Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act”.
Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act
A BILL
To improve the effectiveness of tribal child support enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Improving the effectiveness of tribal child support enforcement agencies
Improving the collection of past-Due child support through State and tribal parity in the allowable use of tax information—
Amendment to the Social Security Act— Section 464 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 664) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(d) Applicability to Indian tribes and tribal organizations receiving a grant under this part—This section, except for the requirement to distribute amounts in accordance with section 457, shall apply to an Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant under section 455(f) in the same manner in which this section applies to a State with a plan approved under this part.”
Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code—
Section 6103(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “any local child support enforcement agency” and inserting “any tribal or local child support enforcement agency”.
Section 6103(a)(3) of such Code is amended by inserting “, (8)” after “(6)”.
Section 6103(l) of such Code is amended—
in paragraph (6)—
by striking “or local” in subparagraph (A) and inserting “tribal, or local”;
by striking “and local” in the heading thereof and inserting “tribal, and local”;
by striking “The following” in subparagraph (B) and inserting “The”;
by striking the colon and all that follows in subparagraph (B) and inserting a period; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(D) State, tribal, or local child support enforcement agency—For purposes of this paragraph, the following shall be treated as a State, tribal, or local child support enforcement agency:
“(i) Any agency of a State or political subdivision thereof operating pursuant to a plan described in section 454 of the Social Security Act which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under part D of title IV of such Act.
“(ii) Any child support enforcement agency of an Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant under section 455(f) of the Social Security Act.”
in paragraph (8)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking “or State or local” and inserting “State, tribal, or local”;
by adding the following at the end of subparagraph (B): “The information disclosed to any child support enforcement agency under subparagraph (A) with respect to any individual with respect to whom child support obligations are sought to be established or enforced may be disclosed by such agency to any agent of such agency which is under contract with such agency for purposes of, and to the extent necessary in, establishing and collecting child support obligations from, and locating, individuals owing such obligations.”;
by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:
“(C) State, tribal, or local child support enforcement agency—For purposes of this paragraph, the term State, tribal, or local child support enforcement agency has the same meaning as when used in paragraph (6)(D).”
by striking “and local” in the heading thereof and inserting “tribal, and local”; and
in paragraph (10)(B), by adding at the end the following new clause:
“(iii) The information disclosed to any child support enforcement agency under subparagraph (A) with respect to any individual with respect to whom child support obligations are sought to be established or enforced may be disclosed by such agency to any agent of such agency which is under contract with such agency for purposes of, and to the extent necessary in, establishing and collecting child support obligations from, and locating, individuals owing such obligations.”
Section 6103(p) of such Code is amended—
in paragraph (4), by striking “subsection (l)(10), (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), (18), (19), or (20) or any entity” each place it appears in subparagraph (F) and in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting “subsection (l)(6), (8), (10), (13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), (16), (18), (19), or (20), or any Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant under section 455(f) of the Social Security Act, or any entity”, and
in paragraph (9), by striking “or local” and inserting “tribal, or local”.
Subsection (c) of section 6402 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following: “For purposes of this subsection, any reference to a State shall include a reference to any Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant under section 455(f) of the Social Security Act.”.
in the subsection heading, by striking “State”; and
by striking “and State” and inserting “, State, and tribal”.
Technical amendments— Paragraphs (7) and (33) of section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) are each amended by striking “450b” and inserting “5304”.