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S 3325 116th Congress Senate Families Family relationships Family services Separation, divorce, custody, support State and local finance

PARENTS Act of 2020

Introduced: February 24, 2020 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 9, 2020
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 9, 2020
Held at the desk.
Dec 9, 2020
Received in the House.
Dec 8, 2020
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S7287)
Dec 8, 2020
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7287)
Dec 8, 2020
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 8, 2020
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Feb 24, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Feb 24, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 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.

What's happening now December 9, 2020

Held at the desk.

 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…
  • HR 7725 Identical bill PARENTS Act of 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3325: PARENTS Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3325/
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"S. 3325: PARENTS Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3325/.
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S. 3325, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3325/.
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[S. 3325: PARENTS Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3325/)
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