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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 2, 2003
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 amount is at least $5,000, and in which the State has undertaken collection proceedings, but income withholding is not available, or diligent efforts have not succeeded.
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Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] · D–CA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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