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105th Congress > House > Vote 767

Date: May 12, 1998

Result: 402-16 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 139

Vote Subject Matter: Civil Liberties / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: HYDE, Henry John (R-IL)

Bill number: HR3811

Question: Suspend the rules and pass

Description: Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act

Bill summary: Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998 - Amends Federal criminal law to prescribe criminal penalties (including mandatory restitution) for willful failure to pay child support obligations.

Bill titles: To establish felony violations for the failure to pay legal child support obligations, and for other purposes.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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