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Part D—Child Support and Establishment of Paternity[81]

APPROPRIATION

Sec451[42 U.S.C. 651]  For the purpose of enforcing the support obligations owed by noncustodial parents to their children and the spouse (or former spouse) with whom such children are living, locating noncustodial parents, establishing paternity, obtaining child and spousal support, and assuring that assistance in obtaining support will be available under this part to all children (whether or not eligible for assistance under a State program funded under part A) for whom such assistance is requested, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this part.


[81]  See Vol. II, P.L. 73-30, §3, for the requirement that State employment offices supply data in aid of administration of the child support programs.

See Vol. II, P.L. 83-591, §6103(l)(1), with respect to disclosure of returns and return information by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Social Security Administration, and §7213(a)(1) with respect to the penalty for unauthorized disclosure of that tax return information.

See Vol. II, P.L. 95-630, §§1101–1121, with respect to an individual's right to financial privacy.

See Vol. II, P.L. 99-177, §256, with respect to treatment of the child support enforcement program.

See Vol. II, P.L. 109-171, §7311, with respect to an exception to the general effective date for State plans requiring State law amendments as a result of the requirements imposed by the amendments in Subtitle C, P.L. 109-171.

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