§ 665. Allotments from pay for child and spousal support owed by members of uniformed services on active duty

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. Probably should be “section”.
2. 2 See References in Text note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1935

   Pub. L. 97–248 title I § 172(a) · 96 Stat. 324

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 665

   Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 465, as added Pub. L. 97–248, title I, § 172(a), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 401

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 465, as added Pub. L. 97–248, title I, § 172(a), Sept. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 401

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Part D of title IV of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “allotments from pay for child and spousal support owed by members of the uniformed services on active duty “Sec. 465. (a) (1) In any case in which child support payments or 42 USC 665. child and spousal support payments are owed by a member of one of the uniformed services (as defined in section 101(3) of title 37, United States Code) on active duty, such member shall be required to make allotments from his pay and allowances (under chapter 13 of title 37, United States Code) as payment of such support, when he has failed to make periodic payments under a support order that meets the criteria specified in section 303(b)(1)(A) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1673(b)(1)(A)) and the resulting delinquency in such payments is in a total amount equal to the support payable for two months or longer. Failure to make such payments shall be established by notice from an authorized person (as defined in subsection (b)) to the designated official in the appropriate uniformed service. Such notice (which shall in turn be given to the affected member) shall also specify the person to whom the allotment is to be payable. The amount of the allotment shall be the amount necessary to comply with the order (which, if the order so provides, may include arrearages as well as amounts for current support), except that the amount of the allotment, together with any other amounts withheld for support from the wages of the member, as a percentage of his pay from the uniformed service, shall not exceed the limits prescribed in sections 303 (b) and (c) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1673 (b) and (c)). An allotment under this subsection shall be adjusted or discontinued upon notice from the authorized person. “(2) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection, no action shall be taken to require an allotment from the pay and allowances of any member of one of the uniformed services under such provisions (A) until such member has had a consultation with a judge advocate of the service involved (as defined in section 801(13) of title 10, United States Code), or with a law specialist (as defined in section 801(11) of such title) in the case of the Coast Guard, or with a legal officer designated by the Secretary concerned (as defined in section 101(5) of title 37, United States Code) in any other case, in person, to discuss the legal and other factors involved with respect to the member’s support obligation and his failure to make payments thereon, or (B) until 30 days have elapsed after the notice described in the second sentence of paragraph (1) is given to the affected member in any case where it has not been possible, despite continuing good faith efforts, to arrange such a consultation. “(b) For purposes of this section the term ‘authorized person’ with “Authorized person.” respect to any member of the uniformed services means— “(1) any agent or attorney of a State having in effect a plan approved under this part who has the duty or authority under such plan to seek to recover any amounts owed by such member as child or child and spousal support (including, when authorized under the State plan, any official of a political subdivision); and “(2) the court which has authority to issue an order against such member for the support and maintenance of a child, or any agent of such court. “(c) The Secretary of Defense, in the case of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and the Secretary concerned (as defined in section 101(5) of title 37, United States Code) in the case of each of the other uniformed services, shall each issue regulations applicable to allotments to be made under this section, designating the officials to whom notice of failure to make support payments, or notice to discontinue or adjust an allotment, should be given, prescribing the form and content of the notice and specifying any other rules necessary for such Secretary to implement this section.”.

2. 2006

   Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006

   Pub. L. 109–241 title II § 218(b)(2) · 120 Stat. 516

   Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 665(a)(2)

   Pub. L. 109–241 substituted “judge advocate” for “law specialist”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–241 substituted “judge advocate” for “law specialist”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) Social security act.— Section 465(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 665(a)(2)) is amended by striking “law specialist” and inserting “judge advocate”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision