1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code 97-408 EPWUpdated July 14, 2004Child Support Enforcement: New Reforms and Potential IssuesCarmen Solomon-FearsDomestic Social Policy DivisionSummaryP.L. 104-193 (the 1996 welfare refor
2、m law) made major changes to the ChildSupport Enforcement (CSE) program. Some of the changes include requiring states toincrease the percentage of fathers identified, establishing an integrated, automatednetwork linking all states to information about the location and assets of parents, andrequiring
3、 states to implement more enforcement techniques to obtain collections fromdebtor parents. Additional legislative changes were made in 1997, 1998, and 1999, butnot in 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003. This report describes several aspects of the revisedCSE program and discusses three issues of concern to t
4、he 108th Congress CSEfinancing, parental access by noncustodial parents, and distribution of child supportpayments. This report will be updated to reflect new developments and issues.BackgroundThe CSE program, Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act, was enacted inJanuary 1975 (P.L. 93-647). T
