,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #caed  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #h1   
#bjbj,mr4 ,thune 7for himself and ,mr4  
,wyden7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
improve the effectiveness of tribal     
child support enforcement agencies1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,tribal  
,child ,support ,enforcement ,act4  #b4 
,improving the effectiveness of tribal  
child support enforcement agencies  7a7 
,improving the collection of past-,due  
child support through ,state and tribal 
parity in the allowable use of tax      
information  7#a7 ,amendment to the     
,social ,security ,act ,section #dfd of 
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #ffd7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7d7             
,applicability to ,indian tribes and    
tribal organizations receiving a grant  
under this part ,this section1 except   

for the requirement to distribute       
amounts in accordance with section #deg1
 shall apply to an ,indian tribe or     
tribal organization receiving a grant   
under section #dee7;f7 in the same      
manner in which this section applies to 
a ,state with a plan approved under this
 part4  4  7#b7 ,amendments to the      
,internal ,revenue ,code  7,a7 ,section 
#fajc7;a77#b7 of the ,internal ,revenue 
,code of #aihf is amended by striking   
any local child support enforcement     
agency and inserting any tribal or local
 child support enforcement agency4  7,b7
 ,section #fajc7;a77#c7 of such ,code is
 amended by inserting 1 7#h7 after 7#f74
  7,c7 ,section #fajc7l7 of such ,code  
is amended-- 7i7 in paragraph 7#f7--    
7,i7 by striking or local in            
subparagraph 7,a7 and inserting tribal1 
or local2  7,,ii7 by striking and local 
in the heading thereof and inserting    
tribal1 and local2  7,,iii7 by striking 
,the following in subparagraph 7,b7 and 
inserting ,the2  7,,iv7 by striking the 

colon and all that follows in           
subparagraph 7,b7 and inserting a       
period2 and  7,v7 by adding at the end  
the following3  7,d7 ,state1 tribal1 or 
local child support enforcement agency  
,for purposes of this paragraph1 the    
following shall be treated as a ,state1 
tribal1 or local child support          
enforcement agency3  7i7 ,any agency of 
a ,state or political subdivision       
thereof operating pursuant to a plan    
described in section #ded of the ,social
 ,security ,act which has been approved 
by the ,secretary of ,health and ,human 
,services under part ,d of title ,,iv of
 such ,act4  7ii7 ,any child support    
enforcement agency of an ,indian tribe  
or tribal organization receiving a grant
 under section #dee7;f7 of the ,social  
,security ,act4  2  7ii7 in paragraph   
7#h7-- 7,i7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by    
striking or ,state or local and         
inserting ,state1 tribal1 or local2     
7,,ii7 by adding the following at the   
end of subparagraph 7,b73 ,the          

information disclosed to any child      
support enforcement agency under        
subparagraph 7,a7 with respect to any   
individual with respect to whom child   
support obligations are sought to be    
established or enforced may be disclosed
 by such agency to any agent of such    
agency which is under contract with such
 agency for purposes of1 and to the     
extent necessary in1 establishing and   
collecting child support obligations    
from1 and locating1 individuals owing   
such obligations42  7,,iii7 by striking 
subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting the     
following3  7,c7 ,state1 tribal1 or     
local child support enforcement agency  
,for purposes of this paragraph1 the    
term ,state1 tribal1 or local child     
support enforcement agency has the same 
meaning as when used in paragraph       
7#f77;,d74  2 and  7,,iv7 by striking   
and local in the heading thereof and    
inserting tribal1 and local2 and  7iii7 
in paragraph 7#aj77;,b71 by adding at   
the end the following new clause3  7iii7

 ,the information disclosed to any child
 support enforcement agency under       
subparagraph 7,a7 with respect to any   
individual with respect to whom child   
support obligations are sought to be    
established or enforced may be disclosed
 by such agency to any agent of such    
agency which is under contract with such
 agency for purposes of1 and to the     
extent necessary in1 establishing and   
collecting child support obligations    
from1 and locating1 individuals owing   
such obligations4  4  7,d7 ,subsection  
7c7 of section #fdjb of the ,internal   
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by   
adding at the end the following3 ,for   
purposes of this subsection1 any        
reference to a ,state shall include a   
reference to any ,indian tribe or tribal
 organization receiving a grant under   
section #dee7;f7 of the ,social         
,security ,act44  7b7 ,reimbursement for
 reports ,section #dec7;g7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#fec7;g77 is amended-- 7#a7 in the      

subsection heading1 by striking ,state2 
and  7#b7 by striking and ,state and    
inserting 1 ,state1 and tribal4  7c7    
,technical amendments ,paragraphs 7#g7  
and 7#cc7 of sections #ded of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#fed7 are each amended by striking      
#dej;b and inserting #ecjd4