42 U.S.C. § 654
State plan for child and spousal support
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 654, State plan for child and spousal support, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/476928
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A State plan for child and spousal support must—
provide that the State will—
provide services relating to the establishment of paternity or the establishment, modification, or enforcement of child support obligations, as appropriate, under the plan with respect to—
enforce any support obligation established with respect to—
provide that—
any costs in excess of the fees so imposed may be collected—
provide that, for the purpose of establishing parentage, establishing, setting the amount of, modifying, or enforcing child support obligations, or making or enforcing a child custody or visitation determination, as defined in section 663(d)(1) of this title the agency administering the plan will establish a service to locate parents utilizing—
provide that the State will, in accordance with standards prescribed by the Secretary, cooperate with any other State—
provide for the establishment of procedures to require the State to provide individuals who are applying for or receiving services under the State plan, or who are parties to cases in which services are being provided under the State plan—
provide for—
provide that the agency administering the plan—
shall enforce any such child support obligations which are owed by such an individual but are not being met—
provide that the State will have in effect an automated data processing and information retrieval system—
have in effect safeguards, applicable to all confidential information handled by the State agency, that are designed to protect the privacy rights of the parties, including—
provide that, on and after October 1, 1998, the State agency will—
have sufficient State staff (consisting of State employees) and (at State option) contractors reporting directly to the State agency to—
provide that the State agency responsible for administering the State plan—
shall make the determination (and redetermination at appropriate intervals) as to whether an individual who has applied for or is receiving assistance under the State program funded under part A, the State program under part E, the State program under subchapter XIX, or the supplemental nutrition assistance program, as defined under section 2012(l) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 7, is cooperating in good faith with the State in establishing the paternity of, or in establishing, modifying, or enforcing a support order for, any child of the individual by providing the State agency with the name of, and such other information as the State agency may require with respect to, the noncustodial parent of the child, subject to good cause and other exceptions which—
provide that the State agency will have in effect a procedure for certifying to the Secretary, for purposes of the procedure under section 652(k) of this title, determinations that individuals owe arrearages of child support in an amount exceeding $2,500, under which procedure—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Social Services Amendments of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duty free treatment to watches and watch movements manufactured in any insular possession of the United States if foreign materials do not exceed 70 percent of the total value of such watches and movements, to amend child support provisions of title IV of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Deficit Reduction Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Family Support Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend for 2 years the deadline by which States are required to have in effect an automated data processing and information retrieval system for use in the administration of State plans for child and spousal support.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
- Balanced Budget Act of 1997
- Foster Care Independence Act of 1999House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
- Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
- Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
- Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
- Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018House: 240–186Senate: no recorded tally
- Supporting America’s Children and Families ActHouse: 405–10Senate: no recorded tally