22, 2020 Introduced by: Moore, Gwen Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
Families Family relationshipsFamily servicesSeparation, divorce, custody, supportState and local finance
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 22, 2020
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 Latest action July 22, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Providing Adequate Resources to Enhance Needed Time with Sons and Daughters Act of 2020 or the PARENTS Act of 2020

This bill expands the use of federal incentive payments to states under the Child Support Enforcement Program to include establishing agreements for how much time a child spends with each parent as agreed to by the parents under a child support or medical support order.

Generally, the incentive payments program provides funding based on a state's performance measures related to (1) establishing paternity, (2) the number of cases with child support orders in place, (3) the collection of current and past-due support payments, and (4) cost-effectiveness.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 3283 Related bill A bill to amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow States to use incentive payments available under…
  • S 3325 Identical bill PARENTS Act of 2020
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Rice, Tom
· Sep 17, 2020
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Estes, Ron
Kansas · Jul 22, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7725: PARENTS Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7725/
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"H.R. 7725: PARENTS Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7725/.
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H.R. 7725, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7725/.
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