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Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Child Support Enforcement Programs
The Children and Families Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on June 18, 2026. Comments closed on July 20, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Administration for Children and Families proposes to amend the Child Support regulations to eliminate unnecessary and obsolete regulations in the following sections: State Plan Approval and Grant Procedures, State Plan Requirements, Standards for Program Operations, Federal Financial Participation, Program Performance Measures, Standards, Financial Incentives, and Penalties, Computerized Support Enforcement Systems, Annual State Self-Assessment Review and Report, Tribal Child Support Enforcement (IV-D) Program, and Computerized Tribal IV-D Systems and Office Automation. A plain language summary of this proposed rule is available at https://www.regulations.gov.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-12295
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Children and Families Administration
- Published
- June 18, 2026
- Comments due
- July 20, 2026
- Dates
- In order to be considered, written comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before July 20, 2026.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0970-AD39
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 45 CFR 301; 45 CFR 302; 45 CFR 303; 45 CFR 304; 45 CFR 305; 45 CFR 307; 45 CFR 308; 45 CFR 309; 45 CFR 310
- Topics
- Accounting; Child support; Computer technology; Grant programs-social programs; Indians; Indians-tribal government; Penalties; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Statistics; Unemployment compensation
- Pages
- 7
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