S. 2077: Child Support Assistance Act of 2015
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S. 2077: Child Support Assistance Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-09-24 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-09-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Child Support Assistance Act of 2015
Plain summary
Child Support Assistance Act of 2015 Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act, with respect to the permissible purposes of consumer reports, to authorize a consumer reporting agency to furnish a consumer report in response to a request by the head of a state or local child support enforcement agency (or an authorized state or local government official), if the requester certifies that the report is needed for enforcing a child support order, award, agreement, or judgment. Repeals the requirement for 10 days' prior notice to a consumer whose report is requested.
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Official text
Child Support Assistance Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s2077.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s2077 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114