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B-183433 1 (1979-03-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjha0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4 Id+ 196? COMPTROLLR GENERAt. OF THFW UNIYWn zrrj s ,lV/P5;INGTOI , Ml,1. 20113 B-183433 If!A L2 979 ' The Honorable Russell B, Long Chairman, Comimittee on Finance United States Senate f Dear Mr. Chairman: K,. This decision is in response to the request submitted jointly by you and Senator Magnuson, for an opinion on whether payments to States for amounts expended in implementig that portion of tfe Child Support Enforcement Program set forth in section 454(6) of the Social Security Act (the Act), 42 U. S.C. § 054(6), cani\be financed under section t01(a) of Pub. L. No. 95-482, 92 Stat..1003, October 1,, 1978, Continuing Appropriations, Fiscal Year 1979, particularly in view of the provision in section 455(a) of the Act, 42 U,. S. C. § 655(a), prohi- biting any payments to States under section 454(6) of the Act after September 30, 1978. For the reasons set forti beloxv,, It is our opinion that, absent specific legislation repealing or delaying the effective date of the pro- hibition clause of section 4: 5(a), no funds tre available for expenditure at this time for the implementation of section 454(6) of the Act. The Child Support EnforcemEnt Program (the Program), Title, IV-D of the, Act, 42 U, S. C..§ 651, et seq., was enacted to assist States in establishing and carrying out pi'ETams for locating absent parents,, establishing paternity, and obtaining child support owud by absent parents to their children. Aix t\,.. , ' ., approved\State plan for clhild support must providd,,; inter al'a, that the child'support collection cr paternity detarmnatioisWvxee established under the plan shall A0e made availablq to an, individual not otherwise eligible for such',ervices (I. e., non-AFDC families) Upon application filed by such individual with the State, section 454(6) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 65,,(6). Matching funds are paid by the Federal Government to the States pursuant to section 455(a) of the Act, for activities under approved 'tate plans. Section 455(a) provides, however, that no amount shall be paid to any State on account of furnishing child support collection or paternity determinatioai services (other than the parent locator Services) to individuals under section 454(6) during any period beginning after -t BE T DOCUMENTAVAILABiE.. ... ,....... e mbe 3 , 1 78

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