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Senate Bill 503
117th Congress(2021-2022)
PARENTS Act of 2021
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Passed Senate on Jul 27, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 1, 2021
Latest Action
Jul 28, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
503
Congress
117
Policy Area
Families
Families
Primary focus of measure is child and family welfare, services, and relationships; marriage and family status; domestic violence and child abuse. Measures concerning public assistance programs or aging may fall under Social Welfare policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
John Cornyn
Texas
Democrat
Ben Cardin
Maryland
Democrat
Bob Menendez
New Jersey
Passed
July 27, 2021
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S5110; text: CR S5110)
Summary

Providing Adequate Resources to Enhance Needed Time with Sons and daughters Act of 2021 or the PARENTS Act of 2021

This bill expands the use of federal incentive payments to states under the Child Support Enforcement Program to include establishing agreements for how much time a child spends with each parent as agreed to by the parents under a child support or medical support order.

Generally, the incentive payments program provides funding based on a state's performance measures related to (1) establishing paternity, (2) the number of cases with child support orders in place, (3) the collection of current and past-due support payments, and (4) cost-effectiveness.

Text (2)
Engrossed in Senate
July 27, 2021
Introduced in Senate
March 1, 2021
Actions (8)
07/28/2021
Held at the desk.
07/28/2021
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
07/28/2021
Received in the House.
07/27/2021
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5110; text: CR S5110)
07/27/2021
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S5110; text: CR S5110)
07/27/2021
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
03/01/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
03/01/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Created
Mar 2, 2021 5:42:12 AM
Record Updated
Aug 18, 2021 7:36:51 AM