S 916 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Children First Child Support Reform Act of 2001

Introduced May 21, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Herb Kohl D-WI

Latest action · May 21, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5272-5273)

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.

IntroducedMay 21, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Children First Child Support Reform Act of 2001 - Amends parts A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) and D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) modify the rule requiring assignment of support rights as a condition of receiving TANF; (2) increase child support payments to families; (3) revise child support distribution rules; and (4) change from mandatory to discretionary the authority of States to retain certain support rights assignments after a certain date (thus giving them the option to discontinue such assignments).

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 21, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln	Original	May 21, 2001
D-FL	Bob Graham	Original	May 21, 2001
D-IN	Evan Bayh	Original	May 21, 2001
D-LA	John B. Breaux	Original	May 21, 2001
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV	Original	May 21, 2001
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	May 21, 2001
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe	Original	May 21, 2001
D-SD	Tim Johnson	Original	May 21, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred May 21, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 21, 2001Introduced in Senate
May 21, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5271-5272)
May 21, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5272-5273)

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S5271Text printed S5272	Herb Kohl D-WI (text)	May 21, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to provide more child support money to families leaving welfare, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Children First Child Support Reform Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 21, 2001Introduced in Senate

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