Child Support Provisions in the Fiscal Year 2006 Federal Budget Bill and 2007 Budget Proposal


 

Publication Date: February 1996

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy

Author(s): Vicki Turetsky

Research Area: Social conditions

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The fiscal year 2006 budget bill (called the “Deficit Reduction Act of 2005”) was signed into law by President Bush on February 8, 2006 after a closely divided Congress approved the legislation. The new law makes major funding and program changes to the child support program. In addition, it creates a new federal grants program available for fatherhood and marriage initiatives. The following summary is a preliminary analysis of the new budget law; the final section includes brief information on the President’s proposed fiscal year 2007 federal budget.