Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Child Support Enforcement Programs
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- What it does
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.
The Children and Families Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What it would change
9 parts of Title 45 of the 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
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0970-AD39 since Jan. 1, 2025.
Since then:
- What happens next and when
In order to be considered, written comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before July 20, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-12295 |
|---|---|
| Action | Notice of proposed rulemaking. |
| Agencies | Health and Human Services Department; Children and Families Administration |
| Published | June 18, 2026 |
| Comments close | July 20, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 0970-AD39 |
| Docket | ACF-2026-0529 |
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