{
  "id": "RS22753",
  "type": "CRS Report",
  "typeId": "REPORTS",
  "number": "RS22753",
  "active": true,
  "source": "EveryCRSReport.com, University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
  "versions": [
    {
      "source": "EveryCRSReport.com",
      "id": 585102,
      "date": "2018-02-14",
      "retrieved": "2018-09-13T22:38:38.607559",
      "title": "Child Support Enforcement Annual User Fee: In Brief",
      "summary": "Section 454(6)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) requires that states impose an annual user fee for Child Support Enforcement (CSE) services provided to families with no connection to the welfare system. (The act also requires that an application fee be collected and provides the authority to recover costs.) \nWhen the annual user fee was first established by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-171), the amount of the fee was $25 and it was to be assessed if the state CSE agency collected at least $500 in child support payments on behalf of the family in a given fiscal year. P.L. 115-123 mandates that the fee be increased to $35 and the minimum amount of child support collected in order for the fee to be assessed be increased to $550.\nThe Social Security Act gives the states four options on how to obtain the user fee. According to an examination of the CSE program profiles of the 54 jurisdictions with CSE programs, 19 jurisdictions pay the fee with state funds, 5 jurisdictions collect the fee from the noncustodial parent, 2 jurisdictions impose the user fee directly on the custodial parent, 27 jurisdictions impose the fee indirectly on the custodial parent by retaining the fee from the family\u2019s child support payment (after a minimum amount of child support has been collected on behalf of the family), and 1 jurisdiction imposes the fee on both the noncustodial parent and the custodial parent via the family\u2019s child support payment.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORTS",
      "active": true,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "encoding": "utf-8",
          "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS22753",
          "sha1": "5737617a9e73c7bfe5d47cb2d56c1a9d53d63d5d",
          "filename": "files/20180214_RS22753_5737617a9e73c7bfe5d47cb2d56c1a9d53d63d5d.html",
          "images": {}
        },
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "encoding": null,
          "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS22753",
          "sha1": "bc7107fb7bead2518bac4e60afec3c1d7674c35b",
          "filename": "files/20180214_RS22753_bc7107fb7bead2518bac4e60afec3c1d7674c35b.pdf",
          "images": {}
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "EveryCRSReport.com",
      "id": 462291,
      "date": "2017-06-22",
      "retrieved": "2017-08-22T14:12:52.831666",
      "title": "Child Support Enforcement\u2014$25 Annual User Fee: In Brief",
      "summary": "P.L. 109-171, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, required states to impose a $25 annual user fee for Child Support Enforcement (CSE) services provided to families with no connection to the welfare system. This is in addition to the requirement that an application fee be collected and cost recovery authorities. The user fee is to be assessed if the state CSE agency collects at least $500 in child support payments on behalf of the family in a given fiscal year. The law gives the states four options on how to obtain the user fee. According to an examination of the CSE program profiles of the 54 jurisdictions with CSE programs, 19 jurisdictions pay the fee with state funds, 5 jurisdictions get the fee from the noncustodial parent, 2 jurisdictions impose the user fee directly on the custodial parent, 27 jurisdictions impose the fee indirectly on the custodial parent by retaining the fee from the family\u2019s child support payment (after $500 per year has been collected on behalf of the family), and 1 jurisdiction imposes the fee on both the noncustodial parent and the custodial parent via the family\u2019s child support payment.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORTS",
      "active": true,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "encoding": "utf-8",
          "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS22753",
          "sha1": "edbb1f3523d323f956a441c2c2edd5f525de8688",
          "filename": "files/20170622_RS22753_edbb1f3523d323f956a441c2c2edd5f525de8688.html",
          "images": {}
        },
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "encoding": null,
          "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS22753",
          "sha1": "ba3a72a9bc4cdd59527557f1b90f1243e8ae70a8",
          "filename": "files/20170622_RS22753_ba3a72a9bc4cdd59527557f1b90f1243e8ae70a8.pdf",
          "images": {}
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "EveryCRSReport.com",
      "id": 433046,
      "date": "2014-07-29",
      "retrieved": "2016-04-06T20:13:52.445989",
      "title": "Child Support Enforcement: $25 Annual User Fee",
      "summary": "P.L. 109-171, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, required states to impose a $25 annual user fee for Child Support Enforcement (CSE) services provided to families with no connection to the welfare system. The user fee is to be assessed if the state CSE agency collects at least $500 in child support payments on behalf of the family in a given fiscal year. The law gives the states four options on how to obtain the user fee. According to an examination of the CSE program profiles of the 54 jurisdictions with CSE programs, 18 jurisdictions pay the fee with state funds, 4 jurisdictions get the fee from the noncustodial parent, 2 jurisdictions impose the user fee directly on the custodial parent, 29 jurisdictions impose the fee indirectly on the custodial parent by retaining the fee from the family\u2019s child support payment (after $500 per year has been collected on behalf of the family), and 1 jurisdiction imposes the fee on both the noncustodial parent and the custodial parent via the family\u2019s child support payment.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORTS",
      "active": true,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "encoding": "utf-8",
          "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/RS22753",
          "sha1": "d41147e3cd81940c0badfa5ce82bb33b91be85d6",
          "filename": "files/20140729_RS22753_d41147e3cd81940c0badfa5ce82bb33b91be85d6.html",
          "images": null
        },
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "encoding": null,
          "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS22753",
          "sha1": "07682d133e65652c6d6b5a2518130134ee03de4a",
          "filename": "files/20140729_RS22753_07682d133e65652c6d6b5a2518130134ee03de4a.pdf",
          "images": null
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc821505/",
      "id": "RS22753_2012Nov06",
      "date": "2012-11-06",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "Child Support Enforcement: $25 Annual User Fee",
      "summary": "This report discusses the Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program, which was enacted in 1975 as a federal-state program to help strengthen families by securing financial support for children from their noncustodial parent on a consistent and continuing basis and by helping some families to remain self-sufficient and off public assistance by providing the requisite CSE services.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20121106_RS22753_c5100e9a81584333c1dc9c1ade5eddbb1fd19192.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Child support",
          "name": "Child support"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Child support enforcement",
          "name": "Child support enforcement"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Families",
          "name": "Families"
        },
        {
          "source": "LIV",
          "id": "Welfare",
          "name": "Welfare"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc806286/",
      "id": "RS22753_2008Dec16",
      "date": "2008-12-16",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "Child Support Enforcement: $25 Annual User Fee",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20081216_RS22753_710bc2de200d5023779df24e3ec2ddec705e6220.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20081216_RS22753_710bc2de200d5023779df24e3ec2ddec705e6220.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    },
    {
      "source": "University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department",
      "sourceLink": "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc819842/",
      "id": "RS22753_2007Nov08",
      "date": "2007-11-08",
      "retrieved": "2016-03-19T13:57:26",
      "title": "Child Support Enforcement: $25 Annual User Fee",
      "summary": null,
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORT",
      "active": false,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "filename": "files/20071108_RS22753_eb75e112dbe260f57b1f4a4bbf7365a55b60cbea.pdf"
        },
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "filename": "files/20071108_RS22753_eb75e112dbe260f57b1f4a4bbf7365a55b60cbea.html"
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    }
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Domestic Social Policy",
    "Health Policy"
  ]
}