Child Security Act of 1994
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (May 25, 1994)
Child Security Act of 1994 - Prescribes guidelines for an entitlement program under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) shall pay monthly child support assurance benefits to eligible individuals.
(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary to establish a national registry of child support orders issued or modified by any State court or State administrative process. Grants the Secretary of the Treasury access to such registry.
(Sec. 4) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe guidelines for the mandatory: (1) inclusion of child support obligations on each employee's tax withholding certificate; (2) withholding of such obligations from employee wages; and (3) payment of a child support obligation with the taxpayer's income tax return.
Establishes the Office of the Child Advocate in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
(Sec. 5) Prescribes guidelines for: (1) distribution by HHS of child support payments collected by the IRS; and (2) the State's role in collection and distribution of child support.
(Sec. 7) Instructs the Secretary to establish the National Child Support Guideline Commission to develop recommendations for uniform national child support guidelines.
(Sec. 8) Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) require that a State plan for child and spousal support provide that the State have in effect a law providing for the uniform termination of child support obligations; (2) prescribe guidelines for the reallocation of staffing resources by the Secretary; (3) increase the Federal financial participation in a State plan for child and spousal support; (4) set a minimum State AFDC standard of need; (5) expand from 19 to 21 years of age AFDC coverage for needy students; and (6) require that a State plan for medical assistance provide for an operative child support and AFDC program.
(Sec. 11) Instructs the Secretary to authorize five States to conduct five-year demonstration projects under which States are to give priority in the provision of Federal job training, education, and child care services to parents unable to support their children financially.
What just happenedJul 1, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMay 25, 1994
- Jul 1, 1994CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
Housing and Insurance Subcommittee - Jun 27, 1994CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jun 22, 1994CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee - Jun 22, 1994CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Jun 7, 1994CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Work and Welfare Subcommittee - Jun 3, 1994CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition.
Department Operations and Nutrition Subcommittee - May 25, 1994IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - May 25, 1994IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - May 25, 1994IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Education and Workforce Committee - May 25, 1994IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs.
Financial Services Committee - May 25, 1994IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture Committee - May 25, 1994IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- May 25, 1994IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House