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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 17, 2005
Child Support Reinvestment Act of 2005 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to the administrative penalty incurred by a state for failure of its plan for child and spousal support to have in effect an automated data processing and information retrieval system meeting all federal requirements. Modifies the formula for calculation of the child support automation penalty to provide for specified reductions of the penalty for a state making a good faith effort to comply with a corrective compliance plan by making increased expenditures under (reinvesting in) the general state child and spousal support plan by the equivalent of the original, unreduced penalty amount.
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Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5] · D–CA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3338-3339)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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