[Congressional Bills 110th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 896 Introduced in House (IH)] 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 896 To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the pass through of all child support collected on behalf of families receiving assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2007 Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin (for himself and Ms. Moore of Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the pass through of all child support collected on behalf of families receiving assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PASS THROUGH OF ALL CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTED ON BEHALF OF FAMILIES RECEIVING TANF. (a) In General.--Section 457(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)(1)), as amended by section 7301(b) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, is amended to read as follows: ``(1) Families receiving assistance.--In the case of a family receiving assistance from the State, the State shall-- ``(A) if the assistance is referred to in subsection (c)(1)(A), pay the amount to the family; or ``(B) if the assistance is referred to in subsection (c)(1)(B)-- ``(i) pay to the Federal Government the Federal share of the amount collected, subject to paragraph (3)(A) of this subsection; ``(ii) retain, or pay to the family, the State share of the amount collected, subject to paragraph (3)(B) of this subsection; and ``(iii) pay to the family any remaining amount.''. (b) Effective Date.-- (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2009, and shall apply to payments under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date, and without regard to whether regulations to implement the amendments are promulgated by such date. (2) State option to accelerate effective date.-- Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a State may elect to have the amendment made by subsection (a) apply to the State and to amounts collected by the State (and the payments under such part D), on and after such date as the State may select that is not earlier than October 1, 2008, and not later than September 30, 2009. <all>