§654b. Collection and disbursement of support payments — Inbound Citations

Citations to 42 U.S.C. § 654b as a whole

• 42 U.S.C. § 654(27)(A)

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  (A) operate a State disbursement unit in accordance with section 654b of this title; and
• 42 U.S.C. § 654a(g)(1)

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  (1) The State shall use the automated system required by this section to assist and facilitate the collection and disbursement of support payments through the State disbursement unit operated under section 654b of this title, through the performance of functions, including, at a minimum—

  (A) transmission of orders and notices to employers (and other debtors) for the withholding of income—

  (i) within 2 business days after receipt of notice of, and the income source subject to, such withholding from a court, another State, an employer, the Federal Parent Locator Service, or another source recognized by the State;

  (ii) using uniform formats prescribed by the Secretary; and

  (iii) at the option of the employer, using the electronic transmission methods prescribed by the Secretary;

  (B) ongoing monitoring to promptly identify failures to make timely payment of support; and

  (C) automatic use of enforcement procedures (including procedures authorized pursuant to section 666(c) of this title) if payments are not timely made.
• 42 U.S.C. § 666(b)(5)

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  (5) Such withholding must be administered by the State through the State disbursement unit established pursuant to section 654b of this title, in accordance with the requirements of section 654b of this title.
• 42 U.S.C. § 666(c)(1)(E)

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  (E) In cases in which support is subject to an assignment in order to comply with a requirement imposed pursuant to part A, part E, or section 1396k of this title, or to a requirement to pay through the State disbursement unit established pursuant to section 654b of this title, upon providing notice to obligor and obligee, to direct the obligor or other payor to change the payee to the appropriate government entity.