Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998
Official title: “To provide for an alternative penalty procedure for States that fail to meet Federal child support data processing requirements, to reform Federal incentive payments for effective child support performance, to provide for a more flexible penalty procedure for States that violate interjurisdictional adoption requirements, and for other purposes.”
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The House passed it without objection on June 25, 1998. No individual votes are recorded.
The Senate passed it without objection on June 26, 1998. No individual votes are recorded.
It became law on July 16, 1998.
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