HR 8598 · 94th Congress · Social Welfare
A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to make needed improvements in the recently enacted child support program.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.(1975-07-22)
Recorded Votes
PassedHouse · 1975-07-21
Yea 357Nay 37
PassedHouse · 1975-07-21
Yea 357Nay 37
Plain Language Summary
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Provides for a suspension of specified requirements for child-support payments to States under title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of the Social Security Act until January 1, 1977, in the case of States making good faith efforts to comply with such requirements. Prevents decreases in grants to eligible families because of payment of support directly to the State. Requires implementation of procedures to safeguard information concerning applicants or recipients of aid under federally assisted State programs. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare the address of a parent not making child support payments (but receiving funds for such payments under the Social Security Act) from the master files of the Internal Revenue Service. Eliminates the present authority of the Internal Revenue Service to collect child support obligations.…
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