HR 5061 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to improve the collection of child support arrears in interstate cases.

Introduced Jun 27, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 27, 2002 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 27, 2002
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act to prescribe procedural guidelines for the collection of child support arrears in interstate cases, including: (1) accelerated transmission of income withholding orders to employers; and (2) certification by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Secretary of the Treasury for collection on behalf of the State by the Internal Revenue Service of specified child support arrears owed in a case in which the State has undertaken collection proceedings, but income withholding is not available, or diligent efforts have not succeeded.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 11, 2002 to Oct 10, 2002.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
D-MI	Lynn N. Rivers	Sep 11, 2002
D-TX	Martin Frost	Sep 11, 2002
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Oct 1, 2002
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Oct 1, 2002
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Oct 1, 2002
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Oct 1, 2002
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Oct 1, 2002
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Oct 10, 2002

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 27, 2002Introduced in House
Jun 27, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.

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