H.R. 3711 Parental Responsibility and Taxpayer Protection Amendment of 1998

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make debts to governmental units for the care and maintenance of minor children nondischargeable.
Parental Responsibility and Taxpayer Protection Amendment of 1998
(Introduced in House)

HR 3711 IH

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make debts to
governmental units for the care and maintenance of minor children
nondischargeable.

April 22, 1998

Mr. SMITH of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make debts to
governmental units for the care and maintenance of minor children
nondischargeable.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Parental Responsibility and
Taxpayer Protection Amendment of 1998'.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

Section 523(a) of title 11, United States Code, is
amended--

(1) in paragraph (17) by striking `or' at the
end,

(2) in paragraph (18) by striking the period at the end and
inserting `; or', and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

`(19) to a governmental unit for a cost incurred for the
care or maintenance of a minor child of the debtor.'.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF AMENDMENT.

The amendment made by section 2 shall not apply with respect to
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code before the date
of the enactment of this Act.