S 503 United States Senate · 117th Congress

PARENTS Act of 2021

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.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2021

Committee Review

Jul 2021

Senate Passage

Jul 2021

House Passage

President

Introduced Mar 1, 2021 Last action Jul 28, 2021

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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Jul 27, 2021

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5110; text: CR S5110)

upper

Jul 27, 2021

Upper · Passed

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S5110; text: CR S5110)

upper

Jul 27, 2021

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.

upper

Mar 1, 2021

Committee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

upper

Mar 1, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors